The Los Angeles Lakers either will win tonight and secure a spot in the NBA Finals or must face the Denver Nuggets on Sunday for a decisive seventh game.
Whatever happens, a lot of dough has been riding on the series.
"We love the Lakers," said Adam Goldberg, owner of the Fresh Brothers pizza parlors in Manhattan Beach and Redondo Beach.
"We love the Nuggets," said Lisa Norgard, the owner of Abos Pizza in Highlands Ranch, a suburb of Denver.
The pizza mavens bet each other before the Western Conference Finals began that their favorite teams would win.
If Denver wins, Goldberg and his wife, Debbie, must pay $500 to the Douglas County School District.
Whatever happens, a lot of dough has been riding on the series.
"We love the Lakers," said Adam Goldberg, owner of the Fresh Brothers pizza parlors in Manhattan Beach and Redondo Beach.
"We love the Nuggets," said Lisa Norgard, the owner of Abos Pizza in Highlands Ranch, a suburb of Denver.
The pizza mavens bet each other before the Western Conference Finals began that their favorite teams would win.
If Denver wins, Goldberg and his wife, Debbie, must pay $500 to the Douglas County School District.
If the Lakers win, Norgard and her husband, Eric, a former professional
football player, must pay $500 to the Redondo Beach Unified School
District.
"The kids are going to win either way, so it's an awesome thing for us," Norgard said.
The Norgards and Goldbergs didn't know each other before the Western Conference Finals began. Norgard, however, was following Debbie Goldberg on Twitter to see what was happening in the world of pizza.
When Fresh Brothers began "tweeting" "Go Lakers," she suggested the friendly wager. The two sides decided the schools should benefit.
Since then, the New York-style pizza joint in the Denver area, and the Chicago-style pizza place in the Los Angeles area have been promoting their teams and ripping on the other on Twitter.
They've also been boasting about who has the best pizza.
"We've been Twitter trash-talking," Norgard said. "It's really good-natured ribbing."
Norgard said Nuggets fans have not experienced such excitement since the mid 1980s and John Elway's Broncos.
"For Denver, it's just a gigantic thing," she said. "Everybody in town is nuts."
Goldberg said Fresh Brothers has been having a good time duking it out online with the folks in Denver
"What you say has to be short and sweet," he said.
"The kids are going to win either way, so it's an awesome thing for us," Norgard said.
The Norgards and Goldbergs didn't know each other before the Western Conference Finals began. Norgard, however, was following Debbie Goldberg on Twitter to see what was happening in the world of pizza.
When Fresh Brothers began "tweeting" "Go Lakers," she suggested the friendly wager. The two sides decided the schools should benefit.
Since then, the New York-style pizza joint in the Denver area, and the Chicago-style pizza place in the Los Angeles area have been promoting their teams and ripping on the other on Twitter.
They've also been boasting about who has the best pizza.
"We've been Twitter trash-talking," Norgard said. "It's really good-natured ribbing."
Norgard said Nuggets fans have not experienced such excitement since the mid 1980s and John Elway's Broncos.
"For Denver, it's just a gigantic thing," she said. "Everybody in town is nuts."
Goldberg said Fresh Brothers has been having a good time duking it out online with the folks in Denver
"What you say has to be short and sweet," he said.
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