SSBA Playoffs Prediction

[MagicGM]

btw, damn keogan averaging 47ppg.

[HeatGM]

beat the celtics...4 games to 1... i should be happy but shultz went down in the first game as emmanuel griffin went down in the first game also from there...keogan just took over the entire series....averaging 46.8ppg    bods how many days was shultz injured? can he suit up for round 2?  if shultz was available for round 2...i wont be scared with nets since we've got the season series tied...

[HornetsGM]

Wow, what a series between the Raptors and the Hornets, capped off by a game 7, 100-98 victory by the Hornets.
Some bizarre happenings in that game, with Swift/Piatowski holding Melo to 6-25 shooting, and Gadzuric getting 17 boards in just 21 minutes.

Really it was unexpected performances by Swift and Radman that allowed the Hornets to take this series.
The Hornets are relieved to get out of the 1st round alive.

[PacersGM]

great series -- marion outplayed pettit in every stats cat but it wasn´t enough
marion finished with avg. of 24points 11reb and 3 stls and 1blk while holding pettit under 40% shooting from the field and 30% from 3... 

my point guards played lincoln at least even with the surprise play of nate who scored an avg. of more than 8 in less than 15 mins... again lincoln couldn´t shoot at all almost the same % like pettit and snow was even under 20%

Artest lost the rebound battle with mike but played him even in every other cat. Kobe and battier i would say pretty even but i can´t understand how kobe couldn´t get a FT the whole series 

boozer had big troubles with sammy even i won some cat in scoring and rebounding ... boozers bad % at C might have been the difference

And now to the MVP of this series.. congrats to Emeka for holding my best player under his season avg. and outscoring him enough to be the difference.

I am very proud of my team which battled the defending champion to a full series.

[CelticsGM]

 
this is probably the most depressing series i ever had, easily topping the Cavs debacle from 2 seasons ago. Not that it caught me by complete surprise since I knew it would be a hard fought contest, but it seems like everything that could possibly go wrong did.

First I lose my starting PF and major aquisition Griffin for the series after 9 minutes in game 1 (hey he's not injured anymore so he probably only went down for 6 days or so ... all this after missing 10 games total in his 8 year career !!!!)

Then, I lose the first home game in OT.

Then, and this is the worst, freaking Shultz went down. Unbelievable, of all possible injuries that can happen it's THE one that kills my game plan. I'll explain later.

And fittingly I lose game 4 on the road by 2 and game 5 at home by 3. just perfect.



Now the "Shultz factor": During the season Lenard had lots of fun with Bertram, scoring 32ppg on 60% against his "defense". Out goes Shultz, in comes Holton, one of the few defenders causing problems to Antonio. Big defender and shot blocker. For the rest of the series Lenard gets 22ppg on 45% shooting. But thats not all. Shultz' got 17 shot attemps per during the season and Keogan 23. So what happens now? With the no-offense Holton Keogans attempts climb to 32 per game (after 25 in game 1) and his scoring output goes from 35ppg in the reg season to 49ppg for game 2-5.
Guess it's save to say this injury decided the series in favor of the Heat ...


At least this now ends my speculations if i had enough to beat the Nets in a series, which i believe I do. Try again next year.
 

[KingsGM-old]

Ooops, sweep! The only one in the entire round.

This was just classic melting of the opponent. Won the series by a average 20pts. Blazers never had a chance.

Up next, Warriors again in a classic 2nd round showdown.

[KingsGM-old]

Oh shit. God damn. Igoudala to miss the first 2 games. Damn!

[KingsGM-old]

Talking about experienced cats, Tracy and Duncan both lifted their perfomance like crazy

Mcgrady 3rd scorer of the league with 33ppg
Duncan 4th with 31ppg

Mike Bibby 10apg holds 6th place and Booth with 3.5bpg at #5.

Great job by the vets.

If it wasn't for the strange letdown in last sim i'd be playin Grizzlies now instead of the Warriors, but oh well..

[KingsGM-old]

Game 1

109-99. Duncan 31pts, 8rebs. Mcgrady 21pts, 7as, 6rebs. Igoudala 19pts, 10rebs 7as. Bibby 16pts, 7as, 7rebs. The Big 4 delivers a W

Game 2

118-91. Mcgrady 44pts, 7as, 5rebs. Duncan 28pts, 8rebs. Igoudala 22pts, 6as, 9rebs and Bibby 11pts, 12as.

Game 3

84-60. What a defense. Held them to 28% from the field! Duncan led the way with 33pts and 16rebs. Booth woth monstrous 8blocks and 16rebs performance.

Game 4

114-97. Mcgrady exploded for 50pts, Duncan with 31pts, 13rebs and Bibby with 10pts, 14as, 6rebs.

[GoldenStateGM]

Wow, great (and scary) series, Mavs....
Awesome for fans of basketabll, with such high scoring games.

Not quite sure what happeend to my team's defense in those three losses, but what a greats series.

And Dirk, to end the series, shows his leadership, going for 51 points in the final game, to win the series.

And now, sigh, the Kings...  The one team in the West that gives the Warriors problems, with their overpowering rebounding. 2-2 during the regular season, but Andre is out for 4 days.  Should be a good series.

A series that defines the future of the Warriors franchise, to be honest...

[MavsGM]

My team shown a lot of heart cameback from 0-3 to even it up to 3-3.  Went out of gas in the third quarter of game 7.  We will be back.

[KingsGM-old]

And now, sigh, the Kings... 

I have a feeling you'll finally end the skid. Just a bad huntch.

[KingsGM-old]

Damn you Iggy!

[GoldenStateGM]

 

I have a feeling you'll finally end the skid. Just a bad huntch.

It may be the Iggy loss that is they key...
Should be a great a series.

However, if the Warriors lose, the rebuild will commence.
That is how important this series is for the squad.

[KingsGM-old]

This is probably my last playoff regardless of the outcome.