Durant leads USA past Slovenia at Worlds

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08/29/2010 - Istanbul, Turkey (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Kevin Durant poured in 22 points, as the United States recorded another comfortable win at the 2010 FIBA World Championship, beating Slovenia by a 99-77 score.

Rudy Gay added 16 points for the United States, which took a 106-78 victory over Croatia in its tournament opener on Saturday. Russell Westbrook and Andre Iguodala provided 11 points apiece, while Kevin Love finished with 10 points and 11 rebounds in the Group B contest.

Also on Sunday, Lithuania edged Canada, 70-68, to improve to 2-0 in Group D play. Meanwhile, Canada fell to 0-2 in group play following its loss to Lebanon on Saturday.

Linas Kleiza had 18 points and 10 rebounds to lead Lithuania, while Martynas Pocius and Tomas Delininkaitis each scored 11 in the victory.

Jermaine Anderson had 15 points to pace Canada, while Joel Anthony provided 12 points. Denham Brown made two free throws with 1:37 to play to get Canada within two, but the Canadians missed the rest of their shots as Lithuania held on.

China got its first victory in Group C play with an 83-73 win over the Ivory Coast, thanks to 26 points and nine boards from Yi Jianlian. Angola was a 79-65 winner over Jordan in a Group A game.

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If there is any category that is not an obvious win for any one nominee in this year's Academy Awards, it would be for Best Picture.  Sure the Departed is a 5/7 favorite, but that's hardly anything when we look at Helen Mirren and her "out-of-reach" 1 to 40 odds (which means you would win a whopping $1 for every $40 bet).

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