Fernandez, Blazers beat Heat in Oden's return

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11/12/2008 - Miami, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Rudy Fernandez logged 14 of his team-high 25 points in the fourth quarter, as the Portland Trail Blazers welcomed back Greg Oden with a resounding 104-96 victory at Miami.

Oden made his return after missing six games with a right foot sprain sustained in the season-opener. The seven-footer was a non-factor offensively in 16 minutes of play, finishing with three points, two rebounds and a pair of blocks while sitting the bench for most of the fourth quarter.

Brandon Roy contributed 22 points, and LaMarcus Aldridge scored 14 and added seven rebounds for Portland, which has won four straight.

Dwyane Wade deposited 36 points, eight assists and six rebounds for Miami, which had won its first three home games of the year. Michael Beasley scored 14 points but failed to score in the final 20 minutes of the Heat's second loss in three contests.

With the score tied, 79-79, at the nine-minute mark of the fourth, the Blazers buckled down defensively and started hitting their outside shots. A Fernandez three-pointer and a three-point play by Aldridge highlighted an 11-2 run to put Portland ahead for good.

Wade nearly brought the Heat back single-handedly, and his emphatic two-hand dunk with 40 seconds left made it a 98-94 game. But on the ensuing Blazers possession, Roy drove the lane and kicked it out to a wide open Steve Blake, who banged home a three-point dagger from the corner to seal the game with 17.1 seconds remaining.

Portland came out and moved the ball effectively en route to taking a 27-19 lead at the end of one period. But Wade and Beasley score 19 of the Heat's 28 second-quarter points to carry Miami back to a 50-47 deficit at the break.

Miami got the better end of a back-and-forth third quarter and held a slim 75-73 edge going into the pivotal fourth.

Game Notes

Wade has scored 30-plus points in four straight games...Miami's Udonis Haslem led all players with 11 rebounds...Heat forward Shawn Marion (groin) and guards Marcus Banks (groin) and Shaun Livingston (knee) did not play in the loss... Oden's only field goal -- and first of his career -- came on a uncontested dunk with less than a minute to play in the first quarter...Portland has won three straight against Miami.

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Two playoff teams from 2007 take center stage on the NFL Network Sunday night in a Week 2 NFL betting match-up when the (0-1) New England Patriots betting head south to Florida for a contest with the (1-0) Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

New England HC Bill Belichick couldn’t care less about the way his team plays in the preseason. With a chance to tie last week’s game with the Baltimore Ravens betting, He elected to go for the two-point conversion and outright victory. The conversion failed, and the Pats ended up falling to the Ravens by a 16-15 final count.

New England rolled off twelve unanswered points to give it a chance at securing the victory, but it never threatened to cover the 3.5-point spread. NFL bettors saw this one coming, as they bet the Ravens down from +6 to +3.5 as the week progressed. QB Tom Brady didn’t take part in the Patriots first preseason clash, but could see action this weekend.

His three replacements all put up embarrassing numbers. They went a combined 17 for 33, and threw three interceptions and no touchdowns. The New England defense was encouraging, as they held the Ravens to 2/12 third down conversions and surrendered just ten first downs. That ‘D’ should be bolstered with the addition of former Bucs and Denver Broncos betting safety John Lynch, who could make his Patriots debut on Sunday against his former mates.

HC Jon Gruden had to be impressed with the way his Bucs played on both sides of the ball in their dominating 17-6 victory over the Miami Dolphins in Week 1’s NFL pre-season betting action. Bucs bettors were quite happy with the effort, as they made a mockery of the fact that they were underdogs in the game.

The logjam at the quarterback position didn’t get any easier to separate for Gruden, as all four of his QBs had positive experiences in the first exhibition of 2008. The four combined to complete 28 of their 40 passes for 204 yards and a touchdown, and that was without starting QB Jeff Garcia in the lineup.

RB Michael Bennett had 19 carries and four receptions, totaling 90 yards and a touchdown. Expect to see more of Bennett, Kenneth Darby, and Earnest Graham, as they all compete for playing time with Warrick Dunn in the backfield this season. Defensively, the Bucs recorded four sacks and held the Fins offense in check all day.

First round draft pick Aqib Talib was impressive in the secondary, recording a tackle and two pass defenses in his debut. Don’t be surprised to see Talib in the starting lineup opposite Ronde Barber for the Bucs in ’08.

The betting trends suggest that NFL bettors should be backing the Bucs in this intra-conference exhibition.

These two teams hooked up last year in Tampa Bay, with the Bucs winning that game 13-10. The Buccaneers have only lost one preseason game at home dating back to the beginning of the ’05 preseason. The Patriots have had a mixed bag of results in their recent exhibitions. They have gone 2-2 ATS and SU each of the last three years.

New England currently sits as modest 1-point favorites in this preseason showdown with the ‘total’ now sitting at 34.5.

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