The guy I do all of my NBA postseason stuff works a busy job. Sometimes during the day he's super busy and he doesn't adjust to the line changes right away. Went ahead and got this one without the hook while I still could. Hoping it hits!
Looks like that half point didn't matter at all. Jesus!
Chicago - 120
Milwaukee - 66
= Bulls win by 54.
I read just on SBNation that it was the largest ALL TIME win margin in an NBA series-clincher.
At the very least, Milwaukee DID make it to the postseason this season. Gotta give them some credit for that, especially seeing as last season they went 15-67 (Bucks all time franchise-worst and overall pathetic).
I hope they trade Giannis Antetokounmpo to a contender. I really like him. Maybe I'm being overly optimistic, but within 2-3 years I think he'll really emerge as an elite player in this league.
Just for fun, check this out. I put this table together real fast to try and show why I'm optimistic about his future. Right now, he's kind of like a poor man's Kevin Love. I included Love's Cleveland season and his career averages because I think it's important to take into account Giannis has only been in the NBA for 2 full campaigns.
IMO, you could easily chalk the disparity in PPG due to how each player is utilized on their respective teams. Giannis is primarily used as an SF. Love is a PF/Center. But mostly everything else is strikingly similar.
Like I said, just for fun, it's worth checking out:
Been busy all morning... Looks like I missed the good line on ATL. My local only charged me an extra 5 cents for the entire point than 5D would have. I can live with that.
Either way Saturday is the day we always settle up. In other words, no matter happens, with the Hawks tonight, he's handing me an envelope tomorrow.
Double guns, cocksuckahhhhhhhhhhh
Last edited by terrortwylight; 05-02-15 at 03:31 PM.
Was on a nice little run there w/ NBA postseason. Especially considering I don't really know shit about handicapping NBA. Looks like I'm coming back down to earth here.
I will definitely be taking Houston tonight. Maybe that's idiotic. I don't claim to know NBA at all. But here's what I have gathered from watching this postseason.. take this about as seriously as you'd take your girlfriend or wife explaining it to you.
It looks as if Houston THRIVES on being underdogs. When the media is completely dismissing them as one dimensional, that's when they really hit their stride. It's like they all have a human toilet fetish. As soon as they really get pooped and pissed on, their boners rage and drip everywhere. Going into this series, they're being totally disrespected. I've already read 3 different articles in 10 minutes predicting a sweep. Trust me, THEY LOVE BEING DISRESPECTED.
It seems like Houston's whole gimmick is bringing a weird tempo to the game. If basketball is like music, then Houston is Tom Waits. They've become infamous for adopting the Hack-a-Shaq. Intentionally fouling a bad free throw shooter wasn't even a brilliant strategy when Don Nelson was doing it against Rodman when I was 12. Everyone knows this is what they do. But they still seem to bother everyone with it. They lose their share of battles but they're resilient.
At the end of the day, I think the Warriors win the series.. they're too healthy and too deep right now for anyone. But I tend to think that in at least these first couple games, Houston will be totally disrespected by the betting public, and I'm going to take advantage of these ridiculous lines. 10.5 points just seems like a lot here.
Remember, you're not supposed to take any of this seriously. I don't know what I'm even talking about.
This Cavs/Hawks series is interesting. Even with K. Love out, I still think these teams are evenly matched. Going back to the beginning of this season, they've played 4 times. Hawks took 3 of those 4 games.
First time they played in November, it was in Cleveland. Cavs completely smashed them in this one. Almost a month later to the day, Atlanta completely smashed them (again, in Cleveland). Two weeks later, Hawks won by 8 points in ATL.
The next time they played was in early March, again in ATL. Hawks won by 9 points.
At home, ATL has gone 40-7 and Cleveland has gone 35-11 (regular season + playoffs).
Based off of these trends, I feel comfortable taking Atlanta tonight. With these lines so close like this, I think the smart bet is just taking the home team in these games. Unless I see something tonight that makes me rethink this, that'll be my strategy with this series.
Dumb reactionary live bet. Started freaking out as soon as Carroll went down. Hope it's not as bad as it looked. Definitely looked like he shredded his ACL.
I got my Houston bet in last night at 10.5 -103 but I forgot to post it. Best I'm seeing on 5dizzle right now is -108, so in fairness that's what I'll post here.
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