Hornets aim to sting visiting Hawks

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02/28/2007 - (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets will try for their sixth straight win at home this evening when they welcome the Atlanta Hawks to the Ford Center.

The Hornets were on the road last night and fell to the Cleveland Cavaliers, 97-89, to halt a two-game overall winning streak.

David West scored 25 points with 10 rebounds and six assists, Desmond Mason compiled 16 points and Tyson Chandler notched a double-double with 14 points and 10 boards in defeat. Chris Paul had just seven points.

The setback dropped New Orleans one-half game behind the Los Angeles Clippers for the eighth and final playoff spot in the Western Conference.

So now the Hornets will try to rebound at home where they have won 11 of their last 12 and are 18-11 on the season.

New Orleans has also been solid against the Hawks as of late. The Hornets took the first meeting of this two-game season series between the teams on January 10 despite playing without Paul, Peja Stojakovic, West and Bobby Jackson, and have won three of four overall against Atlanta. Only Stojakovic (lower back surgery) is expected to miss tonight's game.

The Hornets will play in Chicago on Friday.

The Hawks lost for the fourth time in five games on Monday when they became the latest victim of the red-hot Dallas Mavericks, who handed Atlanta a 110-87 defeat.

Joe Johnson went 12-of-18 from the field for 29 points for Atlanta, which lost for the 13th time in the last 16 encounters with Dallas. Zaza Pachulia had 24 points and nine boards in defeat.

Atlanta is currently tied with Charlotte for last place in the Southeast Division. Tonight's game for Atlanta is the second of a quick three-game road trip that concludes in Washington on Friday.

The Hawks are just 12-18 as the visiting team this season.

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Two playoff teams from 2007 take center stage on the NFL Network Sunday night in a Week 2 NFL betting match-up when the (0-1) New England Patriots betting head south to Florida for a contest with the (1-0) Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

New England HC Bill Belichick couldn’t care less about the way his team plays in the preseason. With a chance to tie last week’s game with the Baltimore Ravens betting, He elected to go for the two-point conversion and outright victory. The conversion failed, and the Pats ended up falling to the Ravens by a 16-15 final count.

New England rolled off twelve unanswered points to give it a chance at securing the victory, but it never threatened to cover the 3.5-point spread. NFL bettors saw this one coming, as they bet the Ravens down from +6 to +3.5 as the week progressed. QB Tom Brady didn’t take part in the Patriots first preseason clash, but could see action this weekend.

His three replacements all put up embarrassing numbers. They went a combined 17 for 33, and threw three interceptions and no touchdowns. The New England defense was encouraging, as they held the Ravens to 2/12 third down conversions and surrendered just ten first downs. That ‘D’ should be bolstered with the addition of former Bucs and Denver Broncos betting safety John Lynch, who could make his Patriots debut on Sunday against his former mates.

HC Jon Gruden had to be impressed with the way his Bucs played on both sides of the ball in their dominating 17-6 victory over the Miami Dolphins in Week 1’s NFL pre-season betting action. Bucs bettors were quite happy with the effort, as they made a mockery of the fact that they were underdogs in the game.

The logjam at the quarterback position didn’t get any easier to separate for Gruden, as all four of his QBs had positive experiences in the first exhibition of 2008. The four combined to complete 28 of their 40 passes for 204 yards and a touchdown, and that was without starting QB Jeff Garcia in the lineup.

RB Michael Bennett had 19 carries and four receptions, totaling 90 yards and a touchdown. Expect to see more of Bennett, Kenneth Darby, and Earnest Graham, as they all compete for playing time with Warrick Dunn in the backfield this season. Defensively, the Bucs recorded four sacks and held the Fins offense in check all day.

First round draft pick Aqib Talib was impressive in the secondary, recording a tackle and two pass defenses in his debut. Don’t be surprised to see Talib in the starting lineup opposite Ronde Barber for the Bucs in ’08.

The betting trends suggest that NFL bettors should be backing the Bucs in this intra-conference exhibition.

These two teams hooked up last year in Tampa Bay, with the Bucs winning that game 13-10. The Buccaneers have only lost one preseason game at home dating back to the beginning of the ’05 preseason. The Patriots have had a mixed bag of results in their recent exhibitions. They have gone 2-2 ATS and SU each of the last three years.

New England currently sits as modest 1-point favorites in this preseason showdown with the ‘total’ now sitting at 34.5.

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