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Telcontar
Profile Joined May 2010
United Kingdom16710 Posts
May 25 2012 01:00 GMT
#2781
Sexy hook. Kareem would approve.
Et Eärello Endorenna utúlien. Sinome maruvan ar Hildinyar tenn' Ambar-metta.
Aerisky
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
United States12129 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-05-25 01:09:54
May 25 2012 01:04 GMT
#2782
So many straight-up runs, no back-and-forth in this game x__x

now we have some

ugh wow potential for an awesome play but lebron misses it blehhhh
Jim while Johnny had had had had had had had; had had had had the better effect on the teacher.
Telcontar
Profile Joined May 2010
United Kingdom16710 Posts
May 25 2012 01:10 GMT
#2783
Uh oh....... hope he's not badly injured.
Et Eärello Endorenna utúlien. Sinome maruvan ar Hildinyar tenn' Ambar-metta.
Aerisky
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
United States12129 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-05-25 01:16:31
May 25 2012 01:15 GMT
#2784
lol, after the indy 500 racer dude(?), one of the commentators: "I don't get how they drive so fast without crashing" derp

damn, behind at the half even after Wade's insane performance. Hope we can have another big 3rd ><
Jim while Johnny had had had had had had had; had had had had the better effect on the teacher.
justinpal
Profile Joined September 2010
United States3810 Posts
May 25 2012 01:16 GMT
#2785
Rofl, David West ignoring all those little Pacer fans.
Never make a hydralisk.
RowdierBob
Profile Blog Joined May 2003
Australia13536 Posts
May 25 2012 01:18 GMT
#2786
The +/- of the Pacers starters is amazing yet they're only up by 2.
"Terrans are pretty much space-Australians" - H
andrewlt
Profile Joined August 2009
United States7702 Posts
May 25 2012 01:19 GMT
#2787
LOL, he just overran that play.
Elvedeta
Profile Joined November 2010
Portugal395 Posts
May 25 2012 01:22 GMT
#2788
On May 25 2012 10:18 RowdierBob wrote:
The +/- of the Pacers starters is amazing yet they're only up by 2.


If Wade wasn't on fire today, the pacers would have a really good lead.
justinpal
Profile Joined September 2010
United States3810 Posts
May 25 2012 01:23 GMT
#2789
Yeah, amazing that Wade is playing like he is and the Pacers are still ahead.
Never make a hydralisk.
Bonzinator
Profile Joined February 2011
Slovenia862 Posts
May 25 2012 01:24 GMT
#2790
On May 25 2012 10:22 Elvedeta wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 25 2012 10:18 RowdierBob wrote:
The +/- of the Pacers starters is amazing yet they're only up by 2.


If Wade wasn't on fire today, the pacers would have a really good lead.


If the Pacers players wouldn't have amazing +/-, Heat would have a nice lead.
Aerisky
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
United States12129 Posts
May 25 2012 01:26 GMT
#2791
Wait, what is +/- again anyway? Is it the point differential for your team while you're on the court? (e.g. if you're on the court for a certain amount of time, and during that time your team scores 10 and the other team scores 5, you have +5)
Jim while Johnny had had had had had had had; had had had had the better effect on the teacher.
Ace
Profile Blog Joined October 2002
United States16096 Posts
May 25 2012 01:29 GMT
#2792
People complaining about Indiana not feeding the bigs more: They get tired and Miami's D is making it difficult to get a solid entry pass in every time.

Math me up, scumboi. - Acrofales
Chunhyang
Profile Joined December 2011
Bangladesh1389 Posts
May 25 2012 01:33 GMT
#2793
On May 25 2012 07:14 slyboogie wrote:
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On May 24 2012 19:34 Ace wrote:
On May 24 2012 15:00 slyboogie wrote:
On May 24 2012 13:29 Chunhyang wrote:
Point differential, the most accurate indicator of playoff success, has Philly pretty high up. 4th iirc. They're better than their record dictates.


