Sim Pick'em - 2006-7 Season - Sim 9 (3/1-3/15)

[TheSyndicate]

Atlantic- Coltsguy
Central- PaulyP
Midwest- FearTheBrow
Pacific- BowToTheBill

The Bets:
3/1 - Rockets @ Clippers - Pick'em
3/2 - T-Wolves @ Mavs (-3)
3/3 - Pacers @ Bucks (-11)
3/4 - Kings (-12) @ Warriors - or you can bet Warriors to win at 4/1 odds
3/5 - Magic @ Rockets (-5)
3/8 - Celtics @ Hornets - pick'em
3/9 - Lakers @ Wiz - More points: Lewis (-8) or Kobe (+8)
3/10 - Hawks @ Bulls - combined FG% o/u .490
3/12 - Nuggets @ Bucks - Stephen Jackson points or Dwyane Wade points+boards?


At the end of this sim, how long will the longest active winning streak be?
10+ - 2/1
7-9 - 2/1
7> - 2/1

[coltsguy510]

150$ 3/3 - Pacers @ Bucks (-11) - Bucks won at home by 20 last time these two played and have improved team since.
250$ 3/5 - Magic @ Rockets (-5) - Magic are ass and are playing on the road, the Rockets take the W.
250$ 3/8 - Celtics @ Hornets - pick'em - Hornets have played well since Trade Deadline and Celtics aren't amazing on the road.
150$ 3/9 - Lakers @ Wiz - More points: Lewis (-8) or Kobe (+8) - Shard is just too damn good.
200$ 3/10 - Hawks @ Bulls - combined FG% o/u 490 - Neither team averages or allows 49% from the field so im going with the averages.

[fearthebrow]

$1000 - 3/9 - Lakers @ Wiz - More points: Lewis (-8) or Kobe (+8)... Kobe is good, and the Lakers are a tough out, but Lewis is the top scorer in game and averages about 12 more points per game than Kobe. Lewis takes this one.

[Bowtothebill23]

$1050 At the end of this sim, how long will the longest active winning streak be?
7-9 - 2/1

I do this knowing good and well I'll probably be wrong, and lose all this money. BUT, the Pacific is so far behind, we need a couple of miracles to be able to catch up. So here's to trying to get the ball rolling. Of teams with a winning record, only the Nuggets and Hornets have long enough winning streaks and enough games this sim to be able to reach 10+ wins. But both teams have schedules that feature at least 2 road games against teams in the top 5 of their conference right now. When looking at the 7-9 win streak, I see the Celtics, Bucks, 76ers, Kings, Wolves, and Mavs as teams who are good enough and with easy enough schedules to possibly have an undefeated sim. For some of these teams that have 8 or 9 game sims, they could even drop the first game and still win out. There's always the small possibility of some other team I haven't looked at catching some breaks and hitting 7. I just see 6 good teams who have a chance, and I'm hoping one of them can hit.

[WigNosy]

In for Central if Pauly doesn't get it in.

3/1 - Rockets @ Clippers - Pick'em - $100 REASON: Clippers are bad offensively and the Rockets still have enough offense in them to win.
3/5 - Magic @ Rockets (-5) - $100 REASON: The Magic were bad BEFORE trading away Miller.
3/10 - Hawks @ Bulls - combined FG% o/u .490 - $100 REASON: These teams are bad defensively. Problem is they're worse offensively.

At the end of this sim, how long will the longest active winning streak be?
10+ - 2/1
7-9 - 2/1
7> - 2/1 - $200
REASON: Only the Nuggets have a current win streak longer than 3 games - even a perfect sim won't make most teams get a streak of 7, and I don't think the Nuggets have a perfect sim, so they'll lose their streak too.

Put the other $500 in the bank (i.e., not betting it) - if that's not allowed, double all the above bets.

[TheSyndicate]

Midwest - FTB - Total $2050
Starting $1000
+$1000 Rashard over Kobe
+$50 - Writeup

Atlantic - ColtsGuy - Total $1550
Starting $1000
+$150 - Bucks over Pacers
+$250 - Rockets over Magic
-$250 - Celtics over Hornets
+$150 - Rashard over Kobe
+$200 - Hawks/Bulls under 49%
+$50 - writeup

Central - WigNosy - Total $950
Starting $1000
-$100 - Clips over Rockets
+$100 - Rockets over Magic
-$200 - Win Streak under 7
+$100 - Hawks/Bulls under 49%
+$50 - write-up

Pacific - BowToTheBill - Total $0
Starting $1000
-$1050 - Win streak between 7-9
+$50 - Writeup