ESPN New Playoff Sim!

[Bosco]

http://espn.go.com/nba/playoffs/predictions

Def worth 2 min of clickin'

 

[hasoos]

I love how no matter what, it picks Dallas to beat Portland even though they haven't beat Portland once this year.

 

[D-Rock]

Yeah, Portland never makes it out of the second round for me with any of the prefilled rankings. Lame.

 

[Wheels]

Blazers beat Dallas on my 1st try lol.

 

[BGrantFan]

I love how no matter what, it picks Dallas to beat Portland even though they haven't beat Portland once this year.

I finally got Portland to beat Dallas. Of course, we lost to the Thunder in the next round.

 

[Wheels]

OH snap we are now in the WCF vs the Lakers!!! Just took the Jazz out of the 2nd round!

 

[EGame]

Yeah, Portland never makes it out of the second round for me with any of the prefilled rankings. Lame.

I was able to get it to the conference finals on my first try, but then we lost to Phoenix. Grr.

 

[Wheels]

F you Lakers.. knocking us out!

 

[Minstrel]

On my first try, Portland upset Utah (22% chance of winning that series, or something) and then lost to Dallas in the second round. On that try, Milwaukee upset Atlanta in the first round.

On my second try, Portland lost to Dallas in the first round (used Hollinger's playoff odds to set bracket first time and AccuScore the second time). More amusingly, Milwaukee upset the Hawks in round 1, the Magic in round 2 and the Celtics in round 3 (Celts had upset Cleveland). However, their random number generator magic ran out as they lost to the Lakers in the Finals.

Watch out for the Bucks!

 

[Wheels]

F-in Thunder

 

[Wheels]

Oh crap the Thunder just beat the CAVS.. HONK HONK!!!!!

 

[Cake]

I wish there was a way to re-simulate with our current roster. I think our chances a much better now than they were without Camby.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

I love how no matter what, it picks Dallas to beat Portland even though they haven't beat Portland once this year.

Actually, it has us as an underdog against any playoff team. I put us against OKC in the 4-5, and it said OKC would win 2/3 of the time. It has us as even bigger underdogs against SA.

Of course, it's easy to get us into the finals, if you do custom fill with the bottom 8 teams...

 

[Wheels]

I am now convinced folks... I cant get us past the WCF.. this just isnt our year. Time to let it Bake.

 

[Mediocre Man]

LOL first try and Portland made it to the finals and lost to Orlando

 

[Wheels]

LOL first try and Portland made it to the finals and lost to Orlando

nice. Did you run into San Antonio in the WCF or something?

 

[hasoos]

I wonder if this thing actually randomizes every posession and calculates it all out. Interesting fun.

 

[Eastoff]

I wonder if this thing actually randomizes every posession and calculates it all out. Interesting fun.

I think the odds of each team vs each other are already calculated. But that is all, i doubt it does details, just por vs X is n% and then randoms for 1-100 of a number and if number is less than n... blah blah something like that.

 

[Pritchslap Madness]

LOL first try and Portland made it to the finals and lost to Orlando

Same! Blazers Beat Utah then Dallas then Lakers.

 

[hasoos]

Well I hate to say it, but this simulation is totally bunk. There is no way after all the bullshit this team has suffered through this season, that if they went to the finals they would lose.

 

[NathanB]

Finally got Portland to win the championship. We beat Dallas then Oklahoma then San Antonio and we beat Orlando to win the finals. On my first try Blazers made it all the way to the western conference finals.

 

[THE HCP]

1 try and we got the the Western semi's and lost to the Sonics!

 

[Minstrel]

1 try and we got the the Western semi's and lost to the Sonics!

Payton and Kemp are too tough, really.

 

[hasoos]

Payton and Kemp are too tough, really.

I think we can still sign Dikembe Mutombo to help take them on! He took them out once, he can take them out again!!!

 

[rocketeer]

portland only have a 22% chance to beat dallas and some other % in the 20s to beat utah kinda kills the thing. those percentages are way off.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

The Utah Jazz just beat the Cavs to win the Championship twice out of five times for me. Dear God, that would end the NBA.

 

[hasoos]

portland only have a 22% chance to beat dallas and some other % in the 20s to beat utah kinda kills the thing. those percentages are way off.

Well considering Portland has beat Utah 0% of the time this season, and Dallas 100% of the time this season, I think they have some adjustments to make.

I would point out that the last team to sweep Dallas in the regular season (Golden State) also took them out in the playoffs quite handily.

 

[RISE WITH IT]

ESPN simulations are dumb. They let me down when the draft simulation said the blazers would take Chase Budinger! Damn!

 

[RISE WITH IT]

OMG, OKC just won the championship. This thing is dead to me.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

ESPN simulations are dumb. They let me down when the draft simulation said the blazers would take Chase Budinger! Damn!

I remember the day of the lotto in 2006... the simulator was going nuts for me, giving us the #1 pick 5 times out of 10 a few minutes before the lotto show came on TV. Happened for some others too, as I recall. We all were laughing on the board "wouldn't it be cool if..."

I still love THE big guy and he WILL return.