You really just buttress my stance on the finals, Miami Heat is quite better collectively as a team imo, Boston Celtics failure was eventually down to the inefficiency of their go to guys in game 7, I mean Tatum with an ankle sprain from the very first possession of the game, and the coach couldn't even cut him some slack and trust his other guys to fill his boots, perhaps they can't perfectly but at least for some 15-20 decent minutes, there are several other options the Celtics could have gone with that would leave Tatum on the bench for down the stretch in the second half, I mean the fatigue was already there for him and Brown (who was already having a terrible series) and they turned the ball over twice in as many possession for a 7-0 Miami Heat run to begin the 4th quarter, upon the already 10 points deficit from the 3rd quarter, and that took the game away from them totally, I mean the coach could have left JB and JT on the bench for a little longer and go with guys that he had to count on all season long like Mike Muscala who also a very good shoot from behind the arc, and then there is also Payton Pritchard, and the likes that are also very locked in players, if you can't count on these guys, I wonder what the essence of considering the Boston Celtics a team with a very deep roster was to begin with. If these guys aren't getting any minutes in the most important game of the series, the major success of the Denver Nuggets in this playoff is the impact the 2nd and 3rd unit make during the non Jokic and Murray minutes, of which they have been very decent even when they don't outscore their opponents they don't drop points drastically which makes the Jokic and Murray minutes highly effective, as both players get to rest during the game without much pressure, in a game 7 you'd expect Jimmy Butler to be the do it all guy, but he couldn't even hit the points spread of the player props he's expected to reach, and he was the 5th ranked player of the Miami Heat in terms of the +/- rating, and there you have guys like Caleb Martin and Gabe Vincent turn up the heat, when Butler was heavily guarded he had guys to bail him out, but Mazzulla wouldn't trust guys deep in his roster to be capable of making an impact.

Yeah, I understand how terrifying Jokic and Jamal Murray pick and roll can be when at it's optimal level, Denver Nugget swept the Miami Heat in the regular season by the way, but this is the playoffs and it's easier said than done, because the Heat defense could be very suffocating for the Nuggets and them become the ones forced to take tough shots. Miami Heat path to the finals have been the toughest of the two sides imo, defeating the Milwaukee Bucks and Boston Celtics in the playoffs enroute to the finals indeed isn't just a fluke.

Denver Nuggets have arguably been the best team in this playoffs, but the 8th seeded Miami Heat aren't just going to concede defeat either, The Nuggets will be facing their toughest opponent of the series so far, and it will be an entirely the different ball game compared to what the Nuggets faced against Lakers, they sure aren't going have it any easy this time around.

I wonder what the odds would have been for the likes of Brighton, Aston Villa, Newcastle and Man United to finish well above both teams that we picked, who could have seen that coming huh ?

I literally should have back Arsenal, but I didn't see Chelsea sacking Thomas Tuchel that early into the season, so it's all good, let's look forward to next season.

I would prefer a Denver Nuggets vs Boston Celtics NBA finals than Denver vs Heat finals, That said, Game 6 was really a close one as the final suggest imo, Boston Celtics led all the way and Miami Heat had their first lead after about 4-5 minutes into game in the 4th Quarter and Boston Celtics had double digit lead for majority of the night, The Heat were just rather able to crawl their way back into the game and almost stole the show right there before that moment of magic by Derrick White.

Boston Celtics should be able to get this done quite easily but playoffs Jimmy Bucket might something else in store for us, he's been off maximum efficiency recently so let's see if he can find his rhythm tonight.

1)  Man City
2)  Under
3)  Under
4)  Over
5)  No
6)  2nd
7)  Yes
8}  No
9)   No
10) Yes
11)  No
12)  No
13)  No
14)  No
15)  Tiebreaker:  25th minute.

I'll only be backing the Heat ML based on the odds, but I'm not expecting the Heat to pull off an upset here just after letting 3 elimination games slip through their hands, it's going to be tougher going to Boston Celtics' TD Garden to win a game 7, not especially when the team will be full of energy and all the momentum of the home crowd, but at the same time we've seeing crazier scenarios unfold in the NBA, whichever team wins today, it's still going to be an upset regardless, one might just going down as the first time in the entire NBA history.

Was the points deduction a major blow to Juventus ? Yes it was! but they still had every chance to have qualified for Champions League, all they just needed to do was to win their final 3 matches, of which they themselves threw away the opportunity, first by losing awfully to Empoli and now AC Milan too, so thus gone is their CL participation hope for next season, the best they can get now is to settle for a spot in the Europa League, and should they fail to live up to their expectation in next which is the final game of the season, the only participation they'll be having in Europe would be the Conference League.

I really get the luck part where we agree that Boston Celtics's Derrick White was just able release the ball just before the clock expired, I'm sure if you watch that sequence you'd recall that it was just 2.1 seconds left on the clock but the referee reviewed and made it 3 seconds, if the clock had been left at 2.1, there was no way White would have been able to put up that shot right ? but at the same time, Boston Celtics were already in confident lead during the game by more than double digit but somehow let it slip, and why I really don't want buy the Boston Celtics were lucky card is simply because, it takes more than just luck come back from 3-0 down in series to even things up, I'd err on the side that they did their home work and it paid off in the end, than they were just being lucky.

