{"id":3425,"date":"2009-01-30T15:24:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-30T20:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/01\/fridays-best-bets-literally\/"},"modified":"2009-01-30T15:24:00","modified_gmt":"2009-01-30T20:24:00","slug":"fridays-best-bets-literally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/01\/fridays-best-bets-literally\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday’s Best Bet’s–Literally"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Boston Celtics will be gunning for their 10th<\/sup> straight victory Friday night when they visit the Detroit Pistons. Here’s a look in your Daily Sports Roundup and the rundown of all the top sports picks for Friday night<\/a>. <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

The Gridiron Spotlight<\/span><\/font><\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n

The most scrutinized body part heading into Sunday’s Super Bowl has been Hines Ward’s knee. The Steelers wide receiver suffered a sprained MCL<\/span> against the Ravens in the AFC Championship Game, and he missed practice to rest the injury on Wednesday. However, Ward practiced fully on Thursday afternoon and will start on Sunday night against the Cards – albeit with a brace on his bad knee.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

Yes we hear Brandon Lang’s Super Bowl record is 48-0. That<\/span> four games worse than Mel Stewart Sports. \u00a0<\/span>Now we are being sent SPAM that tells us that Grant Scott also has never lost a Super Bowl pick. <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

For side, total and prop bets that win this year, make sure to visit OffshoreInsiders.com<\/a><\/span><\/font><\/b> <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

Other Notable Events<\/span><\/font><\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n

The Celtics ran their winning streak to nine games on Wednesday night with a 119-100 victory over <\/span><\/font>Sacramento<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>. Eddie House scored 28 points for Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> off the bench in that contest, while Rajon<\/span> Rondo chipped in with 24 points and nine assists. Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> knocked off Minnesota 98-89 in their last outing, but that was just their third victory in their past 10 games. Rasheed Wallace led the way with 25 points for the Pistons that day. Tipoff<\/span> for the Friday matchup is set for 7:00pm ET<\/st1:time>.<\/p>\n

Celtics\/Pistons is<\/span> just one of 11 matchups<\/span> on the NBA schedule for Friday night. The Cavaliers will be looking for an easy win when they host the Clippers, while the Lakers will be on the road in <\/span><\/font>Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>. Rounding out the slate: Milwaukee at Toronto, Washington at Philadelphia, Miami at Indiana, New Jersey at Atlanta, Charlotte at Denver, Oklahoma City at Utah, Golden State at New Orleans, and Chicago at Sacramento; the Kings’ Wednesday defeat was their seventh straight.<\/p>\n

The Rest of the Schedule<\/span><\/font><\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n

On the ice, the Penguins will hit the road for a game against the Devils on Friday night. <\/span><\/font>Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> scored five goals in the third period to get past the rival Rangers 6-2 at home on Wednesday night, with Sidney Crosby picking up a goal and three assists. Eight other teams are in action around the NHL on Friday, with Ottawa<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at Columbus<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at Tampa<\/st1:PlaceName> Bay<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>, Nashville<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at Calgary<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, and Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> at Edmonton<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>; the Oilers<\/span> were pasted 10-2 by the Sabres<\/span> last time out.<\/p>\n

Finally, there’s just one ranked college hoops team in action on Friday night, as No. 13 Butler will host <\/span><\/font>Valparaiso<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at Hinkle Fieldhouse<\/span>. The Bulldogs pounded Wisconsin-Milwaukee 78-48 last time out to improve to 18-1 SU and 11-5-1<\/st1:date> ATS on the season. The Crusaders are just 6-15 SU and 8-10 ATS through 21 games.<\/p>\n

News from the Wire<\/span><\/font><\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n

Key Clippers Marcus Camby (ankle) and Baron Davis (tailbone) both returned to action on Wednesday night . . . Warriors guard Jamal Crawford (hamstring) also got back on the court on Wednesday night, as did Rockets center Yao<\/span> Ming (knee) . . . Pens forward Crosby sat out last week’s All-Star Game with a sore knee, but showed no ill effects in his big night against the Rangers Wednesday\u2026Jason Veritek<\/span> signs a one-year contract with the Red Sox. <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

A Peek at the Future<\/span><\/font><\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n

There are a couple of ranked matchups<\/span> on the college hoops schedule for Saturday, with No. 25 Georgetown vs. No. 8 Marquette at 2:00pm ET, and No. 23 Washington vs. No. 14 Arizona State at 5:30pm ET . . . the top NBA matchups<\/span> on Saturday are Dallas at Miami, New Orleans at San Antonio, and Utah at Portland . . . the Red Wings are in Washington in NHL matinee action on Saturday (12:30pm ET), while the Blackhawks<\/span> hit the road to take on the Sharks.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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The Boston Celtics will be gunning for their 10th straight victory Friday night when they visit the Detroit Pistons. Here’s a look in your Daily Sports Roundup and the rundown of all the top sports picks for Friday night. The Gridiron Spotlight The most scrutinized body part heading into Sunday’s Super Bowl has been Hines … Continue reading Friday’s Best Bet’s–Literally<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3425","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3425"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3425\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}