<TABLE class=style18 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 border=0><TBODY><TR vAlign=top><TD width=570>that NBA players are being bought on a daily basis, check out the last 43 seconds of the Orlando/Atlanta game:
43.0 ORL Shooting foul on Mario Kasun
43.0 ATL Josh Smith made 1st of 2 Free Throws
43.0 ATL Josh Smith missed 2nd of 2 Free Throws
43.0 ATL Offensive Rebound by Boris Diaw
42.0 ATL Josh Smith made Slam Dunk, Assist Boris Diaw
34.0 ATL Personal foul on Royal Ivey
34.0 ORL DeShawn Stevenson missed 1st of 2 Free Throws
34.0 ORL DeShawn Stevenson missed 2nd of 2 Free Throws
34.0 ORL Offensive Rebound by Brandon Hunter
32.0 ORL Lost ball turnover on Brandon Hunter, Stolen by Josh Childress
24.0 ATL Josh Childress made Slam Dunk, Assist Royal Ivey
8.0 ORL Lost ball turnover on Pat Garrity, Stolen by Donta Smith
3.0 ATL Donta Smith made Driving Layup
0.0 End of period.
The Magic are up by 14 with 43 seconds left...easy cover for the fave, right?...WRONG!
First, they foul. Atlanta makes the first FT and misses the second. The Hawks then get the offensive board to make it a 3-point play. Then, Orlando misses 2 FT's. They get the offensive board, but "somehow" lose it out of bounds on a turnover. Eight seconds later, they allow a dunk. Orlando, then up by only 9, but still a cover, commits another TO with only 8 seconds left. Atlanta is allowed to go the length of the floor and scores on a layup with 3 seconds left, giving the Hawks the cover.
I didn't have any money on this game, but sometimes they make it a little too obvious.</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
43.0 ORL Shooting foul on Mario Kasun
43.0 ATL Josh Smith made 1st of 2 Free Throws
43.0 ATL Josh Smith missed 2nd of 2 Free Throws
43.0 ATL Offensive Rebound by Boris Diaw
42.0 ATL Josh Smith made Slam Dunk, Assist Boris Diaw
34.0 ATL Personal foul on Royal Ivey
34.0 ORL DeShawn Stevenson missed 1st of 2 Free Throws
34.0 ORL DeShawn Stevenson missed 2nd of 2 Free Throws
34.0 ORL Offensive Rebound by Brandon Hunter
32.0 ORL Lost ball turnover on Brandon Hunter, Stolen by Josh Childress
24.0 ATL Josh Childress made Slam Dunk, Assist Royal Ivey
8.0 ORL Lost ball turnover on Pat Garrity, Stolen by Donta Smith
3.0 ATL Donta Smith made Driving Layup
0.0 End of period.
The Magic are up by 14 with 43 seconds left...easy cover for the fave, right?...WRONG!
First, they foul. Atlanta makes the first FT and misses the second. The Hawks then get the offensive board to make it a 3-point play. Then, Orlando misses 2 FT's. They get the offensive board, but "somehow" lose it out of bounds on a turnover. Eight seconds later, they allow a dunk. Orlando, then up by only 9, but still a cover, commits another TO with only 8 seconds left. Atlanta is allowed to go the length of the floor and scores on a layup with 3 seconds left, giving the Hawks the cover.
I didn't have any money on this game, but sometimes they make it a little too obvious.</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>