AC Done - Western Conference Playoff Prediction

[Royal]

WESTERN CONFERENCE PREDCTIONS


ROUND 1

VS
Day 1: Clippers 112 Spurs 93
Day 95: Clippers 112 Spurs 93
Day 106: Clippers 104 Spurs 87
Day 108: Clippers 115 Spurs 85
Season Split: Clippers 4-0

Breakdown:The Spurs have one of the better young rosters in the league, but they over did themselves this season. Congratulations on the playoffs but Tim Duncan is just to much for whatever you plan on throwing at him. This will be done in 4.
Predictions: Clippers in 4



VS
Day 18: Nuggets 124 Mavericks 112
Day 23: Mavericks 108 Nuggets 94
Day 28: Nuggets 110 Mavericks 86
Day 108: Nuggets 112 Mavericks 111
Season Split- Nuggets 3-1

Breakdown: Jalen Rose and Paul Pierce vs Bodi and Ray Allen. ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED!? This match-up will be a dog fight, both teams match-up really well with a slight edge going to Mavs due to Jermaine Oneal. However prediction here is Mavs go up 2-1 and John Stockton returns to carry the Nuggets through.  I strongly believe the Mavs have that advantage with JO, but I'm not selling my guys short.

Predictions: Nuggets in 6



VS
Day 57: Kings 115 Warriors 87
Day 61: Warriors 114 Kings 110
Day 84: Kings 130 Warriors 115
Day 85: Warriors 130 Kings 104
Season Split- 2-2

Breakdown: The west is so lit!! Dirk and Billups might be one of if not the best PG to Big Man combo we got. The Warriors in all honesty should not stand a chance against the Clippers fire power, but the likes of the 2 mentioned above will have them competing and scratching for a upset. I think the young rookie Joe Johnson makes a huge statement and is the deciding factor for this series. Great effort by Warriors but...
Prediction: Kings in 6




VS
Day 26: Jazz 125 Grizzlies 118
Day 46: Jazz 102 Grizzlies 90
Day 113: Grizzlies 102 Jazz 90
Day 115: Grizzlies 111 Jazz 90
Season Split- Split 2-2

Breakdown: This match-up is a case of a big physical rebounding and scoring team up against a all around polished offense. To beat the defending champs in a series this season you will either need Tim Duncan or a better back court. Memphis has neither.  Grizzlies have been a great team on the back stretch and they're so close to being where they want to be, but the lack of guard play makes it almost impossible to really be the "elite" squad they are striving for. Great series will go 2-2 and than Jazz will put it away. 
Predictions: Jazz in 6






ROUND 2
VS
Day 39: Clippers 125 Jazz 107
Day 73: Jazz 112 Clippers 111
Day 97: Clippers 110 Jazz 97
Day 107: Jazz 126 Clippers 124
Season Split:  2-2

Breakdown: This match up in the 2nd round will be the only real shot at a team in the West defeating the Clippers. I feel that the Jazz has the size to battle down low, and also possess the better wings. Just like last years Western Conference Finals between these two and season split, we will see this drag out to a must see Game 7. Home team wins.
Predictions: Clippers in 7



VS
Day 33: Kings 125 Nuggets 112
Day 52: Kings 117 Nuggets 109
Day 59: Nuggets 117 Kings 72
Day 87: Nuggets 123 Kings 104
Season Split: 2-2

Breakdown: This series will be bigger than the actual 48 minutes spent on the court each game. Although he's already proven to be superior, this is the series that Stockton will step away from the game after and officially pass the torch to the great Steve Nash. It won't be a easy series and it'll most likely go to 7 games, but I just respect Nash too much. What hes doing is insane.
Predictions: Kings in 7






CONFERENCE FINALS
VS
Day 5: Clippers 126 Kings 105
Day 41: Clippers 141 Kings 129
Day 46: Kings 113 Clippers 110
Day 77: Kings 103 Clippers 101
Season Split: 2-2

Breakdown: I love what the Kings have going on in their back court for this match up. They have way more significant fire power than the Clippers, but this series is won in the paint. Tim Duncan and Larry Johnson prove to be way too big for the Kings, and win this series. I'm expecting this series to be just like the regular season, lots of points and little defense. Top two players in league collide. Its great stuff to see.
Predictions: Clippers in 5



WESTERN CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS- 

[footy]

I give you 5

[JR]

Good article

[ashes]

dang almost got them all right

[Royal]

May 28, 2020 22:24:43 GMT -8 ashes said:

dang almost got them all right

Timmy is a monster man. Id be a fool to bet against him. Best of luck tho.

[ashes]

Timmy gonna lose to Shimmy

[ashes]

[Deleted]

5. Can’t wait for our series!

[Royal]

May 29, 2020 1:39:55 GMT -8 @aaronjh said:

5. Can’t wait for our series!

Bro I don't want to be that 2 seed with the early exit, but its highly possible, you got a tough squad. Just don't go up 3-0, let me get Stockton back, and make it fun! 

[ashes]

May 29, 2020 2:49:02 GMT -8 Royal said:

May 29, 2020 1:39:55 GMT -8 @aaronjh said:

5. Can’t wait for our series!

Bro I don't want to be that 2 seed with the early exit, but its highly possible, you got a tough squad. Just don't go up 3-0, let me get Stockton back, and make it fun! 

if it makes you feel better, you're actually the 3 seed if you don't exit early

[frangie]

Clippers baby!

I was looking at how we did head to head with a lot of the playoff teams this season and it wasn’t as good as I thought given we reached 60 wins. Apparently we just didn’t really lose to bad teams.

[Nanz]

5!!!!!!!!

[Skillz]

Idk how these articles are getting a 5.

