Woot! Blazers back in 8th places bitches!

[julius]

Chew on that Haters!

 

[Darkwebs]

Thank you Houston for beating the Grizz tonight in OT. Woo hoo!

 

[Nikolokolus]

I'll start scoreboard watching in March, until then I don't have the energy.

 

[PapaG]

Clearly this means that LMA is more deserving of an AS bid than ZBO?

At least, that's what the resident Admin says, right?

 

[jlprk]

CoolStandings updated 15 minutes ago. We're still in 9th place. After tonight's games,

Memphis dropped from 44.4 to 43.9 wins, playoff probability from 66.5% to 58.9%.

Portland rose from to 42.7 to 43.2 wins, 42.7% to 50.9%.

http://www.coolstandings.com/basket...sn=2010&col=expw&sort=desc&run=1039&sim=s&v=c

 

[Pinwheel1]

CoolStandings updated 15 minutes ago. We're still in 9th place. After tonight's games,

Memphis dropped from 44.4 to 43.9 wins, playoff probability from 66.5% to 58.9%.

Portland rose from to 42.7 to 43.2 wins, 42.7% to 50.9%.

http://www.coolstandings.com/basket...sn=2010&col=expw&sort=desc&run=1039&sim=s&v=c

I never did quite understand that "new math " they tried to brainwash us with.

 

[jlprk]

You don't understand how they calculated those numbers?

 

[PapaG]

CoolStandings updated 15 minutes ago. We're still in 9th place. After tonight's games,

Memphis dropped from 44.4 to 43.9 wins, playoff probability from 66.5% to 58.9%.

Portland rose from to 42.7 to 43.2 wins, 42.7% to 50.9%.

http://www.coolstandings.com/basket...sn=2010&col=expw&sort=desc&run=1039&sim=s&v=c

That's fun. Meanwhile, the Blazers are .5 games ahead of the Grizz in the actual standings.

 

[jlprk]

After beating the Bulls an hour ago, we are back in (predicted) 8th place.

place..wins..team

7 46.8 Denver
8 43.6 Portland
9 43.2 Memphis

http://www.coolstandings.com/basket...sn=2010&col=expw&sort=desc&run=1041&sim=s&v=c

The red line moved up on the graph, to 55.6% chance of making the playoffs.

http://www.coolstandings.com/basketball/basketball_team.asp?sn=2010&id=POR

 

[MIXUM]

something i do very little if ever....

root for okc vs the grizz tonight

 

[jlprk]

You don't understand how they calculated those numbers?

That was a joke, but I can calculate this much. Tonight, the expected wins for Chicago were adjusted down .6, and they went up for us by .4.

That means the site had given us a 40% chance of beating them.

Edit: On second thought, it means CoolStandings had given each team 60% chance of winning, which is impossible. Other considerations must have played a part, namely: The day's performance of remaining opponents of Portland and Chicago changed the remaining Strength of Schedule for Portland and Chicago.