{"id":4244,"date":"2009-04-17T12:34:00","date_gmt":"2009-04-17T17:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/04\/betting-susan-boyle-or-flawless-plus-nba-playoff-and-nhl-playoffs-odds\/"},"modified":"2009-04-17T12:34:00","modified_gmt":"2009-04-17T17:34:00","slug":"betting-susan-boyle-or-flawless-plus-nba-playoff-and-nhl-playoffs-odds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/04\/betting-susan-boyle-or-flawless-plus-nba-playoff-and-nhl-playoffs-odds\/","title":{"rendered":"Betting: Susan Boyle or Flawless, Plus NBA Playoff and NHL Playoffs Odds"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=Section1>\n<p><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt; color:windowtext'>Today in the Daily Sports Roundup: The Phillies turn to their ace for a victory, the Indians continue their <\/span><\/font><st1:State><st1:place><font   size=3 color=black><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext'>New York<\/span><\/font><\/st1:place><\/st1:State><font size=3 color=black><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext'> set, and the NHL continues its first-round series.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p><strong><b><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Arial;color:windowtext'>Tipping off on the hardwood&nbsp; . . .<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt; color:windowtext'>In what will be Stephan A. Smith&#8217;s ESPN finale, NBA action resumes on Saturday (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/index.php?PageID=37\"><font color=black><span style='color:windowtext'>NBA playoff series odds<\/span><\/font><\/a>), with Game 1 of four of the <span class=GramE>league&#8217;s<\/span> first-round series: <\/span><\/font><st1:City><st1:place><font   size=3 color=black><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext'>Detroit<\/span><\/font><\/st1:place><\/st1:City><font size=3 color=black><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext'> at <\/span><\/font><st1:City><st1:place><font   size=3 color=black><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext'>Cleveland<\/span><\/font><\/st1:place><\/st1:City><font size=3 color=black><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext'>, <\/span><\/font><st1:City><st1:place><font   size=3 color=black><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext'>Chicago<\/span><\/font><\/st1:place><\/st1:City><font size=3 color=black><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext'> at <\/span><\/font><st1:City><st1:place><font   size=3 color=black><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext'>Boston<\/span><\/font><\/st1:place><\/st1:City><font size=3 color=black><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext'>, Dallas at San Antonio, and Houston at <\/span><\/font><st1:City><st1:place><font size=3   color=black><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext'>Portland<\/span><\/font><\/st1:place><\/st1:City><font size=3 color=black><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext'>. The other four series get underway on Sunday, with <\/span><\/font><st1:City><st1:place><font   size=3 color=black><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext'>Philadelphia<\/span><\/font><\/st1:place><\/st1:City><font size=3 color=black><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext'> at <\/span><\/font><st1:City><st1:place><font   size=3 color=black><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext'>Orlando<\/span><\/font><\/st1:place><\/st1:City><font size=3 color=black><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext'>, <\/span><\/font><st1:City><st1:place><font   size=3 color=black><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext'>Miami<\/span><\/font><\/st1:place><\/st1:City><font size=3 color=black><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext'> at <\/span><\/font><st1:place><st1:City><font   size=3 color=black><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext'>Atlanta<\/span><\/font><\/st1:City><font  size=3 color=black><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext'>, <\/span><\/font><st1:State><font   size=3 color=black><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext'>Utah<\/span><\/font><\/st1:State><\/st1:place><font size=3 color=black><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext'> at the Lakers, and <\/span><\/font><st1:City><st1:place><font size=3 color=black><span   style='font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext'>New Orleans<\/span><\/font><\/st1:place><\/st1:City><font size=3 color=black><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext'> at <\/span><\/font><st1:City><st1:place><font   size=3 color=black><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext'>Denver<\/span><\/font><\/st1:place><\/st1:City><font size=3 color=black><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext'>. Los Angeles is pegged as the 3\/5 Vegas <span class=SpellE>fave<\/span> to win the title, with the Cavaliers at 8\/5, the Celtics at 2\/1, the Magic at 9\/2, and the Trail Blazers at 8\/1 according to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.betus.com\/ats\/10499\/sportsbook\/\"><font color=black><span style='color:windowtext'>BetUs Sportsbook<\/span><\/font><\/a>.