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I'm too busy for a write-up this week (and too annoyed by how bad and twisted the schedule ended up being for me). But this season of incredible balance is in the last stretch. I want to get clarity over the possible outcomes.

As someone pointed out in the Discord, the Big 8's top 4 seeds are locked and loaded. The Orchestra will take their win at Sofuegg and end 12-10. Southpaw will sell their roster before the game and will lose to the White Walkers (finishing respectively 12-10 and 15-7). The Orchestra will have the higher PD and finish second. Splash Gang is likely to sit the starters and so they'll probably gift HPH a win. HPH will finish 11-11 with bad PD. Their position will depend on the outcome of Big Gulp @ EBW. If EBW wins, both teams end up at 10-12 and PD will determine who slides to seventh (but almost certainly Big Gulp). If EBW loses, Big Gulp gets 11-11 and in fifth place.

In the Great 8, Flashover is going to lose big at Beware of Dogs. Nonetheless, they'll end 12-10 and in second place. Visionaries will beat Hipsterbears (but props to HB for the incredible pride run to end the season). The two competitive games will be Warroad @ Black Light and Deronimo @ Rhino. Let's use "H" for home win and "A" for away win and explore what happens in each combination.

HH: 3. Black Light 11-11 4. Beware of Dogs 10-12 5. Rhino's Rage 10-12 6. Warroad 10-12 7. Deronimo 9-13
HA: 3. Black Light 11-11 4. Beware of Dogs 10-12 5. Deronimo 10-12 6. Warroad 10-12 7. Rhino's Rage 9-13
AH: 3. Warroad 11-11 4. likely Beware of Dogs*10-12 5. Black Light 10-12 6. Rhino's Rage 10-12 7. Deronimo 9-13
AA: 3. Warroad 11-11 4. likely Beware of Dogs* 10-12 5 Deronimo 10-12 6. Black Light 10-12 7. Rhino's Rage 9-13

*Not only did I get screwed on the tactical situation serving up a CT, but Flashover is also going to give up big PD that will slide us underneath BoD in case of a loss. Swell.

For HCA in the 6th vs 6th, it looks like it'll almost certainly go to the Big 8 team.




Last edited by Coco at 12/5/2024 12:14:11 AM

Thank you so much Coco for these post game analysis. Don't remember the last time there is this much uncertainties going into the final game. Going to be a wild weekend.

Congrats Peluin ... though really no surprise. We didn't think anyone would able to match your super roster.

watch me surprise you again

Thanks! It's hard to brag about the past few weeks running the $1.8M payroll, of course it wins games. Definitely more proud of the pre-B3-crash-and-burn phase, this is kinda playing out the string to harvest some consolation prizes. I'll tear it down next season and see what happens from there.

OMG ... Deronimo vs Rhino’s Rage going OT. What a crazy game!

That game was crazy, what a comeback... only to fall short in OT.
Here's the BuzzerManager summary for the day:

Day 22 (Saturday 7 December 2024) : Performances by (https://www.buzzer-manager.com)

Night results
High Point Heroes 126 - Splash Gang 69
The Orchestra 103 - Sofuegg 77
Big Gulp Reincarnated 75 - ExplosiveBubbleWrap 88
The White Walkers 57 - southpaw army 123
HipsterBears 102 - Visionaries 122
Deronimo 129 - Rhino’s Rage 126
Warroad 97 - Black Light 84
Flashover 86 - Beware of Dogs 107

Best collective performance of the evening
Points : 129 : Deronimo
Rebounds : 73 : southpaw army
Assists : 39 : High Point Heroes, southpaw army
Steals : 14 : southpaw army
Block Shots : 16 : southpaw army

Personal best performances of the evening
Points : 41 : M. Giannoni (Splash Gang)
Rebounds : 20 : E. Cristofaro (The White Walkers)
Assists : 11 : W. Gill (southpaw army), W. Mott (Beware of Dogs)
Steals : 4 : R. Beatty (High Point Heroes), D. Petrželka (The White Walkers)
Block Shots : 6 : W. Spears (southpaw army)

Top 5 of the evening
Point Guard : L. Alaniz (High Point Heroes) (35 Points, 10 Rebounds, 6 Assists, 0 Steals, 3 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 41
Shooting Guard : G. Grueso (Rhino’s Rage) (34 Points, 4 Rebounds, 0 Assists, 0 Steals, 1 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 26
Small Forward : W. Spears (southpaw army) (36 Points, 13 Rebounds, 10 Assists, 1 Steals, 6 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 55
Power Forward : R. Beyhan (Deronimo) (31 Points, 18 Rebounds, 0 Assists, 0 Steals, 1 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 42
Center : A. Alvarez (Sofuegg) (23 Points, 9 Rebounds, 0 Assists, 0 Steals, 2 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 29

MVP of the evening
W. Spears (southpaw army) (36 Points, 13 Rebounds, 10 Assists, 1 Steals, 6 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 55

The bad performance of the evening
A. Mentis (The White Walkers) (11 Points, 1 Rebounds, 1 Assists, 3 Steals, 1 Block Shots) : Efficiency : -7

Triple-Double of the evening
W. Spears (southpaw army) (36 Points, 13 Rebounds, 10 Assists, 1 Steals, 6 Block Shots), W. Gill (southpaw army) (12 Points, 12 Rebounds, 11 Assists, 2 Steals, 4 Block Shots)

All kinds of statistics
The player who forgot to remove his mittens : C. Butterfield (The White Walkers) : 8 Turnovers

Player targeted by the referees : I. Polichronopoulos (Big Gulp Reincarnated), T. Holbrook (Warroad) : 6 Personnal Fouls

The iron-man : L. Alaniz (High Point Heroes), B. Burrows (Splash Gang), L. Morton (Splash Gang), M. Jorquera (Sofuegg), V. Khanyuk (Sofuegg), E. Cristofaro (The White Walkers), P. Karpos (The White Walkers), A. Mentis (The White Walkers), D. Petrželka (The White Walkers), C. Butterfield (The White Walkers), W. Spears (southpaw army), F. Fernandes (Flashover) : 48 Minutes

The shooter : P. Forsman (Deronimo) : 7 Three points

The best performer : M. Giannoni (Splash Gang) : Rating : 21.0

The worst performer : D. Petrželka (The White Walkers) : Rating : 1.5

LET’S GO!

Congrats! Great call on going CT.

Thanks! I was hoping and mostly sure flash wouldn’t roll over mostly based on how they play but also after all our battles (mostly going to flash), so I thought the probability would work. Good luck Great 8 teams though!

But I’m very excited to actually stay in the NBBA for the first time in four tries.

Congrats! All the team's ranked 3-5 CT'd last night. Looks like I drew the short straw, but I'm actually ok with this. I was getting fed up of playing with an unfinished, too-small arena. I'll finish of my arena before I'm back up here.