Is that true? Do you have an article or something on that? That would be very interesting to read because I, initially, don't believe it. But I haven't done any research.


He's somewhat right. Point Differential for the regular season says how strong your team is overall in relation to the league. Super teams usually have a monster PD + a decent record. Philly had a massive PD going into the middle of the season, lost Hawes, then started losing a lot of games.

But once you hit the playoffs your PD (vs the entire league) can be a "false" indicator: what matters is how you matched up vs the team you are playing. You can go 0-4 vs a team, but have a PD of -1.2 vs them and the PD tells you the matchup is very close. So you wouldn't do something like say Team X has Team Y's # - look at the record! You need to see how close the games were.

This is the only thing that anyone rooting for San Antonio needs to be wary of vs OKC. They've beaten them without Manu and won 2 out of 3 but we have no idea how the matchups will go in this series. Duncan being way better than his RS self is a mega plus for SA but Durant and Westbrook being better is also a game changer.


That's exactly what I thought when I read that sentence. There's no way PD is strictly "the best indicator of playoff success." I have not doubt it tells you a team over/under-performed it's true talent or some team is due for regression. But that statement just struck me wrong.


Hi! Um, it's been in various articles. "Point Differential", you can search. Here's one from basketball prospectus: http://www.basketballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=2236

Historically speaking, point differential is where it's at when it comes to forecasting the NBA playoff bracket.


Related to something like Pythagorean wins. You can see the idea from David Berri on wages of wins blog, and I think Hollinger likes it too [if that means anything, hahaha].

Don't quote me on this, but I read somewhere that point differential is good, head to head is also good, but head-to-head point differential is best.
If you could reason with haters, there would be no haters. YGTMYFT
justinpal
Profile Joined September 2010
United States3810 Posts
May 25 2012 01:34 GMT
#2794
On May 25 2012 10:29 Ace wrote:
People complaining about Indiana not feeding the bigs more: They get tired and Miami's D is making it difficult to get a solid entry pass in every time.



Well, I think the problem is that they weren't on the floor. Miami's D can't really stop them. They are often overplaying them with the fronting and stuff.
Never make a hydralisk.
Telcontar
Profile Joined May 2010
United Kingdom16710 Posts
May 25 2012 01:35 GMT
#2795
lololol
Et Eärello Endorenna utúlien. Sinome maruvan ar Hildinyar tenn' Ambar-metta.
Bonzinator
Profile Joined February 2011
Slovenia862 Posts
May 25 2012 01:35 GMT
#2796
I liked that J from LBJ. Go get it!
Aerisky
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
United States12129 Posts
May 25 2012 01:36 GMT
#2797
On May 25 2012 10:35 Bonzinator wrote:
I liked that J from LBJ. Go get it!

Ye, smooth jumper right over his man :D
Jim while Johnny had had had had had had had; had had had had the better effect on the teacher.
Ace
Profile Blog Joined October 2002
United States16096 Posts
May 25 2012 01:37 GMT
#2798
Well thats the thing - if Miami's overplays them then they have to lob it over the top. Miami just brings the help defender to either steal the ball or swarm and force a difficult pass (Hibbert can clearly pass well though).

Pacers issue is they aren't moving the ball around to create a better angle to get the passes in. Just trying to dump the ball into the paint isn't going to work for enough time.
Math me up, scumboi. - Acrofales
Bonzinator
Profile Joined February 2011
Slovenia862 Posts
May 25 2012 01:37 GMT
#2799
On May 25 2012 10:36 Aerisky wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 25 2012 10:35 Bonzinator wrote:
I liked that J from LBJ. Go get it!

Ye, smooth jumper right over his man :D


He HAS to get it rolling. EARLY in the 3rd.
BlackJack
Profile Blog Joined June 2003
United States10574 Posts
May 25 2012 01:43 GMT
#2800
Skip Bayless is gonna have a field day tomorrow
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