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hitze
Aug 28, 2007
Give me a dollar. No, the twenty. This is gonna blow your mind...

Pacers vs Wizards - Wizards in 4
Heat vs Nets - Wizards in 4
Spurs vs Trailblazers - Wizards in 4
Thunder vs Clippers - Wizards in 4
:clint:

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The one true heezy
Mar 23, 2004
Pacers vs Wizards - Pacers in 6
Heat vs Nets - Heat in 4
Spurs vs Trailblazers - Trailblazers in 7
Thunder vs Clippers - Thunder in 6

Eastern Finalist Bonus: Indiana Pacers
Western Finalist Bonus: Portland Trailblazers
The Roy Hibbert Bonus: 10-13
The Dame Bonus: 1

Kaebora
Jul 12, 2006

Be careful of forgetfulness. Your lucky color is...blue?
Pacers v Wizards - Washington in 6
Miami v Brooklyn - Miami in 7

San Antonio v Portland - Spurs in 6
Oklahoma City vs Boats - Clippers in 7

Eastern Finalists: Miami
Western Finalists: Spurs

The Roy Hibbert Bonus: 10 - 13
The Dame Bonus: 2

anakha
Sep 16, 2009


Pacers vs Wizards: Pacers in 7
Heat vs Nets: Heat in 6
Spurs vs Trailblazers: Spurs in 7
Thunder vs Clippers: Clippers in 6

Eastern Finalist Bonus: Heat
Western Finalist Bonus: Spurs

The Roy Hibbert Bonus: 6-9
The Dame Bonus: 1

Dejan Bimble
Mar 24, 2008

we're all black friends
Plaster Town Cop
Wizards in 6
Heat in 7
Trailblazers in 6
Thunder in 6

Eastern Finalist Bonus: Miami
Western Finalist Bonus: Blazers


The Roy Hibbert Bonus: 6-9

The Dame Bonus: 2

Artic Puma
Jun 22, 2007

Chef Curry with the pot, boy!
Pacers vs Wizards - Wizards in 6
Heat vs Nets - Heat in 5
Spurs vs Trailblazers - Spurs in 5
Thunder vs Clippers - Thunder in 7

Eastern Finalist Bonus: Heat
Western Finalist Bonus: Spurs
The Roy Hibbert Bonus: 0-5
The Dame Bonus: 1

cosmic gumbo
Mar 26, 2005

IMA
  1. GRIP
  2. N
  3. SIP
Pacers vs Wizards - Wizards in 6
Heat vs Nets - Nets in 7
Spurs vs Trailblazers - Spurs in 7
Thunder vs Clippers - Clippers in 7

Eastern Finalist Bonus: Wizards
Western Finalist Bonus: Clippers
The Roy Hibbert Bonus: 6-9
The Dame Bonus: 1

Brogeoisie
Jan 12, 2005

"Look, I'm a private citizen," he said. "One thing that I don't have to do is sit here and open my kimono as it relates to how much money I make or didn't."

Vanilla Mint Ice posted:

:siren: Second round

Pacers vs Wizards - Wizards in 5
Heat vs Nets - Nets in 6
Spurs vs Trailblazers - Spurs in 7
Thunder vs Clippers - Clippers in 7

Eastern Finalist Bonus: Wizards
Western Finalist Bonus: Clippers
The Roy Hibbert Bonus: 0-5
The Dame Bonus: 0

Pacers v. Wizards - Wizards in 7
Heat v. Nets - Heat in 7
Spurs v. Trailblazers - Blazers in 6
Thunder v. Clippers - Clippers in 7

Eastern Finalist Bonus: Wizards
Western Finalist Bonus: Clippers
The Roy Hibbert Bonus: 6-9
The Dame Bonus: 1

Sandele
Oct 28, 2007
Wizards in 6
Heat in 5
Spurs in 6
Clippers in 6

Eastern Finalist Bonus: Heat
Western Finalist Bonus: Spurs
Hibbert Bonus: 6-9
Dame Bonus: 0

Edit: It was 6-9 points not 5-9 my bad

Mr. Funktastic
Dec 27, 2012

College Slice
Pacers-Wiz: Pacers in 7 (hoping the Wizards pull it off though cause gently caress the Pacers)
Heat-Nets: Heat in 6
Spurs-Blazers: Spurs in 7
Clips-Thunder: Thunder in 6

