Pacers Are Done for the Season
The Indiana Pacers 2018-19 season came to an end last Sunday evening, as the Boston Celtics swept the 4 games series and moved on to the next playoff round. There has been the usual finger pointing and the excuse mill has been running wild. But it just came down to the fact that the Celtics had a better team. Some have made the claim that coach Nate McMillan is at fault and that he just is not a championship coach. To that I politely say “Bunk.” Coach McMillan has gotten as much as anyone could out of his roster, especially when you consider the fact that he was without his star player Victor Oladipo. I know there is someone out there who could have done a better job, but I haven’t heard about them.
So now we will watch the playoffs in a nonpartisan manner and wait for the draft where there’s a chance to pick up a franchise changing player. But as always, our battle cry will be “wait till next year!”
“Jeopardy” Champ is All In
James Holzhauer, a professional gambler from Las Vegas, has taken the game by storm. Holzhauer set the single game record for money won with $131,127. He has won over $100,000 three times in 10 games. The 34 year old sports better seems to be a walking encyclopedia of facts and figures who has yet to make a wrong move. After 13 games he has won $942,738 The record amount of money won was $2,520,700 by the legendary Ken Jennings. Jennings also holds the record with 74 games won. Holtzhauer has won a greater amount of money in a short amount of time than any other contestant, including Jennings.
Holzhauer forces the board as Jennings did and doesn’t engage in small talk or quips while playing — he hits the buzzer quickly and quickly answers the question. His bets are very large in the daily doubles and he has often as not has made them true daily doubles. His $38,400 bet is the largest single wager ever made on the show. He won. Holzhauer says his strategy is to know his “spots’ and bet big when he hits them. Ken Jennings admits that James is the best “Jeopardy” player he has ever seen. The show’s prize budget is pretty big, but Alex Trebek admits that somewhere some accountant is getting “very nervous.”