I really don't know how our paths gets entangled so often, but it's normalcy given the niche we found ourselves.

There is no prize for the cup winner AFAIK, but I would say it should be up for consideration in the next edition next season if there happen to be another FPL competition.

I'm also having a small prized-positioned chase on Igehhhh, I'm not going to say I'm very optimistic, however, Ironically we both still have a tie to settle as we both reached the cup finals, but I'm sure it's going to be an entertaining match-up as it has always been between myself and igehhh.

Less I forget, is there anyone else following the cup competition ? I don't mean the global one, but rather the cup for this specific competition. as for the Global cup my major is concern it takes only just few weeks to get one eliminated.

It's Jimmy Butler steps tonight or they can as well forget about reaching the finals just like Morvilz7z said, their best advantage is home court and this the last one for this series, I don't see them losing this game and end up winning game 7, it's a win or burst for Miami Heat this night imo too.

I wouldn't be taking the Celtics ML, I prefer to go with a couple of player props as well, but there have just been some many twist an turns to players props of this series, if there have been any player really consistent in this series, it would be Jaylen Brown failing to hit the total points line he's been given for each game of this series, and Today it's 22.5, and I'll be going with the Jaylen Brown Under 22.5 @ 1.95.

Yeah, the winner would be working away with quite a bag of BTC, too bad we are not in the $60k per Bitcoin zone right now, but it's still going to be some relevant.

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Atalanta vs Inter Milan ended up as close as I expected but Atalanta conceding two goals in 3 minutes put Inter Milan in the driving seat for majority of the game, and I knew there was no way to get totally back into the game for Atalanta, but they did had some great efforts and could have been a different game, if they'd not gone down by 2 freaking goals that early into the match.

Yeah, the emotions are very high now and Dortmund literally threw the game away way too early into game and Bayern Munich also almost returned the favour until Musiala came to save the day, but despite going down by 2 goals down, Dortmund still gave it their all by still getting a 2-2 draw, so at the end of the day it all came down to goal difference and that's not what I can entirely blame their performance today for because the goals scored and goal difference is an accumulation of what happened all season long, not just a single day mistake.

Bayern Munich have just regained their lead again, from a brilliant goal from Jamal Musiala, he's just earned himself a very decent and deserved status as Bayern Munich best player of the season, if this goal ends up being what would hand the title to Bayern Munich.

These scenes are crazy I'm streaming both games simultaneously and this is what I call the best way to end a football season, damn!

They have got one back now, but there is about 18 minutes left to play, Dortmund are very capable of mount a comeback, because the pressure now is on Mainz and an extra goal for Dortmund would make the last minutes be entire long lasting for Mainz, but meanwhile, Bayern Munich themselves haven't established a proper lead, and anything could still happen at their own end too, before counting Mainz to get their dirty linen cleaned for them, the least they can do is at least make it available for cleaning right ?

I think there is still a couple of dram to unfold here.

EDIT: I said it, Bayern have lost their lead, it's 1-1 against Koln, Crazy stuffs, but are we done yet ?

If anyone had told me about this would happen I would have argued out rightly, but this is becoming a very interesting drama to watch, Bayern Munich are also having a very delicate lead too, which they can't afford to lose or draw, it's really a very interesting drama even for those in relegation battles.

I understand your frustration and it's not invalid, but I want to believe that most of us already have an idea of what Pep Guardiola would do for that game, having already been confirmed as 22/23 champions, if I was asked to list the players that would almost a have secured position from a Pep's rotations perspective, my answers would have been Mahrez and Alvarez honestly, I guess everyone of us have also had such a mistake or wrong last minute decisions, I had Trippier but got -4 points hit, just so as to bring in Alexander-Arnold, a player that could not even make up for the extra -4 points I wasted on him, and I probably would have being ahead now, had Chelsea not score that lone goal, which deprived me of another 10 points from De Gea, and Aaron Wan-Bissaka, but I believe the decisions we make about our teams is actually the fun part of the game, and made it worthwhile.


If the points hits that I'll be incurring this final GW doesn't workout, then I just have to congratulate you in advance,

GG everyone!

Dortmund might never get another chance as close as this to the title in the next few years, and playing against a terrible side like Mainz is like Bayern Munich handed the trophy to Dortmund on a platter, with tomorrow being last game of the season, there is nothing more less worrying that a secured a win against Mainz, which will see Dortmund crown champions of Bundesliga, after Bayern Munich’s monopoly for 10 consecutive years.

It's become a really crazy game, and Boston Celtics just need to win the next game to force a game 7 with home court advantage, it's really going to be a really crazy scenario, and it's become almost the best series of the playoffs so far, but the Heat home would require more than what the Boston Celtics did in games 5 to win the next game.

I really hope that the Heat their absentees can be available so it's that can be somewhat even and more interesting.