Eastern finalist: Heat
Western finalist: Thunder

The Roy Hibbert Bonus: 6-9
The Dame Bonus: 1

EvanTH
Apr 24, 2004

i like to express my inner pain by being really boring on the phone
or just when i'm kickin it
that's me though
i'm kind of oddddddd
Pacers in 5
Nets in 6
Spurs in 4
Thunder in 7

Hella:
ECF: Miami
WCF: T'Blazers

BONUS QUESTIONS are interesting because they're both lil implicit questions of how many more games each guy is gonna have
Dame Bonus: 1 if we're talking only buzzer-beating game 7 shots, 3 if it's a slightly broader definition including putting them up 4 with 10 seconds left? What is a game winner?
Hibbert Comes Alive: 6-9

Quandary
Jan 29, 2008

Politicalrancor posted:

Pacers vs Wizards - Wizards in 6
Heat vs Nets - Heat in 6
Spurs vs Trailblazers - Spurs in 5
Thunder vs Clippers - Thunder in 7

Eastern Finalist Bonus: Heat
Western Finalist Bonus: Thunder
The Roy Hibbert Bonus: 0-5
The Dame Bonus: 2

Two Damian Lillard game winners, with only only Portland win? Might need to check your math there, buddy.

Pacers vs Wizards - Pacers in 7
Heat vs Nets - Heat in 5
Spurs vs Trailblazers - Blazers in 7
Thunder vs Clippers - Thunder in 6

Eastern Finalist Bonus: Heat
Western Finalist Bonus: Trailblazers
The Roy Hibbert Bonus: 6-9
The Dame Bonus: 1

Lockback
Sep 3, 2006

All days are nights to see till I see thee; and nights bright days when dreams do show me thee.
Pacers vs Wizards - Pacers in 6
Heat vs Nets - Heat in 6
Spurs vs Trailblazers - Spurs in 7
Thunder vs Clippers - Thunder in 6

Eastern Finalist Bonus: Heat
Western Finalist Bonus: Thunder
The Roy Hibbert Bonus: 6-9
The Dame Bonus: 0

Vanilla Mint Ice
Jul 17, 2007

A raccoon is not finished when he is defeated. He is finished when he quits.

The Asian Oprah posted:

BONUS QUESTIONS are interesting because they're both lil implicit questions of how many more games each guy is gonna have
Dame Bonus: 1 if we're talking only buzzer-beating game 7 shots, 3 if it's a slightly broader definition including putting them up 4 with 10 seconds left? What is a game winner?

I'm gonna define game winners as if blazer's final field goal is both taken and made by lillard and they win.

EvanTH
Apr 24, 2004

i like to express my inner pain by being really boring on the phone
or just when i'm kickin it
that's me though
i'm kind of oddddddd

Vanilla Mint Ice posted:

I'm gonna define game winners as if blazer's final field goal is both taken and made by lillard and they win.

Game winning free throws don't count?

Either way under them conditions One is my answer, and dang it'll be a fun one.

Vanilla Mint Ice
Jul 17, 2007

A raccoon is not finished when he is defeated. He is finished when he quits.
Nope unless it's an And-One freethrow

The B_36
Jul 10, 2012

Vanilla Mint Ice posted:

I'm gonna define game winners as if blazer's final field goal is both taken and made by lillard and they win.

At the risk of sounding pedantic, but I assume it won't count as a game winner in this situation if they win by 10 right?

EvanTH
Apr 24, 2004

i like to express my inner pain by being really boring on the phone
or just when i'm kickin it
that's me though
i'm kind of oddddddd

Vanilla Mint Ice posted:

Nope unless it's an And-One freethrow

Well yes that would count as the last FG have you even read the rules?

Haha anyhow thanks for running it I wonder why MV and Declan didn't make any picks?

Vanilla Mint Ice
Jul 17, 2007

A raccoon is not finished when he is defeated. He is finished when he quits.

The B_36 posted:

At the risk of sounding pedantic, but I assume it won't count as a game winner in this situation if they win by 10 right?

