well....a 'few' sharps were on Big Brown the other day 
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With finals, I think everyone pretty much has an opinion, so either side can tend to be fairly watered down.Comment -
Actually, I think its the converse. You really think that squares aren't jumping on the opportunity to get the team with the best record in the league, up 2-0 in the series at +9.5???? It's the no-thought pick of the year.
Hell, look at all the threads on this board and you'll see all the evidence in the world that squares are bridgejumping on Boston tonight.
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DL I think you are correct here, Boston is the consensus play everywhere if there ever was one. We know what that probably means.
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Agreed, but it still takes that squirrel from the other thread to lay 9.5 tonight too. I'm passing & sticking to props.Originally posted by crazylDL I think you are correct here, Boston is the consensus play everywhere if there ever was one. We know what that probably means.
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Doubt any of the sharp crews or wiseguys are playing the Lakers tonight. Squares who played LA as a small favorite in game 2 will certainly be playing them again in game 3 at home. Doesn't matter how high the line is, they are on the Lakers tonight. If you like Boston and have cashed the first two games, that run the Lakers had in game 2 was the best thing that could have ever happened. No way is this line 9/10 otherwise. The play is Celtics or stay away IMO.Comment -
I guess im sharp.
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No question about it.Comment -
heads , heads , tails
you can do this standing up or sitting down . there are also a million different ways to word what i am about to say .Originally posted by Patrick McIrish
are you standing or sitting ? ooh , it doesn't really matter remember .
get your quarter out and flip it as high as you can coming into game 1 and 2 of the 08 nba finals . it doesn't even matter if you catch the quarter or not ..
if you called heads both times right and it happened to land on heads both times . very nice
to say a play was a square play because it lost is neither educated nor is it correct in any way . to say a play is sharp or square before the game comes on is also neither .
we all know games can be coin flips and you can even go as far as to say 80% of them are just that . exceptions to the rule would be in football su no doubt .
because the coin can land on heads or tails just like bos is heads and la is tails i dont think we can say which play is the sharp or square play BEFORE THE JUMPBALL AND DEF NOT AFTER WE SEE THE FINAL SCORE .
one of the biggest reasons is simply if it is not fairly officiated then it is no different then someone trying to cap a local neighborhood poker game . if 2 or 3 of us are cheating together then any cap on the 6 or 7 seat game would be a joke .
the only true cap would be the inside information cap which you would not know unless you were in on it .
so again , flip the coin , you have a 50/50 shot , whenever you have such incredible odds there is no such thing as sharp/square , expert/lame .
a sharp play in principle would be getting an nfl team -3 when the line moves to -8 later in the week because of an inj/injs .
same with basketball ....
if your coin land on heads again and you called heads the first 2 times , hey that is sharp but because someone called tails does not define any square play in principle whatsoever .
not even a little bit !!!
because none of us know for sure wtf will happen <<<
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but you see....the so called "sharps" were on the LAL in game 2....the line shift proved this
now those same people....are right back on the LAL in game 3
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Originally posted by TsopranoI guess im sharp.
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I wouldn't touch the Lakers with a stick. When both teams are playing and trying Boston is so much better than the Lakers. Much more physical. More talented. Better bench. Lakers have the best player on the court, thats all the advantage they got.Comment -
thats cause you're a sharpOriginally posted by WileOut
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Most guys in NJ are on Boston, how can you take the Lakers giving 9.5Comment -
yes i should have waited to bet on lakers for the 2nd half in game 2 instead of out the gate . would have been as sharp as sharp gets . but i didn't ..
figure they take control this game is my best reason ..Comment -
Originally posted by jjgold to revern jj
how are the donations to the church coming along sir?Comment -
squares on the celts IMO.Comment -
squares take the home team....a brain is not requiredOriginally posted by BigOrangeTitansComment -
This is a lay off game. For me anyway.
Refs are gonna give lakers everything in the 2nd half.Comment -
Fakers going to need the refs to win.....Originally posted by WileOutComment -
so who is a square??
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It is obvious that the sharps are on LA tonight, because Boston ended up with 57% of the bets yet the line rose from the opener. That means that the money bet by 43% of the bettors was far greater than the 57% that bet on Boston.Comment -
That is what I thought the logic should be as well LT...I thought I must have missed something.Comment -
Originally posted by LT Profits
I wasn't around much the last few days but what I show is the game opened at 9-, closed at 9/9-?? What line move are you talking about? Possibly moving half a point? Hell there are still 9-'s around. I won't even ask where you got that breakdown from because it doesn't matter, a 57/43 disparity with practically no line movement is not unusual. If the wiseguys and betting syndicates would have hit this game it's going to move, you'd know it. Come on guys, you're smarter than this.Comment -
aww...looks like the squares got a bone tossed their way tonightOriginally posted by Patrick McIrish
every dog has his day?Comment -
great post, Sir. broke it down very nicely.Originally posted by WileOutComment -
Patrick McIrish,
Lakers opened at -8.5 and rose to -9.5 very quickly despte the fact that the Celtics had the majority of the bets from the get-go.Comment
