The 2006/07 National Basketball Association tips off Oct. 31, stirring memories of NBA betting warriors from previous hardwood campaigns.
Any bookmakers’ list of NBA betting legends would have to include “Cryin’ Kenny,” a notorious ‘under’ player who was well known around North Las Vegas sports books in the 1970s.
Kenny cried about everything and the more he drank, the more he cried. In 1976, Kenny made a tap-out wager on what turned out to be one of the most famous games in NBA history, Game 5 of the league championship series between the Boston Celtics and Phoenix Suns. Kenny didn’t stray from his usual NBA betting strategy, betting the game ‘under’ the total at the old Del Mar Race and Sportsbook.
Kenny already was counting his winnings when the game went into overtime. During the overtime, the Suns shrewdly called a time-out they didn’t have, giving the Celtics a technical foul shot but getting the ball back in time to force a second overtime. (The rule subsequently was changed). Incredibly, the game still was under the total. Then, in the waning seconds of the second extra session,...
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