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I might have the king of the all-time worst losses. Last season's NBA playoffs. Lakers at Spurs. For some reason, I lose my mind and decide to take San Antonio on the money line. I did not want to lay 5 in the game, but I did not think that the Spurs would lose. Logic that sounded GREAT, ESPECIALLY after the miracle Duncan shot from the top of the key to seemingly give me the W. Derrick Fisher of course changed all of that, leading to a devastating loss on one of the most amazing endings in NBA playoff history. I really took it up the arse in that one, the juice was heavy and the depression lasted a solid week! I have been around long enough to write a BOOK about war stories, and EZ - I lost that very same game on Monday Night Football but my story is worse......
A WEEK EARLIER in that same season I also had Philadelphia +9 and Over 40 at Dallas, a game that was decided on a botched FG in the final seconds that WOULD have given Philly the outright win AND sent the game over the total (clicking a HUGE two team reverse I had that night with Philly/Over in addition to very large straight wagers on both the side and total). As it turned out, Tommy Hutton dropped the snap, the Eagles lost, the game stayed under the total - I split instead of winning both and a week later almost killed myself after losing an equally bizarre game in Jacksonville in the final seconds (as EZ so painfully described). Two weeks in a row, thousands of dollars off the board and a man on the verge of a psychological collapse!......
All of this would just be peachy if I didn't have about a thousand others (like Duke vs Maryland in last year's ACC tourney up 10-13/whatever, with under a minute left AGAIN with the money line and AGAIN not enough, or Vandy/NC State NCAA Tourney last season where NC State blew a 13 point lead with 2 minutes left, or a college football game USC/UCLA in the first season of college OT where my 10 point underdog was STILL NOT ENOUGH even in OT thanks to a 90 yard fumble return for a TD in the 2nd OT AFTER the winning team had already scored first then giving USC a 13 point win to screw me up the a$$ blah blah blah). I could go on all night but the Fisher dagger and the 2 NFL bizarre kick endings in 1997-98 are what really stand out in my mind, probably because of the colon cleansing I took at the hands of those 3 losses!
To better times lol
A WEEK EARLIER in that same season I also had Philadelphia +9 and Over 40 at Dallas, a game that was decided on a botched FG in the final seconds that WOULD have given Philly the outright win AND sent the game over the total (clicking a HUGE two team reverse I had that night with Philly/Over in addition to very large straight wagers on both the side and total). As it turned out, Tommy Hutton dropped the snap, the Eagles lost, the game stayed under the total - I split instead of winning both and a week later almost killed myself after losing an equally bizarre game in Jacksonville in the final seconds (as EZ so painfully described). Two weeks in a row, thousands of dollars off the board and a man on the verge of a psychological collapse!......
All of this would just be peachy if I didn't have about a thousand others (like Duke vs Maryland in last year's ACC tourney up 10-13/whatever, with under a minute left AGAIN with the money line and AGAIN not enough, or Vandy/NC State NCAA Tourney last season where NC State blew a 13 point lead with 2 minutes left, or a college football game USC/UCLA in the first season of college OT where my 10 point underdog was STILL NOT ENOUGH even in OT thanks to a 90 yard fumble return for a TD in the 2nd OT AFTER the winning team had already scored first then giving USC a 13 point win to screw me up the a$$ blah blah blah). I could go on all night but the Fisher dagger and the 2 NFL bizarre kick endings in 1997-98 are what really stand out in my mind, probably because of the colon cleansing I took at the hands of those 3 losses!
To better times lol
PS-MARVIN LOVES SPLIT SALAD !! 
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