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L.A., Orlando Catholic leaders make friendly NBA wager

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The Associated Press

Published: June 4, 2009

LOS ANGELES - Sacred hoops? You bet, with wine, lime and a few verbal jabs.

Catholic leaders in Los Angeles and Orlando have made a friendly wager on the outcome of the NBA Finals between the Lakers and the Magic.

The best-of-seven series starts Thursday night at the Staples Center.

Los Angeles Cardinal Roger Mahony bet a case of Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels-labeled wines, he said in a news release.

Orlando Bishop Thomas Wenski put up three key lime pies, Florida's official state pie, four pounds of fresh shrimp and a bottle of oxygen. Wenski says the fresh air is offered because of pollution in Los Angeles skies.

Mahony counters he's happy to wager fine cathedral wines "produced in the fertile ground and fresh air of California."

For the record, Lakers coach Phil Jackson wrote the book on sacred hoops. It was published in 1995.

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