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Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - It wasn't the homecoming he would have liked but win or lose these days Indiana coach Frank Vogel has made Pacers basketball relevant again. Vogel, who grew up in Wildwood Crest, a Jersey shore town about 70 miles southeast of Philadelphia, brought his club into the City of Brotherly Love on Monday and came up a little short against a Sixers team that, much like his own, is one of the most improved in the Eastern Conference.

 

Collins is hardly the only one that has been impressed by what Vogel has put together in Indy. The coach, who once idolized former Sixers great Maurice Cheeks as a child, has taken the latest club that revolted against Jim O'Brien and quickly turned it from lottery team to playoff contender to postseason gimmee.

 

The next stop is title contender.

 

Vogel, an early '90s Wildwood High School graduate that once appeared on David Letterman's Stupid Human Tricks as an 8th grader, had already coached the Pacers in Newark against the Nets and in Madison Square Garden against the Knicks but Monday was the first time he reached Philly as an NBA head coach. He brought along about 20 friends and family members to mark the occasion.

 

"I want expectations," Vogel said. "I want them having the bar set high. This team is capable. We've got pieces in place to do some really special things, to take this league by storm."

 

O'Brien, of course, was and for that matter still is a brilliant X's and O's guy but he could never see the forest for the trees at any of his NBA stops. A Cousins-Westphal type feud isn't even tabloid fodder for an O'Brien coached club -- it's almost expected. In fact, through all the coaching changes that come and go every year in the NBA, O'Brien was the only one who was once cited for not getting along with the administrative help. Yep, this is a guy who can alienate the secretary in the ticket department.

 

The result is an impressive early season record of 6-3 and expectations for similar success throughout the season. The Pacers are still clearly a step below the toast of the Central Division, the Bulls, but the addition of former All-Star David West to a core that features Granger, talented center Roy Hibbert, explosive point guard Darren Collison and lengthy two Paul George has Vogel thinking his team could make some noise.

 

Oakland, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Golden State Warriors updated the condition of guard Stephen Curry. who continues to be sidelined with a sprained right ankle. "Stephen Curry was examined by Warriors Team Orthopaedist Tim McAdams on Saturday, January 7, prior to our game in Oakland and again by Dr. Bob Anderson yesterday in Charlotte, NC. Following the examinations and consultations with both doctors, the diagnosis of Stephen's injury remains a sprained right ankle with no structural damage," said Warriors general manager Larry Riley in a statement issued on Tuesday.

 

Curry sustained the injury during the club's preseason finale against the Sacramento Kings. An MRI and CT scan later confirmed the severity of the injury. He has totaled 15.2 points, 5.6 assists and 4.2 rebounds in five games thus far.

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In terms of sports wagering, the NFL is "the most popular game in town." The explanation behind that is easy.

It is called the "pointspread."

Many years ago, NFL games, as well as the more popular college games, used straight odds as a vehicle for betting. For example, if the Bears were playing the Giants, and it shaped up as a competitive contest, the Bears might be, say, a 7/5 favorite. If they were playing an also-ran, it might be 10/1. Well, there is a point where a line becomes prohibitive, as far as betting the favorite. And who would waste money betting an underdog that has virtually no chance? Such a setup did not contribute to promoting betting action.

But in modern sports betting, a "pointspread" is used.

A NFL pointspreads are exactly that, a pre-established point difference between the two sides that will, for all intents and purposes, create a handicap that evens things out, and in doing so, produces comparable wagering activity on both sides of that proposition. So in lieu of a odds figure in which to bet the team to win outright, the Bears might be a three-point favorite over the New York Giants, and a 17-point favorite over the also-ran. Now that the team that is the underdog can "get" points, there can be equal action on both sides.

In sportsbooks, this is usually done with efficiency by charging the losing bettors 10% extra - in effect, bettors are laying 11/10 on those games. So they are actually betting $110 to win $100. If they lose, they pay the "vig." If they win, they simply collect.

The establishment of the pointspread as the corner stone around which team sports like football can be wagered upon was truly what brought gridiron betting into the stratosphere for online football betting .

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