Miami Heat @ Philadelphia 76ers - 3/4 @ 7:00pm EST

Chalm Down · Post #1 » by **Chalm Down** » Fri Mar 4, 2016 2:59 am

~~I wanna be the very best, like no one ever was. To chuck 3's is our real test, to miss them is our cuuuuuurse.~~

Let's Joe. Let's have fun.

Miami Heat Starters

Philadelphia 76ers Starters
PG) Ish Smith
SG) Isaiah Canaan
SF) Robert Covington
PF) Jerami Grant
C) Nerlens Noel

Basketball stuffs:

- Overall Records
- Heat (35-26)
- 76ers (8-53)

- Last 10 Games
- Heat (6-4)
- 76ers (0-10)

- Previous Meeting(s)
- 11/21 - 76ers 91 @ Heat 96

- Offensive Rating
- Heat 102.1 (21st in league)
- 76ers 95.6 (30th in league)

- Defensive Rating
- Heat 100.2 (6th in league)
- 76ers 106.2 (24th in league)

Lucky Chalms

Tricky_Kid wrote:I bet on Miami I hope you win for $$$ perspective and also from playoffs chances for my team go heat!

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Let's Go Heat!!

goodboy · Post #2 » by **goodboy** » Fri Mar 4, 2016 3:03 am

Post #3 » by **QUIZ** » Fri Mar 4, 2016 3:05 am

Let's go Heat!!

dancing2thabeet · Post #4 » by **dancing2thabeet** » Fri Mar 4, 2016 3:10 am

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-wFKNy0MZQ[/youtube]

gom · Post #5 » by **gom** » Fri Mar 4, 2016 3:19 am

Strategic situation:

Click to see a study of our playoff race over the next two weeks and 2 days (until Saturday, Mar 19.)

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Let’s Talk About the 76ers

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First we have some intangibles with them and we saw it play out when they passed by a $1.6M paycheck (letting Udrih clear waivers), so that the Heat could not add reinforcements. People like Ethan Skolnick who posted that Pat Riley would use his relationship with Colangelo to get this done - twisting his arm until he took the money (?) - likely forgot that the 76ers own our draft pick this year and it’s getting less valuable.

We are currently ranked 9th in the NBA (22nd on Tankathon: http://www.tankathon.com/). Assuming that without adding reinforcements we could slip to 19th (new injuries whatever), but with reinforcements we might reach 24th, what would be the difference in the player drafted, using historical data.

http://www.82games.com/barzilai1.htm

(0.36/0.27) = about 33% better.

To put this in perspective let’s look at the last few drafts:

2010: Damion Jones (24th), Avery Bradley (19th)
2011: Reggie Jackson (24th), Tobias Harris (19th)
2012: Jared Cunningham (24th), Andrew Nicholson (19th)
2013: Tim Hardaway, Jr (24th), Sergey Karasev (19th)
2014: Shabazz Napier (24th), Gary Harris (19th)
2015: Tyus Jones (24th), Jerian Grant (19th)

Another study approaches the problem from expected career win shares:

http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=2740

In this case an average 19th pick has 21.5 win shares, while an average 24th pick has 17.2.

Honestly, I think the 76ers should have taken the $1.6M, but they are rolling in loot anyhow, so…

Here is our historical record with 76ers:

Heat 54-53 76ers (regular season), Playoff: Heat 4, 76ers 1

33-21 (in Miami)
21-32 (in Philadelphia)

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Bishop45 · Post #6 » by **Bishop45** » Fri Mar 4, 2016 3:20 am

Post #7 » by **MettaWorldPanda** » Fri Mar 4, 2016 3:23 am

In

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Post #8 » by **IggieCC** » Fri Mar 4, 2016 3:32 am

Post #9 » by **MettaWorldPanda** » Fri Mar 4, 2016 3:37 am

IggieCC wrote:

goodboy · Post #10 » by **goodboy** » Fri Mar 4, 2016 3:38 am

IggieCC wrote:

wtf is this LMAOOOOO

Tim_Hardawayy · Post #11 » by **Tim_Hardawayy** » Fri Mar 4, 2016 3:41 am

Chalm Down wrote:

I want to say this is NSFW.

