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Carter leads Nets over Pacers

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01/16/2007 - East Rutherford, NJ (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Vince Carter had 31 points, six rebounds and six assists to lead the New Jersey Nets to a 105-95 victory over the Indiana Pacers at Continental Airlines Arena.

Jason Kidd added 19 points, 10 assists and nine rebounds while Mikki Moore donated 19 points and pulled down seven boards for the Nets, who have won six of their last eight contests.

"Since that Detroit game, the one game that you can say that hopefully is a little bit of an aberration is the Houston game," said Nets head coach Lawrence Frank referring to New Jersey playing better of late. "We've played pretty good basketball. The Minnesota game, unfortunately, we probably played well for around 34 of the 48 minutes. I think our guys understand what we need to do in order to win. Anytime you get knocked down you like to get back up as quickly as possible. We've been playing pretty good basketball but the key is we have to continue to challenge ourselves and play better.

Al Harrington chipped in 18 points and nine rebounds while Stephen Jackson, Jermaine O'Neal and Maceo Baston each netted 14 for the Pacers, who have lost two in a row. O'Neal grabbed 10 rebounds and Baston had eight boards.

In the first, Harrington's jumper Indiana's deficit to 17-16, but the Nets responded with a 14-4 run, including seven points from Kidd, for a 31-20 lead. New Jersey took a 35-24 margin into the second quarter.

Leading 44-33, the Nets reeled off a 13-3 surge, capped by four straight points from Eddie House, extending the lead to 57-36. New Jersey had a 63-42 advantage at the break.

Trailing 88-63 at the end of three, the Pacers opened the final frame with a 17-7 rally, capped by Sarunas Jasikevicius' trey, narrowing the gap to 95-80 with nearly six minutes remaining.

Moore's three-point play pushed the lead to 20, 100-80, but Indiana wouldn't give up. They closed the game on a 15-5 burst, but it was too little, too late.

Game Notes

The Nets shot 48 percent from the field, while the Pacers connected on 40 percent of their shots from the floor...Jasikevicius finished with nine points and seven assists...Indiana won the rebounding battle, 44-41...New Jersey has won three of the last four meetings. The Nets have won four straight at home...House ended with nine points.

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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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