2023 NBA Playoff/Playin Prediction Game!

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DC Murderverse: Nov 10, 2016; "Tell that to Zod's snapped neck!"

Heat in 7
Nuggets in 5

Nuggets
Celtics
Tatum

# ? May 16, 2023 00:57

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# ? May 3, 2024 02:38

RCarr: Dec 24, 2007

What were the answers to last rounds bonus questions?

# ? May 16, 2023 03:57

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

RCarr posted:

What were the answers to last rounds bonus questions?

Not official, but probably correct

1. No ejections, unless I missed one in the last Sixers/Celtics game I was half watching at work (Schroeder was close, but that was 2 techs)

2. Brunson easily led all non-AS scorers (if not everyone)

3. Suns/Nuggets had the highest scoring game (254 in Game 4)

4. Jokic had triple doubles in 4 of the 6 games

# ? May 16, 2023 04:29

DeimosRising: Oct 17, 2005; �Hola SEA!

Blind Pineapple posted:

4. Jokic had triple doubles in 4 of the 6 games

unreal

# ? May 16, 2023 04:47

Lockback: Sep 3, 2006; All days are nights to see till I see thee; and nights bright days when dreams do show me thee.

RCarr posted:

What were the answers to last rounds bonus questions?

Blind Pineapple posted:

Not official, but probably correct

1. No ejections, unless I missed one in the last Sixers/Celtics game I was half watching at work (Schroeder was close, but that was 2 techs)

2. Brunson easily led all non-AS scorers (if not everyone)

3. Suns/Nuggets had the highest scoring game (254 in Game 4)

4. Jokic had triple doubles in 4 of the 6 games

Yeah this is what I had but I need to double check #3. I'll wait until the 2nd round starts to post scores.

# ? May 16, 2023 05:10

Salvor_Hardin: Sep 13, 2005; I want to go protest.; Nap Ghost

Blind Pineapple posted:

Not official, but probably correct

1. No ejections, unless I missed one in the last Sixers/Celtics game I was half watching at work (Schroeder was close, but that was 2 techs)

2. Brunson easily led all non-AS scorers (if not everyone)

3. Suns/Nuggets had the highest scoring game (254 in Game 4)

4. Jokic had triple doubles in 4 of the 6 games

Niang should have been ejected in Game 7 but no one would have guessed that

# ? May 16, 2023 05:13

DMCrimson: Jan 2, 2005; Nap Ghost

Celtics in 6
Denver in 6

1. Denver
2. Denver
3. Jimmy Butler

# ? May 16, 2023 10:08

Giggs: Jan 4, 2013; mama huhu

EAST
Celtics in 6

WEST
Nuggets in 6

BONUS
Heat
Celtics
Tatum

# ? May 16, 2023 16:42

Lockback: Sep 3, 2006; All days are nights to see till I see thee; and nights bright days when dreams do show me thee.

I should really do a question next year on coach firings.

# ? May 16, 2023 16:45

pyrotek: May 21, 2004

Celtics in 5
Lakers in 6

1. Celtics
2. Celtics
3. Tatum

# ? May 16, 2023 17:06

Shrimp or Shrimps: Feb 14, 2012

Celtics in 6
Nuggets 6
Assist per game average: Nuggets
Blowout: Celtics
Score more: Jamal Murray

# ? May 17, 2023 01:38

Vox Nihili: May 28, 2008

Celtics in 6
Nuggets in 5

1) Which Team will have the highest assist per game average? (2pts) Nuggets

2) Which team will have the single biggest blowout win? (2pts) Celtics

3) Who will score the most total points in the Conference Finals? (pick one player OR you can pick "The Field". You don't need to specify any particular player for the field) Jamal Murray

# ? May 17, 2023 01:51

DJ_Mindboggler: Nov 21, 2013

Heat in 7

Nuggets in 6

1) Which Team will have the highest assist per game average? (2pts) Nuggets

2) Which team will have the single biggest blowout win? (2pts) Celtics

3) Who will score the most total points in the Conference Finals? (pick one player OR you can pick "The Field". You don't need to specify any particular player for the field) Jayson Tatum

Sorry if I'm late, please assign the appropriate penalty if so.

