I am wondering what the fate of projects like Volt inu, Baby Doge and other meme coins would have been if Elon Musk never supported Doge coin, would Shiba inu ever made it to top 20? What would have happen to meme coins? Will there ever be any if Elon never existed?

Close games.

This is the reason why I am always doubting about betting against the Orlando Magic. Damn, they are really strong when they are being cornered. The Magic won by 5 points against the Knicks with a frustrated Julius Randle. (again) I like the competitive spirit but he must control it.
Lost my bet on the Knicks.

Nets versus the Cavaliers was also a close one. The Nets wasted an almost-win game. First, they let Mitchell create a deuce and1. Then when he missed the free throw, no one box him out for the rebound, they are lucky both his shot missed but LeVert caught the loose ball and found an open Isaac Okoro to shoot the game-winner three.
Sadly, the spread was not covered. Cavs won by 2, I need 3. 

My only win was the Clippers, thankfully. Even without PG13, Kawhi Leonard and Westbrook stepped up their game. Bones Hyland also contributed a 16-point, 26 minutes game time. I think they should start giving him more minutes like that.

The west is so close right now that 8th Mavs have 36 wins and 37 losses, but 9th Pelicans and 10th Lakers and 11th Thunder has the same, and 12th Jazz has 35-37 so if they win the next game it's the same.

It's insane to think so many teams are not just close but at exactly the same games, Lakers could literally be a top 8 seed, or could be out based on just a win or a loss. Hell 6th which is out of play-in and will be in playoff for sure, is Warriors with 38 wins and 36 losses, so they are mere 2 game away from it, any team below could reach there as well, we still have time. It's close up until 4th which is Suns that have 38 wins and 34 losses, if they go on a losing streak and someone else wins, that low team could end up going up 5-6 positions all at once if they are lucky.

Got lucky enough to with the games earlier as I managed to get 3/4 bets right. That Dallas was somehow unexpected because Kyrie Irving didn't play, Luka badly needed him.

For the games later, here's mine.

New York Knicks -3.5 vs Orlando Magic
Cleveland Cavaliers -3.5 vs Brooklyn Nets
Oklahoma City Thunder ML vs Los Angeles Clippers

The balance has tip to the East right now, as you have said, Boston took the lead, and then Giannis and Bucks overtake them after the all start break. Now the Sixers is pushing as well and Joel Embiid cemented his case for the MVP race.

While on the West it's the Nuggets, but they seems to struggle in their last 10 games, Memphis? Nah, I don't think they have the guts to win with or without Ja Morant. Warriors is not the same team anymore, while Phoenix without KD can't make it to the Finals.

As far as I know, Thompson hasn't played in the league for a year now, and his stats last season were pretty mediocre, as he averaged just 6 points and 5.1 rebounds per game. In other words, I wouldn't expect the Lakers to offer him a contract after this workout, as he's unlikely to be useful for them on the court. Besides, they already have Davis and a few other big guys who play the same position as Thompson.

Missed the early games just got my picks in for the day.  Got 3 later games:

Miami on the road in Detroit laying -10 points.  Normally don't like betting double digit road favorites but I like this one here.

Bucks -7.5 against the Raptors.  Hesitent on this brook looks to be out that's a big hit.  I still like the Bucks at home so I will ride them.

And last Pelicans-5.5 on the road against Rockets.  The last place teams should be full tanking for Victor mode.  No reason pels can't take this game on the road.

Good luck tonight everyone.

"Particularly on that game", I agree with you that there's something really wrong but if that will be the focal point to determine how the Golden State Warriors will behave in the playoffs, I think that's not appropriate. What I stated previously, is "in general". Of course, things might changes as there are teams that really shown improvement this season.

Not a fan of the Warriors though and I don't really care where they will end up this year, but still, it's not that we can't expect them in an off-night mode always, especially in a series game. Well then, wait for the playoffs and see how far they will go this time.

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If the GSW can manage to climb to the finals again, it would be easy for them to win it because of their experience if their opponent will not gonna know what they will gonna do about how fast the GSW can adapt to the atmosphere of an NBA finals game. I hope they will be against the Bucks because that's the only team that can give them real trouble and the only team that will gonna give them problems. The rest of the team in the East will be an easy pawn for them. if they can get pass at their first games in the western conference easily, that would be a total disaster for the rest teams in the west because GSW knows exactly what to do to win the series.

He already stated some of the facts and made a point why the Warriors are just too bad on the road, yet he wagered the money line on the Warriors favor even if it's not that enticing enough even if the Grizzlies are not yet complete and while the Warrriors core are complete, that is still not enough IMO. I agree, handicap/spread are much better.

Their next match-up is against the Houston Rockets. Let's see if they can break the curse.

I respect your opinion for the Bucks because they are indeed a dangerous team especially if they are all healthy mainly Giannis who can track anyone down in both ends of the court. Also, there are other teams who actually improved this season too but just like the Bucks and other top teams in both conferences, they will still prove their skills and strengths in the conference finals and then the Finals.

For the Kings, it's early too tell about their chances whether if it's low or high because they are decent hence, why they managed to be one of the top teams in the West next to the Nuggets. We don't know, they might surprise us this time just like what the Celtics did last playoffs from being an underdog who swept the Brooklyn Nets in the 1st round until they faced the Warriors in the Finals.

What a beauty this ending was.

Our guy Maxi Kleber with 3 clutch free throws 15sec before the end to make it a 1 point game and then after a Lakers turnover Maxi's first NBA game winner buzzer 3 pointer.

He is a force on the defensive end but his shooting from 3 is  definitely worth mentioning as well.

Thanks AD for the "great" foul on Maxi shooting a 3, amazing.

GO MAVS.

So just learned Painter actually played PG for Purdue for 4 seasons, while Bruce Webber was an assistant to Keady. They both came to SIU and absolutely killed it. Painter was an assistant under Bruce till he left for IL, his one year as my schools coach he was MVC coach of the year, and had us ranked #15 in the nation, which is huge of course for a mid major. Wheelz you prob remember those Saluki teams, we were stacked back then and the MVC had creighton (& Kyle korver) and Wichita state, so was a really good conference . When he left it all fell apart. The guy can coach and recruit, he’s 413-197 career at Purdue, last two seasons being his best w 29 wins. He’s likely not going anywhere anytime soon IMO…but yeah today was his worst loss ever that’s for sure.

Yeap thats me 🙋‍♂️ Purdue was considered the best team most of this year I think weren’t they?  This is what you get when you make picks based on your heart not your head..I think Matt Painter coached for 2 years when I was at SIU, awesome coach. What in the f was this. Wasn’t this the second time or maybe 3rd that a 1 lost to a 16? SMH. You’re right the field is very even which is awesome, bud a 1 losing to a 16 shouldn’t happen. Fack.  

@OG…I’ll run this again next year and remind you to get in. And yes, for ESPN there’s now 0 perfect brackets out of 20 million.