Heat continue life without Wade against Cavs

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02/25/2007 - (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - What was once a can't miss game on the NBA schedule has lost some of its luster as LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers travel to Miami to take on the Dwyane Wade-less Miami Heat at AmericanAirlines Arena.

The Heat have won three of their last five meetings with the Cavaliers and eight in a row at home.

Miami and Cleveland will battle for the third time this season with each team posting a victory thus far. The Cavaliers recorded a 103-79 win on February 9 to avenge a 92-89 setback eight days earlier.

James had 29 points, seven rebounds and six assists in that win, while Wade poured in 27 points with seven helpers in defeat.

But now Wade is sidelined indefinitely after dislocating his left shoulder in Wednesday's loss to Houston after getting tangled with Shane Battier of the Rockets early in the fourth quarter.

A course of action has not been determined as Wade is weighing his options, but it's reported he could be out for the rest of the season if he has surgery on the shoulder.

Miami is 16-24 in games played without Wade since his rookie season, including 1-6 this year.

The Heat lost their second game in a row on Thursday when the red-hot Dallas Mavericks downed shorthanded Miami, 112-100. Shaquille O'Neal and James Posey both scored 17 points for the Heat, who lost for only the third time in 10 games. Jason Williams and Dorell Wright both scored 13 points.

Miami has won six games in a row at home and is 15-10 as the host this season. The club is currently 5 1/2 games behind Washington for the lead in the Southeast Division and will play in New York on Monday in the first of two straight road games.

The Heat also hold just a slim one-game lead for the eighth and final playoff spot in the East over New Jersey.

The Cavaliers were last in action on Thursday and were bested by the division rival Chicago Bulls, 84-78.

James scored 29 points and pulled down seven boards for the Cavs, who had won two in a row and five of six entering the game. Larry Hughes finished with 20 points and eight rebounds for Cleveland.

The Cavaliers also come into the game with a shrunken roster as guards Damon Jones (strep throat) and Sasha Pavlovic (flu-like symptoms) are both questionable for the game.

Also, center Zydrunas Ilgauskas has missed Cleveland's last four games due to personal reasons. However, he is expected to play today.

Cleveland is 12-15 as the visitor this season and is 3 1/2 games behind Detroit for the top spot in the Central Division.

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Michael Vick is back, Brett Favre isn't and the NFC East remains the best division in the NFC, maybe in all of football.

As players start to gather for the start of another season, some things change and some stay the same in the world of the NFL.

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The NFC East has been the dominant division in the National Conference for a while, despite limited playoff success, save for the New York Giants surprise Super Bowl win two seasons ago.

Hell, there's a generation of kids in Texas who have never seen the Cowboys win a playoff game (last win was in 1996).

But collectively, the Giants, Eagles, Cowboys and Redskins (well, maybe not so much the Redskins) are as good as a division gets in an NFC conference that has struggled to stay competitive with the AFC side.

Sports bettors have both acknowledged the NFC East's dominance, as one glance at the NFL future odds menu will show.

Looking over the NFL betting odds at online sports book MySportsbook.com we see the top three teams listed to win the NFC Championship are all from the NFC East:

Dallas Cowboys - 7 - 1

Philadelphia Eagles - 13 - 2

New York Giants - 9 - 2

Slotting in behind these three are two teams from the NFC North: the Minnesota Vikings (15-2) and the Chicago Bears (10-1).

Again, despite the lack of recent playoff success, the Dallas Cowboys are popular with the sports betting community, as they hold 14% of all the money wagered on who will win the NFC Championship.

So far, the New York Giants are the bettors' favorite to represent their conference in the Super Bowl, as they have 24% of the overall NFC Championship betting volume.

And what about the Philadelphia Eagles? For the most part, the Eagles had a very productive offseason, the kind that could bring them back to the top.

They had a good draft adding the likes of WR Jeremy Maclin and RB LeSean McCoy.

Unfortunately, the team received a blow when long-time defensive coordinator Jim Johnson passed away on Tuesday.

But this team will make a real run at the division title this year. Going into the regular season, Philly is listed at +240 to win the division.

Last season the Eagles were 9-6-1 SU and 10-6 ATS.

Teams from the NFC East will play teams from the AFC West in the regular season and the Eagles haven't really been a good bet in the last 20 games against the likes of San Diego, Oakland, K.C. and Denver, only going 8-12 ATS.

Two seasons removed from that Super Bowl title, the New York Giants see themselves listed as the odds-on favorite in NFC East championship futures at +162.

Plaxico Burress is gone and with him all the bad publicity surrounding the gun in the sweatpants incident, but can they replace him in the offense?

Last season the Giants were a very reliable bet going 12-4 ATS.

In the Giants' last 20 games against fellow teams from the NFC East; they are 13-7 ATS.

Dallas is listed at +240 to win the division.

Dallas went 9-7 SU and 7-9 ATS last season and with the amount of talent the Cowboys have, a similar performance won't do.

The Cowboys have been atrocious against divisional rivals, going 6-14 ATS in their last 20.

The Washington Redskins are longshots to win the division at +550.

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