Wednesday Sports Picks and Betting Rundown

Today in the Daily Sports Roundup: King James and the Cavaliers hit the floor in Toronto, and Alexander the Great leads his Capitals in a meeting with the Habs.

Tipping off on the hardwood  . . .

LeBron James and his Cleveland Cavaliers will make their second-half debut on Wednesday night with a road game against the Raptors. Cleveland entered the break at 40-11 straight-up and 33-18 against-the-spread, while Toronto was 21-34 SU and 21-31-3 ATS. The Raptors got a jump on the trade deadline last week, shipping off center Jermaine O'Neal to the Heat for forward Shawn Marion.

The Magic and Hornets will do battle in New Orleans on Wednesday, with Indiana at Charlotte, Denver at Philadelphia, Minnesota at Miami, Chicago at Milwaukee, New Jersey at Dallas, Memphis at Portland, Atlanta at Sacramento, and Phoenix at the Clippers. As well, the Lakers will hit the road for a game in Golden State on Wednesday night; the Warriors are just 19-35 so far this season.

The Magic and Bobcats play on ESPN. BetUs Sportsbook has New Orleans laying one.

Sports Headlines

Former NY Giants great Brad Van Pelt has died of a heart attack…Portland Trailblazers center Greg Oden is out with a bone chip in his knee.

The march toward Madness . . .

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North Carolina will host N.C. State on Wednesday night in college hoops action. The Tar Heels slipped past Miami 69-65 in their last contest to put their record at 23-2 SU (but just 11-13 ATS) on the season; Ty Lawson scored 21 points in that win. Meanwhile, the Wolfpack blasted Georgia Tech 86-65 in their last outing to improve to 14-9 SU and 11-6-1 ATS this year; N.C. State is 4-6 in ACC contests.

Elsewhere in NCAA basketball action on Wednesday it's Miami at Florida State, Penn State at Illinois, Providence at Louisville, Iowa State at Kansas, Butler at Wisconsin-Milwaukee, SMU at Memphis, Ohio State at Northwestern, and CSU Bakersfield at Utah State. As well, Wake Forest will get a visit from Georgia Tech.

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Taking a trip around the rink . . .

Alexander Ovechkin and his Capitals will look to add to the Canadiens' woes when the two teams meet on the ice in Washington on Wednesday night. The Capitals doubled up on the Panthers by a score of 4-2 on Sunday, with Ovechkin picking up a hat trick in the victory. Montreal was on the wrong end of a 4-2 score in Vancouver on Sunday; Andrei Kostitsyn scored his 20^th of the year in the loss.

There are just four other games on the NHL's schedule for Wednesday night, including the Islanders at the Rangers, St. Louis at Columbus, and Nashville at Detroit. As well, the Kings and Ducks will meet in Anaheim in a 10:00pm ET puck drop; the Ducks were embarrassed 8-4 in their game against Atlanta on Sunday.

Rounding out the Roundup . . .

Is Michael Vick going to be able to latch on to an NFL team this year? Well, teams have been going out of their way in the past week to state their disinterest in the disgraced quarterback - each of the Jets, Lions, and Buccaneers are reportedly out of the picture for his services. Vick will be released from prison this summer, but the league could still decide to suspend him for the 2009 season.