(03-31-2022, 12:38 AM)Branduil Wrote: Mavs should be favored heavily in every remaining game except @Milwaukee. 4-1 would clinch the 3rd seed for sure.
(03-31-2022, 12:57 AM)Hogmelon Wrote: Not if Golden State goes 5-0 (and Golden State will be favored in ALL FIVE of their remaining games).
(03-31-2022, 04:00 AM)Branduil Wrote: Yeah but they're not going to do that.
(03-31-2022, 10:04 AM)Jommybone Wrote: GS has lost 4 in a row, 7 of last 8, 12 of last 17, and 16 of last 23. They are more likely to go 0-5 than 5-0.
(03-31-2022, 10:55 AM)Hogmelon Wrote: Really?
Golden State plays AT HOME against Utah on Saturday (April 2). Utah has lost FIVE in a row. Utah has a LOSING road record. Golden State looked pretty damned good (in my opinion) in their loss to the Suns last night. That loss dropped the Warriors' home record to 29-10.
Golden State's other remaining games are against teams with W-L records (currently) of 28-49, 31-44, 31-45, and 33-43 (a combined winning percentage of .405).
So ...
Do you agree or disagree with my previous statement that "Golden State will be favored in ALL FIVE of their remaining games"?
And ...
If Golden State is, in fact, more likely to win than to lose, in ALL FIVE of their remaining games, would you agree that it is mathematically IMPOSSIBLE for Golden State to be "more likely to go 0-5 than 5-0"?
Who could have ever imagined that the Golden State Warriors might possibly finish the regular season on a 5-game winning streak?
I certainly hoped that a 4-1 finish by the Mavs would be good enough to secure the #3 seed. But, alas, it was not to be.
And then, to make matters worse, Luka wins the appeal of his technical foul suspension so that he can play in a practically meaningless game, and then he gets hurt 2½ minutes before a 6½-day layoff.
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