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This weekend features a lot of basketball action, both of the NBA and College variety. Plus, we highlight Sunday’s Shelby 427 Sprint Cup NASCAR race…

betED.com Sports Book – The Line

This weekend features a lot of basketball action, both of the NBA and College variety. Plus, we highlight Sunday’s Shelby 427 Sprint Cup NASCAR race. In the NBA, the Detroit Pistons will try to avoid their ninth-straight loss when they face the Magic in Orlando, and the Cleveland Cavaliers visit the surging San Antonio Spurs, both games Friday night.

In NCAA hoops, the No. 3 Oklahoma Sooners visit the Texas Tech Red Raiders in a Big 12 conference matchup on Saturday. In Hot Props, pick the winner of the Shelby 427 at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

TRIVIA: 
Which PAC-10 basketball player was the last draft pick in the 1st round of the 2000 NBA draft?

  1. Jason Terry
  2. Mark Madsen
  3. Baron Davis
  4. Eddie House

ANSWER AT BOTTOM 

NBA:

Friday
DETROIT PISTONS @ ORLANDO MAGIC
7 pm ET, ESPN

The slumping Detroit Pistons visit the Orlando Magic in NBA action Friday night at Amway Arena.

The Pistons lost 90-87 to the New Orleans Hornets on Wednesday as 8.5-point road underdogs. That score went under the total of 180.5. Richard Hamilton tossed in 24 points and dished out six assists in the loss.

Dwight Howard scored 24 points and pulled down 21 rebounds for a double-double on Wednesday, leading the Magic to a 114-109 victory over the New York Knicks. The Magic covered the 3-point spread, and the 223 points went over the total of 219.

Detroit is 27-29 SU and 21-35 ATS and has lost eight straight games. Orlando is 42-15 SU and 36-20-1 ATS.

The total has gone over in four of the past five meetings in Orlando. Detroit is 6-2 SU in the past eight meetings.

betED Line: Magic (-9.5)(-110) (ML -540) Total: 186.5

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NBA:

Friday
CLEVELAND CAVALIERS @ SAN ANTONIO SPURS
9:30 pm ET, ESPN

The Cleveland Cavaliers face the surging San Antonio Spurs on Friday night at the AT&T Center.

The Cavaliers dropped a 93-74 decision to the Houston Rockets on Wednesday as 4-point road underdogs. The total went under the total of 185.5.

Tony Parker scored a game-high 39 points to pace the Spurs to a 99-84 win over the Portland Trail Blazers on Wednesday. The Spurs covered the 1.5-point spread, and the 183 points went over the total of 179.

Cleveland is 44-12 SU and 36-20 ATS while San Antonio is 39-17 SU and 29-25-2, and has won four straight.

The total has gone under in four of the past five meetings in San Antonio, and in six of the past eight meetings overall. San Antonio is 14-2 SU in the past 16 meetings at home.

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NCAAB:

Saturday
No. 3 OKLAHOMA SOONERS @ TEXAS TECH RED RAIDERS
3:30 pm ET, ABC

The No. 3-ranked Oklahoma Sooners visit the Texas Tech Red Raiders in a Big 12 conference clash on Saturday.

Oklahoma is 7-3 SU over the past 10 meetings, but has covered the spread just five times in that span. But the Sooners did cover the last time the teams squared off on Feb. 14. Oklahoma won 95-74 as 18-point home favorites.

Oklahoma is 6-1 SU in the past seven meetings, and 4-2 SU in the last six meetings at Texas Tech. The total has gone under in 11 of the past 15 meetings overall, and in five of the past six meetings at Texas Tech.

Bet this Game!

Hot Props:

The Shelby 427 Sprint Cup race takes place Sunday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

Who will win?

Carl Edwards +350
Jimmie Johnson +400
Matt Kenseth +450
Kyle Busch +500
Jeff Gordon +650

Bet the Shelby 427 NASCAR race

TRIVIA ANSWER:

2. Mark Madsen

Mark ‘Mad Dog’ Madsen was selected by the LA Lakers. He played four years at Stanford University and went to a Final Four in 1998.

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