I've made my last NBA bet.

[No coincidences]

That Denver game was fixed. Period.

[Dexter]

fixed by the refs or the nuggets shaving points?

[bygspenda]

That was a hard one to take, thought they had it sealed at halftime.

[No coincidences]

fixed by the refs or the nuggets shaving points?

Nuggets.

They just happened to win by 13? And scored 31 fvcking points in the 2nd half?

Come on.

[Masu485]

if it's fixed that means there's a way to get a 100% winner beforehand. i wish all games were fixed.

[Dexter]

Nuggets.

They just happened to win by 13? And scored 31 fvcking points in the 2nd half?

Come on.

wow.....yeah, the denver players really needed the extra money so they decided to shave points.

gotta love gamblers...

[No coincidences]

wow.....yeah, the denver players really needed the extra money so they decided to shave points.

gotta love gamblers...

I don't think it's quite that black and white (re: the players' motivation).

FTR, I've never believed in this kind of shit until now -- and I didn't even have that much riding on the game.

[Dexter]

I don't think it's quite that black and white (re: the players' motivation).

FTR, I've never believed in this kind of shit until now -- and I didn't even have that much riding on the game.

whats your conspiracy theory then?

you wanna tell me a college team blew a big lead like this, i would buy the fixed game. you wanna tell me the refs were giving NO every call down the stretch, i may slightly but that theory.

but please stop the nonsense that the denver nuggets tried to not cover. i had $500 on denver as well....i pushed, but trust me - was somewhat counting my money at halftime...

shit happens....it would have been more unusual for denver to keep up the first half pace and win by 50. they went on cruise control.

[Lou-Hoozer]

Thats why taking huge favorites have no line value cuz of the often back door covers

[philosopher876]

things happen. we are talking about gamble here. anything can go either way.

[nulldah]

though i win this bet, this bet is little bit my thinking outside the box. take it, there are fixes in nba, whether this game is fix or not, only some big guys know.

i mean, c'mon, with all the spreads, there is no way no player or team staff that dont know this spread n want to "modify" it as close as possible sometimes.. n even no one control these guys, these guys have families n friends, rite

[Mybologne]

though i win this bet, this bet is little bit my thinking outside the box. take it, there are fixes in nba, whether this game is fix or not, only some big guys know.

i mean, c'mon, with all the spreads, there is no way no player or team staff that dont know this spread n want to "modify" it as close as possible sometimes.. n even no one control these guys, these guys have families n friends, rite

wow, and you figured this all by yourself... we all know games are fixed it's just a matter of betting the rite side

[No coincidences]

whats your conspiracy theory then?

you wanna tell me a college team blew a big lead like this, i would buy the fixed game. you wanna tell me the refs were giving NO every call down the stretch, i may slightly but that theory.

but please stop the nonsense that the denver nuggets tried to not cover. i had $500 on denver as well....i pushed, but trust me - was somewhat counting my money at halftime...

shit happens....it would have been more unusual for denver to keep up the first half pace and win by 50. they went on cruise control.

So it was just a coincidence that it ended up 13?

OK.

[Jedi]

dood.. that game was NOT fixed... if it was fixed it was forced UNDER...
which i felt was the pick all along...

it is just that the games are so well capped by the MAKERS, that it seems like that at times..

[thirtytwo]

that was horrible meltdown

[No coincidences]

dood.. that game was NOT fixed... if it was fixed it was forced UNDER...
which i felt was the pick all along...

it is just that the games are so well capped by the MAKERS, that it seems like that at times..

That was simply a clean, "well capped" game.

Love it.

[Jedi]

i really believe this stuff is NOT fixed at all... gambling makes us paranoid, and blamers... becoz gambling is basically a CON!! and we are playing a con-game, and when we don't get our way, we start blaming... human nature..

it's all quite cold and logical, yet baffling most of the time.. but not fixed.. which player would risk so much? .. they are zillionaires already.. what? to become high school coaches $50K/yr??

[Jedi]

dood i called the meltdown not that bad, but... no fix... "cold McNuggets"

[nulldah]

wow, and you figured this all by yourself... we all know games are fixed it's just a matter of betting the rite side

please dont say "we", you can see even on this small thread, there r guys that dont believe in fixed games alr..

[No coincidences]

dood i called the meltdown not that bad, but... no fix... "cold McNuggets"

31 points, though?

Come on.

[Jedi]

but hey... even tho' this was your last NBA game tonite... see you tomorrow!!

