Day 1 Ranking

Regarding sa game 1 ng Suns vs Pelicans at Heat vs Hawks. Considered natin na null and void dahil di natin na-update yung post at impossible naman na walang + sina Hawks at Pelicans. Sobrang late na kasi nakauwi kahapon, mga 10 pm na dahil sa lakas ng ulan at traffic. Pangit na din mag update mga ganung oras. Ganito na lang guys. Pag walang nailapag na odds past 7 pm ng gabi ay considered walang odds sa araw na yun. Para naman hindi tayo demanding sa oras ng mga participants.





Rankings can also be seen, 3rd post in the first page, https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5394519.msg59856585#msg59856585

For recording purposes.

Tournament Finals - Day 1

Take note na kulang pa ito ng 2 matches dahil hindi pa identified ang 8th spot ng west at east. Kaya madagdagan pa ito. You may send your predictions thru PM. Basta kung ano yung latest na predictions thru pm or dito sa thread.

1. Game venue: Dallas
Dallas Mavericks +3.5
Utah Jazz

2. Game venue: Memphis
Memphis Grizzlies
Minnesota Timberwolves +6.5

3. Game venue: Philadelphia
Philadelphia 76ers
Toronto Raptors +4.5

4. Game venue: San Francisco
Golden State Warriors
Denver Nuggets +5.5

5. Game venue: Boston
Boston Celtics
Brooklyn Nets +4.5

6. Game venue: Milwaukee
Milwaukee Bucks
Chicago Bulls +9.5

7. Game venue: Miami
Miami Heat
Not yet available

8. Game venue: Phoenix
Phoenix Suns
Not yet available


Important notes:
***In order to be fair to participants having a hard time with the cut-off time. New cut-off time will be before the NBA official game time schedule, https://stats.nba.com/schedule.
***The plus/minus (spreads) are intended to make the games more difficult. And of course it include overtimes.

***no need to quote my posts
***in changing predictions, do not edit and delete posts, quote it and post again (you will be seen)
***participants are not required to predict all the games available, remember that this is a right minus wrong (quality over quantity) tournament and it affects your total points
***participants are also not required to have daily picks

Congrats sa Atlanta at Pelicans for advancing sa playoffs. Nga pala di same date mga laro sating day 1. Anyways, quote na lang mga kabayan.

Day 1 pick:
Philly na muna. Lasing na mag analyze.😁

For now Russia still have lots of options even with these so called harshest sanctions from the west. They can utilize cryptocurrencies and economic giants like China, India and Brazil. I even believe that many of these western countries are just trying to show the world and the public that they are doing their best to destroy Russia's economy. Germany for example, wanted to block oil sanctions. North Korea, Iran and Turkey utilizing cryptocurrencies are also common and it won't be surprising if Russia is secretly doing massive transactions already.

Indeed! It was 100% obvious only if people were actually watching his prime years. Prime years that made him the top 3 p4p in the world and a 4 division champion. Prime years that earned him multi Ring and BWAA awards. Prime years that made him a million-dollar fighter. 

Wait! I thought it was obvious that Donaire was not his prime anymore? Maybe you haven't watched his prime years then? Or maybe you only watched a few and you cannot remember much of it anymore? You cannot compare the movements, ring generalship, aggressiveness and his hand speed? Why do you think Donaire moved down to 118 when many times he mentioned before that he cannot make the weight anymore? You think prime Donaire will struggle with that journeyman Cesar Juarez? Or lost to Magdaleno? Why do you think he is not a million-dollar fighter anymore? Hell, guy wasn't even paid $400k since dropping back to 118. Probably with Inoue he can make over $500k reason why he is willing to travel to Inoue's backyard.   

Do you really think the 4 division legend becomes a 4-1 or 5-1 underdog against this Inoue at prime? You're becoming funny bruh. Without that Donaire victory, all of Inoue's bantamweight victories cannot even equalized Donaire's scintillating bantamweight win over then Ring, WBO and WBC champ Cucholito. His victory over Donaire I think was the first and only time he was awarded by The Ring for the fight of the year. It is always funny with the casuals. Let's see if he can match Donaire's 4 divisions. And Donaire's 2 time The Ring's knockout of the year and fighter of the year both by The Ring and BWAA.

Wow! Cleveland vs Atlanta odds changed as I expected. Yesterday it was Atlanta -2.5 at at just 1.85. Now I got it at -2.5 at 2.01. We will see if the Hawks can continue their momentum with their hot shooting. There's also the question on Jarrett Allen playing but most likely he will since this game will decide Cavs fate this season.   

Thank you for the free spins bruh! I appreciate it a lot. It was fun. I remember the last time I played in a casino at Marina Bay Sands just before the Covid pandemic.

I already took my bet on Kambosos last week while he is still the underdog. I believe that odds may slowly shift towards Kambosos becoming the favorite or at the very least will become nearly at par. Haney got very good skills and he is strong. But he isn't that tested. His best win was against an old Linares that even wobbled him and he cannot stop the guy. Congrats on being the first guy that beat Linares by decision. Linares got stopped on his other losses. Haney also cannot stop an old Yuriorkis Gamboa. He wasn't even hurting a blown up featherweight in Jojo Diaz. So I conclude that there is a very tiny chance Haney can hurt Kambosos. Kambosos got great hand speed too. Haney at times play dirty probably because he is desperate on scoring knockouts at championship level. Kambosos will never get bullied, try playing dirty on him and he will return it with interest. And if the fight becomes close, I got a feeling George will be taking them judges scores.   

