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NBA Week 13 Update

by @TheGM 🏀  NBA Free ⚡

Friends in fast breaks,

When I said last week was bad... Did you think that was a challenge? An invitation? 

"I can do even worse when I apply myself, suck it GM!"

 

MAKE YOUR WEEK 13 PICKS

 

We had our worst week yet of OAD. There were not that many big scoring opportunities, and we didn't do a great job riding the ones that did happen. We were getting spoiled with all the 30s and 40s and 50s, now a 25 point performance just feels bad.

Survivor was a mild reprieve, with more than three quarters of us making it through one more week. We clung to the Beam Team like a safety blanket and they melted down the Rockets like nobody's business.

 

ONE AND DONE RECAP

Weekly Standings | Player Performance | Overall Standings

 

Backup Picks

  • 18 of our pickable players didn't play, and 12 of those got at least one pick
  • In total, 71 picks were on those DNPs, with a good volume spread across G. Antetokounmpo (10 picks), J. Brown (16), and D. DeRozan (14) garnering the most
  • We unfortunately had 18 double DNPs that receive zero points this week, apologies to the unlucky pickers
  • Reminder - the Injury report is now linked near the top of the picking page, it can't fix last minute DNPs, but it's a very quick and basic line of defense!

 

Results

  • And I thought LAST WEEK was rough
  • 7 of our picked players scored 30+ points this week, delivering good results for 86 of us (new low!)
  • Last post I talked about Dogpiling Dame... and it paid off!
    • D. Lillard posted 36 points, our weakest high mark so far this SZN
    • This is the first time our top pick was also the top scorer for the week
    • We got close back in Week 6 when 53 of us got 41 points from D. Booker
    • But the actual best performance that week was A. Davis who scored 44 points and wasn't picked at all!
  • Our other top performers this week: J. Brunson (34 pts, 3 picks), J. Tatum (33, 22), A. Edward (31, 2), L. Ball (31, 2), J. Harden (31, 5), and J. Embiid (30, 18)
  • We averaged a sad 22.3 points per pick (new low!)
    • The "average" picked players scored 18.9 points, a mild improvement from last week
  • Our worst flop this week goes to D. Mitchell, who when 29 pickers depended on him, scored a meager 14 points
    • Honorable mention to S. Curry who managed 15 points for 24 pickers
  • Other poor weekly performances: D. Garland (15 pts, 3 picks), P. Siakam (15, 19), and L. Doncic (15, 7)

 

Standings Check
We have prizes for Overall points, as well as most points scored over three different Intervals (First 8 weeks, middle 8 weeks, and final 7 weeks). There's something to play for all SZN!

Interval 2 (Weeks 9-16) Standings

  • And a big shake-up - Only @ForceRecon was up here last week
  • With a lot of favorites posting weak point totals this week, we got some good shuffling and it's anyone's game again
  • We're halfway through the Interval, four more weeks until we crown another champ
Rank Username Interval 2 Points
1 Dufresne 156
2 nike2100 152
3 ForceRecon 151
T-4 bwitsberger 150
T-4 crozenwaser 150
T-4 HouseShoryuKen 150

 

Overall Standings

  • Much less shuffling here, though the gap to reach the leaders shrank somewhat
  • Another down week dropped our 30+ points per pick number, now at 40 from 54 last week
Rank Username Overall Points
1 mfeeney21 435
2 Bigrv51 416
T-3 phquawl 406
T-3 PurpleNurple19 406
T-5 dcwiek 396
T-5 Merlinmei383 396

 

Team SZN Performance

  • Flop City. Population: Us.
  • I (@TheGM) as well as @TheCommish and @Merf got torpedoed by S. Curry's 15 flop. @StatCzar was lucky enough to catch D. Mitchell's 14 dud.
  • Overall, @StatCzar has our best placement at 106th
  • Reminder: We play along for fun and pride, we can't win anything

 

 

THE WORM RECAP

Weekly Standings | Game Outcomes | Golden Spreadsheet

 

Results

  • We entered the week with 60 players and exited with 47, a 78.3% survival rate
  • Beam. Beam! BEAM!
    • SAC (vs HOU) delivered 21 of us to safety
    • It was a relatively close affair for the first half, then SAC remembered that they've got the BEAM on their side and ran away with it
    • Shoutout to Sabonis dropping an awesome 19/15/16 statline, you don't see that from many Centers
  • GSW (@ SAS) was an easy clap for 6 pickers
    • The ONLY interesting thing about this game was setting the NBA record crowd of 68,323 people
    • Otherwise, GSW cruised
  • CHI (vs OKC) produced the most victims, though only four
    • CHI let OKC build a 10 point lead in the first, then clawed it back
    • CHI let OKC build a 15 point lead in the third, then clawed it back
    • CHI let OKC build a 15 point lead in the fourth
    • They uh... forgot there isn't a fifth quarter to claw it back again

 

Team SZN Performance

  • @Merf prevailed again, riding SAC to another victory
  • Reminder: we play along for fun and pride, we can't win anything

 

 

VC'S KNEES RECAP

 

Results

  • Reminder: @medicalmatt224 is our champion! He and Commish are just playing for pride at this point
  • They engaged in a pickoff based on the weekend slate, but we haven't evaluated the outcome just yet, check back on Friday

 

Team SZN Performance

  • TBD...
  • Reminder: we play along for fun and pride, we can't win anything

 

 

 

Yours in hoops,
The GM

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