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incentive for what?
Dallas lost tonight BECAUSE they lost last night. They their incentive was gone.
incentive for what?
bump for Utah beating Denver.
Ha, I expected you'd say that.
Of course, there's no way to prove that one way or another.
But Dallas is banged up. They're going to lose more games.
If the Spurs end up with the same record as Detroit, I will forever place the blame squarely on your shoulders.
Shoog did you get PM just befor 5am?
cause I may scewed something
Can I call the bet?bump for Utah beating Denver.
Jazz top Nuggets, keep pace in West
· Complete Schedule: Utah | Denver
DENVER (AP) -- The Utah Jazz thought they had to beat the Denver Nuggets, and they made doing so seem almost effortless.
Mehmet Okur scored 24 points and the Jazz used easy layups to shoot 58.5 percent from the field in their 115-104 win over the Nuggets on Wednesday night. It was the highest shooting percentage the Northwest Division-leading Nuggets have allowed an opponent this season.
Andrei Kirilenko added 21 points and seven blocked shots for the Jazz, who have won three of their last five games. With Sacramento's win over Portland, Utah remained 1½ games behind the Kings for the eighth and final playoff spot in the West.
"This was very important for us," Kirilenko said. "We're still alive. We are keeping our heads in the game and in the race."
Carmelo Anthony scored 31 points and Andre Miller added 19 points and 12 assists for the Nuggets, whose magic number to clinch the division remained at six. Their lead over the Jazz dropped to 5½ games.
Nuggets coach George Karl said Utah's desperation gave the Jazz a psychological advantage. Before the game, he said his team -- which had won nine of its previous 12 games -- was perhaps too confident and loose.
"We were a happy team, but not a serious team," Karl said. "They were a playoff-serious team who knew they had to win this game."
The Jazz won by getting easy baskets, especially in the first half, when they shot 63 percent from the field and scored 28 points in the paint. Utah led 56-45 at halftime.
"We played some zone in the second quarter and we caught Denver off guard," Kirilenko said. "We were deliberate and kept executing."
Utah extended its lead to as many as 16 in the third quarter, but the Nuggets came back to make it a game.
Anthony hit a 3-pointer with 7:58 remaining in the game to pull to 95-89, but Carlos Boozer made a layup to extend the lead to eight. He finished with 15 points.
It was a common theme all night, with the Nuggets scoring, but failing to stop Utah on the other end.
"Seventy-five percent of our attack was easy layups," Kirilenko said. "We had good rotation and sharing the ball."
The Jazz essentially sealed the game when Anthony was called for a technical foul for yelling at the referee with 4:44 remaining. Okur made the free throw to give Utah a 10-point lead. Kirilenko's block of Anthony's layup with less than 2 minutes was the final insult.
The Nuggets played without center Marcus Camby, who sat out with a back strain. Eduardo Najera returned after missing four games with a sore right knee, but finished with two points and three fouls in 3 minutes.
Without Camby, the Nuggets grabbed a season-low 17 defensive rebounds.
"If we had (Camby) tonight, we probably could have had more rebounds, but you can't use that as an excuse," Nuggets forward Ruben Patterson said. "It was just horrible out there."
Game notes
Utah's 56 first-half points were a season high. They had scored 55 points twice, the last time against the Hornets on Monday . ... Anthony has scored at least 25 points in nine straight games. ... The Nuggets and Jazz finish their season series April 12 in Utah. ... The Nuggets said X-rays Wednesday showed G Earl Boykins' broken left hand was healing. He has missed five games. Another X-ray is planned in one week.
And if we beat Detroit in the Finals, despite not having HCA, you will be forever my .
And if Detroit does not even get to Finals because my pick New Jersy kicks their asses in the playoffs, you be also be my forever and ever.
If we beat Det in the Finals without HCA, I will change my le to "Forever Jim's " . . . until the start of next year.And if we beat Detroit in the Finals, despite not having HCA, you will be forever my .
And if we lose to Detroit in Game 7 because it is in Detroit, I will change my le to: " I love Brad"
Okay, that's one bet. We still got the bet on whether Detroit is getting out of the East.
We never bet that bet.
You would not give me the 3.5-1 odds.
That were first 1-3, then 3-1?
Anyway, I said I wouldn't bet money. I'm trying to think of any possible way to further humilate you, but it's tough with your track record.
In the first place, those are the Vegas odds. Detroit is a 7-2 favorite to win the East. Let me explain betting to you ONCE again. That means that you have to bet $70 to win $20 if you bet on Detroit to win the East. Do you understand the words coming out of my mouth!!!!????
What kind of idiot would bet you straight up, if they can get 3.5-1 odds elsewhere???
And by the by, you have not humiliated me because you have never been right against me....I do not get your logic sometimes.
Okay, maybe I don't know jack about betting Mr. Sinatra, but isn't what you described above 2-7 odds, not 7-2?
If Detroit is a 7-2 favorite, that implies that Miami is something like 8-1 or 10-1, right? As your odds go UP, the ratio of the first number to the second number goes UP. Using your explanation, if a team is 500-1, you have to bet $500 to win $1. I KNOW that's gotta be wrong.
Jim, I suspect you'd be a of a lot better gambler if you could just master that tricky ratio concept.
Possibly because my logic is mathematically based.I do not get your logic sometimes.
I said that they are a 7-2 favorite, that means that you have to bet $70 to win $20.
The odds ratio is listed as this, the first number is the amt you win, the 2nd number is the amt to wager to win that amt.
Odds to win East:
Detroit Pistons 2-7
Miami Heat 3-2 Bet $20 to win $30
New Jersey Nets 17-1 Bet $10 to win $170
Do you understand now??????
Hey! No fair, I wanna get in on the bets!
A 7-2 favorite is not the same as a 2-7 favorite. And you can be a favorite and still have 7-2 odds if no other team is has better odds.
I'm amazed you still have both of your kneecaps. Or do you?
I can think of some good avatar bets . . .
There is no such a thing as a 2-7 favorite, or they would not be a favorite.
Every bet has a team that is a favorite. That is how Vegas makes money. they want money to be bet on the favorite, because that evens out the money on the other bets...
Why are you so dense???
I said that Detroit is a 7-2 favorite...that means that you have to bet $70 to win $20.
That was my whole point from the beginning...you wanted an even money bet and I said no way...because I can get over 3-1 odds on my bet in Vegas.
What is so hard to understand???
Here is a bet for you:
I bet that I can make you have an orgasm before I have one.
Okay, I'll make this so simple even you can't screw it up.
Question 1. Which team is the favorite?
Team A, 7-2 odds
Team B, 8-1 odds
Question 2. Which team is the favorite?
Team A, 2-7 odds
Team B, 7-2 odds
Team C, 8-1 odds
OK, that's way too much information. Do you two want to go get a room?
That would be significantly more impressive if you weren't a eunuch.
It is impossible to have two teams with 7-2 and 8-1 odds.
Vegas would lose their ass in that situation. You have to have one team with at least even money odds.
Get with the program, and admit that you owe me 7-2 odds if I bet against Detroit.
I will bet $20 against $70 with you, ok?
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