2016-2017 NBA Thread

[Blueobelisk]

I won't update the spreadsheet with these picks until tomorrow night when round 1 is settled, btw. Especially since after tomorrow night I'll ask everyone to fully complete their picks for the second round.

24 mins until TNT Crew talks. 54 until game.

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They played one of the worst teams to ever make the playoffs imo. The grizz were jsut a shell at the end.

Spurs just dropped 43 in first quarter to tie the playoff record. I'm feeling pretty good about picking them in 4.

Also I like Drakes song jumpman and I like the part where he says he hits that ginobli with his left hand. It's weird for ginobli to get recognition in a rap song lol but he's the man right now.

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Oops it was only a franchise tie. The 43.

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It's 53-24 right now and I'm paying full attention.

My god the spurs schemes are a thing of fucking beauty.

[Blueobelisk]

73-40 halftime lead. It's not for a lack of effort that OKC is losing. OKC looks athletic out there and they can make a few plays, but Spurs are flawless.

[Racthoh]

OKC in 7

well shit...

[-aiko-]

Yeah so about San Antonio...

I hope they calm down and save it for the Finals. (psst let the Thunder win a few please!)

[Blueobelisk]

These games are on early.

Get your GSW- Portland picks in now.

For some reason, some idiot scheduled GSW POR before CLE ATL even though we knew about CLEATL first.

Uhhhh I already picked Spurs in 4 and Cavs in 4.

I pick:
GSW in 4.

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Second round stats:
11 people playing 2nd round so far. I added everyone's posts to spreadsheet.
1/11 didn't make the picks for GSW-POR yet (Knyx). I just PMed him. He has like 2h 45 mins to make it.

CLE-ATL series: EVERYONE chose Cleveland. No one chose it to go to 7.

GSW-POR series: 9/10 chose GS. Only Itachi chose Portland, in 6. Lol. Everyone chose 5 or 6 except Blueobelisk, who said GS would sweep Portland.

SAS-OKC series: 10/11 chose SAS, except Racthoh, who chose OKC in 7. Everyone else chose SAS in 5 or 6, except Blueobelisk, who said SAS would sweep OKC.

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Btw in this round, a correct team is +6 points and a correct record is +3 points. I hope you played accordingly.

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Today's games:
CHA @ MIA (3-3) 1 PM ABC.
POR @ GSW (0-0) 3:30 PM ABC.
IND @ TOR (3-3) 8 PM TNT.

I much rather see Cleveland than these games.

[Knyx]

Thanks for the reminder!

GSW in 5

[Deleted]

Thanks for the reminder Blue

CLE in 4
GSW in 5
SAS in 4

[Blueobelisk]

Miami wins in 7:
Lots chose Miami.
2 chose Miami in 7. Good job Packers01 and sheffield.

One game left for the first round, and everyone chose Toronto to win.
No matter what happens, -aiko- will come out on top!

Congratulations to -aiko- for winning the first round of our predictions!

He astonishingly picked every team correctly so far! Possibly 7 if Toronto wins. And if Toronto doesn't win it doesn't matter, because everyone else chose Toronto! 3/8 records was enough to seal the deal, too.

[Blueobelisk]

I'm rooting for Pacers too. I don't even like the Raptors. Actually, I dislike the Raptors.

Pacers I think I'm obligated to hate since Reggie Miller fucked the 90s Knicks up but w/e they're a cool young team I like competitiveness.

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Thanks for the reminder Blue

CLE in 4
GSW in 5
SAS in 4

Added you but uhmmmmm your SAS-OKC pick is late so................The Spurs especially decided to crush OKC too so you picking them in 4 is...it's kinda forecast that Spurs will do well.

[-aiko-]

Bah, that clipper series was looking good until the injuries!

Haha yeah I got kinda lucky there. Without the injuries I'm pretty sure the Clippers would have stolen it.

[Racthoh]

oh weird, round 2 games starting before round 1 ends? i like that

CLE in 6
GSW in 5
OKC in 7

CLE in 6
GSW in 5
OKC in 7

adding in - MIA in 6

[Blueobelisk]

Raptors win.
Everyone chose Raps.
Arqentum, Stommped, bestellen chose them in 7.

Again, congrats to -aiko- for winning with 38 total points and an astonishing correct winner for all 8 series.

You may now pick, for the second round, between TORONTO VS. MIAMI.

Make sure it's in a new post, do NOT edit your old posts!

TOR - MIA

[Blueobelisk]

PMed everyone except myself and Racthoh. Hope you guys don't mind too much. (*cough like I even care cough*)

[Faltemer]

Toronto in 7 although if the first round is any indication neither team coming out of this matters much.

[Blueobelisk]

Hmmmm I feel like the points were in such a way that there wasn't enough opportunities to score differently enough to set yourself out from everyone else. But in the entire first round, everyone chose the same winner for 5 series. Everyone bet on Toronto, Thunder, Spurs, Warriors, and Cavaliers. Not one person tried to do something different.

So the real "wager" was on the outcome of 3 series and the records for those first 5. It's a shame, maybe we should have had the records weigh higher for those 5 series or something. Too late now but hmmmmm. Feels kind of bad lol. I guess -aiko- maximized on the remainder three teams by wagering well.

[sheffield]

Heat in 6 over Raptors

[Adp]

I'll take Heat in 6

[Demoncrash]

Raptors in 7

[THE Bigzoman]

Can I get in on this?


Cavaliers in 5

Spurs in 5


Raptors in 7

Golden State in 6

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Added you but uhmmmmm your SAS-OKC pick is late so................The Spurs especially decided to crush OKC too so you picking them in 4 is...it's kinda forecast that Spurs will do well.

You may not count # games for me then =_=
Anyway I want ( and predict ) SAS vs CLE finals.

Repeating same forecast + New:

CLE in 4
GSW in 5
SAS in 4
MIA in 7