2014 NBA Playoffs Thread

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  1. displacedfan

    displacedfan Well-Known Member

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    Yah. Incredible. It's unfair. Thankfully it looks like the rest of his team is slipping a bit, so maybe they might lose to a WC team.
     
  2. soxxx

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    Im still batting .999, those couple wrong predictions barely affect the amount of things I am right about.
     
  3. soxxx

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    His ability to play four positions and defend all five positions is remarkable. He really is something.
     
  4. displacedfan

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    Heh I admire your irrational confidence.

    Nobody is more right than wrong in the prediction game. Unless you delete your wrong predictions or add in qualifiers but that's more of a twitter thing
     
  5. Yisman

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    soxxx, you do realize you've been wrong about most of your predictions in this thread, right?

    A far cry from .999.
     
  6. DemoIsland

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    Soxxx, if you are ever right about anything...i hope its this Wizards series. Nothing would please me more than to be incorrect and see the Pacers get knocked out. Its a reach, but, i like your enthusiasm and positive energy.
     
  7. soxxx

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    No I have not.
     
  8. NYJalltheway

    NYJalltheway Well-Known Member

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    But then quotes himself when he actually is right. haha

    Hey everybody I said for the whole 2 days before the 105 104 win that we were winning that game, and even said we were going to win INTO THE 4th QUARTER. EVERYBODY RECOGNIZE MY BOLD, ACCURATE STATEMENTS.

    :D
     
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    In all honesty though. I'm thinking both away teams win tonight. I think I'll take a parlay on it. What about you Yisman?
     
  10. displacedfan

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    Tonight is 8PM and 10:30 PM instead of 7 PM and 9:30 PM. Rough on the EC to watch the whole second game
     
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    NYJalltheway Well-Known Member

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    I love it. I'm a night owl, goes to bed when the sun comes up kind of guy.
     
  12. Yisman

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    Worth a shot. Can get +165 and +170 for a +616 payout on the parlay.

    I hate it.

    I wish they would do 7 or at least 7:30 start.

    Late game ends way too late. Then the postgame is an hour and a half. Who do they think is watching? Insomniacs? Late game ends at like 1:15 AM and the postgame goes to 2:30 AM, minimum, I think.
     
  13. Falco21

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    The only reason I stay up is because it's OKC. When the Spurs play the late game, I usually go to bed because I know they're gonna win the series. Now that it's getting into the Conference Finals, I will be up all game. It does suck when you have to get up early the next morning.
     
  14. displacedfan

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    With the 10:30 I turn the game off right away after the game. The stupid part is I could not care less about Wizards/Pacers but they are first. Just give me LAC/OKC.
     
  15. NYJalltheway

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    How did you find it was +616? I know we use the same site, but I've never seen where to find the line on your customized parlays.
     
  16. Yisman

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    it's just math. Unless a site is shaving parlay odds, it's the same everywhere


    http://parlaycalculator.com/


    Did you do it? I forgot, but I can just roll the winnings into the next bet maybe if it wins (or if it looks like a sure winner).

    The real point of parlays is for events occurring at the same time. If they're separate, you can accomplish the same thing (instead of 100 on parlay, 100 on first bet, then take the 100+winnings and put it on the second bet).
     
  17. NYJalltheway

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    I did but kept it close to nothing, cuz I've only got about 50 bucks on the account atm. I miss when I had a few thousand on it. It's probably for the best though. You can get easily carried away throwing 50, 75, and 100 on multiple ML a day.

    5/15/14 5:17pm$4.00$24.62Pending2 Team Parlay
    Pending5/15/14 8:00pm NBA Basketball 741 Indiana Pacers +165* vs Washington Wizards
    Pending5/15/14 10:30pm NBA Basketball 743 Oklahoma City Thunder +170* vs Los Angeles Clippers

    +165, plus +170 isn't +616 though. So I don't quite the point.
     
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  18. Yisman

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    Stephenson with a stupid 3, and then Wall with a stupid 3 to close out the third.

    Just bad shots.
     
  19. Yisman

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    I didn't mean you add them together. Then it would never make sense to parlay, lol.

    I'm saying true parlay odds is math. Hard to do in your head, but even odds parlayed with even odds would be +300, for example.

    There's a fixed number that it will come out to, any parlay. 5 Dimes always does true parlay odds.
     
  20. Yisman

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    by the way, it actually is pure multiplication, but American odds are no good for it.

    You have to use decimal odds, which include your original stake. So +165 is the equivalent of 2.65 decimal (it means if you pay a dollar for a bet, if you win, you get 2.65 back. The original 1 plus 1.65 winnings).

    Multiply 2.65 by 2.7 and then subtract the original stake (to convert to American, or just leave it the decimal for European style odds). It would be 7.155 decimal-style.

    7.155-1=6.155 or +615.5 (+616 rounded).


    Even odds is 2*2=4-1=3 or +300 odds

    I figured out the math some time ago, but if you're not familiar with decimal conversion, it's almost impossible
     
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