Out of Town Scoreboard

[MHZ]

Not sure what the interest level will be in this, but here's a thread to discuss non-Nuggets happenings. If the Nuggets are going to be competing in the Western Conference, there will no doubt be a lot of scoreboard watching.

[MHZ]

Two games tonight:

Chicago @ Cleveland
San Antonio @ Utah

Should be interesting to see San Antonio play at Utah. Utah has been horrible thus far, but they're generally pretty dependable at home. San Antonio goes to Portland tomorrow. Should be a good way to judge our inter-division rivals and a potential conference rival in San Antonio. I can't imagine SA winning on the second night of a b2b, at Portland, but we'll see.

[J Smitty]

Houston got jobbed by the officials last night against the Lakers, but what else is new.

[MHZ]

At least Artest kept his cool... kind of...

"I wanted to (choke Ariza) because he hit me with the elbow," Artest said. "But then I thought about David Stern, and I thought I wasn't going to do this. I got hit with three or four elbows. It's just not fair. I don't want to fight."

http://www.ocregister.com/articles/artest-bynum-ariza-2638113-game-lakers

I used to enjoy rooting for Artest when he was on the underdogs going after Kobe, but it's just lame now on the Lakers, going after Trevor Ariza (who shot like 5-500 last night).

[corona]

can we make this the gambling thread too?

bulls +6.5 1st half, spurs -2 for the game, over 196 utah/san antonio

[MHZ]

Where'd you see 196? I haven't seen a single book with 196. It opened at 199, and has moved down a tick, but I haven't seen anything as low as 196.

[corona]

at 11:47 this morning it was at 195.5 at bookmaker

http://www.sbrodds.com/#/odds/nba/game/pointspread.html
looks like most books had it around 196 for a little bit earlier today.

i actually got it at 196.5, but bought 1/2 point because i hate losing by 1/2 point more than anything in the world (even ac).

[MHZ]

Huh. Didn't realize it dove down so low, only to jump back up.

[Jay_Dnuggs_FAN]

At least Artest kept his cool... kind of...

"I wanted to (choke Ariza) because he hit me with the elbow," Artest said. "But then I thought about David Stern, and I thought I wasn't going to do this. I got hit with three or four elbows. It's just not fair. I don't want to fight."

http://www.ocregister.com/articles/artest-bynum-ariza-2638113-game-lakers

I used to enjoy rooting for Artest when he was on the underdogs going after Kobe, but it's just lame now on the Lakers, going after Trevor Ariza (who shot like 5-500 last night).

He is not the Arizalike type of BORN KILLER. I really did not like the move LAL did last summer.

On his comments, Still remember him talking about one of his street baller friend was stabbed through the heart with broken chair leg just because of the intensity of the game & explained how tough he used to play streetball. I do not really like the guy.

[J Smitty]

Bulls just got jobbed the refs against the Cavs, but what else is new.

Luckily for them, LeChoke is the least clutch player ever.

[Powder Blue]

Good idea for a thread...jazz are leading the spurs at the half. Would have been nice if the lakers could have lost one of the 2 OT games this week.

I haven't gotten a green ticket yet for NBA, doing well with NFL bets though. Parlay looks good corona but the spurs are down at the half....

[corona]

^^ 3 straight bets. already won chicago, and the over looks solid, but you never know. i think san antonio picks it up and wins this in the 4th too.

[MHZ]

Nothing wrong with losing one of the bets. All you can ask for is winning more than you lose.

I love SportsCenter acting like LeBron got fouled at the end of that game. Clearly didn't, ball was clearly off of him. Shockingly, the refs were dead on on that play.

Spurs lose. I thought these guys were supposed to be on the Lakers level, both of which were clearly a notch above Denver?

[The Rebel]

Nothing wrong with losing one of the bets. All you can ask for is winning more than you lose.

I love SportsCenter acting like LeBron got fouled at the end of that game. Clearly didn't, ball was clearly off of him. Shockingly, the refs were dead on on that play.

Spurs lose. I thought these guys were supposed to be on the Lakers level, both of which were clearly a notch above Denver?

Are you doubting the experts? Everybody knows that the Nuggets did nothing this last summer and so they are worse, while adding players even when they don't fit will make all the difference in the world as Portland, San Antonio, Cleveland, Orlando, and Boston all clearly leave Denver as the 6th or 7th best team in the league.

Also how dare you insinuate that ESPN is on Lebron's jock, everybody knows he is the greatest ever.



I must say that it was nice seeing the refs actually get a call right when it comes to Lebron.

[MHZ]

Like the traveling call last year, it will never happen again. Those refs won't be able to ref a pick-up game in the Congo after David Stern gets through with them for not giving LeBron the call.