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Bobcats aim for 10th straight home win against division rival Magic

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01/23/2010 - (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The surprising Charlotte Bobcats will seek to extend their franchise-record home winning streak to 10 games tonight against Southeast Division rival Orlando.

The Bobcats have been a Jekyll and Hyde team this season, amassing nine straight wins in Charlotte and playing to an 18-4 record at Time Warner Cable Arena. The road has been a different story, however, and Larry Brown's club fell to a miserable 3-16 as the visitor last night against Southeast Division-leading Atlanta.

Jamal Crawford poured in 24 points and dished out five assists in that one, as the Hawks used a strong third quarter to defeat the Bobcats, 103-89.

Gerald Wallace ended with 25 points and six rebounds for the Bobcats, who were coming off a perfect six-game homestand. Stephen Jackson donated 24 points and six rebounds. Flip Murray added 11 points and nine assists off the bench for Charlotte.

Bobcats guard Raymond Felton suffered a sprained right ankle late in the first quarter, as he stepped on Crawford's foot and twisted his ankle while trying to get past the Atlanta player. X-rays were negative and Felton, who is averaging 12.5 points per game, was on the bench for the second half.

"I didn't think we played together as well as we have been. They executed great," Brown said.

It's probably a good idea Charlotte gets back into the win column against the Magic since the club will be embarking on six-game Western road trip after tonight's game.

Orlando, meanwhile, won its second straight game against a reeling Sacramento team last night. Dwight Howard scored 19 points and grabbed 15 rebounds, as the reigning Eastern Conference champs earned an easy 100-84 win.

Rashard Lewis and J.J. Redick each finished with 15 points for Orlando, which has won the two straight after snapping a three-game slide with a 109-98 victory over Indiana on Wednesday. It was only the Magic's fourth win in their last 11 overall.

Vince Carter ended with 11 points as Orlando stayed one-half game behind Atlanta in the division.

"Our effort and intensity has been up after those losses that we've had," Howard said. "We have to continue to do that."

Orlando has dominated this series recently winning six straight and nine of its past 10 meetings with the Bobcats.

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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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