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Ginobli scores 24 straight early, Spurs hold on to beat HawksBasketball Betting Lines02/22/2007 - Atlanta, GA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Manu Ginobili poured in a season-high 40 points, including 24 straight in the first half, as the San Antonio Spurs held off the pesky Atlanta Hawks, 103-96. Ginobili, who went 12-of-22 from the field and 14-of-15 from the line, also posted eight rebounds and four assists, while Tim Duncan had 30 points and nine boards for the Spurs, who have won four in a row. Brent Barry contributed 18 points for San Antonio, which improved to 20-10 as the visitor this season. Joe Johnson scored 30 points and Zaza Pachulia had 23 points to go along with 10 rebounds for the Hawks, who have dropped two straight and three of four. A 12-0 Atlanta run late in the third quarter tied the game at 70-70 heading into the fourth quarter, but Ginobili and the Spurs came out strong to start the final framed to put the game away. Ginobili opened the fourth with two from the charity stripe before sinking a three to hand the Spurs a five-point lead. Then, after Pachulia's free throw made it 77-73, the Spurs hit five-straight free throws -- two resulting from a Johnson fragrant foul on Johnson and one from a technical foul on Atlanta head coach Mike Woodson -- to extend their lead to 82-73 four minutes into the fourth. The Hawks did not go away and were within five, 91-86, thanks to Josh Childress' dunk with 2:45 remaining, but Barry answered with a trey and Tony Parker picked off Pachulia's bad pass and broke free for a layup to give San Antonio a 10-point cushion as the Spurs hit their free throws down the stretch to ice the game. After Johnson dropped in a layup and Marvin Williams hit 1-of-2 free throws to bring Atlanta within 15-14 with just under three minutes left in the first quarter, Ginobili drove to the lane for a layup to ignite his 24 straight San Antonio points. The Spurs led 23-21 at the end of the first and Ginobili opened the second quarter up with 16 straight points, capped by three-straight free throws, to give San Antonio its largest lead of the first half, 39-23. Atlanta, though, responded with an 8-0 run and trailed by 52-43 on Duncan's putback at the buzzer. San Antonio led 68-56 late in the third quarter before the Hawks ripped off 12 straight points, capped by five straight points by Pachulia, to tie the game at 68-68 with 33.3 seconds remaining. Ginobili's layup briefly put the Spurs back in front, but Pachulia's tip-in with just over a second left tied the game at 70-70 heading into the fourth. Game Notes Williams scored 16 points for the Hawks, while Childress ended with 14 off the bench...The Spurs swept both meetings with Atlanta this season...Parker finished with just six points and four assists for San Antonio.
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL BETTINGNCAA Football Betting : USC's reward: Top spot in Top 25NEW YORK (AP) -By staying away from the cupcakes, Southern California earned itself a slim new ranking. No. 1 always seems to fit USC. Southern California jumped two spots to No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25 on Tuesday, rewarded by voters for opening the season with a dominant performance on the road against a BCS conference opponent. Georgia and Ohio State, the preseason Nos. 1 and 2, respectively, started their seasons with glorified scrimmages at home against FCS (formerly I-AA) teams. USC, however, traveled across country to face Virginia and could not have been more impressive in a 52-7 victory. Georgia fell to No. 2 and Ohio State to No 3. "We realize that rankings so early in a season are certainly fluid. But rankings do help establish a pecking order for things later in the season," USC coach Pete Carroll said in a statement. "As for moving into the No. 1 spot, it's nice to know that people think highly of our team." Since reaching No. 1 on Dec. 7, 2003, the final-regular season AP poll of that season, USC has been No. 1 in 39 polls, by far the most of any team during that time. "Some have said the voters are taking our schedule into consideration," Carroll said. "Our philosophy has always been to schedule outstanding opponents. We need to play challenging games like we just did, traveling across the country to open the season at Virginia. Games like that bring out our best and make us stronger as a team." The latest voting was close. USC received 21 first-place votes and 1,539 points from the 65-member media panel. Georgia had 20 first-place votes and 1,506 points. Ohio State got 15 first-place votes and 1,497 points. "I'd say we've evolved as pollsters," said Stewart Mandel of SI.com, who moved USC up to No. 1. "In the past, voters just kind of automatically moved teams up and kept teams where they were if they won." Georgia beat Georgia Southern 45-21 on Saturday and Ohio State opened with a 43-0 win over Youngstown State. "There's a bit of a growing backlash for the amount of teams that open with I-AA cupcakes," said Mandel, whose book "Bowls, Polls and Tattered Souls" chronicles college football's controversies. "To see a team [USC] go on the road and play a New Year's Day bowl team from last season, and not only play them but destroy them, how could you not reward that team?" USC also jumped past Georgia to No. 1 in the USA Today coaches' poll, which has the same top five as the AP poll. "It's definitely a privilege to be No. 1. But it's not heartbreaking to me if we drop," Georgia offensive lineman Josh Davis said. "It doesn't matter right now what we're ranked. What matters is our next game and right now, that's Central Michigan. The only time the polls matter is in December. That's when the polls matter." While the Bulldogs opened easy, their schedule ultimately should be as difficult as any team's. Georgia's big nonconference test is at No. 15 Arizona State on Sept. 20. The Bulldogs also face six Southeastern Conference rivals that've been ranked in the first two polls. As for Ohio State, the Buckeyes play at USC on Sept. 13 before getting into the Big Ten schedule. But of the teams in this week's top 10, USC and Texas are the only ones that don't play an FCS opponent, and the Trojans are the only team that doesn't play a team from a non-BCS conference. Get the latest 2009 BCS Championship odds at MySportsbook.com. The last team to drop from No. 1 after a victory was USC last season. LSU jumped from No. 2 to No. 1 when it beat Tulane 34-9, the same week the Trojans edged Washington 27-24 on the road. The last preseason No. 1 team to lose the top spot after winning its opening game was Florida in 2001. The Gators beat Marshall 49-14, but preseason No. 2 Miami opened with a 33-7 victory over Penn State and the Hurricanes jumped to No. 1 with Florida slipping to second. The next four teams in the new Top 25 stayed the same: No. 4 Oklahoma (two first-place votes), No. 5 Florida (five first-place votes), No. 6 Missouri (one first-place vote), No. 7 LSU (one first-place vote) and No. 8 West Virginia. No. 9 Auburn and No. 10 Texas each moved up a spot, taking advantage of Clemson's big drop. Clemson, ninth in the preseason, fell out after losing 34-10 to Alabama on Saturday. Also falling out after losses were Virginia Tech, Pittsburgh and Tennessee. Moving into the rankings were No. 21 Fresno State, No. 22 Utah, No. 23 UCLA and No. 24 South Carolina. Alabama moved up 11 spots after its big victory over Clemson. The second 10 started with No. 11 Wisconsin, followed by Texas Tech, Alabama and Kansas. BYU and Arizona State were tied for 15th. Rivals BYU and Utah are both ranked for the first time since 1996. South Florida was No. 17, ahead of Oregon, Penn State and Wake Forest at No. 20. The final five were all the teams to move into the ranking, except for Illinois, which dropped four spots and tied South Carolina for No. 24. Get free Sports Betting lines RSS feeds from top rated online sportsbook MySportsbook.com |
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