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02/16/2007 - Berkeley, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Ryan Anderson scored 18 points, converted a three-point play with 1:01 remaining to give California the lead, and the Golden Bears held on for a 63-61 win over the 15th-ranked Oregon Ducks.
Patrick Christopher scored 16 points for Cal (13-12, 5-8 Pac-10), which snapped a six-game skid. Omar Wilkes scored 10 points for the Golden Bears, and Ayinde Ubaka grabbed 12 boards to go with his six points.
Tajuan Porter scored 14 points, and Aaron Brooks added 12 points and seven rebounds for Oregon (20-6, 8-6), which has lost four of five. Bryce Taylor had 11 points for the Ducks.
Cal only scored four points in the final 4 1/2 minutes, but it was enough to pull out the win as the Ducks went scoreless over the same time period, missing multiple shots in the last minute that could have tied or won the game, including three in the last 20 seconds, two by Taylor.
The Ducks led 57-50 with 8:26 left, but the Bears scored seven straight to tie the game at 57. Oregon edged back into the lead, and a Taylor tip-in put the Ducks up 61-59 with four and a half minutes to go, but the Ducks couldn't muster anything else on offense.
Anderson's layup and foul shot gave Cal the lead, and Ubaka hit a free throw with 35 seconds left before Taylor's misfortunes and a missed shot by Chamberlain Oguchi ended the game.
The game appeared to be headed for a blowout early, with Oregon scoring the first seven points, and the Ducks led 12-3 after a Taylor layup with 15:18 left. Cal came charging back late, though, scoring 17 straight in the last 6:08 of the half. Wilkes and Anderson hit threes on the stretch, which Jerome Randle closed with a jumper with nine seconds left, and the Bears held a 35-27 lead at the break.
Game Notes
Oregon has now lost seven straight at Cal...Oregon shot 28.6 percent (8-of-28) from behind the arc. Cal did not fare much better, shooting 30 percent (6- of-20).
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In any football or basketball game (the main sports that use point spreads) there are two teams playing against each other.
Those teams, though, are rarely exactly evenly matched – meaning that typically one team has a better chance than the other to win the game. If bettors were allowed to bet on who was simply going to win the game, smart ones would obviously bet on the better team (likely winning more than 50% of the time in the process).
If winning were that easy the Las Vegas and online sportsbooks would stop taking any bets! This is where the point spread comes in: the basic function of the point spread is to balance the likelihood of each team “winning” by adjusting the final score by the point spread. After this adjustment is made you get the Against The Spread result (ATS result for short).
Let’s look at Super Bowl XXXIX, New England Patriots vs. Philadelphia Eagles. Most people believed the defending champ Patriots to be the better team – so if betting were simply based upon which team would win the game, an uneven majority of people would have wagered on New England. But, by using the point spread, the bookmakers adjusted the terms of the bet, evening the proposition so about half the people believed the Pats to be the smart bet, while the other half considered Philly to be the smart bet.
New England Patriots -7 vs. Philadelphia Eagles
The better team, called the Favorite, is expected to win the game and must “give” or “lay” points to the weaker team. The favorite is listed with a minus sign and the number of points they are favored by (e.g., New England -7)
In the case of our example, New England must not only win the game, but they must win by more than 7 points for Pats bettors to have a winning ATS result. An Eagles bettor wins his bet either if:
There was also the possibility that the final score could land exactly on the spread number (for example, the Pats winning 28-21 when -7), which is called a “push” or “no action” and a refund is then issued to bettors of both teams.
The same game with the same point spread can be considered from the weaker team’s perspective: The Underdog (Philly in the case of our example) is not expected to win the game and online football betting thus receives or “gets” points given by the stronger team. When a game is stated from the underdog’s perspective the team is listed with a plus sign and the number of points they are underdogs by:
Philadelphia Eagles +7 vs. New England Patriots
Keep in mind that Philadelphia +7 and New England -7 is the same point spread on the same game, simply stated differently. The first is from the underdog’s perspective; the later is from the favorite’s.
Not a must, but for some a mathematical approach is insightful. You can determine the ATS winner by either:
Let’s look at the actual result of Super Bowl XXXIX: New England 24 Philadelphia 21
The favorite, New England, won the game but not by more than the point spread they were favored by (7), so the ATS result was a LOSS for Pats bettors.
Looking at it from the underdog’s perspective, Philly did not win the game, but they lost by less than the point spread (7), so the ATS result was a WIN for Eagle bettors.
Mathematically considered, 24 for the favorite Pats minus 7 equals 17, which is less than the 20 the Eagles scored, so the underdog Eagles win the ATS result (or you could figure 20 plus 7 equals 27 for the Eagles, which is more than 24 for the Pats).
Emily’s boyfriend understood the point spread and wagered $100 on the Eagles at +7. The Eagles may not have gotten a Super Bowl ring, but since they won the ATS result Emily’s boyfriend cashed his bet – giving him money to take her out to a nice dinner.
And now hopefully you understand how to read point spreads, putting you one step closer to joining the fun of sports betting.
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Terrell Owens could return for Cowboys next game
A bye week will allow Terrell Owens broken hand to recover just in time for the next game the Dallas Cowboys are slated to play, according to reports. MySportsbook.com, an football sportsbook, has posted football betting lines on TO playing.
Owens broke the bone leading to his right ring finger Sunday night and had a plate surgically attached to it Monday. Although Owens' hand was swollen and aching Wednesday, Dallas Cowboys coach Bill Parcells said he's optimistic the receiver will be back at work next week and catching passes a week from Sunday against the Tennessee Titans.
MySportsbook.com online sportsbook listed Terrell Owens with odds of 7-2 (or $7 paid out for every $2 bet) to return back for the game against Tennessee.
"I certainly wouldn't rule it out now," Parcells said, referring to Terrell Owens immediate return. "Maybe five days from now I might, but I wouldn't rule it out now. ... I know we're looking to try to get him moving around pretty good in the next day or so. So we'll see where we are."
Owens did not speak with reporters Wednesday, but said Sunday he'd be out two to four weeks. A return against the Titans would be 13 days after the surgery. The Cowboys were listed as an early -7 1/2 favorite vs. the Tennessee Titans for Week 4 at MySportsbook.com
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