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Dalembert boosts Sixers over KingsBasketball Betting Lines02/27/2007 - Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Samuel Dalembert posted 20 points and 17 rebounds, as the Philadelphia 76ers opened a six-game homestand with an 89-82 victory over the Sacramento Kings. Andre Iguodala notched 22 points and eight boards for the 76ers, who won for just the second time in seven games. Andre Miller scored 18 points for the 76ers, who are 11-15 as the host this season and will receive visits from Phoenix, Memphis, New Jersey, Seattle and the Los Angeles Lakers during the homestand. Kevin Martin scored 23 points for the Kings, who finished 1-3 on their four- game road trip. Brad Miller had 21 points and 10 boards, and Ron Artest ended with 13 points for the Kings, who are just 8-20 on the road this season. The club will return home to host Charlotte on Wednesday. The game started with both teams trading baskets back and forth, and the Kings held a 27-24 first-quarter lead. The second quarter opened with each team trading six-point runs, and neither club gained any ground in the stanza for a 45-42 Sacramento halftime lead. Philly started pulling away down the third-quarter stretch on a 10-0 run, sparked by an Iguodala fadeaway shot with 5:16 remaining, and led 67-63 heading into the fourth. Sacramento cut its deficit to 77-74 on Artest's layup midway through the final stanza, but the Sixers answered on an 8-2 spurt, finished by Dalembert's alley-oop layup with two ticks under three minutes left, as the home team cruised to victory down the stretch. Game Notes The Sixers dominated the glass by a 55-40 count...Philadelphia and Sacramento met for the second and final time this season. The Kings won the first matchup this year, 101-76, on December 27 behind 21 points and six assists by Mike Bibby...The Sixers swept the two-game series last season, but have lost 10 of their last 13 meetings with the Kings...Artest missed Sunday's game at Indiana due to personal reasons.
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Teams that should be in: Michigan State, Indiana Should be in: Michigan State [21-8 (8-6), RPI: 20, SOS: 15] The Spartans made it four-for-four on the homestand, a gigantic accomplishment that leaves them in extremely good shape. MSU is only 1-6 on the road and is at Michigan and at Wisconsin to close things out, meaning the date with the Wolverines on Tuesday looms very, very large. Beating Texas early will hold up well, as will the rout of Bradley and the win over BYU, but will 8-8 be enough? It very well could be, as the computer numbers are good, but why chance it? Indiana [18-9 (8-6), RPI: 24, SOS: 32] Hmm ... good thing the last two are at Northwestern and home to Penn State, because IU might want to get both to feel completely safe after dropping its third in the last four, fading after halftime at Michigan State. Who knew the best nonconference win would be over Southern Illinois, which is a gift that keeps on giving for the Hoosiers. The win over Wisconsin also looks good on the mantel. Work left to do: Illinois [21-9 (9-6), RPI: 31, SOS: 25] A good performance at Penn State leaves the Illini in pretty good shape. Can they go to Iowa and take care of business to really look on their way? That's a huge game, as there is a possible cluster of teams that will end at 9-7. Illinois beat Bradley, but has lost to Xavier. A 9-7 mark and a semifinals trip in Chicago could be enough with the computer profile hanging in there, but it would be better not to mess around, clinching at least a tie for third. Purdue [18-10 (7-7), RPI: 47, SOS: 28] Couldn't get it done at Iowa, but did win at Northwestern to put 9-7 squarely in sight. Where does that leave the Boilermakers, though? Even if they beat Minnesota and Northwestern at home, that won't help the computer numbers. Nonconference wins over Virginia, DePaul and Oklahoma are solid, but not spectacular. The Boilers very well might need an upset in the B10 quarters to have a legit claim. Michigan [19-10 (7-7), RPI: 55, SOS: 53] Well, Michigan did what it needed to do, winning at Minnesota to take control of its fate. The Wolverines have Michigan State and an already-wrapped-up-the-league Ohio State at home to close, so the chances are there. Win both and we can talk. There is no marquee win yet in the profile, and the Wolverines were splattered in several games against name opponents. A mediocre computer profile fueled by a lack of road wins isn't helping, either. Iowa [16-12 (8-6), RPI: 80, SOS: 64] For the sake of being complete, we'll add Iowa, this season's Stanford. It's plausible that the Hawkeyes could get to 10-6 (at Penn State, vs. Illinois left), but where does that leave them after a gruesome nonconference performance where the best win was over ... Toledo? Iowa State? Cornell?? If they get to 10-6, we can start to look at what they need to do in the B10 tourney, although my gut sense is that they would need to make the final and have knocked off Ohio State or Wisconsin on the way to have any real claim. For more College Basketball betting lines go to MySportsbook.com Additional sports lines can be found at: www.Sportsbooks.com To bet on March Madness games this online sportsbook accepts credit cards.
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