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Shaq picks up slack in Heat's win over CavsBasketball Betting Lines02/26/2007 - Miami, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Shaquille O'Neal picked up the slack in Dwyane Wade's absence, scoring 19 points and pulling down 11 rebounds to lead Miami past Cleveland, 86-81, at AmericanAirlines Arena. Jason Kapono also posted a double-double with 17 points and 11 boards while Alonzo Mourning poured in 15 points off the bench for the Heat, who snapped a two-game slide. Wade is sidelined indefinitely after dislocating his left shoulder in Wednesday's loss to Houston after getting tangled with Shane Battier of the Rockets early in the fourth quarter. The star guard is still weighing his medical options, with season-ending surgery a possibility. "It was a balanced scoring game and we played good defense," O'Neal said. "We have to make every possession count. We know we were undermanned and understaffed a little bit. It gives us room for other guys to step up." LeBron James finished with 29 points and seven assists and Larry Hughes scored 14 for Cleveland, which has lost two in a row. "We had a lot of good drives, a lot of kick-outs for open looks, but we just could not knock them down," James said. The Heat opened up the fourth quarter on a 12-3 run to break a tie and establish a 71-62 lead. Kapono had four points in the surge, which Mourning capped with a hook shot. Cleveland responded with five straight points to trim its deficit to four after a Donyell Marshall three-pointer, but Kapono answered with a jumper to halt the mini-run. O'Neal then followed with back-to-back buckets -- a hook shot and a slam -- before Kapono drained a three-ball to push the advantage to 80-72 with 3:35 on the clock. The Cavs got no closer than five points the rest of the way. Miami held a 41-38 edge at halftime, but Cleveland fought back to tie it at 59-59 after three quarters of play. Game Notes The Heat have won four of their last six meetings with the Cavaliers and nine in a row at home...Miami is 17-24 in games played without Wade since his rookie season, including 2-7 this year... Cleveland center Zydrunas Ilgauskas returned to the Cavaliers' starting lineup after missing four games for personal reasons. He finished with eight points and nine rebounds before fouling out.
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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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