Basketball January 25, 2007
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Clemson (18-2) at Duke (16-3)
7:00 pm Eastern
ESPN
SBG Global Opening Line: Duke – 6.5
10th ranked 10 Duke hosts 19th ranked Clemson tonight in what should be a competitive ACC matchup. Duke lost their first two ACC games but has now won their last three. The Blue Devils are coming off a 79-56 win over North Carolina State on Saturday. Duke had five players in double figures. SBG Global reports that early betting shows more bets on Duke but more money being placed on Clemson plus the points.
Duke held NC State to just 34.1 percent shooting in the game. "We are becoming better as a team," coach Mike Krzyzewski said. "We prepared with passion and played with passion."
Clemson was the last unbeaten team in college basketball but lost to Maryland and then to North Carolina. They bounced back with a 74-54 win over Boston College on Saturday. "We (beat) a first-place team coming into our house on a Saturday afternoon," head coach Oliver Purnell said. "Our guys think this should happen. We should be a tough out here."
Duke is a 6.5 point favorite with a total of 131 at SBG Global.
Clemson has lost 19 straight to Duke and they are 4-52 all-time at Cameron Indoor Stadium. Clemson does lead the ACC in scoring on the road, and this is their best start since the 1986-87 season.
The Tigers are 5-1 ATS in their last 6 road games. The Tigers are 4-1 ATS in their last 5 road games vs. a team with a winning home record.
The Blue Devils are 4-1 ATS in their last 5 games as a favorite. The Blue Devils are 5-2 ATS in their last 7 Thursday games.
The Over is 6-2 in the Tigers last 8 Thursday games. The Under is 7-3-1 in the Tigers last 11 games as an underdog. The Under is 5-0 in the Blue Devils last 5 Thursday games. The Under is 16-5 in the Blue Devils last 21 games as a home favorite. The Over is 16-5 in the Blue Devils last 21 vs. the ACC.
The Under is 15-6 in the Blue Devils last 21 games as a favorite. The Under is 4-1 in the last 5 meetings between the teams at Duke.
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Dallas Mavericks (35-8) at Chicago Bulls (24-19)
8:00 pm Eastern
TNT
SBG Global Opening Line: Mavericks - 5
The Dallas Mavericks go for their ninth straight win tonight and 22nd in 23 games when they take on the Bulls in Chicago. Dallas has the NBA’s best record and they own the Bulls. The Mavericks have won 16 of 17 meetings with the Bulls since March 12, 1998. That was when the Bulls had Michael Jordan. Dallas has since won all seven of its visits to the United Center and SBG Global reports that the gambling public is all over this game taking Dallas laying the points.
"We just feel all of the players that we have are hungry in general," Dallas coach Avery Johnson said. "Everybody early in the season likes to talk about other teams being hungry to win, but they failed to mention us. We are a hungry team, we are a focused team and we are just taking it one game at a time." "We're about as hungry as it gets," Mavericks forward Dirk Nowitzki said. "We were so close last year. It was a very, very disappointing loss at the end. But more than anything, it's motivation for us to work even harder this year." Nowitzki had 33 points and 10 rebounds in the Mavericks' 111-95 win at Orlando on Tuesday. Josh Howard added 25 points, and is averaging 26.8 over the last four games.
Dallas is a 4.5 point favorite with a total of 190.5 at SBG Global.
Chicago is coming off a 94-86 win over Atlanta. Luol Deng led six Bulls in double figures with 18 points. It was not a very good effort for the Bulls against the Hawks. "We're talking about it," Bulls forward P.J. Brown said. "We know that's not going to get it done. There is no way we're going to get away with playing that type of basketball on that trip, so we tried to tighten up and play consistent and get a lot better." The Bulls were 14-3 in December, but they are 5-7 in January and they are only 4-4 home of late.
"Every game is important for us right now, especially in this building," Chicago's Ben Wallace said. "We have to force teams to come in here and work extremely hard to beat us."
The Mavericks are 22-9-2 ATS in their last 33 road games. The Mavericks are 9-4-2 ATS in their last 15 games as a road favorite. The Mavericks are 1-6-1 ATS in their last 8 vs. the Central. The Mavericks are 5-1 ATS in the last 6 meetings in Chicago. The road team is 7-3 ATS in the last 10 meetings between the two teams.
The Bulls are 6-1 ATS in their last 7 games as a home underdog.
The Over is 4-1-1 in the Mavericks last 6 overall. The Over is 10-4 in the Mavericks last 14 Thursday games. The Over is 43-20 in the Mavericks last 63 vs. the Central. The Under is 5-1 in the Bulls last 6 home games. The Over is 18-6-1 in the Bulls last 25 vs. the Southwest.
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