Congratulations to tallerman (and Hemel Storm!)

[tallerman]

Wow! What a blowout!

[benji]

Apr 14, 2024 16:57:22 GMT tallerman said:

Wow! What a blowout!

Yeah I was going to try and watch it, later this evening, but got the result spoiled trying to get the video ready. Glad I didn't sit through it now.

[SamH]

What a blowout! 96-60, ouch. Newcastle with only 6 points in one quarter and 8 in another, jeez.

[benji]

Derby v Reading, 7.30pm tip off.

[tallerman]

Another great night of playoff basketball!

[benji]

Updated:
Reading beat Derby +2 (Benji 45 points, SamH 0 points, tallerman 49 points!)
Hemel beat Bradford +1 (Benji 38 points, SamH 0 points, tallerman 49 points again!)

Current leaderboard:
tallerman: 190
Benji: 188
SamH: 94

SamH didn't do so well this weekend, with 1 semi final out due to picking Essex who got knocked out the last round, but also losing Derby who went down to the Rockets.

taller (I only know div3) man has taken the lead by almost perfectly picking the results this weekend, 1 point off in each. In fact, if he'd swapped them round he'd have 2 perfect 50s to add to his earlier one.

He has a 2 point lead, which means it's all to play for between us in the final, I've gone for a Storm win by 9, tallerman by just 5, so I think an 8 point win would leave us in a tie, anything above and I win, anything below or a Rockets win and tallerman wins the title.

[benji]

Apr 20, 2024 20:21:35 GMT tallerman said:

Another great night of playoff basketball!

Must have been boring for you, you already knew what was going to happen!

[tallerman]

Ha ha just got a bit lucky. Odd one next, I've chosen Hemel to ein but id rather Reading dud!

[benji]

Major newsflash guys!!

I notice that BE (on Facebook, the score isn't on the fixture list surprise surprise!) have the Reading result down as a +3 win, the score on screen on the livestream only had Reading ahead by 2 at the end.

Which unbelievably after 6 matches of predictions, means that tallerman and I are now joint top with 189 points each. We couldn't have made this competition more exciting if we tried.

So I think it's now a 7 point win for Hemel would be a draw for us in the final, anything above and I win, anything below, or a Reading win and tallerman wins the ultimate prize (bigger than the playoffs).

Update below:

Results:
Bradford beat Essex +8 (no points for anyone!)
Hemel beat Loughborough +10 (Benji 34 points, SamH 45 points, tallerman maximum 50 points!!)
Derby beat Nottingham +41 (Benji 41 points, SamH 28 points, tallerman 20 points)
Reading beat Newcastle +36 (Benji 30 points, SamH 21 points, tallerman 22 points)

Reading beat Derby +3 (Benji 46 points, SamH 0 points, tallerman 48 points!)
Hemel beat Bradford +1 (Benji 38 points, SamH 0 points, tallerman 49 points (not) again!)

Current leaderboard:
tallerman: 189
Benji: 189
SamH: 94

In the event of a draw, tallerman will win the title based on getting a 50, 49 and a 48 score. My best was a 45 so it'd only be fair that he wins if we draw.

[tallerman]

I reckon it was when they went up to 82 points off a 3 pointer. Thought it was wrong at the time

[benji]

4pm today we tipoff to find out the winner of this season's most highly anticipated competition (this prediction competition):



I think the match might be pretty good anyway.

[tallerman]

Hoping for a Reading win today

[benji]

What a final, Reading with the 3 point shot going in and out of the basket to deny them overtime!

Congratulations to Hemel Storm, and also to tallerman who wins this competition with another 48 points (enough for a MVP performance in the final).

Hemel beat Reading +3 (Benji 44 points, SamH 0 points, tallerman 48 points)

Final leaderboard:
tallerman: 237
Benji: 233
SamH: 94

As promised, here is tallerman enjoying his very well deserved grand prize:

[tallerman]

Cheers Benji, was a fun bracket

[SamH]

Yes, shame about my picks but at least the final was good!

[benji]

Thanks for taking part guys, much appreciated.

That really is me done for the season now though, see you after the summer.