I voted 4. It should probably be a 3. It's formatted nicely, but you split the conferences in half and wrote like two sentences per matchup.

Think things generally have to be held at a higher standard to encourage higher-quality and more comprehensive articles.

When you did your GM Rankings article, I gave you a 5 since you rated the entire league.

[Deleted]

this is a 5

[Skillz]

This is 750 words, and a non-trivial % of those words come from copy and pasted scores. It's nicely formatted, but no it's not a 5.

2,000-25000 word articles are getting the same grades.

I've been giving every "one-conference" article that isn't overly in-depth a 4, since it allows GM's to game the system. Not meant to be an attack on Covid fwiw....almost made a post about this the other day to someone else.

[Deleted]

May 29, 2020 5:43:16 GMT -8 Skillz said:

This is 750 words, and a non-trivial % of those words come from copy and pasted scores. It's nicely formatted, but no it's not a 5.

2,000-25000 word articles are getting the same grades.

I've been giving every "one-conference" article that isn't overly in-depth a 4, since it allows GM's to game the system. Not meant to be an attack on Covid fwiw....almost made a post about this the other day to someone else.

Who told anyone to write 2,000 to 2,500 words and why should that be the standard for a 5? This is relevant, interesting, fun to read, and has season h2hs reported. Easy 5.

[frangie]

May 29, 2020 5:43:16 GMT -8 Skillz said:

This is 750 words, and a non-trivial % of those words come from copy and pasted scores. It's nicely formatted, but no it's not a 5.

2,000-25000 word articles are getting the same grades.

I've been giving every "one-conference" article that isn't overly in-depth a 4, since it allows GM's to game the system. Not meant to be an attack on Covid fwiw....almost made a post about this the other day to someone else.

Preach!

[frangie]

May 29, 2020 5:48:50 GMT -8 @aaronjh said:

May 29, 2020 5:43:16 GMT -8 Skillz said:

This is 750 words, and a non-trivial % of those words come from copy and pasted scores. It's nicely formatted, but no it's not a 5.

2,000-25000 word articles are getting the same grades.

I've been giving every "one-conference" article that isn't overly in-depth a 4, since it allows GM's to game the system. Not meant to be an attack on Covid fwiw....almost made a post about this the other day to someone else.

Who told anyone to write 2,000 to 2,500 words and why should that be the standard for a 5? This is relevant, interesting, fun to read, and has season h2hs reported. Easy 5.

It comes down to some people splitting things by conference and getting two articles out of the same amount of work others are putting into one

[Go Niners]

At first I was gonna vote 2 because you voted 2 on mine, then decided fuck it and give you a 5...

[Skillz]

May 29, 2020 5:48:50 GMT -8 @aaronjh said:

May 29, 2020 5:43:16 GMT -8 Skillz said:

This is 750 words, and a non-trivial % of those words come from copy and pasted scores. It's nicely formatted, but no it's not a 5.

2,000-25000 word articles are getting the same grades.

I've been giving every "one-conference" article that isn't overly in-depth a 4, since it allows GM's to game the system. Not meant to be an attack on Covid fwiw....almost made a post about this the other day to someone else.

Who told anyone to write 2,000 to 2,500 words and why should that be the standard for a 5? This is relevant, interesting, fun to read, and has season h2hs reported. Easy 5.

Clearly the league agrees with you. I will keep this standard in mind! It will mean it will take an hour worth of total work to earn the maximum 3 AC's, so it's fine by me.

[Deleted]

a non-trivial percentage of the words are indeed from season h2hs, which takes way more work than writing the same number of words would. that's the best part of the article.

[Deleted]

May 29, 2020 5:49:37 GMT -8 frangie said:

May 29, 2020 5:48:50 GMT -8 @aaronjh said:

Who told anyone to write 2,000 to 2,500 words and why should that be the standard for a 5? This is relevant, interesting, fun to read, and has season h2hs reported. Easy 5.

It comes down to some people splitting things by conference and getting two articles out of the same amount of work others are putting into one

again, get the fuck over yourself and do less work then. stop gatekeeping 5s when people do a reasonable amount of work and produce something fun. 

[Deleted]

you guys are just stiffs who need the ego flattery of 5s being reserved for your superior content. grow up!

[Skillz]

May 29, 2020 5:50:40 GMT -8 @aaronjh said:

a non-trivial percentage of the words are indeed from season h2hs, which takes way more work than writing the same number of words would. that's the best part of the article.

I never knew CTRL F and CTRL V could be of such high quality!

[Deleted]

May 29, 2020 5:50:24 GMT -8 Skillz said:

May 29, 2020 5:48:50 GMT -8 @aaronjh said:

Who told anyone to write 2,000 to 2,500 words and why should that be the standard for a 5? This is relevant, interesting, fun to read, and has season h2hs reported. Easy 5.

Clearly the league agrees with you. I will keep this standard in mind! It will mean it will take an hour worth of total work to earn the maximum 3 AC's, so it's fine by me.

good!

[frangie]

May 29, 2020 5:51:25 GMT -8 @aaronjh said:

May 29, 2020 5:49:37 GMT -8 frangie said:

It comes down to some people splitting things by conference and getting two articles out of the same amount of work others are putting into one

again, get the fuck over yourself and do less work then. stop gatekeeping 5s when people do a reasonable amount of work and produce something fun. 

Man you really don’t like me!

[Orlando Magic Johnson]

lol what happened here

[Deleted]

We gon shock the world (by having 1 close hame)

[Skillz]

May 29, 2020 6:06:32 GMT -8 Orlando Magic Johnson said:

lol what happened here

i started it

[Deleted]

Game*