Alternate spreads and garbage-time buckets: how a bettor’s odd 3-leg parlay won $13,500

Explaining how one bettor hit on a 3-leg parlay to win $13.5k.

It’s not unheard of for a the-leg parlay to hit. It’s actually a fairly common ticket in the sports betting world. But that doesn’t mean those parlays won’t come with their share of drama. Just ask one bettor who turned $500 into more than $13.5k last night thanks to a truly odd three-legger that brought all the madness.

With no Kevin Durant or Kyrie Irving, Oklahoma City went into Brooklyn and delivered the goods on its alternate spread of -3.5, while the Grizzlies covered their -5.5 spread via a second-half comeback against Minnesota. But never mind those. Neither held a candle to what went down in leg one of this ticket.

Stephen Curry’s Warriors, +1.5 against the Bucks, received a nice spread altering from the ticketholder, who moved the line from +1.5 points to +21.5. The NBA’s second-best team (record-wise) being treated like this? Talk about bold!

As predicted by the bettor, this contest was lopsided; too lopsided. Giannis’ Bucks lead by 39 at halftime. Golden State did its best to inch its way back into the game but never did. Milwaukee’s lead stood at 24 with just over 30 seconds remaining and Leg One of the ticket in jeopardy.

But a Jonathan Kuminga tip-in brought the Warriors’ deficit to 22, and the ever-so-respectful Bucks dribbled out the shot-clock on the following possession, leaving 5.6 seconds and one final possession for Golden State.

Enough time for this:

And just like that, one bettor is $13.5k richer. Golden State Warriors +21.5 — never a doubt.

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