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"Things like this can happen at any time," Bargnani said.

 

Indiana, which beat Toronto earlier in the year, has won four of the last five meetings. The Pacers, though, have dropped eight of 10 in Toronto.

 

Chicago, IL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Chicago Bulls guard Derrick Rose is expected to return to the starting lineup for Friday's game against the Boston Celtics. Rose sprained his toe during the first quarter of Tuesday's 111-100 win at Minnesota. He wore a walking boot as a precaution during Friday morning's shootaround.

 

John Lucas III started in his place on Wednesday and scored 25 points in Chicago's 78-64 win against Washington.

 

The Bulls, 10-2, own the best record in the Eastern Conference.

 

The eight-time NBA All Star is the league's 13th all-time leading scorer with 25,613 points.

 

Oakland, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Golden State Warriors waived guard Ish Smith on Friday. Smith played in six games this season with the Warriors and averaged 5.4 points along with 1.8 rebounds and assists in 12.6 minutes. He was awarded via a waiver claim on December 16 after being waived by Memphis.

 

The 23-year-old appeared in 43 games (three starts) last season -- his first in the league -- with Houston and Memphis, averaging 2.3 points, 1.8 assists and 1.1 rebounds in 10.3 minutes.

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MySportsbook.com and Kentucky Derby Offer Bonuses
The 2008 Kentucky Derby has announced a $1-million bonus for this weekend’s 134th ‘Run for the Roses’ and MySportsbook.com is doing the same.

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According to MySportsbook.com, the favorites for Saturday’s Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky are: Curlin (+250); Street Sense (+500); Scat Daddy (+700); Circular Quay (+750); and Nobiz Like Shobiz (+800).

Derby organizers announced this week that there will be a $1-million bonus at the 2007 Kentucky Derby odds if the first-place horse wins by more than 6 1/2 lengths – the margin of Barbaro's victory last year. The bonus would be divided Saturday among the winning trainer, jockey, owner and a charity, with each receiving 25 percent. The designated charity is the Barbaro Memorial Fund.

''It's certainly creative, it's certainly fun and it has something for the horsemen, which we always want to embrace,'' Churchill Downs president and chief executive Robert Evans said at a news conference. ''What's really cool is it will force us to remember Barbaro.''
    
Meanwhile, the Derby favorite – Curlin – is going against the odds this year. It's been 125 years since Apollo won after skipping his 2-year-old season, and not since Regret in 1915 has such a lightly seasoned horse worn the blanket of red roses.

Arkansas Derby winner Curlin – unbeaten in three career races – tries to overcome both those obstacles in Saturday's 133rd Derby.

''We're not running against history,'' trainer Steve Asmussen said Monday. ''We're running against who they load up.''

Six other horses have run in the Derby without benefit of 2-year-old races and with three or fewer starts. The best any of them managed was a sixth-place finish by Showing Up last year.
   
Asmussen dismissed suggestions that Curlin's lack of racing experience could keep him from the winner's circle.

”He exudes confidence and he's got a great presence about him,'' the trainer said. ''I feel great about the position we're in. He's not worried about anything, why should you be?''
   
The Kentucky Derby is at 4:04 p.m., ET Saturday.

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