# ? May 17, 2023 04:26

Lockback: Sep 3, 2006; All days are nights to see till I see thee; and nights bright days when dreams do show me thee.

I'll allow but no more adds or edits.

# ? May 17, 2023 04:31

Lockback: Sep 3, 2006; All days are nights to see till I see thee; and nights bright days when dreams do show me thee.

Score boards!

Answer key

pre:

2nd Round (2/2)
Miami in 6 
Celtics in 7
Denver in 6
Lakers in 6

F -1pt
Brunson +3
Nuggets/Suns +2
T +1

And our current Leaderboard

pre:

	playin	Round1	Round 2	Conf Finals	Finals	Total
Blind Pineapple	1	12	17			30
BoonyPC	3	10	16			29
Veryslightlymad	3	12	14			29
BWV	1	8	19			28
Dejan Bimble	2	13	13			28
Rick	6	7	14			27
The Ninth Layer	3	10	14			27
fart simpson	4	10	13			27
Jack's Flow	4	11	12			27
Chronicles	2	9	15			26
DeimosRising	2	7	16			25
Spacebump	2	9	14			25
Bismack Billabongo	5	8	12			25
DJ_Mindboggler	4	10	11			25
Nystral	3	12	10			25
Pyrotek	3	12	10			25
rjmccall	5	10	10			25
Kalensc	2	9	13			24
Chicken Medium	4	10	10			24
KurdtLives	2	7	14			23
de curry Goat		10	13			23
Isentropy		10	13			23
kingcobweb	4	9	10			23
Cavauro	3	9	10			22
DC Murderverse	2	10	10			22
IcePhoenix	2	10	10			22
Aye Doc	3	10	9			22
Eratik	3	11	8			22
Giggs	4	6	11			21
MalarkeyToboggan	2	9	10			21
Porfiriato	4	10	7			21
Coaaab	5	10	6			21
Chairchucker	3	6	11			20
Mr. F!		13	7			20
TDepressionEarl	4	10	6			20
aBagorn		11	8			19
Temple	5	9	5			19
DMCrimson	3		15			18
Metapod	4	4	10			18
Shrimp or Shrimps	0	9	8			17
Rcarr	1	8	7			16
Vox Nihili	0	9	7			16
Lockback	3	8	5			16
Telluric Whistler	3	11				14
Salvador_Hardin	5		8			13
feller	3	9				12
Stevie Lee	3	4	4			11
Rivetz	2	9				11
xbilkis	0	7	2			9
The Glumslinger		9				9
Dynamite Dog		8				8
GenericMartini	5					5
Traxis	5					5
Harlock	4					4
Algund Eenboom	3					3
meefistopheles	3					3
OzFactor	3					3
The Puppy Bowl	3					3
stagger_lee	2					2

# ? May 19, 2023 19:20

Lockback: Sep 3, 2006; All days are nights to see till I see thee; and nights bright days when dreams do show me thee.

Round 2 had a lot more points in general as the outcomes and game #s were a little easier to predict (more people in general predict 6 or 7 games). Some monster round totals from BWV and Blin Pineapple rocketed them up the leaderboard.

Xbilkis getting a 2 in the 2nd round to go along with his 0 in the playin is also an impressive attempt to shoot the moon, though Stevie Lee is right, behind/above?, him getting another 4.

# ? May 19, 2023 19:23

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.

Lmao I might lose because of my OKC in 3 joke. I feel like I deserve that based on the drama I caused in the playin.

# ? May 19, 2023 19:36

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

3 dead-eye series calls in the second round is pretty cool. I am worried my lack of faith in the Nuggets will be my downfall, though.

