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Nice sim.  8-0.  Earl went down for 8 games, but Bailey Snow played well in his absence (although had some TO problems).

Now with Earl and Salmons coming back and pretty much wrapping up the #1 seed, I might rest some key players.

Sixers pick fell to 8th :(

still only a half game up, and could conceivably climb back up to 6th.

wtf? i beat the clippers?!

Great sim, 4-1, only loss was a 5 pointer to the Cavs where I took the lead into the 4th.

I'm an idiot for not starting Wright earlier, he was awesome.

Moved up to 6th in the East....if I could catch 5th, I might have a shot at winning a series....but I can't beat the C's/Hornets/Nets.

Picks are now 10 and 13...two chances to get a good starter, and both lottery. Heat had a 4-1 sim which is dissapointing.

Hopefully the Sixers and Wizards can have great sims on Wednesday and jump over the heat....

So with 8 games left I am .5 back of 5th....and the Cavs have been playing poorly as of late. Raps-Bulls would make or an exciting series.

Man, the Cavs have gotta be dissapointed in their picks....they look like the will have the first pick, and then 6 non-lotto picks.

Decent 2-2 sim for the Celtics, getting demolished by the Mavs, at home no less (allowing the Mavs shooting a team record 61% & the boo birds nearly bringing the Fleet Center down), beating lowly Knicks and Hawks and losing at the Heat ...

... in experiencing the worst nightmare possible: One sim after i traded away my backup PG and the backup backup PG who goes down? Right, Billups. So Parker Kidd will get his chance far sooner then I imagined and is expected to close out the season as well as lead my troups through round 1. One thing you won't hear the Celtics do is ... WHINING. We leave that to others ...
 :wink:

Only positive: The top seed (#3 or #4) is locked up and i will have 1st round home court, so Billups will be back for game #4 on the road and the series far from over hopefully.


Otherwise a pretty boring series.
Lenard scored 31ppg on 62%, the real Thomas returned for 15/12, and the team averaged 11 steals and 9 TOs (!!!) over this sim. Only 4 games, but still ...
 :o

went 2-2. Kidd will be available on the playoffs. dang.

gotta get there first *lol*

!@#$%^&*

After all the injuries, sixer can't get back to their winning ways.

3-4 sim...not as good as expected but 5 of the games were on the road.  

Injuries continue to be a problem.  Ray Allen missed the first 2 games.  Al Jefferson went down in game 4 and is out until the playoffs...if the Spurs can climb back in.  Best hope is that 5 of last 7 games are at home.

You can have your 2nd rounder back if you rest all your starters :)

Make it my first rounder and you have a deal.   8)

A disgusting 1-4 sim, in which the offense just completely fell apart. I'm going to go with something entirely different in the last sim, maybe it will work.

Had a good sim, three games out of the division title.

worst sim, lost 3 games by 1,1 by 2, lost allllllllll, damn  :D

Time for the usual statistical breakdown.

C: Yao Ming - 38.3mpg, 33.2ppg, 14.2rpg, 3.3apg, 1.8bpg, 1.6spg, 2.2topg, (12.8FGMpg, 23.6FGApg = 54.2%) , (7.6FTMpg, 9.8FTApg = 77.6%)

---Scoring was phenomenal, but the blocks are a bit of a dissapointment this sim. As usual, the MVP puts up MVP numbers, and I have no doubt that he will be the MVP again this year.

PF: Lorenzo Wright - 32.4mpg, 12.8ppg, 10.4rpg, 0.7apg, 1bpg, 0.7spg, 0.4topg, (5FGMpg, 9.4FGApg = 53.2%) , (2.8FTMpg, 5FTApg = 56%)

---Great production, much, much better than Sampson was doing. Smart shooting, taking less than 10 shots per game and still scoring 13 points. I should have started him earlier.

Reserve C: Jamal Sampson - 11.4mpg, 5.6ppg, 3.8rpg, 1apg, 0.4bpg, 0.0spg, 0.6topg, (2FGMpg, 4.6FGApg = 43.5%) , (1.1FTMpg, 2.6FTApg = 42.3%)

---Those are some very good numbers in limited time...still poor shooting and terrible FT shooting.

Reserve PF: Jamal Del Negro - 17.6mpg, 10.2ppg, 2.4rpg, 0.0bpg, 0.7spg, 0.4topg, (4FGMpg, 7.6FGApg = 52.6%) , (2FTMpg, 2FTApg = 100%)

--Great scoring, wow. Had a 22 point game in 20 minutes off the bench, which is something else. Shooting great, keeping turnovers low. Gets killed on the boards, but still doing a grat job in small minutes.

SF: Tayshaun Prince - 27.2mpg, 6.8ppg, 3.6rpg, 2.4apg, 0.4bpg, 0.4spg, 1.0topg, (2.6FGMpg, 6FGApg = 43.3%) , (0.4FTMpg, 0.4FTApg = 100%)

--Not bad, not good. Playing pretty good defense, which is the most important thing. Call him a poor man's Battier. It is starting to look like the spot will be Longely's or JDN's if they improve at all at TC next year.

SG: Mickael Pietrus - 30mpg, 12.5ppg, 5.5rpg, 2apg, 0.5bpg, 0.0spg, 2.25topg, (4.5FGMpg, 10FGApg =45%) , (1.5FTMpg, 2.25FTApg = 66.7%)

--A good bounce back sim for Mike, with a nice 25 point, 7 rebound game thrown in there. Would still like to see at least a positive assist to turnover ration.

Reserve SF/SG: Kareem Longley - 24mpg, 5.4ppg, 3.6rpg, 1.4apg, 0.6bpg, 0.8spg, 1.0topg, (2.2FGMpg, 5.8FGApg = 37.9%) , (0.8FTMpg, 1.2FTApg = 66.7%)

--Came back down to earth a little this sim, but still providing nice numbers off the bench. Hopefully that potential proves true.

PG: Max Guiterrez - 35.2mpg, 10.4ppg, 3.4rpg, 8.4apg, 0.4bpg, 1.2spg, 2.6topg, (4.4FGMpg, 9.6FGApg = 45.8%) , (1FTMpg, 1.8FTApg = 55.6%)

--Numbers weren't so hot this sim, but a 4-1 sim kinda makes that irrelavant. Had a few great games, had a few not so great. Still very much in love with him and his A potential.

Reserve PG: Darius Perry - 28.4mpg, 4ppg, 4.2rpg, 2.6apg, 0.0bpg, 1.8spg, 1.8topg, (1.4FGMpg, 4.4FGApg = 31.8%) , (1FTMpg, 2FTApg = 50%)

--Tried to get him more time, then he goes out and shits the bed. Oh well, he ate up 52 important minutes when Mike was out for the Kings game.


Overall, thrilled with this team's performance, basically locking up a playoff spot with some big wins. I have no doubt Yao will 3 peat as MVP.

Looking ahead to tomorow's sim, play 8 games, 6 at home. Nets are a for sure loss, everything else is winnable.