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Revamped Bucks visit PistonsBasketball Betting Lines02/19/2010 - (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Newly-acquired guard John Salmons is expected to join the Milwaukee Bucks tonight, when they close out their season series with the Central Division-rival Detroit Pistons at The Palace of Auburn Hills. The Bucks added Salmons just before Thursday's trade deadline and sent forwards Hakim Warrick and Joe Alexander to the Chicago Bulls, getting the former Miami-Florida hoopster and second-round picks in 2011 and 2012 in return. Salmons averaged 12.7 points in 51 games with the Bulls. Milwaukee general manager John Hammond also made a move with the Philadelphia 76ers and acquired guard Royal Ivey, center Primoz Brezec and a second-round pick in the 2010 draft for rookie guard Jodie Meeks and center Francisco Elson. Milwaukee hopes the moves will eventually pay off as it currently sits two games out of the eighth and final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference. It has dropped two of its last three games and suffered a 127-99 defeat at the hands of the Houston Rockets on Wednesday at the Bradley Center. The Rockets used a 43-14 third quarter to erase the Bucks, who got 18 points and eight boards from Luc Mbah a Moute. Rookie Brandon Jennings netted 13 points, while Luke Ridnour and Andrew Bogut each had 12 in defeat. "We just didn't play well," Bogut said. "We stuck with them in every category except field goal percentage. I think we were out-rebounding them in the first half, had more blocked shots and more steals. But they shoot fifty percent in the first half and sixty percent for the game and they bombarded us with three's in the third quarter and blew the game wide open." Bogut has blocked a shot in 17 consecutive games, the longest current blocks streak in the NBA. Milwaukee is only 8-19 as the guest this season. Detroit will open a short homestand Friday versus the Bucks and Spurs, and owns a 13-15 record at The Palace this season. It made no moves at the trade deadline and has lost eight of the last 12 games, including Wednesday's 116-91 loss at Orlando despite a season-high 36 points from Richard Hamilton. Hamilton also registered five rebounds and three assists in 36 minutes, and is 23-23 from the free-throw line in his last four games. "I thought we did a great job for a couple of quarters," Hamilton said. "I thought we let the refs get to us on a couple of calls in the fourth quarter." Tayshaun Prince and Jonas Jerebko both ended with 13 points in defeat, while Prince is recording 16.3 points in his last four contests. Detroit's bench is averaging 35.9 points in the last 37 games, but had just 13 points from its reserves in the loss to the Magic. The Pistons lead the season series with Milwaukee by a 2-1 count and have won 16 of the previous 21 matchups between the division foes. The Bucks are 2-11 in their last 13 games at The Palace.
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Betting the NFL preseasonRule No. 1 in the gamblers' handbook states, "Avoid sports betting on meaningless games." When you're drowning in a sea of baseball monotony, however, things change. Even a hint of pro football betting can persuade the most disciplined bettor to break a few rules. The NFL preseason is around the corner, with a tempting Hall of Fame match kicking off on Sunday. But bettors must stay vigilant. Wagering on NFL exhibition games is an entirely different beast than the regular season. Most fans don't recognize the players on the field because starters get as much action in August as Warcraft fans get on Prom night. The only certainty about the NFL this time of year is uncertainty – and yet there are some who say betting in August can be a gold mine. “I actually feel the NFL preseason presents solid profit opportunities for sharp bettors and handicappers,” Sports Expert Steve Merril explains. “My experience has been that the sportsbooks fear the preseason, which is evident by lower limits and massive moves.” The line moves are attributed to the limited knowledge available regarding playing-time distribution. One team’s top unit out on the field for one more series has an impact on the pointspread. Setting lines in the preseason often is a shot in the dark. “We base the betting lines mostly on public perception,” Pete Korner, founder of the Sports Club in Las Vegas, says. “It’s very tough to predict, almost a guessing game.” The preseason is all about figuring out who’s in and for how long. “It becomes a race between bettors and oddsmakers to find out how long the quarterbacks are going to stay in,” Korner admits. “If a sharp gets the information first, he could exploit an early line. I’m a full believer in moving the line in the preseason if the books find out something late in the week.” Determining what each team’s motive is can help bettors handicap. To do this you must pay close attention to the philosophies head coaches employ in exhibition play. “You need to know what a coach is trying to accomplish,” says Covers Expert Bryan Leonard. “Sometimes a new coach will want to instill a winning attitude. Others just want to make sure their starters don’t get hurt." So how do you distinguish who’s playing scared and who’s playing for keeps? “Head coaches on the hot seat or new coaches trying to implement a winning attitude usually try harder to win in the preseason,” Merril says. Cleveland Browns head coach Romeo Crennel fits this criteria. He’s entering his third season as the sideline boss and has yet to lead the Browns to more than six wins. Cleveland is an enticing bet as well because of the unresolved quarterback situation. General manager Phil Savage sacrificed the Browns’ first-round pick in next year’s draft for Brady Quinn, but the former Notre Dame quarterback hasn’t signed or reported to training camp yet. Charlie Frye and Derek Anderson split time at QB last season and it looks like either player (or even Quinn) could be the opening-day starter. “If a team has quarterback depth and the pecking order hasn’t been decided, it’s a big advantage,” Leonard says. Even in the third week of the preseason when starters generally play the most, the final outcome of the game is in the hands of fringe players. A team's talent, all the way down to the last man on the roster, is something to consider. The New England Patriots have long been considered one of the deeper teams in the NFL and coach Bill Belichick has said in the past he’s unafraid of stars getting hurt in games with nothing on the line. He shocked his colleagues in 2003 by playing some of his starters on special teams in the preseason. “We want to have the team ready to play a tough, physical game and preparation has to go into that and I imagine a certain amount of injuries go with it,” Belichick told the Providence Journal in August 2003. Bettors can only hope to find more teams that share the Pats' business-like approach to the preseason (New England is 17-9-3 against the spread since 2000) and take advantage of teams who detest the exhibition schedule. 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