Betting Odds - Graffiti - Podcast

7:05 PM EDT 551 washington wizards -3 -2.5 / -3.5 -05 / -3.5 -3.5 -15 -180 552 indiana pacers 202 202 / 201.5 200.5 +160 Washington (F) Butler Questionable; Indiana (F) O’Neal OUT

WASHINGTON - F Caron Butler (knee) is “?”. Butler did not practice yesterday and will be a game-time decision for tonight’s game at Indiana. Butler has been bothered by stiffness in his left knee since getting kicked there during last Wednesday’s loss at Atlanta. Tests revealed no structural damage. Butler said Monday he would consider sitting out a few games if ice and electromagnetic stimulation do not allow him to play without discomfort.

INDIANA - F Jermaine O’Neal (knee) missed last few games, out indefinitely.

7:05 PM EDT 553 new york knicks 200 200 199.0 +250 554 toronto raptors -7.5 -7.5 / -6.5 -6.5 -15 -300 New York (F) Lee OUT; (G) Richardson Questionable

7:05 PM EDT 555 sacramento kings 206 -1.5 / -2 / -1.5 -1.5 -15 556 charlotte bobcats PK 207.5 / 208 / 209.0 210.0 Charlotte (C) Okafor Questionable

7:05 PM EDT 557 utah jazz -2.5 -4 / -4 -15 / -4 -20 -4 -15 -180 558 orlando magic 195 195 / 194.0 / 194.5 194.0 +160 Orlando (F) Turkoglu Questionable

7:05 PM EDT 559 chicago bulls -2.5 -2.5 -15 / -2.5 / -2.5 -15 -2.5 -20 -150 560 philadelphia 76ers 188 187.5 / 188.0 / 187.5 187.0 +130 WGN

7:35 PM EDT 561 atlanta hawks 189 189 / 190.0 / 189.5 190.0 +180 562 boston celtics -5 -4 / -4 -20 / -4.5 -15 -5 -220 Atlanta (F) Johnson OUT; Boston (G) West Probable, (F) Gomes OUT

8:05 PM EDT 563 cleveland cavaliers -5 -5 / -4.5 -4 564 memphis grizzlies 202.5 202.5 / 202 202.5 GAME CIRCLED:; Cleveland (G) James Questionable; James in # - Cleveland -5 1/2 and 200; James out

# - Cleveland -1 and 196

CLEVELAND - G LeBron James (back) missed last game, “?”. James left the locker room minutes after Tuesday’s game and did not show signs of discomfort. When asked how he felt, he responded with a grin: “I’m moving, aren’t I?” James is questionable for today’s game at Memphis.

8:35 PM EDT 565 los angeles clippers 179.5 178.5 / 180.0 / 180.5 180.0 566 houston rockets -11 -11 -11.5

9:05 PM EDT 567 phoenix suns 208.5 208.5 / 208 / 207.5 208.0 +165 568 dallas mavericks -4.5 -4 -05 / -4 / -4 -15 -4 -190 ESPN

10:05 PM EDT 569 detroit pistons -4 -4 / -4.5 / -4.5 -15 -4.5 -210 570 portland trailblazers 183 183 / 182.5 / 183.0 182.0 +175

ONE NIT CRUSH SHOT TONIGHT AS TMAC STAYS ON FIRE GOING INTO THE BIG DANCE TOMORROW!

NCAA BB 03/14/2007

6:00 PM EDT 571 e tennessee st 142.5 142.5 / 142 / 141 141.5 572 clemson -18 -18 / -17.5 / -17 -16.5 NIT TOURNAMENT; (Bottom Team is Home); ESPNU

7:00 PM EDT 573 south alabama 143.5 143.5 / 142.5 142.0 574 syracuse -13 -13 / -13.5 / -13 -13.5 ESPN

7:00 PM EDT 575 fresno state 141.5 141.5 / 141 / 140 139.5 +500 576 georgia -10.5 -10.5 / -11 -10.5 -700 ESPN2

8:00 PM EDT 577 providence 150 149.5 / 150.5 / 152 152.5 +220 578 bradley -8 -6.5 / -6 / -6 -05 -5.5 -260

8:30 PM EDT 579 hofstra 133 134 / 135 / 135.5 136 +450 580 depaul -10 -10 / -10.5 / -10 -9.5 -600 ***TIME CHANGE***; @ McGrath Arena (Campus Gym)

8:00 PM EDT 581 vermont 134.5 134.5 / 135 135.5 582 kansas state -12 -12 / -12.5 -12 ESPNU

