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Courtesy of OddsShark.com: Today in the Daily Sports Roundup: The BoSox take on the Royals, the Sprint Cup Series races down in Phoenix, and The Masters offers up third-round action.
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Tipping off on the hardwood . . .
The NBA has eight games on its schedule for Saturday, with New Jersey at Indiana, Atlanta at Washington, Detroit at Charlotte, Philadelphia at Memphis, Dallas at Sacramento, Golden State at the Clippers, Boston at Milwaukee, and San Antonio at Denver. The Nuggets (52-27 SU, 33-40-6 ATS) are looking to lock down the second seed in the Western Conference, and could end up playing the Spurs in the first round of the playoffs. Denver is riding a four-game winning streak heading into Saturday, and they lead the season series with San Antonio 2-1. The Nuggets, though, fell to the Spurs 111-92 as a 6-point home favorite when the teams last met on February 11. Tim Duncan had 16 points in that win.
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Meeting up on the diamond . . .
The Yankees continue their AL series in Tampa Bay on Saturday, while the rest of the Junior Circuit slate has Minnesota at the White Sox, Cleveland at Detroit, Seattle at Texas, Toronto at Baltimore, Oakland at the Angels, and Boston at Kansas City. The Red Sox will send Josh Beckett to the mound for their Saturday matchup; righthander Beckett took a no-decision against the Yankees in his first start of the season, surrendering five earned runs on eight hits over his 4 2-3 innings. The Royals will counter with ace Zack Greinke; righthander Greinke held the Tigers to just one earned run on six hits over six innings in his season debut.
On the NL schedule for Saturday it'll be the Cubs at Cincinnati, Washington at the Mets, St. Louis at Milwaukee, Philadelphia at Houston, San Diego at Colorado, Pittsburgh at Arizona, Atlanta at San Francisco, and the Dodgers at Florida. It'll be Vicente Padilla getting the ball for Los Angeles on Saturday; righthander Padilla was knocked around by the Pirates in his first start of the season, giving up seven earned runs on six hits over his 4 1-3 innings of work. The Marlins will go with Josh Johnson on Saturday; righthander Johnson gave up four earned runs on five hits over his five innings in a loss to the Mets on Monday.
Taking a trip around the rink . . .
The NHL offers up 11 games on Saturday on the second-last day of its regular season, with Carolina at Boston, Edmonton at Los Angeles, Toronto at Montreal, the Islanders at New Jersey, Buffalo at Ottawa, Pittsburgh at Atlanta, Florida at Tampa Bay, St. Louis at Nashville, Dallas at Minnesota, Calgary at Vancouver, and Phoenix at San Jose. The 50-25-6 Coyotes are just 2-3 against the 50-20-11 Sharks so far this season, but they enter Saturday's matchup riding a three-game winning streak; Phoenix beat Los Angeles 3-2 last time out. The Sharks have won two straight games, and they beat the Canucks by a score of 4-2 Thursday.
Roaring around the track . . .
The Sprint Cup Series will compete under the lights on Saturday night at the Subway Fresh Fit 600 at Phoenix International Raceway. Jimmie Johnson has won four of the last five races at Phoenix, and he's pegged as the 18/5 Vegas favorite to take the checkered flag on Saturday night. Denny Hamlin is next on that odds list at 17/2, with Mark Martin (who won this race last season) rounding out the Top 3 to visit victory lane at 8/1. Jeff Gordon (19/2), Kurt Busch (10/1), and Jeff Burton (10/1) are also near the top of the odds list for Saturday's event. Greg Biffle, who sits second in the points race behind Johnson, is listed at 15/1.
Rounding out the Roundup . . .
Finally, the third round of The Masters gets underway on Saturday, with Ian Poulter and Lee Westwood tied atop the leaderboard at 8-under. Tiger Woods shot a 2-under 70 on Friday, and he sits in a third-place tie at 6-under with K.J. Choi, Ricky Barnes, Anthony Kim, and Phil Mickelson. Fred Couples shot a 3-over 75 on Friday, and Tom Watson turned in a 2-over 74; those two Tour veterans are tied for ninth place at 3-under through the first 36 holes of the event.
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