Donaghy Drops NBA Bombshell

Former NBA referee Tim Donaghy, who has already been disgraced by a gambling scandal, filed a letter in Brooklyn federal court today alleging NBA referees fixed a game in the 2002 NBA Playoffs to make the series go 7 games. This alleged game was in the Western Conference finals between the Lakers and the Kings. Check out the full story from the LA Times HERE.

NBA Finals

Ok, it looks like the lines for the NBA Finals have settled at the Celtics -2.5 and 192 for the total in most places. Those #'s are not very surprising to me, but what is very surprising is the series odds - Lakers -200 & Celtics +160. What?? Am I reading this correctly? I'm really surprised that the Lakers are even favorites for the series, but by this much? I don't think so......

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1st Lines Out For NBA Finals

Ok, my Pistons +130 didn't work out so well, but tomorrow's a new day. The first NBA Finals lines are starting to come out for game 1. Right now 5 Dimes has Game 1 at Boston -3.5 and the total at 194. I'll try and update as the lines refresh tonight, but I think I will wait on making my series pick for now.....

Sasha Vujacic Just Made a Lot of People Angry

I'm assuming by tomorrow morning Vujacic's name will be cursed by the masses for his unnecessary and ill-advised 3-pointer at the end of the game to make the final score 100-92 in favor of the Lakers. Of course this tiny and irrelevant detail to most of the audience, is a HUGE detail to the gamblers in the audience. The main reason that this particular unnecessary shot by the Lakers was a HUGE detail in this game is because most books had them between -7.5 and -8. I didn't have any money on this game, which is probably the reason I can post this, but I have experienced both wins and losses in this excruciating manner. In the past, I've been as delirious with disbelief as those who had LA at -7.5 or -7, as relieved/frustrated as those who had LA -8 and as insanely furious as those who had the Spurs +7.5 because they chose not to buy the 1/2 pt. Feel free to vent your frustrations to Sasha here because if anyone understands, its me.......trust me.