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt; color:windowtext'>Also the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scoresoddspicks.com\/nbaodds.html\"><font color=black><span style='color:windowtext'>2009 NBA playoff odds<\/span><\/font><\/a> and betting lines for the individual games are up. <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p><strong><b><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Arial;color:windowtext'>Meeting up on the diamond . . .<\/span><\/font><\/b><\/strong><font size=3 color=black><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt; color:windowtext'>Phillies ace Cole Hamels will try to get back on track on Friday night when his team plays host to the Padres. The lefthander was pounded in his first start of the season on April 10, surrendering seven earned runs on 11 hits in just 3 2-3 innings of work versus the <\/span><\/font><st1:place><font  size=3 color=black><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext'>Rockies<\/span><\/font><\/st1:place><font size=3 color=black><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext'>. <\/span><\/font><st1:City><st1:place><font   size=3 color=black><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext'>San Diego<\/span><\/font><\/st1:place><\/st1:City><font size=3 color=black><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext'> will send Chris Young out to the mound on Friday; the <span class=SpellE>righthander<\/span> is 2-0 with a tiny 1.38 ERA through two outings.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt; color:windowtext'>The Cards and Cubs play a matinee in <\/span><\/font><st1:City><st1:place><font   size=3 color=black><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext'>Chicago<\/span><\/font><\/st1:place><\/st1:City><font size=3 color=black><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext'> Friday, while the Mets get a visit from the Brewers. Rounding out the National League slate: Atlanta at Pittsburgh, Florida at Washington, Cincinnati at Houston, Colorado at the Dodgers, and Arizona at San Francisco; Dan <span class=SpellE>Haren<\/span> (0-2, 2.08 ERA) will pitch for the D-Backs.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p><st1:City><st1:place><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span   style='font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext'>Cleveland<\/span><\/font><\/st1:place><\/st1:City><font size=3 color=black><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext'> and <\/span><\/font><st1:State><st1:place><font   size=3 color=black><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext'>New York<\/span><\/font><\/st1:place><\/st1:State><font size=3 color=black><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext'> will continue their series in the new Yankee Stadium on Friday, with the Tribe&#8217;s Anthony Reyes (1-0, 6.00 ERA) taking on the Bombers&#8217; <span class=SpellE>Joba<\/span> Chamberlain (0-0, 1.50 ERA). Elsewhere around the American League: Oakland at Toronto, Baltimore at Boston, the White Sox at Tampa Bay, Kansas City at Texas, the Angels at Minnesota, and Detroit at Seattle. <span class=GramE>Tigers<\/span> starter Justin Verlander has given up nine earned runs over 8 2-3 innings this season.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt; color:windowtext'>Picks that are hotter than Donna Feldman and <span class=SpellE>Carlie<\/span> Becker are GodsTips in the NHL. Their baseball domination also is resuming. GodsTips is 4-1 in the NHL playoffs including two Dandy Dogs. Get six MLB and NHL winners tonight. The big story is the National League Underdog of the Month. We will also add that there are some Dandy Dogs among our six winners. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/index.php?Page=Packages\"><font color=black><span style='color:windowtext'>Click now to purchase<\/span><\/font><\/a><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight: normal'>The next Susan Boyle&#8230;<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/b><\/p>\n<p><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt; color:windowtext'>The inspirational story of Susan Boyle on &#8216;<\/span><\/font><st1:country-region><st1:place><font   size=3 color=black><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext'>Britain<\/span><\/font><\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region><font size=3 color=black><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext'>&#8216;s Got Talent&#8217; has bettors with <span class=GramE>renewed<\/span> interest in <\/span><\/font><st1:City><st1:place><font   size=3 color=black><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext'>Hollywood<\/span><\/font><\/st1:place><\/st1:City><font size=3 color=black><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext'> and entertainment <a href=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/index.php?PageID=98\"><font color=black><span style='color:windowtext'>betting odds<\/span><\/font><\/a>. Paddy Power, an Irish <a href=\"http:\/\/www.linetrackers.com\/\"><font color=black><span style='color:windowtext'>sportsbook<\/span><\/font><\/a> has Boyle as only an 8-11 favorite to win the talent contest. Dance group Flawless is 5-1 to topple the poster child for rags to riches. <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt; color:windowtext'>Boyle is a bit more inspirational than former American Idol contestant <span class=SpellE>Tozier<\/span> Robbins who was arrested for stalking Britney Spears. <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p><strong><b><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Arial;color:windowtext'>Taking a trip around the rink . . .