{"id":3529,"date":"2009-02-18T14:05:00","date_gmt":"2009-02-18T19:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/02\/wednesday-sports-picks-and-betting-rundown\/"},"modified":"2009-02-18T14:05:00","modified_gmt":"2009-02-18T19:05:00","slug":"wednesday-sports-picks-and-betting-rundown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/02\/wednesday-sports-picks-and-betting-rundown\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday Sports Picks and Betting Rundown"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=Section1>\n<p><font size=2 color=\"#333333\" face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.5pt'>Today in the Daily Sports Roundup: King James and the Cavaliers hit the floor in <\/span><\/font><st1:City><st1:place>Toronto<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, and Alexander the Great leads his Capitals in a meeting with the <span class=SpellE>Habs<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><b><font size=2 color=\"#333333\" face=Arial><span style='font-size: 9.5pt;font-family:Arial'>Tipping off on the hardwood&nbsp; . . .<\/span><\/font><\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><font size=2 color=\"#333333\" face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.5pt'>LeBron James and his Cleveland Cavaliers will make their second-half debut on Wednesday night with a road game against the Raptors. <\/span><\/font><st1:City><st1:place>Cleveland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> entered the break at 40-11 straight-up and 33-18 against-the-spread, while <st1:City><st1:place>Toronto<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> was 21-34 SU and 21-31-3 ATS. The Raptors got a jump on the trade deadline last week, shipping off center <span class=SpellE>Jermaine<\/span> O&#8217;Neal to the Heat for forward Shawn Marion.<\/p>\n<p><font size=2 color=\"#333333\" face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.5pt'>The Magic and Hornets will do battle in New Orleans on Wednesday, with Indiana at Charlotte, Denver at Philadelphia, Minnesota at Miami, Chicago at Milwaukee, New Jersey at Dallas, Memphis at Portland, Atlanta at Sacramento, and Phoenix at the Clippers. As well, the Lakers will hit the road for a game in <\/span><\/font><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Golden<\/st1:PlaceName>  <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> on Wednesday night; the Warriors are just 19-35 so far this season.<\/p>\n<p><font size=2 color=\"#333333\" face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.5pt'>The Magic and Bobcats play on ESPN. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.betus.com\/ats\/10499\/sportsbook\/\">BetUs Sportsbook<\/a> has <\/span><\/font><st1:City><st1:place>New   Orleans<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> laying one. <\/p>\n<p><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=2 color=\"#333333\" face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight: normal'>Sports Headlines<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/b><\/p>\n<p><font size=2 color=\"#333333\" face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.5pt'>Former NY Giants great Brad Van Pelt has died of a heart attack\u2026Portland Trailblazers center Greg <span class=SpellE>Oden<\/span> is out with a bone chip in his knee. <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p><strong><b><font size=2 color=\"#333333\" face=Arial><span style='font-size: 9.5pt;font-family:Arial'>The march toward Madness . . .<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><b style='mso-ansi-font-weight:normal'><font size=2 color=\"#333333\" face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal; mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>Raquel <span class=SpellE>Alessi<\/span> is Miss March, but GodsTips is Mr. March, but they are still winning now with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\"><font color=\"#333333\"><span style='color:#333333;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'>sports betting<\/span><\/font><\/a>. <\/span><\/font><\/b><\/strong><o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p><st1:State><st1:place><font size=2 color=\"#333333\" face=Arial><span   style='font-size:9.5pt'>North Carolina<\/span><\/font><\/st1:place><\/st1:State> will host <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>N.C.<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> on Wednesday night in college hoops action. The Tar Heels slipped past <st1:City><st1:place>Miami<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 69-65 in their last contest to put their record at 23-2 SU (but just 11-13 ATS) on the season; <span class=SpellE>Ty<\/span> Lawson scored 21 points in that win. Meanwhile, the Wolfpack blasted Georgia Tech 86-65 in their last outing to improve to 14-9 SU and <st1:date Month=\"11\" Day=\"6\" Year=\"2001\">11-6-1<\/st1:date> ATS this year; <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>N.C.<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> is 4-6 in ACC contests.<\/p>\n<p><font size=2 color=\"#333333\" face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.5pt'>Elsewhere in NCAA basketball action on Wednesday it&#8217;s Miami at Florida State, Penn State at Illinois, Providence at Louisville, Iowa State at Kansas, Butler at Wisconsin-Milwaukee, <span class=SpellE>SMU<\/span> at Memphis, Ohio State at Northwestern, and CSU Bakersfield at Utah State. As well, <\/span><\/font><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Wake<\/st1:PlaceName>  <st1:PlaceType>Forest<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> will get a visit from Georgia Tech.