Gordon, Lopez capture NBA rookie honors

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02/02/2009 - New York, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Los Angeles Clippers guard Eric Gordon and New Jersey Nets center Brook Lopez were selected as the NBA's top rookies for the month of January.

Gordon captured the Western Conference award after leading all rookies in scoring for the month, averaging 21.9 points per game. He also posted 4.1 assists and played in 41.1 minutes per game. He additionally had a career-high 41 points in a January 23 win over Oklahoma City -- the most points ever scored by a Clippers rookie.

Lopez earned the Eastern Conference honor with averages of 14.9 points, 7.9 rebounds and 1.8 blocks. He led all East rookies in both rebounds and blocks. Lopez started all 16 games for the Nets in January, and had three double- doubles, while twice notching career highs -- scoring a career-best 31 points on January 12 against Oklahoma City and collecting 17 rebounds this past Saturday against Philadelphia.

Others considered for the awards included Chicago's Derrick Rose, Michael Beasley and Mario Chalmers of Miami, Memphis' O.J. Mayo and Marc Gasol, Minnesota's Kevin Love, Oklahoma City's Russell Westbrook, Portland's Greg Oden and Sacramento's Jason Thompson.

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Super Bowl XLIII Betting Odds

Super Bowl XLIII, the Arizona Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Super Bowl XLIII is now set, the Arizona Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Steelers will meet each other on February 1st in Tampa's Raymond James Stadium to battle it out for the coveted Lombardi Trophy. The game kicks off at 6:00pm ET on NBC with announcers Al Michaels and John Madden covering the on-field action. Super Bowl XLIII betting odds at online bookmaker MySportsbook.com have the Steelers listed as an early -6.5 against the spread favorite.Super Bowl XLIII Betting Odds

Pittsburgh earned their passage to the big game by beating their division rival, the Baltimore Ravens, 23-14 in yesterday's AFC Championship Game. The Steelers jumped on Baltimore early, building a 13-0 first half lead, and never let up on their way to a fairly easy win. Although the Ravens did close to within two points in the fourth quarter, it never appeared as if they had enough offense to pull off the upset.

The Steelers dominating defense held Baltimore to a total of 198 yards while allowing them to convert just three third downs in 13 attempts. Pittsburgh also forced quarterback Joe Flacco into three interceptions, one of which safety Troy Polamalu returned fourty yards for a touchdown.

The Cardinals, by far the playoff team with the longest odds to reach Super Bowl XLIII, did so yesterday with a 32-25 upset of the Philadelphia Eagles in the NFC Championship. Arizona charged out of the gates and built a 24-6 halftime lead that had the Eagles venerable defense reeling. Quarterback Kurt Warner and wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald did most of the damage, connecting on three first half touchdowns.

Arizona, however, could not sustain their momentum and the Eagles took a 25-24 with 10:45 left to play in the fourth. The Cardinals, with the franchise's first Super Bowl appearance hanging in the balance, mounted a fourteen play, 72 yard touchdown drive that consumed 7:52 off the clock. Warner hit running back Tim Hightower on a short screen for the go-ahead, game clinching score that will forever live in Cardinal infamy.

MySportsbook.com's Super Bowl XLIII Betting Odds:

Pittsburgh Steelers -6.5 (-110), Over 46.5 (-110), -260 (Money line)

Arizona Cardinals +6.5 (-110), Under 46.5 (-110), +220 (Money line)

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