In-Season Tournament – Bulls @ Celtics – 7:30PM, Tues, Nov. 28, 2023

Post #1 » by **Parliament10** » Mon Nov 27, 2023 4:37 pm

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Previously, With The BOSTON CELTICS . . .

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Spoiler:

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Regular Season, Victory Count, 2023-24
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Victory Cigar

(5) Jayson Tatum
(4) Jaylen Brown
(2) Derrick White
(2) Kristaps Porziņģis

Ties go to the Team. – Cutoff Time, is when the Game Thread is made.
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(3) Kristaps Porziņģis
(2) Jayson Tatum
(2) Jaylen Brown
(2) Derrick White
(1) Jrue Holiday
(1) Al Horford
(1) Sam Hauser
(1) Neemis Queta

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lon3lytoaster · Post #2 » by **lon3lytoaster** » Mon Nov 27, 2023 4:38 pm

Must.. win? Glad we finally have some home games.

Post #3 » by **bisme37** » Mon Nov 27, 2023 4:43 pm

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watsonthedragon · Post #4 » by **watsonthedragon** » Mon Nov 27, 2023 4:49 pm

Will suck if we blow out Chicago by 30+ but Brooklyn loses so it doesn't matter (if I'm understanding correctly...)

lon3lytoaster · Post #5 » by **lon3lytoaster** » Mon Nov 27, 2023 4:51 pm

watsonthedragon wrote:Will suck if we blow out Chicago by 30+ but Brooklyn loses so it doesn't matter (if I'm understanding correctly...)

I honestly don't understand the wildcard situation myself.

BK_2020 · Post #6 » by **BK_2020** » Mon Nov 27, 2023 4:52 pm

Caruso audition game.

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zoyathedestroya · Post #7 » by **zoyathedestroya** » Mon Nov 27, 2023 4:53 pm

Win by 20 pts. Eyes on the real prize.

keevsnick1 · Post #8 » by **keevsnick1** » Mon Nov 27, 2023 5:02 pm

So some IST games to watch for Tuesday:

The C's can still make the tournament, but they need some things to go right. If they beat the Bulls and finish tied with the Magic at 3-1 they would lose the head to head tie breaker. But if the Nets beat the Raptors it would be a three way tie and point differential would break the tie. Currently the c's have a +0, the Magic a +22 and the Nets a +8. So to win the group the C's need the Nets to win (but ideally by a small amount), and they need to beat the Bulls by at least 23+ to have a shot.

If they don't win the group they can get in as the wildcard. The wildcard goes to the best IST record among teams that finished second in their group. So to win the wildcard the c's would need to finish with the best point differential among the 3-1 teams. Some games to watch are:

Cle (+6) vs ATL.
Mil (+39) vs Mia (+11)
NYK (+18) vs Cha
Brk (+8) vs Tor

The best outcome for the c's would be all of Cle, Mia, NYK and Brk to lose dropping all to 2-2 and which would mean the c's merely need to win and they are in. If any of those teams win the c's would need to overcome their point differential meaning they have to SMOKE chicago. Ideally by 23 or more.

So on Tuesday root for Atl and Cha for sure over Cle and NYK.

Root for Mil too, they have a +39 differential so if they LOSE to MIA and MIA wins that group due to head to head tie breaker it will be hard to overcome the Mil point differential.

Brk is more complicated, them winning is fine but ideally not by a lot. Its god for chances of winning group, bad for chances of winning wildcard.

Yes, its very complicated.

tfribs45 · Post #9 » by **tfribs45** » Mon Nov 27, 2023 5:48 pm

this in-season format is ridiculous. Epic fail if you ask me. Should be top 2 from every group then a few wildcards similar to the World Cup..... That being said, it would be nice to be the first to win it. You know the Lakeshow are going all in lol!

KamikazeK · Post #10 » by **KamikazeK** » Mon Nov 27, 2023 5:50 pm

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't it impossible for us to win the group? We can't beat Orlando in tiebreaker because Orlando beat us head-to-head.

VeryMuchWoke · Post #11 » by **VeryMuchWoke** » Mon Nov 27, 2023 5:52 pm

bisme37 wrote:

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Does anyone actually care about this ****?

Memokerobi · Post #12 » by **Memokerobi** » Mon Nov 27, 2023 6:21 pm

KamikazeK wrote:Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't it impossible for us to win the group? We can't beat Orlando in tiebreaker because Orlando beat us head-to-head.

If Brooklyn wins, its a 3-way tie with each team having one win in their head to heads so the tiebreaker becomes point differential

zoyathedestroya · Post #13 » by **zoyathedestroya** » Mon Nov 27, 2023 6:29 pm

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KillahGhostface · Post #14 » by **KillahGhostface** » Mon Nov 27, 2023 6:30 pm

Bulls are a DISASTER.

If we don’t win this game by 15+, trade all of them.

Post #15 » by **Parliament10** » Mon Nov 27, 2023 6:34 pm

zoyathedestroya wrote:

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So we're still going to be down 2 Starters for a bit.
Good thing that we have 6, huh?

zoyathedestroya · Post #16 » by **zoyathedestroya** » Mon Nov 27, 2023 6:36 pm

BK_2020 wrote:Caruso audition game.

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Caruso might be out. Didn't play against the Nets yesterday.

Post #17 » by **Parliament10** » Mon Nov 27, 2023 6:38 pm

I hope that Queta continues to play.
He just needs the experience of playing at the NBA level. No other way to gain that.

BK_2020 · Post #18 » by **BK_2020** » Mon Nov 27, 2023 6:39 pm

zoyathedestroya wrote:
BK_2020 wrote:Caruso audition game.

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Caruso might be out. Didn't play against the Nets yesterday.

I'll take as him being held out due to a pending trade.

zoyathedestroya · Post #19 » by **zoyathedestroya** » Mon Nov 27, 2023 7:41 pm

I haven't seen it mentioned anywhere, but this was Horford's 1,200th career block.

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He's two steals away from becoming only the 10th player in NBA history with 3,000+ assists, 800+ steals, and 1,200+ blocks. Add 500+ three-pointers made and it's just him, Dirk, and Cliff Robinson.

reload141 · Post #20 » by **reload141** » Mon Nov 27, 2023 7:56 pm

Don’t care about the IST and the players shouldn’t either.

Just play better.