Bobcats, Wizards meet in Charlotte

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12/27/2006 - (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Gilbert Arenas is on fire and leads the Washington Wizards on the road this evening against the Charlotte Bobcats.

Arenas is averaging 34.7 points this month (13 games) and recorded 31 points in Tuesday night's 116-101 win over the Memphis Grizzlies at the Verizon Center. Arenas was fresh off a four-game road trip in which he averaged 41.8 points a contest.

Antawn Jamison added 26 points and nine rebounds for the Wizards, who won their third straight game and for the ninth time in 11 contests. Caron Butler chipped in 19 points, five rebounds, six assists and six steals in the win.

The Wizards are one game behind Orlando in the Southeast Division.

Charlotte has lost two straight, four of five and eight of its last 10 games, including Tuesday's 97-84 loss to the Dallas Mavericks at American Airlines Center.

Rookie Adam Morrison paced the Bobcats with 17 points and six boards off the bench. Gerald Wallace tallied 16 points, while Matt Carroll finished with 14 for Charlotte, which will play its next two games at home.

Morrison is the only rookie this season to average double figures in scoring this season at 13.3 points per game.

Washington defeated the Bobcats on December 1 this season by a 121-109 score at the Verizon Center. Arenas poured in a game-high 33 points and dished out 10 assists that day.

The Wizards have won four straight and eight of the nine overall meetings. They have also won three of the four matchups at Charlotte Bobcats Arena.

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Ryder Cup Odds

Europe
Tie
USA		 4-5
10-1
6-5


Ryder Cup Top US point scorer
Tiger Woods
Jim Furyk
Phil Mickelson
Chris DiMarco
David Toms
Stewart Cink
Chad Campbell
Scott Verplank
Zach Johnson
Vaughan Taylor
JJ Henry
Brett Wetterich		 9-4
4-1
5-1
7-1
8-1
12-1
15-1
15-1
25-1
30-1
30-1
50-1


Ryder Cup Top European scorer
Sergio Garcia
Luke Donald
Padraig Harrington
Colin Montgomerie
Darren Clarke
David Howell
Lee Westwood
Paul Casey
Henrik Stenson
Jose Maria Olazabal
Paul McGinley
Robert Karlsson		 5-1
5-1
6-1
13-2
8-1
9-1
9-1
11-1
12-1
12-1
20-1
25-1

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