Originally Posted by
peeiempee
You ever heard of key numbers?
7, 5, 6, 3, 9, 2 points
These are the final margins of victories in that order. Notice 10 is not there? When you bet 10 you are hoping for a blowout and only way this covers is if they have at least 12 or 13 pt lead coming into the 4th.
It is definitely bad sportsmanship to pad the stats when a game is decided. Most don't, I was surprised checking the score through my phone that the Hawks/Thunder game had 20 secs left at 193 and all of a sudden it was 197 final to cover my over. Post by Hotstreak explains it. Ibaka padded the stats and Smith got pissed and scored his lay up for revenge otherwise it would have been a bad beat for me.
So in short, Bulls game was not fixed, public pounded the key number to 10 and Bulls couldn't blow them out by the 4th. It happens