Lol blazers

[Venti Quattro]

It matters. Just ask the Spurs.

[DeadlyDynasty]

There's only 2 teams in the league with switch-flipping capabilities: Lakers and Celtics

[Rummpd]

I knew LAL would win when they made that sublime 3 end of third and Kobe also made a few tough shots (after again some stupid decision making shooting quick 3s); and Fisher's last number was clutch. Portland had a chance several times to build a bigger lead and that was their downfall. However, LAL was not overly impressive, albeit without Bynum and Portland could test them big time if they drop to 7 and have no fear still seemingly of LAL.

Memphis, Denver, Portland are all decent teams and ESPN today has a feature on the upset
1. First-round upsets are much more likely in the West.

In addition to Denver, I'm fond of Memphis and Portland as first-round upstarts, but this tool liked another team even more -- New Orleans. It gave the Hornets a 33 percent chance of beating Dallas in Round 1, and several iterations placed the Hornets into the conference finals ... I even got them in the Finals once, after a riveting conference finals against Memphis that was the lowest-rated in league history. (The simulation didn't actually say that part, I just figured it was likely.)



That said, Memphis, Portland and Denver all had better odds than similarly seeded teams in the East; the likely No. 6 seeds were the only slot where the Eastern team had a better chance, and only marginally so (35 percent for New York to 33 percent for New Orleans).



potential.http://insider.espn.go.com/nba/insid...PERDiem-110315

[Giuseppe]

, they were scared to death, Doc.

They just wanted it to end.

Fish obliged 'em, tootsweet.

[Mike D]

Memphis, Denver, Portland are all decent teams and ESPN today has a feature on the upset
1. First-round upsets are much more likely in the West.

In addition to Denver, I'm fond of Memphis and Portland as first-round upstarts, but this tool liked another team even more -- New Orleans. It gave the Hornets a 33 percent chance of beating Dallas in Round 1, and several iterations placed the Hornets into the conference finals ... I even got them in the Finals once, after a riveting conference finals against Memphis that was the lowest-rated in league history. (The simulation didn't actually say that part, I just figured it was likely.)



That said, Memphis, Portland and Denver all had better odds than similarly seeded teams in the East; the likely No. 6 seeds were the only slot where the Eastern team had a better chance, and only marginally so (35 percent for New York to 33 percent for New Orleans).
potential.http://insider.espn.go.com/nba/insid...PERDiem-110315

John Hollinger is an idiot who evaluates basketball with a calculator and MS Excel. BSPN writes for hits.

[Maverick421]

That's what they get for playing zone.

ing pussies.