Predictions Thread Discussion

[MHSL82]

December 9, 2018

388. New Orleans Pelicans over Detroit Pistons
389. Toronto Raptors over Milwaukee Bucks
390. Utah Jazz over San Antonio Spurs
391. Charlotte Hornets over New York Knicks

If the Raptors hadn’t lost to the Nets, I would’ve picked the Bucks.

Don’t make me wrong again, Jazz! A person on the radio was talking about the Jazz game against the Spurs and they said that this is more about the Spurs in the Jazz.

If the Spurs had lost to the Lakers, I would probably predict them to beat the Jazz. Not for revenge or anything but rather just a numbers game.

 

[nuraman00]

Good post.

 

[MHSL82]

December 10, 2018:

392. Indiana Pacers over Washington Wizards
393. Philadelphia 76ers over Detroit Pistons
394. Boston Celtics over New Orleans Pelicans
395. Sacramento Kings over Chicago Bulls
396. Milwaukee Bucks over Cleveland Cavaliers
397. Dallas Mavericks over Orlando Magic
398. Memphis Grizzlies over Denver Nuggets
399. Los Angeles Clippers over Phoenix Suns
400. Golden State Warriors over Minnesota Timberwolves
401. Los Angeles Lakers over Miami Heat
402. Utah Jazz over Oklahoma City Thunder

Hardest to predict: 402, 394, 393, 398, 401, 400, 392...

 

[nuraman00]

394's difficulty depends on if Anthony Davis plays.

 

[nuraman00]

393 should be close on paper, but between last year and this year, Philly just always beats Detroit.

 

[nuraman00]

401's difficulty is more about if you think THIS is the game where the Lakers regress to their talent level.

Or it could be against Houston.

 

[MHSL82]

December 12, 2018:

406. Detroit Pistons over Charlotte Hornets
407. New York Knicks over Cleveland Cavaliers
408. Milwaukee Bucks over Indiana Pacers
409. Brooklyn Nets over Philadelphia 76ers
410. Boston Celtics over Washington Wizards
411. Memphis Grizzlies over Portland Trailblazers
412. New Orleans Pelicans over Oklahoma City Thunder
413. Dallas Mavericks over Atlanta Hawks
414. Sacramento Kings over Minnesota Timberwolves
415. Toronto Raptors over Golden State Warriors
416. Utah Jazz over Miami Heat

I might make some changes a bit later. I just want to not miss the deadline.

 

[nuraman00]

So we still haven't had a day where we disagreed on everything, I think.

 

[MHSL82]

December 14, 2018:

421. Boston Celtics over Atlanta Hawks
422. Charlotte Hornets over New York Knicks
423. Brooklyn Nets over Washington Wizards
424. Milwaukee Bucks over Cleveland Cavaliers
425. Indiana Pacers over Philadelphia 76ers
426. Memphis Grizzlies over Miami Heat
427. Oklahoma City Thunder over Denver Nuggets
428. Toronto Raptors over Portland Trailblazers
429. Golden State Warriors over Sacramento Kings

I may change my mind on number 423, number 428, 429. I will try to make the changes before tomorrow night.

 

[nuraman00]

@MHSL82 didn't tell me that today's Jazz game was on NBA TV.

 

[MHSL82]

December 15, 2018

430. Los Angeles Lakers over Charlotte Hornets
431. Detroit Pistons over Boston Celtics
432. Memphis Grizzlies over Houston Rockets
433. San Antonio Spurs over Chicago Bulls
434. Los Angeles Clippers over Oklahoma City
435. Minnesota Timberwolves over Phoenix Suns
436. Utah Jazz over Orlando Magic

Really bad day for me.

 

[MHSL82]

December 16, 2018

437. Brooklyn Nets over Atlanta Hawks
438. Philadelphia 76ers over Cleveland Cavaliers
439. Indiana Pacers over New York Knicks
440. Los Angeles Lakers over Washington Wizards
441. Sacramento Kings over Dallas Mavericks
442. New Orleans Pelicans over Miami Heat
443. Toronto Raptors over Denver Nuggets

Damnit!!! I should follow my instincts. I was going to pick Miami and Denver.

