Predictions Thread Discussion

[nuraman00]

I had a bad feeling about the Mavericks game. The Jazz lost.

I had a good feeling about the Pacers game. The Jazz lost.

Losing to Philly and Indiana makes this a bad road trip.

 

[MHSL82]

November 21, 2018:

252. Charlotte Hornets over Indiana Pacers
253. New Orleans Pelicans over Philadelphia 76ers
254. Toronto Raptors over Atlanta Hawks
255. Boston Celtics over New York Knicks
256. L.A. Lakers over Cleveland Cavaliers
257. Chicago Bulls over Phoenix Suns
258. Detroit Pistons over Houston Rockets
259. Milwaukee Bucks over Portland Trailblazers
260. Minnesota Timberwolves over Denver Nuggets
261. Brooklyn Nets over Dallas Mavericks
262. San Antonio Spurs over Memphis Grizzlies
263. Oklahoma City Thunder over Golden State Warriors
264. Utah Jazz over Sacramento Kings

I may change before 5 PM MST/4 PM PST.

 

[nuraman00]

November 20, 2018:

248. Toronto Raptors over Orlando Magic
249. L.A. Clippers over Washington Wizards
250. Brooklyn Nets over Miami Heat
251. Portland Trailblazers over New York Knicks

What @nuraman00 says to @MHSL82: Why didn't you copy my predictions? You could have gotten the Wizards game right.

What @MHSL82 says to @nuraman00: Why didn't you copy my predictions? You could have gotten the Brooklyn game right.

 

[nuraman00]

Utah over Sacramento (was considering flipping this, as it seems that Sacramento played better last time, than the time before that, and maybe Bagley III is feeling better in this matchup. Plus there has to be one interesting result the day before a holiday)

Just like the Dallas game, one of my partial instincts was on the right track.

 

[nuraman00]

Next Jazz game is on NBA TV on Friday. Let's hope it doesn't incite a bump of the Worst Team In Sports Thread.

 

[MHSL82]

November 23, 2018:

265. Minnesota Timberwolves over Brooklyn Nets
266. Memphis Grizzlies over L.A. Clippers
267. Detroit Pistons over Houston Rockets
268. Boston Celtics over Atlanta Hawks
269. New Orleans Pelicans over New York Knicks
270. Philadelphia 76ers over Cleveland Cavaliers
271. Toronto Raptors over Washington Wizards
272. San Antonio Spurs over Indiana Pacers
273. Chicago Bulls over Miami Heat
274. Oklahoma City Thunder over Charlotte Hornets
275. Milwaukee Bucks over Phoenix Suns
276. Denver Nuggets over Orlando Magic
277. Portland Trailblazers over Golden State Warriors
278. Los Angeles Lakers over Utah Jazz

I will come back later. I just don’t want to miss the time to predict.

 

[MHSL82]

Did you know... we picked the same today?

 

[nuraman00]

Did you know... we picked the same today?

Let's see if we can get them all wrong. Or all right.

 

[MHSL82]

November 27, 2018:

302. Detroit Pistons over New York Knicks
303. Miami Heat over Atlanta Hawks
304. Toronto Raptors over Memphis Grizzlies
305. Los Angeles Lakers over Denver Nuggets
306. Indiana Pacers over Phoenix Suns

Order of confidence: Least to most: 304, 305, 306, 303, 302.

Phoenix screws predictions up everytime they win. So that makes me always feel that they’re due for a win.

 

[nuraman00]

You're more confident in the Lakers than I am. A lot more.

New York may be the least talented team in the league. I like the talent on even some of the bottom teams, more.

 

[MHSL82]

November 28, 2018:

307. Charlotte Hornets over Atlanta Hawks
308. Philadelphia 76ers over New York Knicks
309. Houston Rockets over Dallas Mavericks
310. Milwaukee Bucks over Chicago Bulls
311. San Antonio Spurs over Minnesota Timberwolves
312. New Orleans Pelicans over Washington Wizards
313. Oklahoma City Thunder over Cleveland Cavaliers
314. Portland Trailblazers over Orlando Magic
315. Los Angeles Clippers over Phoenix Suns
316. Utah Jazz over Brooklyn Nets

I am least confident in the former and current New Orleans teams. I am most confident in the former and current Sonics team.

