Quote Originally Posted by begginerboy:
Scal, what's your confidence level with this one? The Pistons are saying the same crap they said before playing Philly. This is embarrassing, we gotta give more effort, yada, yada... BTW, I had no idea Brandon Jennings got tossed in the 1st quarter of the Philly game (wow). Anyway, wonderful stuff but having been to hell and back this weekend (thanks to the Pistons) I'm wondering if I can go there again. When the line came out at 5.5 I thought about pounding them, but only for a second because the feeling of disgust was so overwhelming that I thought I would never be able to look at myself ever again if I bet on this team.
I am "firmly confident" in this play. I wouldn't have written it up with the longest write up ever on covers if I wasn't.
I was quite pleased with a line of 6 and thought it would by 7 or even get to 7.5.
I have your quotes from the Sixers thread and I have additional quotes but I didn't add them precisely because, they were, as you said, the same type of quotes as any other night.
Do not worry about the quotes.
The "Law of National Embarrassment" is a force that will guide the players to Victory, beyond anything they say pre or post game.
Players egos are a far greater force than talent on the court. The Pistons ego has been scarred in the worst way. They didn't lose 26 in a row but it sure felt like it on Saturday.
I have made a ton of money off this Law this year.
As I noted:
1. Knicks give up 51 in a quarter. Next night on a b2b, jump out to a 24 point lead and hold on and safely cover by 8. Kings never had a chance.
2. Lakers get bombed by the Clippers. While they didn't win, they covered in Denver, in the altitude, short handed no less! Had they had ONE day rest to recoup, reflect and unify, they would have beat Denver too. Two nights later they dispatch the Thunder SU as 13.5 point dogs! (Yes that was the line before too.
Another one I didn't mention:
3. Lakers Cavs - Cavs lose AT HOME to the Lakers who only have 5 healthy players on the court (and one of those is Robert Sacre!).
The very next game? They beat the rested Wizards in Washington by one, as NINE point dogs.
Lastly,
4. Philly ties the record losing streak (they could not win in SA or HOU, that is just unfair on so many levels) and has a deflated Detroit team at home? They killed them by 25, looking like the Thunder themselves in the process.
This Law is 4-0 SU and ATS and really all covers have been by a significant amount of point beyond the spread (Knicks - 7, Lakers 17.5, Cavs 10, Philly 33.5!!!)
All these numbers are > than the 6 we are laying, with 2 of them against a great and good team, and Philly was at home and still blew the doors off the number and the Knicks still covered a spread of 6 on the road on a west coast swing.
Tonight, it is Detroit's turn fulfill this law, and to be at home, to not have to travel to the wasteland that is Milwaukee (which can depress you even further), to be held accountable in front of your home crowd after a loss that sunk this team to the depths of the Palace Brawl in terms of embarrassment, all with a VERY reasonable 6 to cover, reeks of an excellent betting situation, so much so it resulted in a write-up that may never be topped in terms of length. I just let my fingers do the talking and had to pull myself away from the keyboard at 2:40 AM.
Like the Knicks, it is hard to bet the Pistons. It is hard to bet the Kings. It is hard to bet the Lakers over the Thunder no matter the number.
But nothing you have to earn in life is easy.
We are here to earn easy money the hard way.
That requires us to lay a half a dozen points with a very bad team.
Luckily the team on the other side of the ball is far worse and with only a two game lead in the lottery over the Sixers, mysterious injures, blowouts to the worst of the worst, tanking requirements all still readily evident, 6 is almost gift wrapped for is here.
I expect Detroit to make a statement and if all the chips fall into place, it should be a fourth quarter where we breathe easy.
Beat them and beat them hard. They are worse than the Sixers in terms of record and want to be. This is no place to lose and no place to have a close game, especially after the loss to the Philly.
Established in 1995,
hell of a write up !!!! 
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