Cavs roll past Bobcats

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03/16/2008 - Cleveland, OH (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - LeBron James had 33 points, 10 assists and seven rebounds as the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Charlotte Bobcats, 98-91, at Quicken Loans Arena.

Zydrunas Ilgauskas finished with 16 points and nine boards for the Cavs, who snapped a brief two-game losing streak and won for a seventh straight time at home.

Jason Richardson scored 33 points and Raymond Felton had 14 points and nine assists for the Bobcats, who have lost three in row since their five-game winning streak. Emeka Okafor added 10 points and 12 rebounds for Charlotte.

Trailing 88-80 with 3:12 left, Charlotte fought back. After an Okafor dunk, Richardson scored nine straight points for the Bobcats, including consecutive three pointers that eventually cut the Cavs lead to 92-91 with 1:08 remaining.

Delonte West then drilled a jumper with 52 seconds left to put Cleveland up 94-91. On the other end, Richardson had his shot blocked by Ben Wallace before James hit a driving layup with 10 seconds showing on the clock, sealing the win for Cleveland.

The Cavs finished the first quarter on an 11-2 run to take a 27-19 lead after the opening 12 minutes. James scored all 11 points in the surge.

The Bobcats, though, went on an 11-2 run of their own to begin the second quarter. Gerald Wallace's driving layup with 9:26 left in the stanza gave Charlotte a 30-29 lead.

Later in the second, Cleveland scored 12 straight points to take a 47-36 lead with 1:12 left until the half. The Cavs led 47-40 at the break.

Devin Brown's alley-oop dunk with 3:00 to go in the third quarter gave Cleveland its biggest lead at 69-56. The Cavs led 75-63 heading into the fourth quarter.

Game Notes

Ilgauskas missed the prior seven games with an inflamed disk in his lower back...Cleveland's seven-game home winning streak is a season-high...The Cavs outrebounded the Bobcats 50-42...Wallace had 15 rebounds...Cleveland has won 11 of the last 14 meetings with the Bobcats, who have lost all seven matchups on the road...Cleveland sits in the fourth spot in the East...Charlotte is four games out of the eighth and final playoff spot in the East...Attendance was 20,562.

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2007 Academy Award Betting : Oscars odds

The 79th Annual Academy Awards odds , which will air February 25th, is sparking an interest throughout the nation with the announcement of its nominees. As the public chooses their favorites, sportsbooks are creating odds for one of the biggest entertainment betting nights of the year.

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Odds to win the Achievement in Directing:

Alejandro González Iñárritu "Babel": 8/1

Martin Scorsese "The Departed": 2/17

Clint Eastwood "Letters From Iwo Jima: 4/1

Stephen Frears "The Queen": 12/1

Paul Greengrass "United 93": 15/1

Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role:

Leonardo DiCaprio in "Blood Diamond": 11/1

Ryan Gosling in "Half Nelson": 20/1

Peter O’Toole in "Venus": 16/5

Will Smith in "The Pursuit of Happyness": 16/1

Forest Whitaker in "The Last King of Scotland": 1/11

Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role:

Penélope Cruz in "Volver": 18/1

Judi Dench in "Notes on a Scandal": 15/1

Helen Mirren in "The Queen": 1/50

Meryl Streep in "The Devil Wears Prada": 10/1

Kate Winslet in "Little Children": 20/1

Best Animated Feature Film:

"Cars": 1/3

"Happy Feet": 2/1

"Monster House": 20/1

Best Foreign-Language Film of the Year:

"Water" – Canada: 22/1

"The Lives of Others" – Germany: 7/2

"After the Wedding" - Denmark: 24/1

"Days of Glory (Indigenes)" – Algeria: 23/1

"Pan's Labyrinth" - Mexico: 1/10

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"Binta and the Great Idea (Binta Y La Gran Idea)": 6/5

"Eramos Pocos (One Too Many)": 7/2

"Helmer & Son": 5/2

"The Saviour": 6/1

"West Bank Story": 7/2

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"Babel": 7/4

"Letters From Iwo Jima": 3/1

"Little Miss Sunshine": 21/20

"Pan's Labyrinth": 11/4

"The Queen": 5/4

Best Motion Picture of the Year:

"Babel": 11/4

"The Departed": 1/2

"Letters from Iwo Jima": 15/2

"Little Miss Sunshine": 17/10

"The Queen": 20/1

Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role:

Alan Arkin in "Little Miss Sunshine": 11/10

Jackie Earle Haley in "Little Children": 10/1

Djimon Hounsou in "Blood Diamond": 9/1

Eddie Murphy in "Dreamgirls": 2/5

Mark Wahlberg in "The Departed": 5/1

Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role:

Adriana Barraza in "Babel": 14/1

Cate Blanchett in "Notes on a Scandal": 11/1

Abigail Breslin in "Little Miss Sunshine": 2/1

Jennifer Hudson in "Dreamgirls": 1/8

Rinko Kikuchi in "Babel": 11/1

Film To Win Most Oscars:

Dreamgirls: 2/3

Pans Labyrinth: 6/5

The Departed: 6/1

The Queen: 11/1

Babel: 15/1

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Little Miss Sunshine: 15/1


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