Dick Bavetta and Joey Crawford both in Utah tonight

[AnotherLoan]

Take the Jazz.

[HoulihansTX]

Why???

The UNDER would be a stronger play, as these are UNDER refs. Especially Bavetta

[sweetjones55]

Both those refs HEAVILY favor the road team, what's your logic behind this? Crawford is 37-28 ATS road teams and Bavetta is 38-27 ATS road teams. In the last 20 games Crawford and Bavetta have reffed the Lakers are 16-4 SU.

[AnotherLoan]

Stern sent them there to extend the series.

[HoulihansTX]

Please offer some type of explanation....

[AnotherLoan]

Why??? The UNDER would be a stronger play, as these are UNDER refs. Especially Bavetta

Kind of surprising that these are under refs, would figure the opposite. Both of these refs love attention and love blowing the whistle.

[HoulihansTX]

Kind of surprising that these are under refs, would figure the opposite. Both of these refs love attention and love blowing the whistle.

Look at Bavetta's avg score. lowest of all the refs in NBA.

[sharpcat]

Got Utah -4 +100 the other day

[lakerboy]

Games bavetta has reffed in utah have ended by +10.5 points in favor of the jazz.

[texhooper]

Games bavetta has reffed in utah have ended by +10.5 points in favor of the jazz.

damn when you do show up with a stat it's like a fatality.

[MadTiger]

Joey Crawford = the John Hirschbeck of the NBA

[HoulihansTX]

Its hard to imagine the league is pushing for the Lakers to lose.

Lakers are the biggest moneymaker the league has.

I guess you guys are saying they want to guarantee a game 5 in LA?

[lakerboy]

does jazz -4.5 remind anyone of spurs -6.5 last night. books trying to kill sharps. lakers are one of those teams that will lay down right away if they dont feel it and conserve it for game 4 like they did in okc game 4. on the other hand if al feels it 4.5 is way too much.

[HoulihansTX]

Of course -4.5 is too much, but it just matters if the Lakers care tonight.

Given the history of this series though. GM 3 is owned by the Jazz.

[lakerboy]

Of course -4.5 is too much, but it just matters if the Lakers care tonight.

Given the history of this series though. GM 3 is owned by the Jazz.

they won by 2 points last year on a last second jumper by dwill. they won by 5 points in 2008 in game 3. so

2009 game 3 in utah - jazz win 88-86
2008 game 3 in utah - jazz win 104-99


that is not ownage- thats barely winning. like you said though its all about the lakers tonight- if they show up they can win.

[triqy]

Jazz is the correct play here if these guys are reffin tonight

[HoulihansTX]

I remember in the middle of the season when Kobe, and Bynum were INJ they played @ Jazz.

The line for the game was Jazz -4.5.

So this line is all about it being a must win situation. This is nowhere near the fair line for the game.

[lakerboy]

I remember in the middle of the season when Kobe, and Bynum were INJ they played @ Jazz.

The line for the game was Jazz -4.5.

So this line is all about it being a must win situation. This is nowhere near the fair line for the game.

And Jazz were playing b2b that night off a game at clippers. Lakers rolled them that night. Houli what is the correct line here? -2.5??

[HoulihansTX]

And Jazz were playing b2b that night off a game at clippers. Lakers rolled them that night. Houli what is the correct line here? -2.5??

Remeber early in the season Jazz were 2 points favs at home to the Lakers. So yes 2.5.

Do you think Sharp money is going to buyback the Lakers as the line grows?

[uanl]

Its hard to imagine the league is pushing for the Lakers to lose.

Lakers are the biggest moneymaker the league has.

I guess you guys are saying they want to guarantee a game 5 in LA?

yeah, when we say that the league wants a lakers loss, its just for one or maybe both of these utah games...no way they lose the series tho...we should see utah win at least 1 of the next 2 ...and a slight chance we might even see a repeat of the OKC series...

[uanl]

Of course -4.5 is too much, but it just matters if the Lakers care tonight.

Given the history of this series though. GM 3 is owned by the Jazz.

i dont know if it just depends on if the lakers care tonight...the lakers obviously cared in the first two games..and for the most part, they were pretty competitive..im not saying the teams are even, obviously LA is the better team...but i think even if the lakers do care, jazz still has a shot to cover ..

[Tree Rollins]

i dont know if it just depends on if the lakers care tonight...the lakers obviously cared in the first two games..and for the most part, they were pretty competitive..im not saying the teams are even, obviously LA is the better team...but i think even if the lakers do care, jazz still has a shot to cover ..

Sorry, but it really does depend on if the Lakers care. If they come to play, Utah can't beat them.

[axxL]

Kobe's parents are in Salt Lake City tonight, dunno if it's relevant for Kobe/Lakers showing up.

[talnted]

and its on national television... should go under

[talnted]

and its on national television... should go under

unless of course they score 70 points in the second period...

[jmilacek]

Crawford blows.

[jcygts6]

seriously Lakers are going to win this game..... utah only has a 4 point lead!

[ouman101]

unless of course they score 70 points in the second period...

Yeah, first quarter looked good. Second, terrible for the under

[ThaTopMoron]

glad i took the lakers and the over and didn't listen to this thread

[AnotherLoan]

They tried with the no call when the Jazz held Fisher. Lakers overcame it though.