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Post by griffin5 on May 5, 2019 13:37:52 GMT -8
IF Philly wins I think this series is over and Kawhi will most likely leave Toronto.
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Post by nuraman00 on May 5, 2019 14:13:10 GMT -8
I don't like that white "NORTH" upward shaped thing on the Raptors jerseys.
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Post by nuraman00 on May 5, 2019 15:09:39 GMT -8
Leonard hit nice shots off Gasol screens, and Green and Siakam made their FTs.
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Post by htownfan on May 5, 2019 15:10:48 GMT -8
I don't like that white "NORTH" upward shaped thing on the Raptors jerseys. Wow you really don't like it do you? You had to say it 3 times?  Never mind you deleted the other two..... |
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Post by nuraman00 on May 5, 2019 15:51:31 GMT -8
I don't like that white "NORTH" upward shaped thing on the Raptors jerseys. Wow you really don't like it do you? You had to say it 3 times? Never mind you deleted the other two.....
I kept getting server errors from Cloudflare. It looked like it wasn't being submitted.
Then, I had problems trying to delete the duplicate posts. I kept getting server errors again.
Finally an hour later, I was able to delete the duplicate posts.
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Post by nuraman00 on May 5, 2019 16:07:58 GMT -8
Seth Curry at the halftime buzzer makes it 57 - 63.
Millsap playing pretty well for Denver.
Jokic looks all right too.
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Post by mistwell on May 5, 2019 16:30:30 GMT -8
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Post by nuraman00 on May 5, 2019 17:04:08 GMT -8
Jamal Murray makes it 94 - 87, 7+ mins left.
As I said earlier, the team that loses those multiple overtime playoffs games usually wins the next game, regardless of where in the series it happened.
Even if Denver loses this, they've shown that the general trend of them being competitive, despite losing that previous game, holds true.
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Post by griffin5 on May 5, 2019 17:07:48 GMT -8
Millsap really has a great game.
Dame with a big three to cut it to 3 points
Is it just me or does Dame not get any calls in this game?
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Post by nuraman00 on May 5, 2019 17:12:35 GMT -8
I browsed through that article. I'll read it carefully another time.
I'd be more interested in a round by round breakdown, then an overall breakdown.
For example, when I weigh the impact of home court less than others, it's usually in the last two rounds of the playoffs.
In the earlier rounds, because there's usually a greater disparity in talent, then I think it matters more. Especially in the first round.
Another general observation I have is that the first four games of a series all rarely are won by the home team. I think it happens once every few years. And again, I think when it does happen, it's a lot more likely to happen in the lower rounds, than than in the later rounds.
I'll try to read the article completely by tomorrow night.
Thanks for finding it.
I'd be even more interested in a seed by seed breakdown for homecourt (with some asterisks if the worse seed had home court, like what used to happen). I think that could still be meaningful, if aggregated throughout the history of the playoffs.
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Post by nuraman00 on May 5, 2019 17:22:23 GMT -8
Portland has had no answers for Denver in the 4th.
A few stops and they could win this, but they're not doing it.
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Post by nuraman00 on May 5, 2019 17:26:13 GMT -8
I think the other thing is, are we looking at whether home teams win games, or whether the team with home court wins a series? Because I think they're two related but not exactly the same thing.
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Post by griffin5 on May 5, 2019 17:32:29 GMT -8
Dame missed some crucial freethrows at the end. Denver is up by 2 with 7 seconds left.
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Post by nuraman00 on May 5, 2019 17:34:41 GMT -8
For all the fans that hate the corporate name Moda Center, as opposed to the old Rose Garden, "Moda Magic" kind of has a nice sound to it.
And I generally don't even like alliteration, but there's definitely been some Magic in that arena after the sponsorship contract by Moda.
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Post by nuraman00 on May 5, 2019 17:35:45 GMT -8
Dame missed some crucial freethrows at the end. Denver is up by 2 with 7 seconds left. Former Portland broadcaster Bill Schonely, aka "The Schonz", has a saying. "You've got to make your free throws".
Somewhere, at the age of 89, he's agreeing.
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Never mind you deleted the other two.....
