Loren Lee Chen might have become a legend on “Basketball Twitter” as well as persona non-grata at Oracle Arena. He’s also a fine “Jeopardy” player.
Chen, who hails from West Newton, Mass., has been trolling the Golden State Warriors this week during his appearances on the long-running television show “Jeopardy,” according to ESPN Jovan Buha. Chen’s Final Jeopardy-round bets have referenced the Warriors record 73 regular-season wins (with just nine losses) last season, as well as the 3-1 lead they blew in their 2016 NBA Finals loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers.
While he confirmed as much to ESPN, he was more coy about his $301 wager Tuesday and $739 bet Wednesday when asked about them on Twitter.
As I said yesterday, 3 and 1 are some good numbers. Don’t you just feel invincible after seeing the numbers 3 and 1? https://t.co/JDJmtFqFyX
— Loren Lee Chen (@LorenLChen) January 26, 2017
I already said about yesterday’s 301. Now $739, lemme tell you about the numbers 73 and 9. Really feels like nothing can go wrong after that https://t.co/QwQSiWS2GA
— Loren Lee Chen (@LorenLChen) January 26, 2017
Chen told ESPN his wagers doubled as nods to the “Basketball Twitter” community.
“Since the 2016 NBA Finals, there has been a meme on ‘Basketball Twitter’ to constantly interject with: ‘Don’t let this distract you from the fact that the Warriors went 73-9 and blew a 3-1 lead in the Finals,'” Chen said. “Basketball Twitter is obviously a big part of my life, so I wanted to give them a little shout-out, though now it might have been a little stale.
“My $301 bet on Tuesday didn’t get noticed by too many people. But $739 on Wednesday definitely did, and it’s been really great seeing the support from everyone on there during this run.”
Well played, Chen.
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