GT - Game 3 Round 1: Houston Rockets @ Minnesota Timberwolves 04/21/2018 7:30 CDT

Post #2 » by **Mr. E** » Sat Apr 21, 2018 9:55 pm

I'm not going to be around the screen for this one. Good luck to the Rockets and let's get this one finished early!

RaoulDuke79 · Post #3 » by **RaoulDuke79** » Sat Apr 21, 2018 11:57 pm

Go Rockets!

8-0 Astros in the 2nd inning!

Post #4 » by **jwise44** » Sun Apr 22, 2018 12:22 am

Man this game is painful to watch

Post #5 » by **TMU** » Sun Apr 22, 2018 12:25 am

Need to pick up the pace. Too slow right now.

YoungMoney23 · Post #6 » by **YoungMoney23** » Sun Apr 22, 2018 12:48 am

The T-Wolves almost seem like they dont want KAT to score...

YoungMoney23 · Post #7 » by **YoungMoney23** » Sun Apr 22, 2018 1:19 am

Ryan Anderson gives us nothing if hes not making 3's...

jetlife_ · Post #8 » by **jetlife_** » Sun Apr 22, 2018 1:36 am

Harden's got to dunk that. Put the exclamation mark on it and fire up your guys.

Edit: The open layup, not that one.

jetlife_ · Post #9 » by **jetlife_** » Sun Apr 22, 2018 1:38 am

YoungMoney23 wrote:Ryan Anderson gives us nothing if hes not making 3's...

Luc can't come back soon enough.

YoungMoney23 · Post #10 » by **YoungMoney23** » Sun Apr 22, 2018 1:39 am

jetlife_ wrote:Harden's got to dunk that. Put the exclamation mark on it and fire up your guys.

Edit: The open layup, not that one.

was about to say, that last one was a foul n a half

YoungMoney23 · Post #11 » by **YoungMoney23** » Sun Apr 22, 2018 1:43 am

You breathe on Minnesota right now and its a foul...

Post #12 » by **TMU** » Sun Apr 22, 2018 1:47 am

Wolves are hitting everything, but our defense has been abysmal.

jetlife_ · Post #13 » by **jetlife_** » Sun Apr 22, 2018 1:48 am

That's crazy. What did Harden do?

RaoulDuke79 · Post #14 » by **RaoulDuke79** » Sun Apr 22, 2018 1:50 am

Guess I made the right choice playing Division and watching the World Series Champion Astros tonight, just tuned in to the Rockets and...eww.

Saul Goodman, didn't expect a sweep. That's a good team over there, yo.

YoungMoney23 · Post #15 » by **YoungMoney23** » Sun Apr 22, 2018 1:57 am

Wolves are just red hot from deep, GG

Post #16 » by **TMU** » Sun Apr 22, 2018 2:07 am

Oh well, onto the next 2. Still not happy with how the seedings panned out. The T-Wolves are realistically a 3rd seed if it weren't for Butler's injury. Pathetic display by the Blazers AKA fake 3rd seed.

Post #17 » by **TMU** » Sun Apr 22, 2018 2:19 am

I guess when E doesn't watch the game, we lose. Reverse curse!

moofs · Post #18 » by **moofs** » Sun Apr 22, 2018 2:36 am

TMU wrote:Oh well, onto the next 2. Still not happy with how the seedings panned out. The T-Wolves are realistically a 3rd seed if it weren't for Butler's injury. Pathetic display by the Blazers AKA fake 3rd seed.

Portland should have done better in that series. They ARE the better team (by a bit).
https://www.teamrankings.com/nba/stat/average-scoring-margin

The Wolves, I mean, Butler missed 23 games, but.. so did Paul for us.

Now that I look at it, we might be THE WORST team to ever win 65 games, in terms of health.
We missed a LOT of games. I don't think the competition is particularly weak right now, either. The league seems absurdly strong right now.

Here's a question for you....
How does point differential, across all the teams in the league, correlate with league strength in a given season?
Is the league stronger if more teams are positive on PD?
Is it stronger when more teams are clumped in the middle with strong outliers?
Is it stronger when fewer teams are positive on PD?
I'm referring to "stronger" as "overall strength of competition". How many really good players are in the league? Is it harder or easier to win on any given average night?

I think it's .... you probably want 2-5 really good teams, 4-8 decent teams, and 10 or so mediocre teams, with the last 7 to 12 being punching bags who are "training camps" for future talent.

RaoulDuke79 · Post #19 » by **RaoulDuke79** » Sun Apr 22, 2018 3:21 am

TMU wrote:I guess when E doesn't watch the game, we lose. Reverse curse!

Once upon a time, if he made the thread we lose.

Then, if he didn't make the thread, we lose.

NOW, if he doesn't even watch the game, we lose.

WTF!

Post #20 » by **Mr. E** » Mon Apr 23, 2018 7:24 pm

RaoulDuke79 wrote:
TMU wrote:I guess when E doesn't watch the game, we lose. Reverse curse!

Once upon a time, if he made the thread we lose.

Then, if he didn't make the thread, we lose.

NOW, if he doesn't even watch the game, we lose.

WTF!

Beware my Power...