<\/span><\/font><\/b><\/strong><font size=3 color=black><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt; color:windowtext'>The National Hockey League offers up Game 2 of three first-round playoff series on Friday night, including <\/span><\/font><st1:City><st1:place><font   size=3 color=black><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext'>Carolina<\/span><\/font><\/st1:place><\/st1:City><font size=3 color=black><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext'> at <\/span><\/font><st1:State><st1:place><font   size=3 color=black><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext'>New Jersey<\/span><\/font><\/st1:place><\/st1:State><font size=3 color=black><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext'>. The Devils rolled to a 4-1 win over the Hurricanes in Game 1 on Wednesday, with Zach <span class=SpellE>Parise<\/span> providing a goal and an assist and Martin <span class=SpellE>Brodeur<\/span> stopping 18 of 19 <\/span><\/font><st1:City><st1:place><font   size=3 color=black><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext'>Carolina<\/span><\/font><\/st1:place><\/st1:City><font size=3 color=black><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext'> shots. Ray Whitney had the lone <\/span><\/font><st1:City><st1:place><font size=3   color=black><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext'>Carolina<\/span><\/font><\/st1:place><\/st1:City><font size=3 color=black><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext'> marker in the third period, and Cam Ward made 35 saves.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt; color:windowtext'>The other Eastern matchup on Friday has <\/span><\/font><st1:City><st1:place><font   size=3 color=black><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext'>Philadelphia<\/span><\/font><\/st1:place><\/st1:City><font size=3 color=black><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext'> at <\/span><\/font><st1:City><st1:place><span   class=GramE><font size=3 color=black><span style='font-size:12.0pt;   color:windowtext'>Pittsburgh<\/span><\/font><\/span><\/st1:place><\/st1:City><span class=GramE><font size=3 color=black><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext'>,<\/span><\/font><\/span><font size=3 color=black><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext'> with the Penguins looking to a grab a 2-0 lead in the series. <\/span><\/font><st1:City><st1:place><font   size=3 color=black><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext'>Pittsburgh<\/span><\/font><\/st1:place><\/st1:City><font size=3 color=black><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext'> picked up a 4-1 win in the opener on Wednesday, on goals by Sidney Crosby, Tyler Kennedy, Mark Eaton, and <span class=SpellE>Evgeni<\/span> <span class=SpellE>Malkin<\/span>. Marc-Andre <span class=SpellE>Fleury<\/span> made 26 saves for the Penguins in that matchup, while Martin <span class=SpellE>Biron<\/span> stopped 29 of 33 <\/span><\/font><st1:City><st1:place><font   size=3 color=black><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext'>Pittsburgh<\/span><\/font><\/st1:place><\/st1:City><font size=3 color=black><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext'> shots.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt; color:windowtext'>Finally, it&#8217;ll be <\/span><\/font><st1:City><st1:place><font   size=3 color=black><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext'>St. Louis<\/span><\/font><\/st1:place><\/st1:City><font size=3 color=black><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext'> at <\/span><\/font><st1:City><st1:place><font   size=3 color=black><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext'>Vancouver<\/span><\/font><\/st1:place><\/st1:City><font size=3 color=black><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext'> in the second game of their first-round Western series on Friday. The Canucks pulled out a 2-1 win at home in Game 1 on Wednesday night, with Roberto <span class=SpellE>Luongo<\/span> making 25 saves on the night. Daniel <span class=SpellE>Sedin<\/span> and <span class=SpellE>Sami<\/span> <span class=SpellE>Salo<\/span> had the <\/span><\/font><st1:City><st1:place><font   size=3 color=black><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext'>Vancouver<\/span><\/font><\/st1:place><\/st1:City><font size=3 color=black><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext'> goals, while Brad <span class=SpellE>Boyes<\/span> made it close for the Blues in the second period. Chris Mason picked up 29 saves in the defeat.<o:p><\/o:p><\/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: The Phillies turn to their ace for a victory, the Indians continue their New York set, and the NHL continues its first-round series. Tipping off on the hardwood&nbsp; . . . In what will be Stephan A. Smith&#8217;s ESPN finale, NBA action resumes on Saturday (NBA playoff series odds), &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/04\/betting-susan-boyle-or-flawless-plus-nba-playoff-and-nhl-playoffs-odds\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Betting: Susan Boyle or Flawless, Plus NBA Playoff and NHL Playoffs Odds<\/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-4244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4244","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=4244"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4244\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}