<\/p>\n<p><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=2 color=\"#333333\" face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight: normal'>Best Betting Events<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/b><\/p>\n<p><font size=2 color=\"#333333\" face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.5pt'>Whether it&#8217;s a red hot fledgling handicapper along the lines of Scoop 44 or proven superstar financial superstars, sports bettors need not be in the will of Brooke Astor to make serious easy money. We don&#8217;t care of the bettors get as much publicity as Sean <span class=SpellE><span class=GramE>Delonas<\/span><\/span><span class=GramE>,<\/span> MasterLockLine only cares about the best picks. <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=2 color=\"#333333\" face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.5pt'>Because the MasterLockLine monitors each and every one of the nation&#8217;s top sports service, handicappers, tip sheets and syndicates, you will get every Game of the Year play worth betting. Every last one in the industry is yours. That&#8217;s why you get more legitimate service Games of the Year on the MasterLockLine than anyone else.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=2 color=\"#333333\" face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.5pt'>No. 7 NBA service this year is located not far from Albert, Texas is No. 5 the last four years combined based on units won, has the Lock of the Year in the NBA Bulls\/Bucks. &nbsp;<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=2 color=\"#333333\" face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.5pt'>No. 9 service in college basketball this year based on ROI has their NCAA Basketball Game of the Year on Oklahoma State\/Texas Tech.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/index.php?Page=Packages\">Click now to purchase<\/a> sports betting picks from the top sports services or you can get <a href=\"http:\/\/masterlockline.com\/index.php?PageID=124\">more information<\/a> and <span class=GramE>a free sports<\/span> pick. Need winning picks? <span class=SpellE>Woot<\/span> there it is. <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight: normal'><span style='font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/b><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0<\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p><strong><b><font size=2 color=\"#333333\" face=Arial><span style='font-size: 9.5pt;font-family:Arial'>Taking a trip around the rink . . .<\/span><\/font><\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><font size=2 color=\"#333333\" face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.5pt'>Alexander Ovechkin and his Capitals will look to add to the <span class=SpellE>Canadiens<\/span>&#8216; woes when the two teams meet on the ice in <\/span><\/font><st1:State><st1:place>Washington<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> on Wednesday night. The Capitals doubled up on the Panthers by a score of 4-2 on Sunday, with Ovechkin picking up a hat trick in the victory. <st1:City><st1:place>Montreal<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> was on the wrong end of a 4-2 score in <st1:City><st1:place>Vancouver<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> on Sunday; Andrei <span class=SpellE>Kostitsyn<\/span> scored his 20<sup>th<\/sup> of the year in the loss.<\/p>\n<p><font size=2 color=\"#333333\" face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.5pt'>There are just four other games on the NHL&#8217;s schedule for Wednesday night, including the Islanders at the Rangers, St. Louis at Columbus, and Nashville at Detroit. As well, the Kings and Ducks will meet in <\/span><\/font><st1:City><st1:place>Anaheim<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> in a <st1:time Hour=\"22\" Minute=\"0\">10:00pm ET<\/st1:time> puck drop; the Ducks were embarrassed 8-4 in their game against <st1:City><st1:place>Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p><strong><b><font size=2 color=\"#333333\" face=Arial><span style='font-size: 9.5pt;font-family:Arial'>Rounding out the Roundup . . .<\/span><\/font><\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><font size=2 color=\"#333333\" face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.5pt'>Is Michael Vick going to be able to latch on to an NFL team this year? Well, teams have been going out of their way in the past week to state their disinterest in the disgraced quarterback &#8211; each of the Jets, Lions, and Buccaneers are reportedly out of the picture for his services. Vick will be released from prison this summer, but the league could still decide to suspend him for the 2009 season.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\"><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>OffshoreInsiders.com<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today in the Daily Sports Roundup: King James and the Cavaliers hit the floor in Toronto, and Alexander the Great leads his Capitals in a meeting with the Habs. Tipping off on the hardwood&nbsp; . . . LeBron James and his Cleveland Cavaliers will make their second-half debut on Wednesday night with a road game &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/02\/wednesday-sports-picks-and-betting-rundown\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Wednesday Sports Picks and Betting Rundown<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/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-3529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3529","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=3529"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3529\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}