Heat03 · Post #12 » by **Heat03** » Fri Mar 4, 2016 3:49 am

Get this win. I feel like we always have trouble with them. Hoping for another blowout.

Post #13 » by **MettaWorldPanda** » Fri Mar 4, 2016 3:56 am

Thanks for the goos nite sleep tonight OP. You're a real swell guy.

Not sure about goodboy though. I think he was prepping for the long night

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Heat03 · Post #14 » by **Heat03** » Fri Mar 4, 2016 4:09 am

These threads are making me want to download the gameboy emulator on my laptop and get some Pokemon Roms to play lol.

Post #15 » by **IggieCC** » Fri Mar 4, 2016 4:13 am

Chalm Down wrote:~~I wanna be the very best, like no one ever was. To chuck 3's is our real test, to miss them is our cuuuuuurse.~~

Chalm Down · Post #16 » by **Chalm Down** » Fri Mar 4, 2016 4:23 am

Tim_Hardawayy wrote:
Chalm Down wrote:

I want to say this is NSFW.

goodboy · Post #17 » by **goodboy** » Fri Mar 4, 2016 4:25 am

MettaWorldPanda wrote:Thanks for the goos nite sleep tonight OP. You're a real swell guy.
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Not sure about goodboy though. I think he was prepping for the long night
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Free McDonald's Coffee. Perfect for 3 am Chalm GT.

legit awake brah

heatwillbeback · Post #18 » by **heatwillbeback** » Fri Mar 4, 2016 5:06 am

I actually always feel nervous playing this team because you do not want to be the team that loses to this d league collection.

There is no advantage winning and just the prospect of having an off game and being subject to deep, deep shame.

gom · Post #19 » by **gom** » Fri Mar 4, 2016 5:22 am

Chalm Down wrote:~~I wanna be the very best, like no one ever was. To chuck 3's is our real test, to miss them is our cuuuuuurse.~~

Let's Joe. Let's have fun.

Philadelphia 76ers Starters
PG) Ish Smith
SG) Isaiah Canaan
SF) Robert Covington
PF) Jerami Grant
C) Nerlens Noel

The lineup you posted has started the last two games because of Okafor's shin injury. One interesting thing about this lineup is their propensity to chuck 3 point attempts:

vs Charlotte (33 of 85 field goal attempts from 3 points = 38.8%) (13/33 = 39.4%) (18 for 26 from FT)
vs Washington (32 of 89 field goal attempts from 3 points = 35.9%) (10/32 = 31.3%) (12 for 21 from FT)

The previous 3 games the normal starters played: Covington, Okafor, Noel, Smith, Stauskas

vs Orlando (22 of 77 field goal attempts from 3 points = 28.6%) (5/22 for 22.7%) (29 for 37 from FT)
vs Washington (25 of 82 field goal attempts from 3 points = 30.5%) (8 for 25 for 32%) (16 for 21 from FT)
vs Detroit (23 for 83 field goal attempts from 3 points = 27.7%) (7/23 for 30.4%) (18 for 26 from FT)

See? A much lower number of 3 point attempts. If Okafor plays they will shoot fewer 3s. Otherwise, it's long-range shooting season.

heatwillbeback wrote:I actually always feel nervous playing this team because you do not want to be the team that loses to this d league collection.

There is no advantage winning and just the prospect of having an off game and being subject to deep, deep shame.

It's always harder for the better team in these situations. The 76ers are already eliminated. They cannot care much about winning because it only helps the Lakers and Suns potentially improve their pick. The Lakers pick is top 3 protected or it belongs to the 76ers, so it's a double whammy. On the other hand, winning against the Heat improves their pick (as I showed in my other post.) I doubt if they are up to the task though. In the beginning of the season they actually should have been winning some games. Lately, it's been ugly though.

Umbooki · Post #20 » by **Umbooki** » Fri Mar 4, 2016 7:03 am

Y'all are doing some strange things to my childhood with those heracross gifs.

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