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Hi,

I prepared invitation, let me know if it's correct - just please accept it :).

@Paul George and Spela:
We are in EU, so DST shouldn't be an issue as it is changed at the same time, right?

Paul George,
What time did you use when you sent challenge?

Spela and Paul George, when you look at your team schedule page,

I'm not sure if it has caused confusion, as I have mentioned that in Playoffs match time is 3.30PM EET.

In here EET, Eastern European Time is the key point, and the time that we're comparing into, because it means your local equivalent of 3.30PM EET.
In other words, I am at EET time zone, so all my HGL matches this season (including playoff match against HB) show as being played at 15.30.
Unless there is some serious mistake in my thinking, match time in Sweden, Poland and Italy for instance, are 1 hour behind that, so 14.30.

Just like during regular season PU match organizing process, when one sends PU invitation, they use their own designated time given for their team when sending challenge.
For Season 3 Playoffs official match time is your local equivalent of 3.30PM EET. In other words, if you are not in EET time zone, you need to adjust that time.
Now that we stick with this 15.30 EET on Playoffs, this listing should provide correct match times for all (if I'm not somehow strangely mistaken): (328546.3)

I believe I mentioned in Announcements-posts (or somewhere else prior to playoffs), that we'll use that time throughout the Playoffs - the same time, that you see HGL matches been played this season, when you look at your team schedule page.

I dunno I am noob. Shows with time 15:30. Normally I play at 14:30 all my games. Will it change when I accept?

Our first round playoff match was played at correct official time. Compare this time (that you see when you look at your team schedule, and search for our Playoff meeting) to challenge that Rajdersi sent you; if it's same time (as far as I know you should play all your HGL matches this season at 14.30, right?) then in that case you can accept the challenge.

I'm not aware of any case in where time would change after you have accepted it, so you should not accept incorrect challenges (to prevent Rajdersi for losing one token).

Last edited by Wagner at 12/15/2025 5:14:29 PM

Wow, what a rocky start for a Playoffs - I'll change my order for the Second Round, thank you very much ;)

But now that we got the forfeit and rematch out of the way, maybe it's a return to the success path once again.

Anyway, LGM was so close to providing a surprise result as a lower ranked away team, and as for tight losses for away teams this 5 point loss was all-time the second tightest Playoff loss on away court (trailing only ED´s 3 point Playoff loss earlier).

In LMS vs. VIV, it was a 3 point game before 4th quarter, but then something happened. Both were ice cold behind the 3 point arc, combining 3 of 35(!) - maybe outside defense orientated tactics (and in the case of VIV, inside orientated offense, that tends to drop 3p% sometimes even dramatically) did the trick?

Ya then he sent wrong time.

Invitation updated, should be ok

Ya then he sent wrong time.

Has match at correct time already been organized? Match link isn't yet available anywhere, it seems.

137640567

I post at my place.

Best performances:

Best collective performance:

Point: 157 : Svätý Jur Snakers...s1...(133878243)
Defense: 33 : Virtus Portici...s2...(135192166)
Rebound: 80 : Svätý Jur Snakers...s1...(133878243)
Assist: 45 : Svätý Jur Snakers...s2...(135199014)
Steal: 26 : Elan Demars...s1...(133878042)
Block: 19 : Madrid Chotis...s1...(133877542)

Personal best performances:

Point: 59 : N. Grévin (Les Gueux du Marais)...s3...(136507397)
Rebound: 29 : J. Arminen (Wagner College)...s3...(136507020)
Assist: 17 : T. Mäkipää (Suuret Muinaiset)...s2...(135198368)
Steal: 7 : I. Borovskiy (Santa Eufemia Ducks)...s1...(133878460)
Block: 8 : M. Bagunyà (Madrid Chotis)...s1...(133879120)
……....... J. Costigan (Heywood Big Dogs)...s1...(133877472)
The shooter: 10 Three points scored: V. Skucs (Lielupes Melnās Sirdis).....s2...(135191790)
...……...….........................................Z. Kopec (Rajdersi).........................s3...(136507475)

The best performer: A. Kubinaň (Svätý Jur Snakers): Rating: 23...s1...(133878455)

Thanks very much Hadár for keeping track of these records! I know I sound like a broken record when keeping on repeating this, but I just want you to know these kind of efforts are highly appreciated (and I feel very confident when saying, not only by me).

Quite respectable numbers already in 3 seasons (as we see above), many of these records already take a considerable effort to break!

Last edited by Wagner at 12/19/2025 5:01:31 AM

137640567

I post at my place.

Thanks Spela, yes, now I see it in your box score post!

Also, other managers still playing, please don't forget to update your own teams' box score post for previous match links and game results, just as during Regular Season (while we do it in one time window during RS preparations, from understandable reasons this isn't possible during Playoffs as we don't know future matchups, so we need to be doing that for the full duration of Playoffs.

If your team is one of 4 best in Regular Season, you can mark AQR2 as First Round score, which is abbreviation for "Automatically Qualified for Round 2".

Last edited by Wagner at 12/19/2025 5:09:57 AM

Good luck for all during playoffs (y)


Maybe I will try to use AI for game descriptions :D
(136507452)
Lielupes Melnās Sirdis - Rajdersi 103 - 114
[...]

Hello Paul George,

This AI initiative of yours was interesting, as I mentioned.

Would you, or anyone else of us HGL managers, be interested in attempting to make AI to create a match previews for forthcoming quarter final matches that are played in just a tad more than 2 days?

We don't currently have team stats for this season that could be utilized in such attempt, but I don't know if AI would be smart enough to be able to "browse though/inspect" previous box scores from this season (of which match links all are located only in two posts after all) to create a thorough analysis of team (and perhaps even player by player-level) performance over the season?
Are any of you guys very experienced with utilizing AI?

Last edited by Wagner at 12/19/2025 5:18:10 AM

This AI initiative of yours was interesting, as I mentioned.

Would you, or anyone else of us HGL managers, be interested in attempting to make AI to create a match previews for forthcoming quarter final matches that are played in just a tad more than 2 days?

To quote myself above, I'll take silence as a no. ;P
Good luck to each team on today's quarter-finals, I hope we're going to see some close matches when you guys battle for a place in Medal games - win today, and you are guaranteed a shot at Medal match!

Speaking of which, if your team wins today, remember, that you will be playing on week after next week even if you'd lose, because semifinal match losers will play for Bronze medals! In other words, if losing in semis', please don't forget to start arranging Bronze match for your team as soon as possible!

@WiMaOlCa, please add match link to your own teams' box score post.
It is a HGL practice to have link added to your own box score post before match starts.
Having said that, you won´t of course receive a forfeit for not doing so (which was apparent as it's not written in rules), but again, this is strongly recommended practice to have link available there before match starts (and I wouldn't prefer to start considering changing the written rules into any stricter ones regarding this matter, if managers keep on following this recommendation).

All other HGL managers as well, please do check your box score post if you think you haven't still updated it completely.
Remember, it is everyone's duty to keep on updating it throughout the HGL Season, including Playoffs.
In other words, this isn't a voluntary, but rather a mandatory step/duty when you participate to HGL.
I understand that life can become very hectic sometimes, but please try to remember this step, and remember, that it doesn't take lots of time to do.
Links to your own box score posts are very easy to find (league table posts on both official threads), as you all know.

Last edited by Wagner at 12/21/2025 6:33:06 AM