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Gallinari sinks go-ahead shot as Knicks edge CelticsBasketball Betting Lines04/06/2010 - New York, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Danilo Gallinari ended with 31 points and sank the go-ahead bank shot with 36.8 seconds remaining, as the New York Knicks edged the Boston Celtics, 104-101, at Madison Square Garden. David Lee added a big layup with 7.3 seconds left. He had 13 points, 11 rebounds, and six assists for the Knicks, who have won two in a row following a four-game slide. Earl Barron donated a season-high 17 points to go with a career-best 18 rebounds for the victors. Ray Allen finished with 17 points for the Celtics, who have dropped four of five and remain one game back of the Hawks for third in the Eastern Conference. Atlanta lost to the Bobcats on Tuesday. Kendrick Perkins chipped in 14 points and eight rebounds. Kevin Garnett also added 14 points, while Paul Pierce netted 13 and Glen Davis tallied 12 points in defeat. Boston started the fourth on a 10-0 run to take the lead. Michael Finley's trey made it 88-86 with nine minutes to play. New York charged back in front with an 8-2 spurt. Toney Douglas got things going with a layup and Sergio Rodriguez scored the final six points of the flurry for the Knicks to make it a 94-90 game with under six minutes to go. Rasheed Wallace then bookended a small 6-0 burst with a slam and jumper to give the Celtics a 96-94 edge with 4:43 remaining. Pierce made 1-of-2 from the foul line with 1:02 left to give Boston a 101-100 lead. Bill Walker was off the mark with a three-pointer but Lee grabbed the offensive rebound. Gallinari then banked home a long jumper to give the home team a 102-101 margin with 36.8 seconds left. After a bad pass from Pierce, Lee made a layup to extend the Knicks' margin to three with 7.3 ticks to go. Wallace's long three-pointer was off the mark as time expired. The Knicks held a 27-21 edge after 12 minutes of action, but the Celtics ripped off eight straight points in the early stages of the second to cut the gap to one, 30-29. New York led 53-52 at the half. Gallinari scored 10 consecutive points for the Knicks in the middle stages of the third. His pair of free throws with four minutes left gave New York a 78-71 margin. It was 86-78 heading to the fourth. Game Notes Boston won the season series with New York, 3-1...The Celtics were aiming for their second season sweep of the Knicks in three years...New York was without the services of guard Tracy McGrady (left knee)...Boston shot 54.8 percent from the field, while New York made 44.3 percent of its shots...The Knicks outrebounded the Celtics, 44-34...Boston had 18 turnovers, leading to 27 New York points...Wallace had seven points, while Nate Robinson tallied five points off the bench against his former club.
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Numerous College Basketball teams take final big step to March Madness betting So, what turned on the lock spigot? Well, after what felt like weeks of teams treading water and slipping back into the bubble muck, a bunch of them finally decided to say "to heck with parity" and won games that should put them into the Big Dance. Disagree with some of these? Then here's the challenge. Take all of the "should be ins" and make a legit case that each should be ahead of the team that's a lock. Then find 10 more teams that also should be placed in the bracket ahead of that lock team. Not so easy, is it? If you want more evidence that these locks should be good to go, check out what our research department dug up. Since the NCAA Tournament went to 64 teams in 1985, only six teams from a "big six" conference have had a record of 10-6 or better in conference play and not been selected: Colorado (2004) and Nebraska (1999) from the Big 12, Boston College and Seton Hall (both 2003) from the Big East, Indiana (2005) from the Big Ten and UCLA, which somehow went 12-6 in the Pac-10 in 1988 and still missed out. (Note: Five teams went 11-7 and didn't get in, the latest being last season's Stanford team, which had a brutal nonconference run.) Yes, 10 conference wins doesn't always mean what it used to because of unbalanced schedules, but this season, it should be plenty good in all but the extreme cases (see: Iowa). In a way, this is a welcome development, because this is a bubble watch, not a lock watch. We can finally be done with teams like Maryland and Virginia Tech and start really bearing down on at-large battles such as Syracuse-West Virginia and Appalachian State-Georgia Tech. Interestingly, all the shifting of teams into lock status appears to be more administrative than impactful. The number of remaining available at-larges didn't change one iota. The only difference is that teams on the bubble now have a clearer idea of which team(s) they are competing with for those precious bids.
As always, I've tried to be as inclusive as possible while only including teams that would have a reasonable chance of at least being discussed if this were Selection Sunday. If your team's not on here, there's probably a good reason (or three) -- start with the RPI and SOS numbers and work your way down. (Please remember, per selection committee criteria, that records displayed are Division I only. Next update: Feb. 28) If you have a legitimate grievance, or just like talking bubble, send an e-mail. Polite ones with fact-based arguments have a much better chance of receiving a response. I apologize in advance if I can't get back to all of you. Atlantic Coast Conference Work left to do: Clemson, Florida State, Georgia Tech
Work left to do: Clemson [19-9 (5-9), RPI: 41, SOS: 42] The Tigers are closer to locking up the collapse of the year award (in a good battle with OK State) than they are to grabbing an at-large. Clemson's been very competitive, but there's no really positive way you can spin nine losses in 11 games. They now cannot get to .500 in ACC play and still must head to Virginia Tech in the season finale (after hosting Miami). Unless the Tigers win both and/or do some serious work in the ACC tourney, they very well could be left out. There are no great nonconference wins, but ODU, App State, Miss. State, South Carolina and Georgia are all respectable W's. Florida State [18-11 (6-9), RPI: 48, SOS: 14] The Noles got thrashed at Maryland to run their losing streak to five, but then pounded NC State at home to set the table for what likely is an elimination game at Miami. You can at least make a case for the Seminoles at 7-9 in ACC play (and some work in the ACC tourney), but 6-10 is not going to cut it. Wins at Duke and over Florida will resonate, but the computer numbers remain questionable. Beyond Florida, FSU thrashed bubble buddy Providence, but there's not a ton beyond those two games that will help. They didn't show well in big-time opportunities against Pitt and Wisconsin (before the Florida win). Georgia Tech [18-10 (6-8), RPI: 51, SOS: 46] The Jackets beat Wake on Wednesday but couldn't get it done at UVa on Saturday, which could be a crucial loss with UNC and BC (both at home) remaining and 8-8 almost a certain need for at-large consideration. A nonconference win over Memphis helps, but the RPI and SOS are not at-large quality right now; if you combine those with a sub-.500 ACC mark, that could spell NIT for GT. For more College Basketball betting lines go to MySportsbook.com Additional basketball lines can be found at: www.MySportsbook.com To visit this online sportsbook got to MySportsbook.com - this sportsbook accepts credit cards.
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