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By Sonny Palermo
OK, you're the Orlando Magic. You're down by fourteen points. There are only eight ticks left on the game clock in the fourth quarter. You put up a shot that rims out. What do you do?
YOU FOUL OF COURSE!
If they make both free throws you still have seven seconds to put up a 16-pointer to tie the game.
If they hit one and miss one you only need a fifteen-pointer.
And if they miss BOTH shots - victory is within reach!
Fawking amateurs.
I had Milwaukee team total Under 99. They had 98 points when the Magic fouled them with seven seconds left. They hit both free throws. Surprisingly, after the Magic missed again, they did not foul with one second left. I think the head coach will have to address this issue and teach them to not be such quitters.
Almost as ridiculous as the Magic foul was the one committed by the Bucks on the previous possession. Up by twelve with well under a minute to go there is no reason for a reach in foul.
And that is why I insist the NBA is wholly unwatchable.
Had I been the Magic's coach I would have reminded the guilty fouler that he was no longer playing in the NCAA, and then sent him straight to the locker room to think about how he just embarrassed the team.
Luckily for posters in the www.everyedge.com forums I only had this game in pocket, having shared Utah/Phoenix Under as my contribution to the daily best bet thread. That play won, using a profile spot that is 5-0 now. There will be more . .
And while we're on the topic of free plays in the forum I gave out a winning boxing card there last week. Missed with Mayweather Under, but had winners with Mayweather, Lacy Over, and the big winner at +150 with DeLeon Over. More to come there, also . . .
I don't see why everyone complains so much when games are televised on the NFL Network. I just head to the upper level of channels on my tube and there it is; easy enough to get to via the flipper. And they use Chris Collinsworth as an announcer, who though most seem to dislike, I find listenable. I like his self-deprecating sense of humor. I learned last night that Chris holds the record for the longest TD pass in Florida Gator history (either that, or I wasn't really listening.)
And speaking of the NFL network, on to this week's selection.
In last week's space I pointed out that the Bengals are 5-11 both SU and ATS over the last four games of the last four seasons. If you chose to play AGAINST the Bengals in each of their last four games this season - congratulations - they won but didn't cover last week and you've already banked one unit. Odds are that over final three games they are going to lose at least one SU, and this week looks like as good a spot as any. The Bengals are a bunch of underachievers, and this week they are in a position to sink to a new low, by losing to the Forty-niners. Looking ahead on their schedule I see they have the Browns in Cleveland next week and then close out the season in Miami, in a game in which the Dolphins will likely be sitting at 0-15. Even this group of slack cats will get it up for that game, not wanting to be a footnote in history for the year 2007 as the only team the Fish beat. So, as they are supposed to lose in Cleveland, this game against the Niners represents the Bengals last chance to show what they can(‘t) do. I'm taking the Niners on the money line and with the points.
Good luck with your play this weekend . . .
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