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That would be nuts. Not a great season to be a top seed in the playoffs...

Well after this GS update I'd call the matchups like this (hope I won't jinx it for anyone):
- Lidl @ Tide of Fire: advantage Lidl (GS over hca)
- Stinkies @ Camborne: advantage Camborne (hca)
- Sabre @ Erks: Erks wins the series (hca and GS)
- Atletas @ Arsenal: Atletas wins the series (very good GS update vs poor one over hca)
- Doncaster @ Ashington: hard to say, it will go to the tiebreaker. Hard to call this one between better GS (Doncaster) and hca (Ashington). Crunching the first game might come back to hurt Ashington. I'd go with better GS probably.

BC Atletas has the best team DMI of all remaining teams followed by Elmacca. They are the only teams with meaningful games to play with a DMI over 10 million. Arsenal, Tide of Fire and Ashington are all below 5.8 million.

Of course there are tactics and GDP to consider and injuries are still possible, so there's that too.

Good luck everyone.

Last edited by Lemonshine at 9/15/2017 8:57:56 AM

Good analysis, think I have to agree with all of it. Most of the games should be competitive/interesting at least.

On my GS - yeah really disappointed, I'm definitely in a lot of trouble now, not sure how I pull off a win. I'll break it down:
Pako - 57 mins last week, 2.6m dropped to 1.3m (74, 75 mins the two weeks previously. With a massage trainer fwiw)
Amberger - 66, 1.2m drop to 850 (69, 72)
Zivo - 60, kept his 9 GS (79, 74)
Lelarge - 63, drop from 370 to 330 (72, 67)
Sleiman - 66, rise from 200 to 258 (bought him with really low GS a few weeks ago. 63 last week). Slow growth.
Burrows - 82!, but he rose from 384 to 394, ha (62, 61 previously)

Think I've been a little unlucky in places, not sure why Lelarge and Burrows have been lurking around low 8s the past few weeks, and wouldn't have expected Pako/Amb drops today. Shrug! If I knew the results of the GS update beforehand I probably woulda trained it.

Last edited by Bergkamp at 9/15/2017 2:30:09 PM

Good luck to all the semifinal teams, I didn't expect to be here coming into the playoffs.
If I do end up with a trophy I'll be disappointed I didn't play my mascot/former EBBL champ Ronald Corcoran any minutes this season so he can be credited on the career stats page.

Season 39 : Performances (by (http://www.buzzer-manager.com))

Best collective performance of the season
Points : 2184 : Gausón
Rebounds : 1213 : Camborne Crusaders
Assists : 471 : Leeds City Ballers
Steals : 148 : Stinkilemons
Block Shots : 260 : Camborne Crusaders

Personal best performances of the season
Points : 59 : B. Gryf (Galaxy Walkers)
Rebounds : 36 : L. Rízquez (Camborne Crusaders)
Assists : 17 : W. Tanner (Bethnal Green Erks)
Steals : 6 : T. De Sario (Roaring Lions), M. Purović (Tide of Fire)
Block Shots : 10 : J. Mesnard (Camborne Crusaders)

Top 5 of the season
Point Guard : O. Widerström (Tide of Fire) (10 Points, 11.9 Rebounds, 5.9 Assists, 0.7 Steals, 1.6 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 21.7
Shooting Guard : F. Mojak (LIDLTallfellas) (19.4 Points, 4.3 Rebounds, 3.7 Assists, 0.5 Steals, 0.2 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 16.2
Small Forward : B. Gryf (Galaxy Walkers) (28.5 Points, 7.1 Rebounds, 1.7 Assists, 1.2 Steals, 0.1 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 23.5
Power Forward : L. Innes (Tide of Fire) (21.3 Points, 13.4 Rebounds, 2.4 Assists, 1.2 Steals, 1.4 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 30.3
Center : R. Osman (LIDLTallfellas) (18.4 Points, 15.4 Rebounds, 1.6 Assists, 0.7 Steals, 2.3 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 29.4

MVP of the season
L. Innes (Tide of Fire) (21.3 Points, 13.4 Rebounds, 2.4 Assists, 1.2 Steals, 1.4 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 30.3

The bad performance of the season
B. Elrick (Bc Atletas) (0 Points, 4 Rebounds, 1 Assists, 0 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : -18

Triple-Double of the season
J. Mesnard (Camborne Crusaders) (11 Points, 14 Rebounds, 1 Assists, 1 Steals, 10 Block Shots), O. Widerström (Tide of Fire) (14 Points, 13 Rebounds, 12 Assists, 0 Steals, 2 Block Shots), O. Widerström (Tide of Fire) (20 Points, 15 Rebounds, 10 Assists, 3 Steals, 1 Block Shots), O. Widerström (Tide of Fire) (19 Points, 14 Rebounds, 12 Assists, 1 Steals, 3 Block Shots)

All kinds of statistics
The player who forgot to remove his mittens during the season : H. Süren (Sabre of Valiente) : 61 Turnovers

Player targeted by the referees during the season : L. Tansley (LIDLTallfellas) : 82 Personnal Fouls

The iron-man of the season : H. Süren (Sabre of Valiente) : 913 Minutes

The shooter of the season : D. Trotter (Sabre of Valiente) : 52 Three points

The best performer of the season : L. Rízquez (Camborne Crusaders) : Rating : 22.5

The worst performer of the season : M. Taylor (Sabre of Valiente), M. Wilson (T20 Cricketers) : Rating : 2.0


Innes is predicted as the MVP once again, I thought he wouldn't win last season after only playing 17 games but I was incorrect.

Totally agree, gameshape update didn't go well, surprised I did as well as I did this season. Having Innes at near terrible GS makes it a loss unless I get a GDP miracle. Hit and hope. Expecting a loss tho so good luck elmacca!

Cheers, finally broke that six game losing streak against you guys.

I can't comment while the finals are still to come but I'll have a bit more to say on that game once the season is over.

Congrats to Vecx on another amazing season, tournament win and semi-finals is another outstanding performance.

So, it is to be the battle of the bast..4th seeds. This is an attritional season indeed.

Congrats to Lemons on his progression to the finals and also congrats to the Crusaders on a great season, ended by but a single point in the closest of nailbiters.



Last edited by Elmacca at 9/16/2017 4:06:14 PM

Yeah I thought I was going to lose when I saw he used GDP. That was the best lineup I could play on the day, my 5 theoretical starters all starting for the first time this season.

I thought everyone kind of expected Galaxy Walkers to sleepwalk through the playoffs and instead he sold towards the end of the season. Gauson got killed by bad GS and Erks, Doncaster and Atletas lost too many games early on.

Congrats to the two finalists. Certainly not the final I had in mind at the start of the playoffs, but both thoroughly deserving!

Not feeling too confident on my decider, but whatever happens, this brief stint back up here has been fun and although i'd prefer not too, going down could give me a bit more freedom training wise to really get Akinci to the level i'd like him at.

Congrats to both finalists, well deserved and I am looking forward to some great games!