Sim 4 Discussions

[RaptorsGM]

Well....Got home from the Raptors game (they lost a heartbreaker), and see that my team went 3-2, just as I expected. However, I expected the losses to come as a result of my tough games against the Clippers and Hornets, but I beat the Hornets and lost to the Blazers....

Clippers 101 Raptors 88 -- Stymied by that tough defense of the Clipps. Kwame dropped 22 and 15 on Gasol. Childress did a nice job on Gordon, and Brand fouled out in 21 mintues...meaning I should have won this game. However we shot just 34.6%, which is waaaaay below average. Melo had 22, Gasol had 15 and 13....but nobody played anywhere close to their abilities.

Blazers 110 Raptors 105 -- Needed a good bounce back win, and couldn't get one. Unknown Sammy Mendez came off the Blazer bench in 14 minutes to score 11 points on 4-7 shooting including 3-4 from the arc. Gasol had 24 pts but only 6 rbs. Childress was the only double double of the night with 12 points and 14 rebounds.

Raptors 125 Cavs 109 -- Good way to get back into the win colomn, against a decent team. Vince Keogan ripped apart Childress for 47 points, but we did a decent job on every other player and got a big win. Gasol led the way with 34 and 10, Melo chipped in 25 and 9...Max had 19 points 10 assists.

Raptors 92 Knicks 84 -- There's that defense that I was getting used to seeing. Gasol led the way again with 29 and 12 (and 5 blocks). Melo had just 18 points...what a terrible sim it was for him. Shot just 2 of 14 from 3...but held the Knicks to 4-21 from beyond.

Raptors 98 Hornets 96 -- Huge win. In Yao's first game against his former team, he was held to 17 points and 4 rebounds in only 21 minutes....alot of those minutes played by backup Garcia after Swift fouled out in 16. Gasol had 23 14 and 5 to lead the way. Melo added 21 against his former team.

[HornetsGM]

How does this team go 3-4? Another sim like that and I'll have to rethink my team strategy... Ugh.

[HawksGM]

How does my team go 5-2?  I come home from a weekend in Pittsburgh and see that the Hawks go 5-2.  Everyone played their role this sim.  Am I expecting more sims like this?, no.  I think this might have been a one time thing but Charles Phelps played extremely well averaging: 18.7, 9, 3.7, 1.5.  He's been averaging roughly that for 2 sims.  His big game was 32 on Petit which I really liked.