I'm not going to pull any pranks on you today. There's been enough good ones (and bad ones) to go around. My favorites? The fake police report for AJ Dauliero on Deadspin, and @notmikedunleavy faking retweets that Don Nelson was going to be fired and replaced by Mike Dunleavy. Those are high quality pranks. Believable enough to startle you at first, but ultimately obviously fake. And better yet, they aren't sponsored by Nike. Sigh.
Want to be entertained for a few silly minutes? Check out the ESPN.com NBA Playoff Simulator! It's only slighly less ridiculous than their awesome Trade Machine. You can choose to seed the first round of the playoffs through three pre-selected methods, or do custom seeding. Then it simulates each game and tells you who wins the NBA championship. I have tried using it once so far -- I let it seed the first round based on John Hollinger's predictions for maximum comedic value. According to this simulation, the Lakers will get upset by the 8th seeded Spurs in the first round, and the Atlanta Hawks will win the Larry O'Brien trophy. Yeah. Good luck with that.
This is most decidedly awesome, and makes Zaza Pachulia even more likeable than his fun-to-say-out-loud name already did.
Worst of the Night in Pictures:
Oh, you let the Bullets get their only win in the entire month of March against you? Carry on.
(What? You thought I was going to do a man love joke here?)
"Yes... they say it should hurt during your first time."
Nationally Televised Games:
Magic at Mavericks: Dallas just got done playing an overtime game in Memphis last night. Just sayin'... In the meantime, hey, we get to see
Frail Blazers at Nuggets: Technically this is the second night of a back-to-back for Portland, but does running layup drills against the Bricks really wear you out that badly?
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Is this the same guy who has a site that is part of the truehoop network?
The Nyets played the Craptors and even against a 18% chance of winning, they persevered to make it to the next round. There they joined the Sixers who also won an upset beating the Knicks (against 37% odds!). The Pacers Detroit game was apparently a coinflip which the Pacers won. And finally the Bulls rightfully beat the Wizards.
In the West, the only upset was the Warriors victory over the Grizzlies. Go figure. Interestingly enough, the page wouldn't even let me put the Clippers on the board. I guess it thought that was a little too outrageous. Instead the Lakers were put in to dominate the bracket.
In the second round, the Sixers smashed the Nets in chance (88% chance of a Sixers victory?), then the Pacers upset the Bulls after only a 30% chance of victory. What is it about even odds and the Pacers?
The biggest news of the second round was where the Spurs upset the Lakers with only a 27% chance to win. Also, the Warriors upset the Rockets with only a 40% chance of victory. Sadly, the good luck didn't last as, Golden State, with only a 11% chance to win, lost to the Western Lottery Conference Champs, the Spurs.
On the other side, the Pacers were just edged out in percentage to win (51% to 49%) and ended up falling to the Sixers. As a life long Pacers fan, it is sad that the most playoff excitement I'll see this year is this bracket.
Unfortunately, the Sixers weren't able to keep their luck going and were unable to upset the Spurs, who came away with the big win. However, I think we may have all seen that coming.
And yes, this site is headed up by the same Matt McHale who runs By The Horns. But this is just a fun side project, and I am just one of a few contributing writers who (along with Matt) write this for no money or anything, but just because it's fun to make fun of bad basketball.
WEST:
1. Houston vs. 8. Clippers
4. Warriors vs. 5. Grizzlies
2. Portland vs 7. Timberpoops
3. Hornets vs. 6. Kings
EAST:
1/8 Raptors/Pistons
4/5 = Bobcats/Pacers
2/7 = Bulls/Nets
3/6 = Knicks/Wizzes
The Grizz won it all, topping Warriors, Houston and Portland (who beat the Hornets). In the East, the Knicks made it the Finals after defeating the the B-teams: Bullets, Bulls and Bobcats (who topped the Raptors).
Also, eagerly anticipating the West's "why I hate this season" post.