Nah I'll count it as to avoid setting some arbitrary limit (should it be winning by a point? two? three?? four???) and over complicating it. If the Blazers are up 10 I doubt lillard would be making and taking the last shot.

rivetz
Sep 22, 2000


Soiled Meat

Vanilla Mint Ice posted:

:siren: Second round


Pacers vs Wizards - Wizards in 6
Heat vs Nets - Heat in 6
Spurs vs Trailblazers - Trailblazers in 7
Thunder vs Clippers - Clippers in 6

Eastern Finalist Bonus: Heat
Western Finalist Bonus: Clippers
The Roy Hibbert Bonus: 10-13
The Dame Bonus: 0

Juaguocio
Jun 5, 2005

Oh, David...
Alright, let's gaze into the crystal ball:

Wizards in 6
Heat in 4
Spurs in 6
Thunder in 7

Eastern Finalist Bonus: Heat
Western Finalist Bonus: Spurs
The Roy Hibbert Bonus: 0-5
The Dame Bonus: 0

DiscipleoftheClaw
Mar 13, 2005

Plus I gotta keep enough lettuce to support your shoe fetish.
Pacers vs Wizards - Wizards in 6
Heat vs Nets - Heat in 5
Spurs vs Trailblazers - Spurs in 5
Thunder vs Clippers - Clippers in 6

Eastern Finalist Bonus: Heat
Western Finalist Bonus: Spurs
The Roy Hibbert Bonus: 0-5
The Dame Bonus: 0

Politicalrancor
Jan 29, 2008

Quandary posted:

Two Damian Lillard game winners, with only only Portland win? Might need to check your math there, buddy.

It's called hedging your bets

nachos
Jun 27, 2004

Wario Chalmers! WAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
Pacers vs Wizards - Pacers in 7
Heat vs Nets - Heat in 6
Spurs vs Trailblazers - Spurs in 5
Thunder vs Clippers - Thunder in 5

Eastern Finalist Bonus: Heat
Western Finalist Bonus: Spurs

The Roy Hibbert Bonus: 10-13
The Dame Bonus: 0

Punkin Spunkin
Jan 1, 2010
My advanced 2013-2014 NBA season advanced advanced stats indicate that it would be a confirmation of season trends. :getin:
I believe in my dream of another Spurs-Nets finals and believe I can will it into reality.

Coaaab
Aug 6, 2006

Wish I was there...
Pacers vs Wizards - Wizards in 7
Heat vs Nets - Heat in 6
Spurs vs Trailblazers - Trailblazers in 7
Thunder vs Clippers - Clippers in 7

Eastern Finalist Bonus: Wizards
Western Finalist Bonus: Trailblazers
The Roy Hibbert Bonus: 6-9
The Dame Bonus: 3

H-Tail
Dec 18, 2005

"I'm not a crybaby"
Wizards in 6
Heat in 4
Spurs in 6
Clippers in 7

Eastern Finalist Bonus: Heat
Western Finalist Bonus: Spurs
(Worth 2 points only if you get both bonuses correct aka predicted both finalists. Worth 3 points if you picked the eastern finalist to be a team other than the Miami Heat while correctly predicting both finalists)

The Roy Hibbert Bonus: 6-9
The Dame Bonus: 2

EvanTH
Apr 24, 2004

i like to express my inner pain by being really boring on the phone
or just when i'm kickin it
that's me though
i'm kind of oddddddd

Politicalrancor posted:

It's called hedging your bets

my bet-hedgin' buddy :hfive:

Bashez
Jul 19, 2004

:10bux:

Vanilla Mint Ice posted:

Nah I'll count it as to avoid setting some arbitrary limit (should it be winning by a point? two? three?? four???) and over complicating it. If the Blazers are up 10 I doubt lillard would be making and taking the last shot.

That's the worst metric ever. Why not just make it Lillard go ahead bucket (or freethrow(s)) and Blazers win without scoring again? It's the most obvious way to read the question. Lillard putting the blazers up by 18 with 40 seconds left isn't much of a game winner.

Bashez fucked around with this message at 03:02 on May 5, 2014

The Zack
Jan 1, 2005

Pillbug
Pacers vs Wizards - Pacers in 5
Heat vs Nets - Heat in 5
Spurs vs Trailblazers - Spurs in 7
Thunder vs Clippers - Clippers in 5

Eastern Finalist Bonus: Heat
Western Finalist Bonus: Clippers
The Roy Hibbert Bonus: 6-9
The Dame Bonus: 0

Vanilla Mint Ice
Jul 17, 2007

A raccoon is not finished when he is defeated. He is finished when he quits.

Bashez posted:

That's the worst metric ever. Why not just make it Lillard go ahead bucket (or freethrow(s)) and Blazers win without scoring again? It's the most obvious way to read the question. Lillard putting the blazers up by 18 with 40 seconds left isn't much of a game winner.

