Bobcats hope to end road woes in Philadelphia

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03/10/2010 - (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Robert Frost's poem "The Road Not Taken" easily coincides with how the Charlotte Bobcats have been playing this season. The road less traveled would be the one headed towards Charlotte, and that's made all the difference for the club's playoff hopes.

The Jekyll-and-Hyde Bobcats have been a different story on the road, and will be put to the test again tonight regardless if they're playing the struggling Philadelphia 76ers at the Wachovia Center.

The Bobcats, who are seventh in the Eastern Conference standings and coming off a perfect three-game residency, have dropped four of their last five road games and own an 8-23 record as the guest.

Charlotte just pushed its home ledger to 23-8 with Tuesday's 83-78 victory over Dwyane Wade and the Miami Heat, as Raymond Felton stepped up to post 15 points and a season-best 11 assists. Stephen Jackson added 17 points and Boris Diaw contributed 11 and eight rebounds for Charlotte, which matched the franchise mark of 23 home wins in a season set last in 2008-09.

"We've become a better team in the last week because we were pretty bad about two weeks ago," Bobcats head coach Larry Brown said. "I think the key is we are defending much better."

The Bobcats have never made the playoffs in the club's history.

Philadelphia's season can be compared to a Stephen King novel under first-year head coach Eddie Jordan, whose Princeton offense has seen better days than the Zelda character from Pet Sematary. The Sixers have lost six of their last seven games and suffered a 107-96 setback at Indiana last night.

Jrue Holiday had 21 points to lead the Sixers, who ended a five-game slide with Sunday's victory at Toronto. Samuel Dalembert totaled 16 points, 11 boards and four blocks in defeat.

"They were playing a small lineup," Jordan said of the Pacers. "We were concerned about matchups, but not overly concerned. We just wanted to play with the unit that gives us the most energy. We did not do enough to win."

According to multiple sources, Jordan is expected to be fired at season's end. He was named the 22nd head coach in club history last May.

The 76ers will also play host to the Cleveland Cavaliers on the short homestand and are 10-19 in the City of Brotherly Love. Philadelphia has won six of its past 13 home games after starting the season 4-12 at the Wachovia Center.

The 2009-10 season set between the Bobcats and 76ers is tied at a game apiece, while Charlotte has won nine of the last 15 meetings. Philadelphia, however, has won eight of the 10 all-time matchups as the host in this series.

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A two-time Pro Bowler, Green was going into a feet-first hook slide when he was knocked unconscious by a thunderous, head-snapping hit from Cincinnati's Robert Geathers.

Oddsmakers at online sportsbook MySportsbook.com currently have the Chiefs listed as 7-point favorites versus the 49ers.

The 49ers got beat by Philadelphia 38-24 as a 6.5-point underdog last week. The combined score went OVER the posted over/under total (42.5).

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