12/17/2006 - (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Utah Jazz will try to get back on the winning track today when they visit the Indiana Pacers at Conseco Fieldhouse.
Utah had a brief two-game winning streak halted with Friday's 98-97 loss to the Sacramento Kings at EnergySolutions Arena. Mehmet Okur scored 17 points and Deron Williams finished with 15 points and nine assists for the Jazz, who lost for only the second time in their last six games.
Carlos Boozer netted 14 points and grabbed 11 rebounds, while Andrei Kirilenko added 11 points and 11 boards in the loss for the Northwest Division-leading Jazz, who will begin a five-game road trip in Indiana, followed by games in New York, Atlanta, Charlotte and Memphis.
The Jazz are 6-4 away from Salt Lake City this season.
Meanwhile, Indiana has won two straight and four of its last six games, including Friday's 112-96 victory over the New York Knicks at Conseco Fieldhouse.
Danny Granger scored a career-high 25 points to lead the Pacers, while Stephen Jackson tallied 19 points and five assists. Al Harrington had 17 points for the Pacers, who have won the first two games of their current three-game homestand. Indiana is 8-2 at home this season.
Pacers star Jermaine O'Neal, who was playing in his second game since missing three contests with a hamstring injury, had a double-double with 11 points and 11 rebounds against the Knicks.
Indiana has won seven straight and 11 of the last 15 meetings with Utah.
The Jazz have dropped four in a row and six of eight at Conseco Fieldhouse.
<< Sonics visit Pistons at The Palace
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Seattle SuperSonics will resume their five-game road
trip tonight when they battle the Detroit Pistons at The Palace of Auburn
Hills.
Seattle has lost three in row to start the trek and suffered a 106-84 loss
<< Shockers entertain hapless Hawks
Wichita, KS (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The eighth-ranked Wichita State Shockers get
back to work this afternoon, as they welcome the Maryland-Eastern Shore
Hawks to Charles Koch Arena for the Holiday Classic Tournament.
The Shockers hav
<< Oregon puts perfect record on line against Idaho State
Eugene, OR (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Winless on the road in five tries so far this
season, the Idaho State Bengals have their toughest test to date as they
try to pick up their first victory on an opponent's home floor with a
meet
<< Huskies host Gaels in Hartford
Hartford, CT (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The 14th-ranked Connecticut Huskies will
attempt to remain unbeaten today as they host the Saint Mary's-CA Gaels in non-
league action.
Saint Mary's enters this game with a 6-5 record following a
Huntelaar's hat-trick leads Ajax past Excelsior >>
Rotterdam, Holland (Sportsbook Betting Lines) -Klaas Jan Huntelaar scored three times
to lead Ajax to a comfortable 3-1 win over Excelsior on Sunday, allowing the
Amsterdam club to keep pace with PSV Eindhoven and AZ at the top of the
Eredivi
Predators look to maintain dominance over lowly Blues >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The St. Louis Blues will try to stop a 10-game losing
streak against a team they've had little success against in recent years, the
Nashville Predators, when the two Central Division foes conclude a home-and-
home se
Avalanche visit Blackhawks in battle between hot clubs >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Colorado Avalanche look to halt the Chicago Blackhawks'
surge under Denis Savard when the two teams do battle this evening at the
United Center.
Chicago has won three of its last four games and is 6-1-3 sin
Els fires 65 to claim first win of year >>
Durban, South Africa (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Ernie Els fired a seven-under 65
Sunday to claim the South African Airways Open for the fourth time. Els also
won this title in 1992, 1996 and 1998.
Els completed the event at 24-under-par
Mayweather picked to beat De La Hoya
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA -- Golden Boy Oscar De La Hoya and his rival Floyd Mayweather Jr. arrived at the MGM Grand here Wednesday amid the pomp and pandemonium befitting two of the biggest stars in the sport who are about to duke it out for the WBC super welterweight crown this Saturday (Sunday in Manila).
As of Wednesday, MySportsbook.com closed its book with Mayweather a favorite to defeat De La Hoya at -170 (a $100 bet wins $70), while De La Hoya is a +140 underdog (a $100 bet wins $140).
Mayweather arrived at about 11:30 a.m. on a big truck with his face and a big "World's Best Pound-for-Pound" sign scribbled across the vehicle. He was accompanied by his entourage made up of rappers and his training team.
A crowd of close to 3,000 eager fans packed the MGM Grand lobby, with their cameras in tow, all trying to vie for position to get a good angle at Mayweather, who is acknowledged as the world's best fighter pound-for-pound.
Eric Gomez, Golden Boy Promotions vice-president, described the fan turnout as "amazing" and swore he had never seen anything quite like this event.
"The crowd was fantastic. Everybody was just too eager to see the two fighters," said ALA manager Michael Aldeguer, who was among those who waited at the lobby together with his ward Rey "Boom Boom" Bautista and AJ Banal.
De La Hoya made his own grand entrance at the hotel lobby at around 12:30 p.m. accompanied by GBP chief executive officer Richard Schaefer and trainer Freddie Roach.
The same group of fans who trooped to see Mayweather also lingered around to get a close look at De La Hoya, who has been secretly working out at a Las Vegas gym for days after arriving from his main training camp in Puerto Rico.
The golden boy then took part in a closed-door afternoon workout with Bautista and Banal. The two, along with Aldeguer and wife Christine, as well as an HBO crew were the only ones allowed inside the gym.
De La Hoya and Mayweather take part in today's final press conference before the official weigh-in this Friday.
Ring Magazine, the acknowledged bible of boxing, reported in its June 2007 issue that 12 out of 20 boxing experts it interviewed have favored Mayweather to defeat De la Hoya, with only 8 favoring the latter.
But Filipino ring icon Manny Pacquiao said in a recent interview with The Freeman's Emmanuel Villaruel that De La Hoya will win by unanimous decision over Mayweather.
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