Monday By the Numbers: Point spread (for entertainment purposes only) of Tuesday’s Globetrotters game is …

By John Katsilometes

Monday, April 18, 2016 | 5:31 p.m.

We begin Monday By the Numbers with a betting line FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY.

I use the upper-case effect to reflect the signage at T-Mobile Arena, where on Tuesday night the Harlem Globetrotters play the World All-Stars, formerly known as the Washington Generals. I asked Jay Rood, sports book director for MGM Resorts, to establish a point spread and over/under line for the Trotters vs. All-Stars.

The answer: Harlem Globetrotters as 5.5-point favorites, with the total set at 175.5. It seems the spread is fairly close, but the Trotters usually don’t win by blowouts and sometimes just edge the All-Stars by a single point. The final score is rarely the point anyway, but the score is accurately tabulated.

The last time the Trotters lost was Jan. 5, 1971, in Martin, Tenn., in a night that has bloomed to mythological status among sports fans. The Trotters had apparently lost track of the score before noticing, to their collective dismay, that they trailed by 12 points with 2 minutes left to play. They staged a furious rally but fell short and lost 100-99.

So rankled by that defeat were the Trotters that, to this day, legendary guard Curly Neal becomes angry when asked of it (he did not play that night for an injury).

As it is not unfathomable that the Trotters’ opponent will win a game — it is said that the All-Stars play straight up on offense, and straight up on defense about 40 percent of the time (playing the required foil role the other 60 percent of the time as the Trotters run their “reams,” or trick plays). That means the All-Stars are at a competitive disadvantage in terms of talent and template (for a great assessment of the Globetrotters’ stats, hit this story by Nate Silver of FiveThirtyEight.com).

Thus, we tip off a Monday By the Numbers that will fast break to the AFAN AIDS Walk on Sunday at Town Square, dish over to Criss Angel and “Believe” at the Luxor and alley-oop to Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada for the dunk!

And, gosh, I miss my days as a sports writer. Onward:

13-9: The Globetrotters’ record in a series of exhibition games against Division I teams, played from 2000-2003.

6: Average number of points by which the Trotters won those 13 games.

6: The number of games won by the Washington Generals in their history of playing against the Trotters.

14,000: Losses accrued by the Generals in those games.

99.96: Percentage of games the Generals lost through 2014.

73: Neal’s current age.

97: Countries Neal visited during his years as a Globetrotter.

22: Years Neal toured with the Trotters (1963-1985).

22: Neal’s Globetrotters uniform number (which has been retired).

36: Meadowlark Lemon’s uniform number, which also has been retired (Lemon died Dec. 27 at age 83).

$350,000: Amount raised at this year’s AFAN AIDS Walk.

4: AIDS Walk locations where I have attended the event the last 10 years: Downtown Las Vegas, World Market Center in Symphony Park, UNLV and Town Square.

6,000: Runners who participated in Sunday’s AIDS Walk.

5,000: Planned seating capacity for The Park Theater at Monte Carlo.

4,000: The approximate capacities of Axis at Planet Hollywood and the Colosseum at Caesars Palace.

3,000: Performances Criss Angel has logged as “Believe” closed its run Saturday night (that number includes his appearances in his magician-ensemble show “Magic Jam” at the theater in 2014).

1,100: Guests who attended the first Le Diner en Blanc/The Dinner in White party at The Park on the Strip.

8: Minutes it took me to assemble the REI-branded table and chairs issued to guests at the event.

75: Years since Catholic Charities was founded (the Southern Nevada chapter celebrates that anniversary with its annual Heart of Hope luncheon at 11 a.m. Thursday at Red Rock Resort; go to CatholicCharities.com for info).

6: Annual Heart of Hope events CCSN has held over the years.

20: Programs and services provide by CCSN.

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