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Emotional Jazz welcome Hornets to townBasketball Betting Lines02/21/2009 - (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Hearts will be heavy in Salt Lake City tonight, when the host Utah Jazz resume a five-game homestand versus the New Orleans Hornets at EnergySolutions Arena. On Friday, longtime Jazz owner Larry Miller succumbed to complications from type 2 diabetes at the age of 64. Miller had to have both legs amputated starting six inches below his knees due to complications from the disease in late January. He passed away surrounded by family at his Salt Lake City residence, and was owner of the club for 23 years. The Jazz will hit the floor Saturday in search of their fourth straight win overall and seventh in a row at home. They improved to 3-0 on the residency following Thursday's 90-85 triumph over the Boston Celtics, as Mehmet Okur scored 19 points and Deron Williams notched 18 and 10 assists in the win. Andrei Kirilenko scored 13 points in his comeback from surgery and Ronnie Brewer tallied 16 points for the Jazz, who improved to 23-6 at home for the season. Utah will also host the Atlanta Hawks. Meanwhile, New Orleans will resume a three-game road trip and opened the trek with Friday's 115-111 overtime loss against the Los Angeles Lakers. Rasual Butler had a season-high 31 points and Chris Paul chipped in 21 points and 16 assists, but fouled out in overtime. David West had 16 points and 16 rebounds in defeat, while James Posey ended with 17 points and 10 boards for New Orleans, which had a two-game winning streak halted and lost for the seventh time in 11 tries. The Hornets will also visit Sacramento and are 13-12 away from the Big Easy in 2008-09. Hornets center Tyson Chandler was on the bench after returning to the team following the reversal of his trade to Oklahoma City because of a failed physical. Chandler hasn't played since January 19 versus Indiana because of a left ankle injury and is also nursing a toe problem. His return date is unknown. Utah defeated New Orleans, 116-90, on January 7 this season at EnergySolutions Arena and has won two straight, six of seven and 10 of the past 13 meetings. The Hornets have dropped five in a row and 14 of 18 trips to Utah.
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American Idol odds : Blake Lewis the Early Standout An important American Idol betting lines recap from February 20 Guys episode. The 12 men came out flat overall with Blake Lewis appearing to have the early edge after the first hour and a half. Rudy - was quite good singing "Free Ride" to start off. Randy was not impressed though. Paula thought he started off fantastic. "Never had anyone stop off so lively" said Paula but Simon (who does not like Rudy) does not feel he has a distinct voice and was not impressed either. Brandon was a little pitchy according to Randy and Paula agreed. Simon said he was a good singer but the song was "too safe" and he needs to make an impact. He was listed at +1200 odds or $1200 paid out on a $100 bet should he win the competition. Big favorite Sundance came in with a flat version of "Knights in White Satin" and the judges let him have it, including Paula. Randy claimed the song was out of pitch throughout. Korean American - and a Jenny Woo favorite - Paul Kim was up next. Another pitchy flat one but Randy said he still liked his potential. Kim at +3000 odds was said to have sung a "third rate version of that (George Michael) song" according to Simon Cowell. He sang "Careless Whisper". 22 year old Chris Richardson was up next. He was listed with +1100 odds coming in. He got the best response from the judges though Simon did not believe the vocal was that great. Nick was boring and pitchy. Simon didn't think he was that bad though and predicted he would be back next week. Nick Pedro was a big +3000 dog coming into this competition. Beat boxer Blake Lewis was listed with early +1000 odds or $1000 payout on a $100 bet if he were to become the next American Idol winner odds . These of course were the early odds. He was considered original for picking an "odd song". He did not beat box and the judges felt it was the best vocal of the night. Sanjaya came in as the second biggest favorite after Chris Sligh but his performance Tuesday night was not very good. Chris Sleigh was the early favorite at +450 odds. Great voice and a great sense of humor. He's a real standout. Randy felt it was on point but maybe ahead of the chorus a little bit. Simon Cowell said he felt like he was in some "sort of weird student gig". Jared Cotter followed. He was listed with +2000 odds early on to win the competition. The judges felt he needs to take more risks but looked good. Phil - this season's military favorite - came into this competition with +1200 odds to win the competition. He was the last to perform. He was certainly strong enough to get through this stage of the competition and perhaps the best one after a shaky start. Tomorrow night, the ladies perform and I sure hope they do a better job than the boys. Check out all the American Idol betting odds here. To visit this online sportsbook got to MySportsbook.com - this sportsbook accepts credit cards. |
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