Back in the day, they would have the playoffs start on a Friday, and TNT and TBS would each have a double header and they would stagger them, and you could switch back and forth. It was great. The overload of playoff basketball all of a sudden on a Friday was so much fun.
Orlando has had three consecutive first round exits. They made a pretty notable "win-now" type move by trading for Desmond Bane + their younger core was another year older and they still were only able to muster 45 wins and were one loss away from not even getting into the playoffs.
Clearly, you don't understand how Vegas works. They move the line so that they make money no matter what. That's why the lines move. It doesn't have anything to do with who's the better team. It doesn't have anything to do with who's going to win. Has to do with balancing out the bets. Sorry you don't understand that. Sorry you keep doubling and tripling down on stupid, but that's how it works.
Yeah, that makes more sense now that you explain it. I hadn't thought about it that way. It just felt like both outcomes were kind of knee jerk. Orlando for sure makes more sense, but I'm not sure why anybody would feel great about what the Pistons have done in the first round.
Clearly, you don’t understand your ass from your elbows, but… I’m glad you’ve finally come around to what I said to start with. If I’m doubling and tripling down on stupid… only for you to basically repeat what I said… what does that make you? I will say one thing, I admire the authenticity of your ignorance.
But what seems to be beyond your limited brain capacity, is that Vegas doesn’t care about balancing out the number of bets… it cares about the dollars on each side. So this influx of Lakers fan in the “public betting” market you claim is moving the line towards the Lakers would create a massive arbitrage opportunity for sharp bettors to just wait for the “fans” to bid up the line towards the Lakers and then take a massive position at the last minute on the other side and lock in favorable odds/spreads (and create a dollar imbalance in the process, putting the house at risk). Of course, this doesn’t happen, because public markets and sports books are smarter than your child-covered-in-his-own-feces grasp of the situation.
You're not excited to see Austin Reaves and the Lakers get swept by the Thunder while Luka looks on from the bench?
After the 1st round? There hasn't been overlapping in recent memory. They seem to be wanting to position the Knicks game in the ideal east coast prime time slot.
Weird. Wouldve loved to watch these games. Summer vacations as a kid was a joy as it overlapped with the playoffs.
I will hate watch the Lakers-Thunder series. I have always hated the Lakers and their fanbase and will definitely enjoy it if OKC sweeps them or takes them out in 5 granted if the Lakers upset the Thunder it would benefit the Spurs.
I understand you better now. You're stupid as shit and you carry a grudge when people explain things to you because you're a fucking dumbass.
They changed the hack a Shaq rules a few years back.
This seem to be the only remotely decent team thus far.
Non issue. Spurs in 5
Man, it just seems like such a risk. They may be waiting to see how both teams start.
