[thefuture]

This is why I hate taking the Lakers sometimes they always dick around at the end!

[jaymac82980]

that technical foul hurts. what an asshole.

[Capybara]

Knicks pulling back into it!!! LOVE IT!!! Hang on, Boys, we're getting 16, just stay in there!!

[jaymac82980]

every time i think about betting the lakers, i always remind myself not to take them for more than 10 point spreads!

[texhooper]

I'm all in for a last-chance bailout with this parlay:

Knicks +6
Under 106

here's the man right here. good call on a last ditch effort.

[Masu485]

!shit!!! i lost all 3 of the late bball games after covering for 3/4 of the game!

[thefuture]

That ws terrible I knew that 3 at the end of the 3rd would bite me in the ass I had the fakers at -12.5 what a waste

[Capybara]

WOOOO-HOOOOO!!! My butt is SAVED!!! And it's by the Knicks!!! Ha ha, I'll take it!!

[Masu485]

unfvcking real, i thought i'd win all three until the last 2 minutes of each

[jaymac82980]

damn

[Capybara]

here's the man right here. good call on a last ditch effort.

Thanks, Tex!!

[thefuture]

Lets get em tomm 12 games on the sched. I'm gonna start studying now!

[Madman12]

Wow, I thought I had it, damnit bynum.

[Checkerboard]

I'm all in for a last-chance bailout with this parlay:

Knicks +6
Under 106

nice capy! way 2 go buddy!

[texhooper]

Thanks, Tex!!

i gotta beef up my nba connections if i'm gonna continue sucking donkey balls at it. and to think, i couldn't wait for it to get here. now i wish it would go away until football is over.

[texhooper]

one thing i'm gonna do...i listen to monty on sporting news radio on my way home and if i make a beer run or something. tonight i heard him say, to paraphrase:

"the warriors...man, they're horrible"

and

"tomorrow i'm gonna have spike lee on the show, pretty excited about that because we don't do a lot of entertainment on the show. and i'm gonna have to throw a jab at him about the knicks. they're horrible. they're here in l.a. tonight against the lakers, i can't wait to see how badly they get beat."

i think if you had the time to really track the media, not just espn, but whatever's out there on a national scope, learn the tendencies and fade it, and you'd do well. tonight's just a microcasm of the shit i've noticed i could have faded blindly and won.

[jsmithj88]

isnt a "lock" supposed to win

[therber2]

Look out for the public piling on one side (Lakers -6 in this case), and the books not moving the line, rather making the other side more expensive. Knicks put up a good show in the first half. Combine that with the basic trend that in an even match the losing team at the half usually wins the game. In an uneven match, but unexpected fight; the dog usually covers the second half. Lakers only had enough momentum to stop the Knicks from winning.

[dwtsfan]

**** you lakers!!!! how can you blow a nearly 30 pt. lead and not be able to cover spread in the end!!!!

[therber2]

**** you lakers!!!! how can you blow a nearly 30 pt. lead and not be able to cover spread in the end!!!!

Most of the time teams don't give much of a shit about their spread. You have to remember for the players it's just about winning a game. If you see a 30 pt lead and an enraged opposition why wouldn't you look for an inflated total and take the under?

[texhooper]

Most of the time teams don't give much of a shit about their spread. You have to remember for the players it's just about winning a game. If you see a 30 pt lead and an enraged opposition why wouldn't you look for an inflated total and take the under?

because the "enraged" knicks shouldn't get only 17 points in the third. that's what killed the over right there. the lakers probably would have beaten them by 11 in the third regardless of how many points they put up. it very easily could have been 23-34 in the third, but the lakers are only going to go as hard as they're pushed in the second half of a game they know they're going to win.

but the bottom line is this...i should have taken the knicks +6, which i said was my lean, but i didn't. and now i'm trying to defend my losing play. i hope my point is seen though.