Hood is playing, so we're probably ed.
Now, I'm sad I'm not in Vegas right now.
Jazz last four games:
@Troit W 98-95
@Tor W 97-93
GS W 129-99
Pho 129-97
Are you saying you'd bet against the team you support? Wouldn't that give you conflicted emotions?
It's possible to take a plus six and still root for the Spurs to win, tbh. But to answer more directly, most times the numbers are within the mean and betting on the Spurs is easy enough; but would this be a game you really expect the Spurs to win by seven? It might happen; but they've not been that dominant for about ten or fifteen games now and they're playing the hottest team in the league. The other night, I took the Spurs +1 on half and + 2.5 on the game against the Rockets. I was making the bets in a hurry; but if I had really thought about it, the Rockets would've been a no-brainer.
I would say I bet on the Spurs nine and a half out of ten times (not counting multi-team parlays). And the times that I bet against them, I don't tend to bet enough money for that to make me want to root against the Spurs, tbh. It's duplicitous maybe; but rule number one for gambling is don't bet with your heart. I probably break that rule often on the Spurs b/c my preference is to root for them. And if I know I'm going to watch the game, I often break the rule, because it's my inclination to root for the Spurs, and if they lose I look at it like I'm just paying to watch the game. But sometimes, the numbers defy logic, imo. This spread is probably based on lazy / rushed betters who just naturally take the Spurs in a hurry (like I did against the Rockets). As I'm not going to be betting on this one, I'll be rooting for the Spurs to win by 40 and will happily be wrong.
Happy 50th to Sean Elliott
A well made argument. I personally can never bet against the Spurs even if logically I think they'll lose because it would interfere with my enjoyment of the game. If I think they're likely to lose I just don't bet at all. But you make your case, and if you're a serious better, there's nothing wrong with it. As you say, never bet with your heart.
That looks like a blocked shot from there.
I honestly thought he was going to average 23-30 (career) and be an MVP candidate coming out of college. So, for me he underachieved.
If I think the Spurs are more likely to lose than not and I know I'm gonna watch the game, I'll usually bet on the Spurs still because it adds to the enjoyment. Even just betting a quarter or a half it makes the buckets more pivotal. Again, I don't bet big money against what I figure to be smart; just small money.
Got it. Are you betting big tonight?
I think I always bet on the Spurs as a rule about the first thirty or forty times until one time it was OKC +6.5 at home against the Spurs and I still took the Spurs even though I figured that OKC might not only cover but reverse cover. I think they won by 11. I was 95 percent sure OKC would cover and I still not wanting to 'betray my fandom' bet on the Spurs. OKC was up by about 25 at on point and won by 10 or so after the Spurs made a run in the fourth. After that, I made the change to occasionally bet against the Spurs when I thought a spread was blatantly wrong.
I live in Cali. I only bet when I'm out in Nevada. I don't do online (yet) as a safeguard against over betting among other reasons and to not over do it.
I routinely bet under 100 and even under 50 on any given game (I know plenty of gamblers who routinely bet in the hundreds). I would consider breaking that standard for tonight's game. But I think I'd more moderately take the Jazz at twenty or forty and then I'd look for in-plays at the Spurs big pluses to still be able to root for the Spurs.
Got it. I'm a Vegas native and bet frequently whenever I go home. There are little sportsbooks on most streets here in Kharkov, but I never mess with Ukrainian/Russian casinos. Don't usually bet online either. I did bet when I lived in Riga. Made decent money on 2014 team and believe it or not on the 2016 team that won with all those huge margins.
Yea, 2016 is when I started betting a lot. That 2016 Spurs team offset a lot of bad bets for me. And so I pretty much religiously bet on them even when the spreads were routinely -9 and higher. But when it was -6.5 and OKC at home on a Thursday night against Durant/Westbrook struggling but looking for a TNT statement win against a potential second round opponent and rival / warrefs on their side, I knew in my heart of heart what was going to happen and I still went against it.
Moving from Vegas to Kharkov? Crazy.
Vegas may be more crazy, tbh.
Henderson is pretty nice, imo. And no (non made-up) threat of the Russians either.
Damn. Dude must've strained himself in garbage time extending for that rebound and getting the put-back. But I'm grateful; I'd be fifty bucks lighter if not for that.
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