NBA Playoffs 2012 Running thread

My son is wearing to school today his t-shirt that has a big Sixers logo on the front and "Erving 6" on the back, so, yes, he enjoyed watching that rout. And is enjoying trash-talking all the Bulls fans at his school.

By the way, how many times has Jrue Holliday been double-teamed at the NBA level before last night? Zero? How many times has Evan Turner looked like a No. 2 overall pick at the NBA level before last night? Zero?

 

As someone who always enjoys the Bulls' misfortunes, seeing them get punked by the 76ers just isn't fun. I wanted them to get their hopes up a bit and have fans start talking themselves into believing they have a chance to go deep before getting batted aside.

 

he wins over 40k if he did it

 

Once again, we see that one of the safest bets in sports is wagering that the Atlanta Hawks will fuck up a golden opportunity.

 

My contention is that they'll be batted around in a later round. If they get batted around in the first round like last night, that's just not as fun for me.

 

Are we talking about an in-game bet? I didn't think there was a casino/book in the world that did that.

 

Hawks have not been relevant since that unbelievable 4th Qtr. duel between 'Nique and Bird in 1986(?). (I know the Warriors have had a worse record since but at least they have '07 upset.)

Sad the Hawks cannot beat the Celtics without Rondo & Allen.

 

Yeah. In-game betting online. Bet $25 when they were something like 27 down. Then threw down $50 more a few minutes later. Ended up turning $75 into $40K.

 

You can bet on whether a team will gain a first down on the next play these days if you want. In-game betting is pretty popular online.

 

These bets were made by the superrich which make life better for everyone. /crossthread.

Seriously though, what's amazing to me is how much disposable income there is in our country (these wagers one example) yet we have a fiscal crisis?

Still a ballsy bet and the linemaker just lost his job in the Cayman Island.

 

Solid crossthreading.

I doubt the oddsmaker got hurt on that. I'm sure there were quite a few degenerates who were confident enough that the Clippers weren't going to come back from 24 down in the fourth quarter to put down a few scheckels on the losing side.

The guy only won $41,000. Not bank-breaking money by any stretch.

 

M and Venetian both had in-game betting when I was in Vegas last football season.