Nuggets resume trek in New Jersey

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02/07/2009 - (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Northwest Division-leading Denver Nuggets will shoot for their fifth straight win this evening when they resume an eight-game road trip against the New Jersey Nets at the IZOD Center.

Denver posted its fourth straight win and improved to 2-0 on the trek following Friday's 124-103 victory at Washington. Carmelo Anthony scored 23 points for the Nuggets, who welcomed back point guard Chauncey Billups and forward Kenyon Martin from injury.

Billups (ankle) and Martin (flu) each missed Wednesday's 114-113 triumph over Oklahoma City, but came back Friday to net 16 and 11 points, respectively, in a winning cause. Dahntay Jones added 18 points, while Chris Andersen and Linas Kleiza each netted 13 for Denver.

The Nuggets will also visit the Heat, Magic, 76ers, Bulls and Bucks, and are 14-10 away from the Rocky Mountains this season.

Meanwhile, New Jersey is trying to extend its current winning streak to a season high four consecutive games. In Wednesday's 115-88 win at the Wizards, Devin Harris ended with 26 points, seven assists and five boards for the Nets, who shot a sizzling 61.3 percent from the field.

Brook Lopez contributed 12 points and grabbed 12 rebounds, while Vince Carter finished with 20 points and five assists for New Jersey. Ryan Anderson ended with 18 points and nine boards in the win.

The Nets will try to work on their 10-15 mark at the Meadowlands Saturday night and attempt to end a three-game slide to the Nuggets. New Jersey is 10-5 in the previous 15 meetings in the series and has won 14 of the last 17 as the host versus Denver.

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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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