8:00 PM EDT 583 appalachian st 146.5 146 / 146.5 / 146 146.5 +300 584 mississippi -6.5 -7 / -6.5 / -7 -8 -360

10:00 PM EDT 585 san diego state 140 140 / 139.5 139.0 +305 586 missouri st -8 -8 / -8.5 -8 -370 ESPNU

11:00 PM EDT 587 austin peay 122 122 122.0 588 air force -14.5 -14.5 / -14 / -14.5 -14 ESPN2

NHL 03/14/2007

7:35 PM EDT 51 nashville 5.5o20 5.5o20 / 5.5o15 5.5o20 +1.5(-230) 52 detroit -145 -145 -150 -1.5(+190) Nashville (C) Forsberg Questionable, (W) Sullivan Questionable

NASHVILLE - C Peter Forasberg (upper body) is expected to miss. The Predators won’t have center Peter Forsberg (upper body) or left wing Steve Sullivan (back) in the lineup tonight. HC Trotz said the team hopes to have Forsberg back by Saturday. Speaking of Forsberg, he took a puck to the chin off the stick of rookie forward Alexander Radulov in Tuesday’s morning skate. Forsberg wound up going to the hospital for a couple of stitches.

7:35 PM EDT 53 pittsburgh 6u35 6u35 / 6.0u35 6.0u30 +1.5(-180) 54 new jersey -190 -190 -175 -1.5(+160) New Jersey (W) Gionta Doubtful

9:05 PM EDT 55 calgary -110 6u25 / 6u20 / 6.0u20 6.0u15 +1.5(-250) 56 colorado 6u25 -110 / -110 -115 -1.5(+210)

10:05 PM EDT 57 columbus 5.5o20 5.5o20 5.5o15 +1.5(EVEN) 58 anaheim -320 -320 / -320 -330 -1.5(-120)

Knowing When To Pass – by Professional Handicapper: Tommy Mac

When I pass, I release the probability of losing and increase the expectation and certainty of winning! Quote: Tommy Mac

Knowing WHEN to pass is as important as knowing when to PLAY! Ever feel the need to play a game or a set of games you know little or nothing about, yet you play them anyway, only to find out that your bookie just beat you on every game?

That’s because you still haven’t learned the lesson of what I simply call for gaming and wagering purposes, tension and release.

Every time you win, you are adding tension against your bookie, especially with more prolonged winning streaks. That leads to what I call “tension against your bookie”, or another phrase I like using is, ” up against the number. ”

You can only win so many games and days in a row on the plus side to where the odds increase exponentially against you to lose, so much so, that it wouldn’t matter what you picked you are still going to lose. No matter how many times you roll it around in your cranium, you are still going to gravitate to the loser. Ever wonder why?

Like that one special huge winning streak you may have had, remember? That was when your bookie kept calling you and followed you around like a lost puppy dog begging for a bone for more action. Do you think that’s because he wanted to keep taking the worst of it? No it’s because he knew if you kept playing at the rate you were playing, the games will start falling back into his favor, not yours. And they did, didn’t they. Ouch!

Those were the days, or a certain set of games when instinctively you should have known to pass. That would have released the tension, and allowed those losing set of numbers or set of games against you to pass you by like a bull under a matador’s cape. “Olea!”

Then, after you had released that tension, you should have drawn your sword back out and driven it right between your bookies ears. Great feeling isn’t it!

Or, as I like to say, “ If he wants to stick his chin out there, lets’ knock it off! “

Each day you have to start all over again, with a whole new mindset.

Dwelling on your winning streaks, (admiring your work) can be as fatal as dwelling on a losing one. You have to put both of them behind you and start with a new mindset every day. It is only the card in front of you for this set of games today or tonight that matters.

I always like to put things in a musical context and perspective.

The notes you don’t play are as important if not more so, than the notes you play. Miles Davis was always my greatest inspiration from that standpoint. For the untrained ear, I promise you, if you listen closely to any Miles solo, you will hear that the space he put in between each note became the whole of his solo. No one did it as adeptly as Miles.

A young jazz musician wants to play everything he knows. He hasn’t reached the level yet where he can solo, and at the same time know everything that the rhythm section is playing behind him. There simply is too much going on for him, all at the same time.

He hasn’t learned the art of tension and release yet. So when he rips off a great run, and inspires the rhythm section behind him creating more energy, he finally learns that this is the time to stop playing, and let his rhythm section take him to the next level of energy. In fact, it could be as simple as what the drummer is playing just off his kick drum.

As we enter into the “Big Dance” with so many games, and so many things happening at a very fast pace, keep this one phrase in mind “Know When To Pass.” It will serve you well.