Game Thread 2017 NBA Championship - Cavs vs Warriors

[PtldPlatypus]

Bad math. With 7 matchups and 2 possibilities for each, the potential outcomes are 128 (2^7). 7 possible selection options result in a 1-6 record, meaning the possibility of going 1-6 over 7 finals is 5.47%.

 

[Minstrel]

Bad math. With 7 matchups and 2 possibilities for each, the potential outcomes are 128 (2^7). 7 possible selection options result in a 1-6 record, meaning the possibility of going 1-6 over 7 finals is 5.47%.

Yeah, good catch. It appears he calculated the chances not to just go 1-7, but to go 1-7 in exactly the way SAS did.

But the point isn't the math, NERD. It's about SAS and his overall terribleness at everything.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

Yeah, good catch. It appears he calculated the chances not to just go 1-7, but to go 1-7 in exactly the way SAS did.

But the point isn't the math, NERD. It's about SAS and his overall terribleness at everything.

Proud to be a nerd.

Seriously though, that Mackowiak dude should have just stopped with his first tweet with the graphic. It was perfect in its simplicity in communicating Smith's ineptitude. He screwed it up when he tried to go next level with his misunderstanding of probability.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

This is interesting:
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive...etball/golden-state-warriors-post-season.html
It has some really cool interactive graphs.