Wow! Noted bai. Maraming salamat. Nakaka-excite. Sana panalo rin mga pusta natin. Naninibago pa talaga ako dahil start pa lang ako ulit manonood ng games. Nitong pandemic kasi nakibalita na lang sa news. Gusto ko na magbet sa Atlanta pero parang naliitan ako sa 1.85 tapos -2.5. Baka bukas meron additional choices sa sportsbet. Or may bago na ba na mas maganda pa sa sportsbet?

Congrats sa cover, ang galing. Sayang late nako gumising, nung tiningnan ko tapos na laro. Pero ang taas nga ng -7.5. Ako kasi kuntento na sa mga odds na 1.9 to 2.10. Tipong 1 is to lang kumbaga. Sigurista gaming. Ngayon favorite pa din Atlanta laban sa Cavs. Tingin ko Atlanta ulit to. 

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Me and some are emphasizing Donaire's age because it is a factor. How could we not include in our analysis when it is clear as day that he is not the same fighter anymore. We can talk about skills but knowing the other guy's skills isn't the same because of aging then it will be worth mentioning. It would be a shame talking about how poor Michael Jordan and the Wizards cannot compete against the top like the previous championship Bulls team without considering his age. Or saying how weak Mike Tyson was against Kevin McBride. It's like discounting these legends and their previous achievements were just flukes because they lost when they became old. I can remember when Lomachenko said he is not interested fighting Pacman because the legend is past his prime and people would say he beat an older version. You guys seen GGG and Canelo's previous two fights? They were close. I beat their third match will make GGG minimum x3.

I just talked with an fb friend and he's also an admin of our boxing group. The Ring magazine (the bible of boxing) reporter and editor. He's also a member of the BWAA a rival of The Ring when it comes to the highest awards in boxing. I just cut and shaded some of it because he is also linked to local media. Anyways, best wishes to Donaire but I think Inoue will be smarter this time, he won't engage much and maybe he can also stop Donaire in the late rounds.

Ito na finals na thread https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5394519.0. Tsaka for the last time mag pm na rin ako sa mga finalists. Meron na initial odds dun na hindi changeable kahit meron possible injuries at issues sa mga players at teams. Dagdag na lang natin doon kung sino makatapat sa Suns at Miami. Good luck sa ating lahat at enjoy. 

Final Round 43 Ranking

- The Golden State Warriors are the champions this 2021-2022 season! This was least expected. After the regular games, I ranked GSW as the weakest of all the top 4s in the west and east. Well-deserved especially to our Finals MVP Stephen Curry.

- At congratulations din sa ating lahat at natapos rin ang tournament na ito. Congrats Oasisman, ang lupit mo talaga kasi noong first phase pa lang ay ikaw pa din ang nangunguna. Congrats din sa second bai bisdak40, myself, harizen, ralle14 at sa lahat ng nag participate. Nagawa at natapos natin to despite of all the trials and challenges.  

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Duration of the game:
1. This will run throughout the whole NBA playoffs until the end of the championships.
2. In case of a tie. First Stage rankings will be the tie-breaker.  

Mechanics of the Game:
1. Every right prediction is 1 point at lahat naman ng mali ay minus 1 point.
2. I will be posting games and odds regularly. Makikita rin ito sa second comment section dahil gagawin natin updated yun.
3. Cut-off time will be on or before the NBA official game time schedule, https://stats.nba.com/schedule/. Naka eastern time ang link, sa madaling salita advance tayo ng 12 hours. Basihan natin ang oras dito na mismo sa bitcointalk.
4. It is not necessary to predict all posted games. This way contestants missing some of the games due to priorities in life are not in a disadvantage to those active with their daily picks.  
5. You can change picks before cut-off time by quoting your old prediction and posting the updated one. Do not edit and delete. PMs are also acceptable kung gusto niyo itago sa ibang participants.
6. Take note lang na kasali rin ang host sa larong ito pero lahat ng predictions ay nasa thread. And predictions thru PMs will never get disclosed unless start na or tapos na yung laro.
7. Kailangan ng mga participants makapag-predict ng minimum 12 na laro para maging qualified as winner.

Notes:
1. Available games for predictions will also be posted in this link to avoid heavy back-reads in the last page, https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5394519.msg59856584#msg59856584.
2. Rankings will be posted in this link, https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5394519.msg59856585#msg59856585.
3. Possible changes only when super necessary.

Original Thread  
Pre-Finals Discussion



Finals Matches here  
Finals Ranking here  

Unbelievable ending. I am glad I didn't watch the game which is 3AM to 5AM in my country. I actually woke up good thinking my bet on Bayern was easy money. Shocked it was marked red. Sad ending for Bayern one of the most consistent clubs in Champions League. Kudos to the yellow submarine. Another reason for Lewandowski to leave. 

I was actually surprised when I first saw Taylor is the underdog. But later I realized that Serrano could be the favorite then. I think Katie lost in her second Persoon fight. She was busting Persoon's face in the early rounds but was clearly gassed-out and beaten in the second half. And Serrano is heavy handed with deep experience. I still end up betting on Katie though, because if the fight becomes close, superstar gets the judges nod. 

This coming April 30, fight fans will witness a mouth-watering and the biggest fight in women's boxing. Two future hall of famers will collide in a multi-million dollar fight in the mecca of boxing, the Madison Square Garden. 7 division champion Amanda Serrano, a knockout artist from Puerto Rico will challenge the undisputed, 2 division world champion, and an Olympic gold medalist, the undefeated Katie Taylor of Ireland.

I am just so excited on this fight. This is something very big for women's boxing. Hopefully this big fight will also lead to Claressa Shields vs Savannah Marshall unification fight this year. 

 

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