Why do we bet? It's because we think we can handicap games and try to beat vegas by identifying what games are seriously in vegas' pocket.
Maybe not all games
but the end of that game was fuking rigged 100%
most of the money was on boston
theses assholes fouls with 5sec left
and they dont even try to make a shot at the end
fuking bullshit
Maybe not all games
but the end of that game was fuking rigged 100%
most of the money was on boston
theses assholes fouls with 5sec left
and they dont even try to make a shot at the end
fuking bullshit
NBA is the dirtiest sport in the world, that game was so rigged it makes me sick. The odds at half time was laughable, the roseless bulls who have been struggling down by 11 to the celtics who have been playing well lately...and that foul on noah just so the 6.5 doesnt cover lolll.
NBA is the dirtiest sport in the world, that game was so rigged it makes me sick. The odds at half time was laughable, the roseless bulls who have been struggling down by 11 to the celtics who have been playing well lately...and that foul on noah just so the 6.5 doesnt cover lolll.
the refs can decide at least 12 points in a NBA game
by calling or not calling fouls ect
so basically....they decide who cover will the spread in at least 30% of games...
and i am sure.....some of them are on the sportbooks industry payroll ...with secret bank account
the refs can decide at least 12 points in a NBA game
by calling or not calling fouls ect
so basically....they decide who cover will the spread in at least 30% of games...
and i am sure.....some of them are on the sportbooks industry payroll ...with secret bank account
I came the wrong end on both of those plays. lol oh man brutal
I came the wrong end on both of those plays. lol oh man brutal
I came the wrong end on both of those plays. lol oh man brutal
I came the wrong end on both of those plays. lol oh man brutal
Anyone gonna mention that the Pistons didn't cover the laughable 8 pt spread...Vegas was begging for Wash $ but Detroit missed 16 free throws...(23/39)...maybe sometimes Vegas doesn't get it right
Anyone gonna mention that the Pistons didn't cover the laughable 8 pt spread...Vegas was begging for Wash $ but Detroit missed 16 free throws...(23/39)...maybe sometimes Vegas doesn't get it right
That very first time Jack and I bet on an NBA game, Dick was on the court. The team we picked lost the game, but it covered the large point spread and that's how we won the money. Because of the matchup that night, I had some notion of who might win the game, but that's not why I was confident enough to pull the trigger and pick the other team. The real reason I picked the losing team was that I was just about certain they would cover the spread, no matter how badly they played. That is where Dick Bavetta comes into the picture.
From my earliest involvement with Bavetta, I learned that he likes to keep games close, and that when a team gets down by double-digit points, he helps the players save face. He accomplishes this act of mercy by quietly, and frequently, blowing the whistle on the team that's having the better night. Team fouls suddenly become one-sided between the contestants, and the score begins to tighten up. That's the way Dick Bavetta referees a game — and everyone in the league knew it.
Fellow referee Danny Crawford attended Michael Jordan's Flight School Camp years ago and later told me that he had long conversations with other referees and NBA players about how Bavetta propped up weak teams. Danny told me that Jordan himself said that everyone in the league knew that Bavetta cheated in games and that the players and coaches just hoped he would be cheating for them on game night. Cheating? That's a very strong word to use in any sentence that includes the name Dick Bavetta. Is the conscious act of helping a team crawl back into a contest "cheating"? The credo of referees from high school to the NBA is "call them like you see them." Of course, that's a lot different than purposely calling more fouls against one team as opposed to another. Did Bavetta have a hidden agenda? Or was he the ultimate company man, making sure the NBA and its fans got a competitive game most times he was on
the court?
That very first time Jack and I bet on an NBA game, Dick was on the court. The team we picked lost the game, but it covered the large point spread and that's how we won the money. Because of the matchup that night, I had some notion of who might win the game, but that's not why I was confident enough to pull the trigger and pick the other team. The real reason I picked the losing team was that I was just about certain they would cover the spread, no matter how badly they played. That is where Dick Bavetta comes into the picture.
From my earliest involvement with Bavetta, I learned that he likes to keep games close, and that when a team gets down by double-digit points, he helps the players save face. He accomplishes this act of mercy by quietly, and frequently, blowing the whistle on the team that's having the better night. Team fouls suddenly become one-sided between the contestants, and the score begins to tighten up. That's the way Dick Bavetta referees a game — and everyone in the league knew it.
Fellow referee Danny Crawford attended Michael Jordan's Flight School Camp years ago and later told me that he had long conversations with other referees and NBA players about how Bavetta propped up weak teams. Danny told me that Jordan himself said that everyone in the league knew that Bavetta cheated in games and that the players and coaches just hoped he would be cheating for them on game night. Cheating? That's a very strong word to use in any sentence that includes the name Dick Bavetta. Is the conscious act of helping a team crawl back into a contest "cheating"? The credo of referees from high school to the NBA is "call them like you see them." Of course, that's a lot different than purposely calling more fouls against one team as opposed to another. Did Bavetta have a hidden agenda? Or was he the ultimate company man, making sure the NBA and its fans got a competitive game most times he was on
the court?
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