# ? May 19, 2023 20:21

Veryslightlymad: Jun 3, 2007; I fight with
my brain
and with an
underlying
hatred of the
Erebonian
Noble Faction

NGL, it'd be pretty cool if someone else choked this time.

Seriously impressive round 2, man.

# ? May 19, 2023 21:42

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.

E: wrong thread

Rick fucked around with this message at 01:44 on May 20, 2023

# ? May 20, 2023 01:38

Chairchucker: Nov 14, 2006; to ride eternal, shiny and chrome

THUNDERDOME LOSER 2022

I'm doing pretty poorly, but tipping with my heart seems like it might be going OK this round.

# ? May 20, 2023 10:08

Aye Doc: Jul 19, 2007

big ups to TDepressionearl for being the only other person who knew the Heat were going to come out and stomp a hole through the Celtics' faces in at least one of these games

# ? May 22, 2023 03:52

Lockback: Sep 3, 2006; All days are nights to see till I see thee; and nights bright days when dreams do show me thee.

On bonus questions, Nuggets have a solid lead in assists that I imagine will hold out. Lakers weren't far behind though.

Miami has the 26 point win and I suspect that will hold.

Jamal Murray leads scorers right now. Tatum and Butler are behind but a huge game (or two!) could change things.

# ? May 23, 2023 17:12

TDepressionEarl: Oct 28, 2010; I'm trying to win the World Cup
but I'm dummy thicc
and the clap of my ass cheeks
keeps playing Argentina onside

Aye Doc posted:

big ups to TDepressionearl for being the only other person who knew the Heat were going to come out and stomp a hole through the Celtics' faces in at least one of these games

Chairchucker posted:

I'm doing pretty poorly, but tipping with my heart seems like it might be going OK this round.

see tipping with my heart would have got me closer overall. my idiot brain said no way any of these four teams lose both their initial home games.

# ? May 23, 2023 17:52

Lockback: Sep 3, 2006; All days are nights to see till I see thee; and nights bright days when dreams do show me thee.

THE NBA PREDICTION FINALS

Picking the winner gives you 5 points. Guess the # of games is 2.

The Denver Nuggets
vs
The Miami Heat

Bonus:

Jokic Triple Double Push Your Luck: Guess how many TDs he'll get, and you get as many points as that number as long as he gets AT LEAST that many. If you guess over, you get 0.
So if he gets 3 TDs, people who guess 1 get 1 point, 2 get 2 points 3 get 3, people who guess 4 and over get 0.

There will be more games decided by 8 or more points than 7 or fewer T/F (2pts)

Finals MVP (Jokic 2pts; Murray, Butler 4pts; the Field 5 pts)

Edit: Will take entries up until Tip Off, Thursday June 1st

Lockback fucked around with this message at 13:42 on May 30, 2023

# ? May 30, 2023 04:16

Aye Doc: Jul 19, 2007

Heat in 6
3 triple doubles for Jokic
True
Butler

# ? May 30, 2023 04:18

Spacebump: Dec 24, 2003; Dallas Mavericks: Generations

Lockback posted:

THE NBA PREDICTION FINALS

Picking the winner gives you 5 points. Guess the # of games is 2.

The Denver Nuggets
vs
The Miami Heat

Bonus:

Jokic Triple Double Push Your Luck: Guess how many TDs he'll get, and you get as many points as that number as long as he gets AT LEAST that many. If you guess over, you get 0.
So if he gets 3 TDs, people who guess 1 get 1 point, 2 get 2 points 3 get 3, people who guess 4 and over get 0.

There will be more games decided by 8 or more points than 7 or fewer T/F (2pts)

Finals MVP (Jokic 2pts; Murray, Butler 4pts; the Field 5 pts)

Nuggets in 5
3 triple doubles.
True.
Jokic.

# ? May 30, 2023 04:25

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.

Heat in 6.
2 triple doubles
False
Butler

# ? May 30, 2023 04:27