[Jedi]

i had the UNDER big time, and Hornets.. 2H, i did figure on Denver not showing up for both Halves...
but no, i never expected only 31 pts, i figged more on 40-45

[No coincidences]

i had the UNDER big time, and Hornets.. 2H, i did figure on Denver not showing up for both Halves...
but no, i never expected only 31 pts, i figged more on 40-45

33 would've covered the number.

Catch my drift?

Hey, if you don't believe me that there was some fishy-ass shit going on here, just ask LB.

[lakerboy]

whats your conspiracy theory then?

you wanna tell me a college team blew a big lead like this, i would buy the fixed game. you wanna tell me the refs were giving NO every call down the stretch, i may slightly but that theory.

but please stop the nonsense that the denver nuggets tried to not cover. i had $500 on denver as well....i pushed, but trust me - was somewhat counting my money at halftime...

shit happens....it would have been more unusual for denver to keep up the first half pace and win by 50. they went on cruise control.

shit happens for sure but dex i think you are foolhardy my friend. this game was rigged and its obvious you didnt watch that game or are just refusing to admit the obvious. if you didnt see the facial expressions and hand signals then you dont know what happened. i called a 13 point victory halfway thru the third- its the nba games are fixed on a regular basis and nothing anyone says will change the fact this game was rigged.

[No coincidences]

shit happens for sure but dex i think you are foolhardy my friend. this game was rigged and its obvious you didnt watch that game or are just refusing to admit the obvious. if you didnt see the facial expressions and hand signals then you dont know what happened. i called a 13 point victory halfway thru the third- its the nba games are fixed on a regular basis and nothing anyone says will change the fact this game was rigged.

You saw the same shit I did.

Are all games fixed? No. Was this one? Absolutely. And honestly, if I'd been on the plus side of it, I'd be saying the same thing. Hell, I've done so before and just laughed it off.

As my handle says, there are no coincidences.

[kobefanatic]

the totals of that game was also fixed

[kobefanatic]

look at those fouls the hornets are giving to the nuggets yet they make 1 ft out of 2 most of the time, they actually missed it on purpose

[No coincidences]

Let's put this into further perspective: are you telling me that the shitty ass Hornets, who are playing a B2B in Denver of all places, could cover that kind of spread in the second half and allow only 31 points -- especially given what happened the night before and in the first half tonight -- on their own merit alone?

Come on. I'm not saying the Nuggets shouldn't have eased up a little after being up like that at half, but for the number to land right on 13 and Denver to only score 31 points in the final 24 minutes is fishy as shit.

[Wilforth]

No coincidences. I understand what you're saying but this sort of thing isn't peculiar to the NBA. It happens in all sports.

[AZUC8]

What a comeback by the hornera for me

[AZUC8]

Hornets*

[tealish]

I lost too, and post-lost bet is always a time of high emotion and it makes people think along the lines of "RIGGED!!"

But just consider this. NBA players have no incentive to win a game by 15+ against a team they don't care about. If it was against the Lakers, as LB pointed out earlier, the Nugs would've kept the foot on the pedal to send a message.

But these are the Hornets. They were never a threat in this game, or in the overall scheme of things. So Denver relaxed big time, didn't give two sh*ts about winning by 10 or 20 and unfortunately for us DEN backers, they failed to cover the spread. They don't care about that though. They won. They're moving on to other things.

I don't think Carmelo even knows how many points they won by today.

[tealish]

^But I think he knows how many boards he pulled down to show the haters.

[No coincidences]

I lost too, and post-lost bet is always a time of high emotion and it makes people think along the lines of "RIGGED!!"

But just consider this. NBA players have no incentive to win a game by 15+ against a team they don't care about. If it was against the Lakers, as LB pointed out earlier, the Nugs would've kept the foot on the pedal to send a message.

But these are the Hornets. They were never a threat in this game, or in the overall scheme of things. So Denver relaxed big time, didn't give two sh*ts about winning by 10 or 20 and unfortunately for us DEN backers, they failed to cover the spread. They don't care about that though. They won. They're moving on to other things.

I don't think Carmelo even knows how many points they won by today.

Had Denver won by 9, or even 12, I'd agree that it was just a big choke job and nothing more.

Combine the 13-point win with 31 points in the second half, though, and I'm sorry, I'm not just going to be naive and say it was a coincidence.

[Wilforth]

What a comeback by the hornera for me

Was that a comeback or Denver just laid the egg in the 2H.