11/12/2008 - (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Orlando Magic will attempt to get back on the winning track Wednesday as they kickoff a three-game road trip by visiting the struggling Oklahoma City Thunder at the Ford Center.
The Magic, who will be looking for their first road win of the young season, missed out on a chance for a perfect homestand when they fell to the Portland Trail Blazers, 106-99, on Monday.
All-Star Dwight Howard finished with 29 points and 19 rebounds for Orlando, which had won the first four games of a five-game stint at Amway Arena. Hedo Turkoglu had 35 points on 11-of-21 shooting, including 4-of-7 from three-point range.
Oklahoma City continues to struggle mightily in its first season since moving from Seattle.
The Thunder lost their fourth straight game Monday when Indiana's T.J. Ford scored 11 of his 24 points in the fourth quarter and finished with 10 assists, as the Pacers toppled Oklahoma City, 107-99, at Conseco Fieldhouse.
Second-year star Kevin Durant netted a game-high 37 points on 13-of-27 shooting with eight boards for the Thunder, who lost for the sixth time in seven games to open the season.
Jeff Green had 14 points and seven rebounds for Oklahoma City.
On the injury front Thunder power forward Chris Wilcox is questionable for Wednesday's game with a sprained right knee while Howard has a swollen left knee but is listed as probable by the Magic.
Orlando has won five straight against the Thunder franchise.
<< Rockets, Suns square off in the desert
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Houston Rockets continue a tough five-game road trip
Wednesday when they travel to Phoenix to take on the Suns.
Reigning MVP Kobe Bryant scored 23 points and the Los Angeles Lakers came away
with a convincing 111-82
<< Utes bring perfect mark to San Diego for clash with Aztecs
San Diego, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - One of five remaining unbeatens in the
Football Bowl Subdivision, the eighth-ranked Utah Utes try to remain perfect
this weekend as they challenge the San Diego State Aztecs in a Mountain West
Conference showdow
<< Cardinal seek upset of sixth-ranked Trojans
Stanford, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The sixth-ranked USC Trojans are once again
the class of the Pac-10 Conference, and they will take on the Stanford
Cardinal on the road this weekend.
USC is ranked in the Top 25 in every national offensive and
<< Winless Wizards welcome Jazz to town
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The injury-riddled Washington Wizards try and find the win
column for the first time Wednesday when they welcome the Utah Jazz to the
Verizon Center.
The short-handed Wizards, who are toiling without star guard Gil
Panthers return home to face Lightning >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - David Booth's scoring feat over the weekend helped the
Panthers salvage the finale of their road trip. Florida returns home aiming to
win two straight for the first time in nearly three weeks, as it hosts the
Tampa Bay Lightn
'Hawks aim for fifth straight win in home test vs. Bruins >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The last time the Blackhawks won five straight games,
Patrick Kane and Jonathan Toews were 13 years old. Chicago will try to reach
that mark for the first time in close to six years tonight, as they welcome
the Boston Bruins
Luongo, Canucks put shutout streak on the line vs. Avs >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Goaltender Roberto Luongo has been showing the Vancouver
fans perfection over the last three games. The Canucks captain will try to
stretch his shutout streak tonight and break his own club record in the
process when his club
St. Louis hopes to get on track in Buffalo >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The St. Louis Blues will try for their first win in over
two weeks when they visit the Buffalo Sabres for tonight's matchup at HSBC
Arena.
The Blues have lost five straight (0-4-1) and seven of their last eight games.
The
Huskers' Lucky hospitalized for undisclosed reason
LINCOLN, Neb. -- Nebraska running back Marlon Lucky was hospitalized Monday for undisclosed reasons after Lincoln police responded to a call at his residence.
The Nebraska athletic department said in a release Monday that Lucky was admitted Sunday night.
MySportsbook.com has the Cornhuskers listed at +2500 to win the BCS National Championship odds.
A nursing supervisor at the hospital said all questions about Lucky were being referred to the athletic department. The athletic department said there would be no further comment from the department or Lucky's family.
A Lincoln Police spokesman said officers responded to a call at Lucky's residence 11:30 p.m. Sunday. The spokesman said he didn't know Lucky's condition at the time he was taken to the hospital.
Lucky, from North Hollywood, Calif., started six games last season as a sophomore and was the team's second-leading rusher, with 728 yards and six touchdowns. He also caught 32 passes for 383 yards. He averaged 19.1 yards on eight kickoff returns.
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