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02/22/2007 - Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Kyle Korver came off the bench to bury 6- of-7 shots from the three-point line and score a career-high 31 points as Philadelphia dominated New York, 104-84, at the Wachovia Center.
Andre Miller added 19 points and five assists for the Sixers, who snapped a three-game skid. Joe Smith chipped in with 14 points and eight rebounds, while Andre Iguodala finished with 10 points and nine assists.
"It's about getting a rhythm," Korver said of his big night. "If you have fresh legs, that's always a bonus. Unfortunately, in an NBA season with 82 games, you don't always feel that way. You have to try to find ways to get in a rhythm."
Eddy Curry was 10-of-12 from the floor and tallied 22 points for the Knicks, who were coming off a 100-94 win over Orlando on Tuesday. Jamal Crawford netted 14 points and rookie Renaldo Balkman had 13 points and seven boards.
"It's very disappointing," Curry said of the loss. "We gave up a lot of second-chance shots and they capitalized on them, it seemed like all of them."
The Sixers entered the final quarter with a seven-point lead and slowly started to put things away. Korver drained a three to make it 86-74 with 6:28 left.
Philadelphia then put things away with a quick 6-0 run late. Smith converted a conventional three-point play before Korver drained his sixth three of the contest to make it 97-78 with under three minutes to go.
The Sixers coasted to the finish line from there.
The Knicks took a slim 22-18 advantage after the opening 12 minutes but the Sixers' bench took over the contest in the second quarter.
The sharp-shooting Korver led the way with 14 points in the frame as Philadelphia dominated, outscoring the Knicks by 19 in the stanza en route to taking a comfortable 53-38 cushion at intermission.
The Sixers continued to pull away early in the third quarter. Miller connected on consecutive jumpers to give Philadelphia its first 20-point advantage, 60-40, with a little over nine minutes to go in the frame.
The Knicks responded however, and got back into things with a 12-2 spurt. A rare four-point play by Crawford capped the run and brought the Knicks within 10, 68-58, with 3:59 remaining in the third quarter.
New York continued to chip away from there and trailed by just seven, 74-67, entering the final frame.
Game Notes
The Knicks' David Lee missed hid first game of the year with the flu and Quentin Richardson left in the third quarter with a shoulder injury...The 76ers finished a seven-game homestand at 3-4...Philadelphia is now 10-15 at home this year...The Sixers bench outscored the Knicks bench 32-4 in the first half and 58-23 for the game. "The guys who came off the bench were huge for us," Sixers coach Maurice Cheeks said. "When you have Kyle Korver shooting away and shooting as deep as he was, it's tough. It opened up everything up for everybody."...The Knicks are 10-18 on the road this season.
<< Paris nets 32 as Sooners edge Jayhawks
Lawrence, KS (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Courtney Paris had 32 points and 13 rebounds
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<< Vols top Alabama in OT
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of-22 shooting performance and Ramar Smith's jumper in overtime proved to be
the difference as Tennessee downed No. 25 Alabama, 69-66, at Thompson-Boling
Arena.
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No. 5 UNC routs NC State >>
Chapel Hill, NC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Brandan Wright posted a career-high 24
points as fifth-ranked North Carolina defeated North Carolina State, 83-64, at
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Tyler Hansbrough scored 20 points and collected seven rebound
Carter scores 46, but Nets fall to Hornets >>
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Chris Paul added 19 points and
Pacers outgun Bucks in double overtime >>
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Danny Granger added 26 points and seven boa
Jets release Barlow >>
New York, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The New York Jets released veteran running
back Kevan Barlow, after a disappointing season for the six-year veteran, the
team announced Wednesday.
Barlow ran for a career-low 370 yards on 131 attempts
In the wake of the news that the 49ers have signed receiver Michael Crabtree after an extended holdout, there has been not a hint of the dollars to be paid to Crabtree.
And since this means that his agent hasn't leaked the numbers, it means that his agent feels no specific motivation to do so.
Possibly because his agent isn't all that thrilled to have his name on the deal.
So the numbers will come from sources other than Crabtree's agent. And we've gotten our mitts into them.
Per a league source, Crabtree has signed a six-year, $32 million contract. (The total includes guaranteed money, base salaries, and the one-time incentive based on achieving minimum playing time.)
The deal also includes $17 million in guaranteed money.
As reported elsewhere, the deal can void to five years based on performance triggers, wiping out a final year base salary of $4 million. But they won't be easily reached.
The source tells us that, in his first four seasons (including 2009), Crabtree must either qualify for two Pro Bowls, or he must qualify for one Pro Bowl in one year and he must participate in 80 percent of the offensive snaps in a separate year in which the team makes the playoffs.
In other words, if in 2010 he qualifies for the Pro Bowl and the team makes the playoffs and he participates in 80 percent of the snaps, he'll still need to make it to the Pro Bowl or achieve the 80-percent/playoffs in another season.
Since the chances of Crabtree making the Pro Bowl or participating in 80 percent of the offensive snaps this year is roughly zero percent, he'll have three years to get it done.
And it won't be easy. Frankly, he'll be hard pressed to make it to one Pro Bowl in three years with the likes of Larry Fitzgerald, Calvin Johnson, Anquan Boldin, Steve Smith, the other Steve Smith, Hakeem Nicks, DeSean Jackson, Johnny Knox, Percy Harvin, Greg Jennings, Roddy White, T.J. Houshmandzadeh in the same conference for sportsbook betting.
So, by all appearances, it's a six-year deal. And at $17 million in guaranteed money, the per-year guarantee is a tepid $2.83 million per year.
There's another problem with the deal -- it has no mid-tier incentive package. Instead, the additional $8 million that Crabtree can earn (pushing the max value to six years, $40 million) requires the kind of unrealistic, mega-star performances that no rookie is likely to ever achieve.
So while the contract paid to Packers defensive tackle B.J. Raji covers five years and pays $22.5 million, he has the ability (if he's a solid player) to make up the difference between his base deal and Crabtree's five-year, $28 million haul via the mid-tier incentive package in Raji's deal.
And unless Crabtree meets the performance thresholds necessary to void the sixth year, he'll be stuck under contract for another year at a base salary of only $4 million.
There's one other area of concern with the deal. Crabtree, per the source, received no option bonus. Instead, he has significant money tied to a fairly new device known as a "discretionary salary advance," which unlike an opition bonus is subject to forfeiture if Crabtree decides in a year or two that he wants to hold out for a better deal. (We're also told that the 49ers have included language that would make certain escalators subject to forfeiture, too.)
Meanwhile, the deal falls well short of the mark for which Crabtree and agent Eugene Parker were aiming -- the five-year, $38.25 million contract paid by the Raiders to receiver Darrius Heyward-Bey, the seventh overall pick in the draft.
Even if Crabtree successfully voids the final year, he'll make more than $2 million per year less on average than Heyward-Bey.
Thus, as we explained earlier in the day, this is a deal that Crabtree could have done in July, which would have given him a much better chance of making a contribution to the 49ers during his rookie year.
So while the final outcome can be described as win-win, the broader view suggests that it's really a lose-lose situation.
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