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02/18/2009 - Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Carmelo Anthony had 26 points and 14 rebounds as the Denver Nuggets continued a successful run on the road with a 101-89 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers at the Wachovia Center.
Chauncey Billups scored 17 of his 22 points in a pivotal third quarter while Nene had 17 for the game to go along with seven boards in the win for Denver, which improved to 5-1 on an eight-game trek dating back to February 4.
Kenyon Martin chipped in 11 points for the Nuggets, who will also visit Chicago and Milwaukee on the swing and moved to 17-11 on the road this season.
Andre Miller paced Philadelphia with 17 points but left in the third quarter with a right calf strain and did not return. He is scheduled for an MRI on Thursday.
Lou Williams contributed 15 points off the bench while Thaddeus Young and Samuel Dalembert each had 12 points in the loss, the Sixers' second in a row following a four-game win streak.
Andre Iguodala was just 1-of-6 from the field for 10 points in 27-plus minutes and fouled out for the first time this season.
Philadelphia jumped out to a 25-13 lead after 12 minutes and stretched the advantage to 16 early in the second on a fastbreak deuce by Iguodala before Denver cut the deficit to 10 at halftime, 47-37.
However, a 24-4 run that spanned the opening seven-plus minutes of the second half allowed for a 20-point swing as the Nuggets surged ahead 61-51. Billups scored 13 over the run with a pair of long-range field goals and finished the frame with 17 points but the Sixers were able to trim the lead to three, 71-68, with a late 10-4 spurt.
Philadelphia, though, endured another paltry stretch to open the fourth, going four-plus minutes without a field goal as Denver built up an 83-70 lead. The Nuggets' lead was 10 at the five-minute mark as the Sixers' leading scorer in Iguodala fouled out and Martin hit both of his free throws.
Denver went on to control the game from there as the Sixers rolled over with just two field goals in the fourth before chucking up a host of three-pointers over an already-decided final two minutes.
Game Notes
Denver defeated Philadelphia, 105-101, on December 26 this season at the Pepsi Center and has won five of the last seven meetings...The Sixers, who recently went 5-2 on a seven-game homestand before visiting Indiana, had won four straight in Philly and fell to 17-12 as the host this season.
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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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