How about : the last shot the blazers take is Lillard's go ahead bucket. Free throws don't count because it wouldn't even register on the Horry Scale.

Vanilla Mint Ice fucked around with this message at 03:16 on May 5, 2014

ButtWolf
Dec 30, 2004

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
Pacers vs Wizards - Wizards in 7
Heat vs Nets - Heat in 5
Spurs vs Trailblazers - Spurs in 7
Thunder vs Clippers - Thunder in 7

Eastern Finalist Bonus: Heat
Western Finalist Bonus: Thunder
The Roy Hibbert Bonus: 6-9
The Dame Bonus: 0

Rick
Feb 23, 2004
When I was 17, my father was so stupid, I didn't want to be seen with him in public. When I was 24, I was amazed at how much the old man had learned in just 7 years.
Pacers vs Wizards - Pacers in 5
Heat vs Nets - Heat in 6
Spurs vs Trailblazers - Spurs in 6
Thunder vs Clippers - Thunder in 7

Eastern Finalist Bonus: Heat
Western Finalist Bonus: Spurs
The Roy Hibbert Bonus: 6-9
The Dame Bonus: 1


Wizards don't do what the Hawks do. If they can get the Pacers to play 100 point games they can win those but they often have trouble manufacturing those themselves. Pacers will be a bit better

Nets are capable of beating the Heat a bit in the regular season, but a lot of those games were pretty close and didn't feature the best play the Heat could muster. I think the Nets might get the first one, then get the first one at home, but the Heat will probably be pretty locked in otherwise.

I think the Spurs and Trailblazers are going to have some pretty close games, but I give the edge to the Spurs because they're better at defense.

Scotty Brooks is going to get outcoached and Blake Griffin is going to have some amazing games. Unless Blake Griffin has 4 amazing games though, Westbrook and Durant will probably carry the Thunder through.

rivetz
Sep 22, 2000


Soiled Meat
EDIT: nm, missed your update

Vanilla Mint Ice posted:

How about : the last shot the blazers take is Lillard's go ahead bucket. Free throws don't count because it wouldn't even register on the Horry Scale.
Also must be accompanied by mean mug to qualify

rivetz fucked around with this message at 04:23 on May 5, 2014

Paul Zuvella
Dec 7, 2011

Pacers vs Wizards - Wizards in 6
Heat vs Nets - Heat in 5
Spurs vs Trailblazers - Spurs in 4
Thunder vs Clippers - Clippers in 7

Eastern Finalist Bonus: Heat
Western Finalist Bonus: Clippers

The Roy Hibbert Bonus: 6-9
The Dame Bonus: 0

EvanTH
Apr 24, 2004

i like to express my inner pain by being really boring on the phone
or just when i'm kickin it
that's me though
i'm kind of oddddddd

Vanilla Mint Ice posted:

How about : the last shot the blazers take is Lillard's go ahead bucket. Free throws don't count because it wouldn't even register on the Horry Scale.

Let's just agree to give it an eye test. It's pretty clear from crowd reaction when somebody wins a game.

Ramadu
Aug 25, 2004

2015 NFL MVP


Jesus christ how were we all so bad at this :lol:

Pacers vs Wizards - Wizards in 6
Heat vs Nets - Heat in 5
Spurs vs Trailblazers - Spurs in 6
Thunder vs Clippers - Clippers in 7

Eastern Finalist Bonus: Heat
Western Finalist Bonus: Spurs
The Roy Hibbert Bonus: 6-9
The Dame Bonus: 1

net work error
Feb 26, 2011

The Asian Oprah posted:

Let's just agree to give it an eye test. It's pretty clear from crowd reaction when somebody wins a game.

Was going to post this. I think we'll all have a general agreement on whether a shot counts as a game winner if/when it happens.

Blind Pineapple
Oct 27, 2010

For The Perfect Fruit 'n' Kaman

1 part gin
1 part pomegranate syrup
Fill with pineapple juice
Serve over crushed ice

College Slice
Pacers vs Wizards - Pacers (7)
Heat vs Nets - Heat (5)

Spurs vs Trailblazers - Spurs (6)
Thunder vs Clippers - Clippers (6)

Eastern Finalist Bonus: Heat
Western Finalist Bonus: Clippers

The Roy Hibbert Bonus: 6-9
The Dame Bonus: 0

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BIZORT
Jan 24, 2003

I'm hoping the second round corrects the injustice of allowing the Pacers to advance

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