Banged up Hornets look to stay unbeaten against LeBron and Cavs

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11/01/2008 - (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - After opening the 2008-09 season with consecutive wins on the road, the Hornets will return home for back-to-back games, starting with tonight's showdown between LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers at New Orleans Arena.

The Hornets won their season opener on Wednesday with a 108-103 triumph at Golden State, then traveled to Phoenix the following night and beat the Suns, 108-95, at US Airways Center. Chris Paul finished two rebounds shy of a triple-double and had 20 points, 10 assists and eight boards in the win.

Morris Peterson scored 21 points for the Hornets, who played without center Tyson Chandler because of a sprained right ankle. New Orleans forward Peja Stojakovic left the game in the fourth quarter due to a severe right ankle sprain and registered 20 points. David West had 18 points for New Orleans.

Chandler and Stojakovic are expected to miss Saturday's game. The Hornets will also host Atlanta on their brief homestand.

Cleveland is 1-1 on the season, having lost to Boston in the season opener on Tuesday before handing the Charlotte Bobcats a 96-79 defeat on Thursday.

In the win over Charlotte head coach Larry Brown and the Bobcats, James had a solid performance with 22 points, nine rebounds and nine assists to lead the way.

Daniel Gibson went 4-of-6 from three-point range on the way to a 25-point night and Mo Williams scored 17 points to go with seven assists for the Cavaliers. Zydrunas Ilgauskas had 11 points and Ben Wallace contributed 10 rebounds and five blocks in the win.

The Cavs will visit Dallas after their bout in New Orleans.

New Orleans won both meetings with Cleveland last season, but the Cavs have won eight of the last 11 encounters.

Cleveland has lost two straight and 12 of 15 contests at the Hornets.

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Super Bowl XLIII Betting - Super Bowl 2009

Super Bowl 2009, the Arizona Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Let’s take a look at the Super Bowl 2009 betting odds and the betting line and figure out where they’ve been and where they are going to go.

MySportsbook.com put up the Super Bowl 2009 betting odds late on Sunday night with the Pittsburgh Steelers favored by 6.5 points and a total betting line at 47.5 points.

Since then, however, the Super Bowl 2009 betting odds have seen a good deal of movement and you’ll want to be on top of where they are likely to move to make sure you get the best line value for the big game.

Since opening, the Super Bowl 2009 betting lines went to Steelers -7 in the span of roughly 3 hours but were quickly bought back down just minutes later to 6.5 again.

After that is took about 5-6 more hours before the betting line went back to -7 where it has sat for a while now and is likely to remain. The opening betting total of 47.5 was bet down right after the line became available and went to 47 within minutes.

Roughly a day later it has been bet even further down to the 46.5 tally it currently is set at.

Roughly 60% of gamblers seem to be on the Cardinals here so the point spread will be bet down and a 7.5 would not last very long at all with many taking the early 6.5 in hopes of finding a potential middle in the Super Bowl 2009 betting odds.

If you like Arizona and see a 7.5, I’d take it as soon as possible because it’s unlikely to last. For Pittsburgh backers, the -7 might be the best you’ll be able to find but a 6.5 is definitely possible close to game time.

Regarding the Super Bowl 2009 betting odds for the total, most tracked gamblers are already on the over and with those who took the under 47.5 already securing a middle on the over 46.5, the only way I see it moving is back up to 47 so if you like the over, I’d recommend betting now.

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