 

[nuraman00]

I am least confident in the former and current New Orleans teams. I am most confident in the former and current Sonics team.

Instead of using "former", can you say which one other than New Orleans, you are least confident in? And which one other than the current SuperSonics team, you are most confident in?

 

[nuraman00]

2nd day in a row we differed in one game exactly.

 

[nuraman00]

Sometime after November ends, can you provide our W/L percentage?

And when the season ends, maybe some additional data like what team did we predict with the highest accuracy percentage, for wins?

So if we picked Washington 39 times by seasons end, and they won 38 of those times, that would probably be the highest.

And same thing, but for losses.

Then, the lowest percentage for wins. So if we picked Washington 39 times, and they won 4 times.

And same thing, but for losses.

If that's too hard, then don't worry about it.

Just the overall W/L % will be cool.

 

[MHSL82]

Sometime after November ends, can you provide our W/L percentage?

And when the season ends, maybe some additional data like what team did we predict with the highest accuracy percentage, for wins?

So if we picked Washington 39 times by seasons end, and they won 38 of those times, that would probably be the highest.

And same thing, but for losses.

Then, the lowest percentage for wins. So if we picked Washington 39 times, and they won 4 times.

And same thing, but for losses.

If that's too hard, then don't worry about it.

Just the overall W/L % will be cool.

Yes, I was meaning to update once you have enough picks to have picked 20% of the season at least.

I will do the team by team thing at the end of the year. I don’t want knowing that to influence our choices subconsciously. For example, if we have grossly under picked the Nets, I don’t want to overpick the Nets because then the “net” total would be correct, but individual games would be skewed.

 

[nuraman00]

Agree. Also, it's a lot of work, so it's best just to do it at the season's end.

 

[MHSL82]

Instead of using "former", can you say which one other than New Orleans, you are least confident in? And which one other than the current SuperSonics team, you are most confident in?

Not confident in Jazz. Don’t know anything about New Orleans. Davis misses games. They lose favored games often it SEEMS. They are good enough to win. So I don’t know what team shows up.

 

[nuraman00]

We've never had a day where we completely disagreed. You could have made it happen if you picked the Warriors.

 

[nuraman00]

Ever since 2007 (when the Raptors made the playoffs after a moderate drought), I've been disappointed at how few national TV games they get.

Actually, Jazz-Raptors was one of the few national TV games, in 2007.

They would get like one game a year.

Even in 2014+, when they had proven they were a consistent playoffs team, it was the same.

Good to see that change.

Wow, Jazz-Raptors is a national TV game on January 1st. Make sure you are ready!

Toronto Raptors 2018-19 U.S. national TV schedule | NBA.com

@MHSL82, is there a chance that you can post in a game thread, during a holiday, like New Years Day?

Or any weekend game this year (just one)?

 

[MHSL82]

Ever since 2007 (when the Raptors made the playoffs after a moderate drought), I've been disappointed at how few national TV games they get.

Actually, Jazz-Raptors was one of the few national TV games, in 2007.

They would get like one game a year.

Even in 2014+, when they had proven they were a consistent playoffs team, it was the same.

Good to see that change.

Wow, Jazz-Raptors is a national TV game on January 1st. Make sure you are ready!

Toronto Raptors 2018-19 U.S. national TV schedule | NBA.com

@MHSL82, is there a chance that you can post in a game thread, during a holiday, like New Years Day?

Or any weekend game this year (just one)?

Maybe I will be able to for those late games that start at 8:30 my time. But the holidays are the least likely time for me to post because well I don’t have work, I have family. The full extent of sports with my kids is playing or going to a game or wearing the colors or logo. Watching on TV is not something we do yet. When they get older and showing interest we will. And when we do watch together, I don’t think I will be on my phone.