Before anyone says that I am just saying it, I have never made that claim before. I really was going to pick Denver in Miami to win. I don’t trust New Orleans and I just felt that Toronto would lose. But I played the likelihoods.

Oh, well. No, I did not feel Washington would beat the Lakers.

 

[MHSL82]

December 18, 2018

452. Indiana Pacers over Cleveland Cavaliers
453. Washington Wizards over Atlanta Hawks
454. Los Angeles Lakers over Brooklyn Nets
455. Dallas Mavericks over Denver Nuggets

I think we may go 4/4 today. I think it depends on the last game. And the wizards are certainly capable of losing any game. I think the Nets have won some good games this year but I’ve lost a vast majority.

 

[MHSL82]

@nuraman00 , it’s crazy, you got me wanting the Nuggets to win so all of our predictions are wrong. That will check the box in that category.

 

[MHSL82]

Tuesday, December 18

Indiana over Cleveland
Washington at Atlanta
Los Angeles Lakers over Brooklyn (NBA TV)
Dallas over Denver

December 18, 2018

452. Indiana Pacers over Cleveland Cavaliers
453. Washington Wizards over Atlanta Hawks
454. Los Angeles Lakers over Brooklyn Nets
455. Dallas Mavericks over Denver Nuggets

I think we may go 4/4 today. I think it depends on the last game. And the wizards are certainly capable of losing any game. I think the Nets have won some good games this year but I’ve lost a vast majority.

@nuraman00 , it’s crazy, you got me wanting the Nuggets to win so all of our predictions are wrong. That will check the box in that category.

We did it!!! (Not on purpose. I mean, the way the games go, it would be hard to do it on purpose. Doing it on purpose would be just as hard as getting them all right. And even harder for us to both agree on every game and be wrong on all of them.)

 

[nuraman00]

We did it!!! (Not on purpose. I mean, the way the games go, it would be hard to do it on purpose. Doing it on purpose would be just as hard as getting them all right. And even harder for us to both agree on every game and be wrong on all of them.)

Great. Now I don't have to think about this as much.

 

[nuraman00]

Jazz Christmas history:

Utah Jazz to play on Christmas for the first time since 1997 | Utah Jazz

 

[nuraman00]

If you had gone, the Jazz would have won by even more! Maybe we could have seen a game where the starters rest permanently at halftime.

You deprived the NBA of seeing history by not going.

Your dream game happened. In Sacramento - Minnesota , the Kings starters were benched for the rest of the game, in the 1st quarter. You got a game with all bench players after halftime, with most starters not playing in the 2nd, except for Hield.

PopcornMachine's GameFlows - Sacramento Kings @ Minnesota Timberwovles - Dec 17, 2018

 

[MHSL82]

Your dream game happened. In Sacramento - Minnesota , the Kings starters were benched for the rest of the game, in the 1st quarter. You got a game with all bench players after halftime, with most starters not playing in the 2nd, except for Hield.

PopcornMachine's GameFlows - Sacramento Kings @ Minnesota Timberwovles - Dec 17, 2018

Wow, the coach was making a statement about entitlement or effort or something, because the deficit was only 15 points.

Wait, no. Three of the players only played 5 to 7 minutes and in that span they were only down by 5 to 8 points.

 

[nuraman00]

Wow, the coach was making a statement about entitlement or effort or something, because the deficit was only 15 points.

Wait, no. Three of the players only played 5 to 7 minutes and in that span they were only down by 5 to 8 points.

When Bjelica and Bogdanovic were substituted out in the first, they were down 9.

When Fox joined them 51 seconds later, they were down 11.

Cauley Stein then joined them 1:11 later, and they were down 5.

Hield joined them with 2:31 left in the first, and they were down 11.

Hield was the only starter to enter partway through the 2nd, and they were down 22. He played until halftime, and they were down 30.