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Sportingbet.com will have Live Betting available for the men’s basketball semifinals at the Beijing Olympics.<o></o>
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The <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-comffice:smarttags" /><st1:country-region w:st="on">U.S.</st1:country-region> – the Redeem Team – is an overwhelming 20-point, -5000 moneyline favorite to beat <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1lace w:st="on">Argentina</st1lace></st1:country-region> in Olympic Basketball betting odds at Sportingbet.com. The over/under is 183½. <o></o>
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<st1:country-region w:st="on">Argentina</st1:country-region>, which beat the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1lace w:st="on">U.S.</st1lace></st1:country-region> at the 2004 Athens Olympics en route to winning the gold medal, is a +1000 underdog.<o></o>
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The game starts at 10:15 am ET Friday and can be seen on CBC and NBC.<o></o>
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The early semifinal matchup Friday (8 am ET) has <st1:country-region w:st="on">Spain</st1:country-region> taking on <st1:country-region w:st="on">Lithuania</st1:country-region>, with <st1:country-region w:st="on">Spain</st1:country-region> a -300 favorite and <st1lace w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Lithuania</st1:country-region></st1lace> a +225 underdog. <o></o>
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Sportingbet.com also has lots of prop bets for both games, including first team to reach 10, 20 and 50 points, as well as individual player wagers.<o></o>
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In quarterfinal action Wednesday, the L.A. Lakers’ Kobe Bryant scored 25 points to pace the <st1:country-region w:st="on">U.S.</st1:country-region> team to a 116-85 win over <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1lace w:st="on">Australia</st1lace></st1:country-region>. LeBron James of the Cleveland Cavaliers added 16 points.<o></o>
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<st1:country-region w:st="on">Argentina</st1:country-region> edged <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1lace w:st="on">Greece</st1lace></st1:country-region> 80-78, with the San Antonio Spurs' Manu Ginóbili scoring 24 points and Carlos Delfino adding 23. Antonis Fotsis led <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1lace w:st="on">Greece</st1lace></st1:country-region> with 17 points, while Kostas Tsartsaris finished with 13.
Lakers’ center Pau Gasol scored 20 points to lead <st1:country-region w:st="on">Spain</st1:country-region> to a 72-59 win against <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1lace w:st="on">Croatia</st1lace></st1:country-region>. Felipe Reyes added 13 points for <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1lace w:st="on">Spain</st1lace></st1:country-region>, while Toronto Raptors’ point guard Jose Calderon had 10. <o></o>
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And <st1:country-region w:st="on">Lithuania</st1:country-region> beat host <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1lace w:st="on">China</st1lace></st1:country-region> 94-68. Sarunas Jasikevicius scored 23 points to lead <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1lace w:st="on">Lithuania</st1lace></st1:country-region>. Houston Rockets center Yao Ming had 19 points for <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1lace w:st="on">China</st1lace></st1:country-region>.<o></o>
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The semifinal winners meet in the gold medal game on Sunday, while the losers play for the bronze, also Sunday.<o></o>
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></o>> </o>Sportingbet.com will have Live Betting available for the men’s basketball semifinals at the Beijing Olympics.<o
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> </o>The <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com
ffice:smarttags" /><st1:country-region w:st="on">U.S.</st1:country-region> – the Redeem Team – is an overwhelming 20-point, -5000 moneyline favorite to beat <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1lace w:st="on">Argentina</st1lace></st1:country-region> in Olympic Basketball betting odds at Sportingbet.com. The over/under is 183½. <o></o><o
> </o><st1:country-region w:st="on">Argentina</st1:country-region>, which beat the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1
lace w:st="on">U.S.</st1lace></st1:country-region> at the 2004 Athens Olympics en route to winning the gold medal, is a +1000 underdog.<o></o><o
> </o>The game starts at 10:15 am ET Friday and can be seen on CBC and NBC.<o
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> </o>The early semifinal matchup Friday (8 am ET) has <st1:country-region w:st="on">Spain</st1:country-region> taking on <st1:country-region w:st="on">Lithuania</st1:country-region>, with <st1:country-region w:st="on">Spain</st1:country-region> a -300 favorite and <st1
lace w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Lithuania</st1:country-region></st1lace> a +225 underdog. <o></o><o
> </o>Sportingbet.com also has lots of prop bets for both games, including first team to reach 10, 20 and 50 points, as well as individual player wagers.<o
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> </o>In quarterfinal action Wednesday, the L.A. Lakers’ Kobe Bryant scored 25 points to pace the <st1:country-region w:st="on">U.S.</st1:country-region> team to a 116-85 win over <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1
lace w:st="on">Australia</st1lace></st1:country-region>. LeBron James of the Cleveland Cavaliers added 16 points.<o></o><o
> </o><st1:country-region w:st="on">Argentina</st1:country-region> edged <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1
lace w:st="on">Greece</st1lace></st1:country-region> 80-78, with the San Antonio Spurs' Manu Ginóbili scoring 24 points and Carlos Delfino adding 23. Antonis Fotsis led <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1lace w:st="on">Greece</st1lace></st1:country-region> with 17 points, while Kostas Tsartsaris finished with 13.Lakers’ center Pau Gasol scored 20 points to lead <st1:country-region w:st="on">Spain</st1:country-region> to a 72-59 win against <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1
lace w:st="on">Croatia</st1lace></st1:country-region>. Felipe Reyes added 13 points for <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1lace w:st="on">Spain</st1lace></st1:country-region>, while Toronto Raptors’ point guard Jose Calderon had 10. <o></o><o
> </o>And <st1:country-region w:st="on">Lithuania</st1:country-region> beat host <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1
lace w:st="on">China</st1lace></st1:country-region> 94-68. Sarunas Jasikevicius scored 23 points to lead <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1lace w:st="on">Lithuania</st1lace></st1:country-region>. Houston Rockets center Yao Ming had 19 points for <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1lace w:st="on">China</st1lace></st1:country-region>.<o></o><o
> </o>The semifinal winners meet in the gold medal game on Sunday, while the losers play for the bronze, also Sunday.<o
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