The 538 nerds admit they were way off

[msgkings322]

How The Warriors Are Wrecking The Rest Of The NBA — And Our Forecast Model

After two straight down years by the standards of their previous dynasty, the Golden State Warriors are making up for lost time early this season. Golden State …

fivethirtyeight.com

No model can truly see the future

But here's some numbers showing how the Ws are crushing the league so far.

 

[shopson67]

How The Warriors Are Wrecking The Rest Of The NBA — And Our Forecast Model

After two straight down years by the standards of their previous dynasty, the Golden State Warriors are making up for lost time early this season. Golden State …

fivethirtyeight.com

No model can truly see the future

But here's some numbers showing how the Ws are crushing the league so far.

Those 2 losses are odd. Grizz and Hornets?

 

[msgkings322]

Those 2 losses are odd. Grizz and Hornets?

Nobody wins every game. Regular season losses happen all the time to lesser teams. But man they got something good going. Tonight and Friday we will see just how good.

 

[msgkings322]

Those 2 losses are odd. Grizz and Hornets?

Suns started the year 1-3 with losses to the Nuggets, Blazers, and Kings(!)

 

[shopson67]

Suns started the year 1-3 with losses to the Nuggets, Blazers, and Kings(!)

Equally odd.

 

[shopson67]

Nobody wins every game. Regular season losses happen all the time to lesser teams. But man they got something good going. Tonight and Friday we will see just how good.

Not taking away from their run whatsoever. Weird to lose to those teams when you're beating everyone else is all I'm saying. Took them too lightly perhaps...

 

[msgkings322]

Equally odd.

Pretty typical of a 82 game season actually

 

[msgkings322]

Not taking away from their run whatsoever. Weird to lose to those teams when you're beating everyone else is all I'm saying. Took them too lightly perhaps...

I mean, maybe. Some nights you just miss shots and don't have it, and the other team is fired up and can't miss

 

[CitySushi]

Not taking away from their run whatsoever. Weird to lose to those teams when you're beating everyone else is all I'm saying. Took them too lightly perhaps...

Off the top of my head I think those games were incredibly poor shooting games from the Warriors. Ja also was amazing especially in that 4th quarter and they earned that win. Hornets I think they shot themselves in the foot with turnovers I think. Will have to look it up.

 

[bksballer89]

Equally odd.

how

 

[tlance]

Off the top of my head I think those games were incredibly poor shooting games from the Warriors. Ja also was amazing especially in that 4th quarter and they earned that win. Hornets I think they shot themselves in the foot with turnovers I think. Will have to look it up.

Didn’t they rest a bunch of starters against Charlotte?

Or was that somebody else?

 

[bksballer89]

Didn’t they rest a bunch of starters against Charlotte?

It was that somebody else?

They did not. That was the Detroit game

 

[shopson67]

how

You don't find it odd that the two winningest teams in the league currently have lost almost exclusively to bad/middling teams?

 

[bksballer89]

You don't find it odd that the two winningest teams in the league currently have lost almost exclusively to bad/middling teams?

Nah. Losing to avg teams happens. They weren't losing to the Rockets

 

[trojanfan12]

Nah. Losing to avg teams happens. They weren't losing to the Rockets

Yep, it's the NBA. If memory serves, a couple of pretty bad Lakers teams beat the Warriors a time or 2 during their run. In fact, I believe one of the 73 win teams 9 losses was to a pretty terrible Lakers team.

 

[Picklerick 2.0]

I mean, maybe. Some nights you just miss shots and don't have it, and the other team is fired up and can't miss

The reason they have best of 7 when it counts.