The People’s Tiebreak: Pair Of Shoes On The Line

The Basketball Jones is giving away a pair of Adidas basketball shoes to the person with the longest streak of picks during the postseason. Since we have a 3-way tie at 3, the tiebreaker begins. Each contestant will pick the winner of each game, and guess how many points they’ll win by. The difference of points between the pick and the actual score will be added up after each game, over the course of the series. The person with the smallest number will win the shoes. To game 2:

Game 2 Tiebreaker Picks
C Squared: Lakers by 4
Sports Tsar: Lakers by 2
Hawkboy: Lakers by 4

Tiebreaker Standings
1. C Squared: - (12)
2. Sports Tsar: +2 (14)
3. Hawkboy: +4 (16)

Update: BDL Live Blog. Do, do, do it.

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By Tas Melas at 3:51 pm on 06.08.2008 — Tags: Book It!

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6 Responses to “The People’s Tiebreak: Pair Of Shoes On The Line”

  1. NDEddieMac at 6:32 pm on 06.08.2008

    Ahh the intensity, this should be fun

  2. Tyrone Shoelaces at 8:24 pm on 06.08.2008

    Wasnt the Doug Collins deal done?
    Did Paxson blow another one?

    Can a professional sports coach be called Negro?

    How will be be able to say that Negro is full of shit without being a racist?

  3. david stern at 6:12 am on 06.09.2008

    As a fan of the game itself, first and foremost, Game 2 was just frustrating to watch. Yes, it’s easy to disguise one’s own Lakers-fan bias by claiming that “It doesn’t matter who’d have won, I just wish it had been fair,” while internally believing that the Lakers are always supposed to win, regardless. It’s easy to do that. And that’s what a lot of upset Lakers fans are doing.

    But it’s not so easy to disguise the black and white…

    “The free-throw desparity wasn’t as lop-sided as people are making it out to be.”

    -The Celtics shot 28 more free-throws than the Lakers. Powe had three more free-throws than the entire Laker team.

    “The reason the Lakers didn’t get to the line was because they relied too heavily on jumpshots.”

    -The Lakers actually had more points in the paint than the Celtics did.

    “The Lakers lost because they jacked up way too many shots.”

    -The Lakers had 68 field goal attempts. The Celtics had 83.

    “The Lakers lost because they couldn’t get shots to fall, while the Celtics were able to have a better shooting night.”

    -The Lakers shot 52.9%. The Celtics shot 49.4%.

    “The Lakers lost the game because they were outhustled on the glass.”

    -The Lakers had 37 rebounds. The Celtics had 36.

    “The Celtics played better team ball, making the extra pass to find open guys. The Lakers were too concerned with going one-on-one.”

    -The Lakers had 31 assists. The Celtics had 20

  4. david stern at 7:06 am on 06.09.2008

    Some of those stats are flipped.

  5. Loren at 10:43 am on 06.09.2008

    If by some, you mean almost all.

    Celtics win 37-36 on the boards
    Celtics win 31-20 on assists
    Celtics had 68 shots to the Lakers’ 83.
    Celtics shot 52% to the Lakers’ 49%

    Lakers scored more points in the paint, but remember a lot of that came in the Laker dominated first quarter (12 of the first 15 Laker points were in the paint).

    Try again next time.

  6. berto at 4:19 pm on 06.09.2008

    Boy that was unconvincing. You flipped around your last 4 points and admit that the 1st point is correct.

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