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Bator i had Orlando bit time but fuck it man, fuck this - let's move on!!! Let's kill this next game

 
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bit-time = big time
 
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Quote Originally Posted by 3BallBomber:

Bator i had Orlando bit time but fuck it man, fuck this - let's move on!!! Let's kill this next game

 

 

I'm hoping for an Orlando win on Sunday so I can drop 50 large on the Orlando moneyline in Game 6.

 
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Did I say 50 large?  I meant 40.
 
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Wait, did I say 40?  No, I meant 30.
 
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Actually, I hear 20 is the new 30, so make it 20.
 
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Does anyone want to loan me 20?
 
 
 
 
 
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lol
 
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We can talk about this forever, but the bottom line is - THE MAGIC CHOKED and the Lakers took advantage.  Even if we played the scenario out 10 more times, Howard likely wouldn't miss both and Fish may hot that 3 only a few times ... even in overtime, the MAGIC went up 3 right away, but the Lakers fought back and luckily for me, I had them +1.5 ... I had no business winning the bet and besides the bet, I wish Orlando would have won setting up and epic battle for game 5 ... I mean, here is an Orlando team that in theory could be up 3-1 and instead are down 1-3 ... It sucks if you were on Orlando but as any coach or player knows, missed opportunities will come back and haunt you and they did - BIG TIME!  I was questioning why Nelson was playing so much too but he played pretty well but yes, his defending was not good.  Too many twinkies while rehabbing!  Good luck guys and tough one! 
 
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dare a Red Sox fan ask it -
 
a bigger choke than the Yankees managed in 04?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
nah, not as big as that.
 
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Quote Originally Posted by wayiroll:

Denver nuggets were waaaaaay better than these misfits.........

Yeah..sure they were

 
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  Live in game betting with a minute left was..

   Lakers +650
   Magic   -800
 
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At 1st I was skeptical UNTIL I saw the GREATEST FINALS CHOKE ARTIST (NICK ANDERSON) introduce the team to start the game. I then felt better about the game....LMAO
 
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IT was the Lakers and Under for me!!
 
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That is what makes gamblimg tricky.......the pieces you can't really handicap.
 
Howard's image was created during the slam dunk competition. He is in the Shaq category of centers not the Robert Parish category.
 
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Quote Originally Posted by Yumdog:

We can talk about this forever, but the bottom line is - THE MAGIC CHOKED and the Lakers took advantage.  Even if we played the scenario out 10 more times, Howard likely wouldn't miss both and Fish may hot that 3 only a few times ... even in overtime, the MAGIC went up 3 right away, but the Lakers fought back and luckily for me, I had them +1.5 ... I had no business winning the bet and besides the bet, I wish Orlando would have won setting up and epic battle for game 5 ... I mean, here is an Orlando team that in theory could be up 3-1 and instead are down 1-3 ... It sucks if you were on Orlando but as any coach or player knows, missed opportunities will come back and haunt you and they did - BIG TIME!  I was questioning why Nelson was playing so much too but he played pretty well but yes, his defending was not good.  Too many twinkies while rehabbing!  Good luck guys and tough one! 

 

well in theory, you can also argue it might be a laker 4-0 sweep already, if kobe didnt miss the important FT last game..

this is a sports gambling we are talking about, there is no meant to be any sort of certainty exist in this business, there is always stuff  beyond our information/ knowlege/imagination/control, once you placed a bet, it is assumed that you will face a possibility of loss, nothing to be complained about, it is the nature of gambling, a game for risk takers..

 
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think i'll stick to horse racing........nba players are overpaid, choke artists.
 
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Game 4 Orlando free throw shooting is a replica of game 3 free throw shooting from the Lakers....game 3 the lakers were (16 of 26) shooting 61.5 percent...Bryant missing clutch free throws at the end....game 4 magic were (22 of 37) shooting 59.5 percent...Howard missing clutch free throws at the end...the Magic lost that game in the 3rd quarter when thsy lost the lead giving the Lakers momentum...stop crying over spilled milk..same can be said for game 3 that the lakers should have won.....
 
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Quote Originally Posted by pitbullowner:

Game 4 Orlando free throw shooting is a replica of game 3 free throw shooting from the Lakers....game 3 the lakers were (16 of 26) shooting 61.5 percent...Bryant missing clutch free throws at the end....game 4 magic were (22 of 37) shooting 59.5 percent...Howard missing clutch free throws at the end...the Magic lost that game in the 3rd quarter when thsy lost the lead giving the Lakers momentum...stop crying over spilled milk..same can be said for game 3 that the lakers should have won.....

 

exactly D.C

 
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An epic choke job.... I had 3 big, equal bets on orlando ml, under 201, and lakers under 99.5..... the flagarant at the end almost cost me the lakers under 99.5..... I can't complain about a profitable night, but it should have been huge for me....

....but I digress, I am only commenting to make one observation which i have not heard from anyone:

WHERE THE FUCK WAS RASHARD "OVERPAID box" LEWIS??? 

You can call Lamar Odom alot of things, but the candy-addict is smothering Lewis....

A guy making max money HAS TO BRING IT EVERYNIGHT..... Lewis had a great game 2, but the dude needs to give back 45 million after last nights no-show.....  He can't create his own shot, can't take it hard to the hole, not a reliable defender and can't rebound in traffic....

 Gasol is falsely labled soft.... LEWIS IS THE EPITAMY OF SOFT AND GUTLESS

 
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Quote Originally Posted by MrBator:

Shaquille O'Neal's horrible free throw shooting never cost his team a title.  Dwight Howard can no longer say the same for himself.  I hope this haunts him forever.


What about Hedo shooting 8-13 from the charity stripe? How many were in the 4th quarter?  Seriously, you can not place blame on one play or one call in this game ( you can't on 99.99% of the games played)!!
 
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Quote Originally Posted by Mikael99:

MAGICal win for the Lakers

 

 
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Quote Originally Posted by cipahepalo:



What about Hedo shooting 8-13 from the charity stripe? How many were in the 4th quarter?  Seriously, you can not place blame on one play or one call in this game ( you can't on 99.99% of the games played)!!

Basketball is little different than other sports.... more happens in the last 2 minutes than other sports, and it is the big plays made by teams in the last 2 minutes that differentiate a good team from a great team.  More games are won or lost in the last minute in basketball than all other sports combined.......

 All plays made in the game lead to that one big make or break moment within the last minute..... So yes, you can point to many other factors in the game that "could have prevented Howard from being in a position to miss crucial freethrows", but he was in the position and he needed to make a freethrow.... 

.... and then give credit where credit is due, Fisher made a clutch shot..... if fisher misses that shot, we are not even talking about all the late magic debacles....

 
 
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Quote Originally Posted by bob696969:

Basketball is little different than other sports.... more happens in the last 2 minutes than other sports, and it is the big plays made by teams in the last 2 minutes that differentiate a good team from a great team.  More games are won or lost in the last minute in basketball than all other sports combined.......

 All plays made in the game lead to that one big make or break moment within the last minute..... So yes, you can point to many other factors in the game that "could have prevented Howard from being in a position to miss crucial freethrows", but he was in the position and he needed to make a freethrow.... 

.... and then give credit where credit is due, Fisher made a clutch shot..... if fisher misses that shot, we are not even talking about all the late magic debacles....



The shot should never have been taken in the first place.  He should have been rided off the three-point line and forced to put the ball on the floor.  It also didn't help that Jameer has a 4 foot wingspan and couldn't affect or alter the shot in any way.
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