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If a play "normal" it won't be a problem.
But if i play PIC and Suikerboys plays "normal" it could become difficult since he also has homecourt advantage.

There is also another factor: i have to win big to hopefully get my point difference up to get homecourt advantage in the PO finals.
You and i are tied, but also with the leader of the other conference.

3 teams with the same record: the final game of the regular season will decide the homecourt advantage in the PO's.
So this makes it indeed a interesting game :)

the team from the other division will most likely take HCA :P easier opponent their.

i don't see Goalois risking a CT and then ending up having to play play downs with a small ammount of enthousiasme, since that would end up killing em.

But indeed should be intersting games :D

Revo

the way I see it there will noly be 1 big battle. Other games are important too, more or less. But because suikerboys NEEDS a win, I'm not sure what he will do. a crunch might even be possible. okay, he's then out in PO first round, but at least he did reach POs.
with normal suikerboys still has a high chance of being kicked first PO game (as he then plays away), which makes a crunch a possible play.
This fact will have inpact on KV. It's a game on the road. will normal be enough to play a crunch? a TIE surely won't. But how bad does he want the victory? It's prety important, but what will be the cost?

suikerboys can also decide to TIE and hope LOST will still loose his game, or end up with less point difference.

I'm realy curious about both managers decisions. And I'm glad I'm not managing KV right now, as I probably would go mad trying to decide how to play.

KV is a no brainer to me. i'd be more worried about BS ivan if i were KV's manager. If suikerboys CT, then they won't be going anywhere. KV still has all the cards in his hands, altho the team to watch is BS Ivan to me.

Gaolois could get out of the Play downs with a win their, so might still get interesting....

BS Ivan is beatable...
Bavi vilvoorde might always play the same damn way... But it's effective... I think that they've got a shot vs BS Ivan + In the finals BS Ivan won't be able to knock out KV (or me if I'm lucky :P) But I'm not going for the BBBL, so then... He can have it!

Btw: he just bought another C, looks like he means business ;)

Ok, i just had a look at the standings.
Am i missing something? Suikerboys has 1 game lead over the 5th spot, but also +100 point difference.
Now if Suikerboys would loose and #5 wins his game (against you), #5 still needs to make up 100 points.
Now that is something i don't find realistic.

LoD: you are a smart guy: you should know this as well.
So why this post?

Is there a possibility you are trying to put pressure on your opponents before the PO's? ;)

not realy. I don't think I will be in long enough to face you, and IF I am, it will end there anyway.

I also noticed the big difference in points, but it's not that unrealistic. Maybe it's because I know what I put for line-up.

I just set it, and if it wheren't for training, I would have NO player in there that would play my first PO game, just because I wouldn't risk the injuries.
Now I play Van Eeckhout full game. I hope to put him as SG in my PO game, so hope he will not get injured in his training game tomorrow.

My team will be very weak tomorrow. I play my least players, and play them full game, except for 1 position that has a back up, and also some out of position...
I also play TIE offcourse.
So if Lost is putting a good team, and is putting some/much effort in the game, I wouldn't be surprized if there is a huge point difference in our game. I haven't checked his strength atm, but I know he did win some games during the season against opponents with good players... I have seen huge differences in games where 1 team is sacking the game and the other is playing decent, so that's why I see this situation as exciting.
Lost can't take it easy, as my players aren THAT bad after all, but there is an opportunity for him.

Because you also need the win, you need to predict what suikerboys will do. Can you take the risk to think they will go easy as they feel safe the point difference is big enough? Or should you be carefull because suikerboys knows that even if they loose, they can't loose by a wide margin, so they have to put some effort in it anyway. And if they put some effort in it, will you be able to win easy? And what if they fear you will put some effort in it, because the win is important to you, and you play away, maybe they will have to put more then normal effort in it????

That's what I mean by exciting game. It's a snowball-effect. Each step you think ahead more, adds to the ball, and makes you want to put more effort in it. So where will both of you stop thinking?

I'm realy ancious to know. And I'm also realy curious to see the results for the game. I will loose tomorrow, I'm prety certain of that. Still LOST can not afford not to make max effort as he needs the point difference.

You can gamble offcourse, and play TIE, possibly giving up the game, but getting more enthousiasm, maybe it will be enough to reach PO finals. But you will have to face me first then. . If you can keep your No1 in our conf, you'll probably face a enthousiasmless team instead.
I don't think you'll be able to claim HCA in finals, but still I think claiming first spot in our conf, is prety important for the first 2 PO games.

There are a lot of possibilities, and you'll need to analyse a lot, to make the best decision. As I said, I'm glad I'm not in your position right now.

A big upset, but not in my game.
Ivan lost his final game against #6!
And so i've clinched homecourt advantage throughout the entire PO's.
Didn't saw that one coming

Now you still need to advance to the finals ;)
Will be intresting! Shame that Partizan doesn't play anymore -.-

my prediction of possibility for LOST to advance wasn't wrong, it seems after the game.
But LOST didn't seize the opportunity, nor did suikerboys fear it.

almost 40 point diffrence on normal, would have been easely 60 with a crunch.

The diffrence between suikerboys and KV wasn't that big though, but I still feel it was not so unrealistic as some assumed.
And if LOST would have crunched, and suikerboys would have picked any effort that was less then they picked now, I think LOST would have reached the POs.
I can understand suikerboys'choice, whichever it was (as there is a valid theory for each of the possibilities), but I don't understand LOST.
Anyway, my loss is less hard this way, so I'm not complainting.

And yes, congrats on HCA. I told you the win of your last game was VERY important. Mabye you believe me now. ;)