Novax5,

True that. Betting on the Lakers and Nuggets series is seriously a no brainer. When I found out Spooner and Salvatore where the refs for game 4, I was certain Denver was going to win it.

Now what? Phil calls out the refs for inconsistent calls that dictate the result of the game (e.g. Denver 49 free throw attempts, lakers called for touch fouls for breathing on the Nuggets, Lakers aren't allowed to play physical, supposed flagrant on Dhantay Jones, etc)

Consequently, the league will take notice since their integrity is placed in the spotlight and make adjustments by assigning refs that statistically call in favor of the home team or at least call the games fairly to make up for game 4. It is expected that lakers should and would come out with the W for game 5 considering the circumstances.

As far as bets are concerned, I'm going with the Lakers with that spread for game 5. I'm not betting as much as I did with Game 4 since I was extremely confident that the nuggets would come out with the W for that game. If Lakers win tomorrow, I'm not betting on Game 6 regardless of the odds. If the series goes to game 7, you know where my money is going at.

With the Cavs however, you never know what could happen so I'm not to confident on placing money on that series. I painfully lost a significant amount of money during the 2006 finals. Had I known that D. wade (the poster boy of the nba during that time) was going to get MJ treatment and get sent to the free throw line to get his championship (26 free throws in the finals, I forgot which game) then I would've thought twice about betting on the series. Still, in a way, Miami Heat did earn the championship since the Mavs literally laid an egg in each of the 4 games after their first 2 wins.