Mark "Mad dog" Madsen
The Los Angeles Lakers were up 97-92 as the clock was winding down in last night’s Game 5 of the Western Conference Finals.
The Lakers were guaranteed a victory and thus a spot in their first finals in four years.
But as the final seconds ticked off, Lakers forward Vladimir Radmanovic passed the ball to back-up guard Sasha Vujacic.
Instead of dribbling out, Vujacic squared up and threw up a shot from outside the arc towards the hoop.
The shot went in as time expired. The Lakers had prevailed by eight points, instead of five.
I don’t bet, but I cover the industry. So I started to look into this as soon as I got a note at 2:31 am from reader Erik Schuman.
While Vujacic’s taking of the shot was a joke in the Lakers locker room, it turns out it was hardly a laughing matter for people that had bet on the Spurs to cover the spread. The line opened with the Lakers being eight-point favorites, but quickly moved to 7.5 points, meaning that Vujacic’s heave either cost people money (who bet on the Spurs) or turned their winning bet into a push.
Bell estimates that the game did about $3 million in bets in Las Vegas, but he estimates that worldwide, the game did about $300 million in action. Bell said that, when considering the line move, that shot swung at least $100 million in bets.
@That useless-ass nikka..
He's not a scrub. He's just not smart. Thinks he's a go to guy.
My all time favorite scrub was Carl Herrera. All hustle. Couldn't shoot. Made dumbass decisions. Couldn't really shoot FTs that well. Wasn't a very good rebounder. But he was energetic and fearless. And he rode the Dream's coattails to two NBA championships.
Damn that nikka was sorry.

That dude looked like a grandpa while he was playing. Then Zan Tabak and Earl Curitan 
Carl was better than the other guys on that bench, although Chilcutt and Bullard could nail the big 3's.
But old ass Charles Jones thoThat dude looked like a grandpa while he was playing. Then Zan Tabak and Earl Curitan
I'm gonna go with Ervin Johnson from Seattle. I always thought he coulda been btter if he applied himself.