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02/06/2009 - Washington, DC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Carmelo Anthony scored 23 points to lead seven Nuggets in double figures, as Denver welcomed back Chauncey Billups and Kenyon Martin with a relatively easy 124-103 win over the lowly Washington Wizards.
Billups (ankle) and Martin (flu) each missed Wednesday's 114-113 win over Oklahoma City, but came back Friday to net 16 and 11 points, respectively for Denver, which has won four straight and seven of eight.
Dahntay Jones added 18 points, while Chris Andersen and Linas Kleiza each deposited 13 for the Nuggets, who shot 56.3 percent from the field.
Antawn Jamison's 26 points, eight rebounds and five assists weren't enough in Washington's eighth loss in nine games. Nick Young chipped in 20 points off the bench in defeat.
Washington actually led, 23-22, late in the first quarter, but the Nuggets scored the last eight of the frame, capped by a Martin dunk to take control.
J.R. Smith, who ended with 10 points, opened the second with a three-pointer and Denver sped ahead, 41-25, less than four minutes in behind an 11-2 run.
It was 68-48 at the break and a three-possession stretch featuring Billups and Anthony three-pointers and a Jones alley-oop dunk made it a 78-50 game early in the second half.
The margin ballooned to 102-70 at the end of the third, and the benches for both clubs emptied in an uneventful final 12 minutes.
Game Notes
The Nuggets will also visit the Nets, Heat, Magic, 76ers, Bulls and Bucks in their eight-game road trip...Washington was without forward Caron Butler (flu) for the second straight game...Denver has won four straight against the Wizards...Anthony also recorded eight rebounds and six assists in the win... Mike James and Javaris Crittenton each had 10 points for Washington. Crittenton and Denver's Anthony Carter each had seven assists as well...At 34-16, Denver is off to its best 50-game record since they joined the NBA in 1976.
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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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