NBA Playoff Survivor Pool: First pick reminder

1015 sats \ 51 comments \ @Undisciplined 13 Apr Stacker_Sports

We're having a wild finish to the regular season.

I did not have Denver falling to the 3rd seed on my bingo card. Is that going to make Phoenix and New Orleans avoid the 6th seed?

Now that all the seeding implications are clear, let's get our picks in.

@grayruby has already selected the Pacers.

I am going with the Cavaliers.

For reference, here is tomorrow's schedule along with odds for each matchup.

Here is the original post with the contest details #488380.

Prize

At least 5k sats, the current pot is at about 4k and growing,

@BTC_Bellzer, @riberet19, @siggy47, @gnilma

view all related items

125 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby 13 Apr

Cavs are a good pick. They should beat the Hornets easily and your probably don't want to use them in the playoffs unless you absolutely have to.

80 sats \ 6 replies \ @gnilma 13 Apr

Can you believe last night's games?

Spurs beating Nuggets and Jazz beating Clippers, both on games that matter to seeding for the better team.

I'm still tempted to pick the Spurs for tomorrow, especially after their last night's performance.

But since it's single elimination, I'll play it safe and go with the Cavs. Cavaliers is my pick.

41 sats \ 5 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 13 Apr

There several other very near upsets, too.

Cavs, locked in. Hopefully you and I survive to the play-in.

60 sats \ 4 replies \ @gnilma 13 Apr

Last night's games were just wild. Not at all what I expected, but very fun to see!

41 sats \ 3 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 13 Apr

I was watching the end of the Denver game. You don't see defending champs lose on a 5-second inbounding violation very often.

50 sats \ 2 replies \ @gnilma 13 Apr

I was shocked by that play too. Not only the mistake was made by the defending champ, but the man making the mistake was their number 2 guy, with loads of high pressure situation experience, in Murray. It seemed like a desperation pass to get the ball into Joker's hands too, seeing as there were only 0.9 seconds left and pass was made to Joker when he was at almost half court. I know Joker does voodoo and had scored game winners from way out, but being down by one with so little time left, it might be a good idea to just get it to someone near the rim for a higher quality shot.

21 sats \ 1 reply \ @Undisciplined OP 13 Apr

Tinfoil hat time:

Maybe the Nuggets wanted to avoid playing the Lakers in round 1, so they took the opportunity to throw the game.

50 sats \ 0 replies \ @gnilma 14 Apr

That is a very big and elaborate tinfoil hat.

I doubt Nuggets are afraid of the Lakers. They swept the Lakers in the WCF last playoffs and had beat them in all 3 meetings this season. They probably just got over confident with that big lead entering the second half and didn't expect the Spurs to fight back like that. I mean, who the heck would expect a rookie to score 17 points in 3 minutes against the Nuggets?

71 sats \ 3 replies \ @Coinsreporter 13 Apr

Can I also choose cavs, if someone already chosen them?

My first pick is cavs okay.

20 sats \ 2 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 13 Apr

Yes. You just can't take the same team more than once, but you can pick a team that someone else has also picked.

Cavs locked in

71 sats \ 1 reply \ @Coinsreporter 13 Apr

Thanks for the prompt answer. So, can we now widh each other for the Cavaliers win?

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 13 Apr

Yep. Most of us are in the same boat.

71 sats \ 3 replies \ @Coinsreporter 13 Apr

What about Celtics?

50 sats \ 2 replies \ @grayruby 13 Apr

You probably don't want to use them now. You can only use a team once.

They are the best team in the league so you are going to want to save them for later and their game tomorrow doesn't matter because they have already secured the number 1 seed in the Eastern Conference.

71 sats \ 1 reply \ @Coinsreporter 13 Apr

Can I participate in the contest now?

So far, I'm not so aware about the rules and also I couldn't get from the post.

50 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 13 Apr

Can I participate in the contest now?

Absolutely!

You can pick any team you want to win their game, but you can only pick each team once throughout the contest. That's why grayruby suggests saving the Celtics until later.

Whoever makes it the longest without picking a losing team wins the grand prize, which is going to be at least 5k sats. I keep adding sats to the prize after each post.

Let me know if you have any questions.

70 sats \ 1 reply \ @BTC_Bellzer 13 Apr

Spurs?

31 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 13 Apr

That's a bold pick, but they are heavy favorites and it doesn't cost you a playoff team.

70 sats \ 5 replies \ @IamSINGLE 13 Apr

Cavaliers for me too.

20 sats \ 4 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 13 Apr

Alright, three for the Cavs. I'm starting to get nervous.

60 sats \ 3 replies \ @IamSINGLE 13 Apr

Why nervous instead be happy.

10 sats \ 2 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 13 Apr

I'll be happy when they win and we all survive.

50 sats \ 1 reply \ @Coinsreporter 15 Apr

Are you happy now, lost because of you, 😲

But that's okay, I'm happy you're also out of the prize pool.😜

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 15 Apr

There's a lesson in there about listening to random people on the internet.

70 sats \ 1 reply \ @nym 13 Apr

This was not how I thought the season would end!

26 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 13 Apr

I can't remember anything even close to this.

Are you going to participate? The more the merrier!

60 sats \ 5 replies \ @riberet19 13 Apr

Well, I'm going with the Thunders.

20 sats \ 4 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 13 Apr

Nice pick. I was giving them serious consideration.

70 sats \ 3 replies \ @riberet19 13 Apr

Thanks, I think they have a serious chance after seeing their play this year in the Western Conference :)

20 sats \ 2 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 13 Apr

You know this pick is only for tomorrow's games, right? You won't be able to pick the Thunder later on in the playoffs.

70 sats \ 1 reply \ @riberet19 13 Apr

Yes, I know

20 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 13 Apr

Good, I realized that I wasn't explicit about that in this post.

60 sats \ 2 replies \ @siggy47 13 Apr

Kings here.

125 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby 13 Apr

Good pick. Kings have tiebreaker over Lakers. They need that win to have a chance at 8th.

95 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 13 Apr

Noted. May God have mercy upon you.

50 sats \ 8 replies \ @grayruby 14 Apr

Of course the first game that ends takes 3 people out. It wouldn’t be a stacker sports pool otherwise.

50 sats \ 7 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 14 Apr

It's going to be a lot of very bitter commentary from me the rest of the way.

Sorry everyone

50 sats \ 6 replies \ @grayruby 14 Apr

I thought it was a no brainer pick.

50 sats \ 5 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 14 Apr

I wasn't able to watch it, but from the box score it doesn't even look like they played most of their guys.

I don't get it. They still could have ended up as high as the two-seed and they knew the Bucks were vulnerable to fall.

50 sats \ 4 replies \ @grayruby 14 Apr

Yeah it was an odd choice.

When are the play in games?

50 sats \ 3 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 14 Apr

1st Round Tues/Wednesday 2nd Round Friday

50 sats \ 1 reply \ @grayruby 14 Apr

I have no idea how the next round works but I will take the Lakers because the Pelicans have about as much chance at beating the Lakers as I have of winning MSM this month.

50 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 14 Apr

The play-in is a tournament, so you all will make one pick for each play-in round.

You've got the Lakers for round 1 and then, if they win, you'll pick someone you expect to secure an 8th seed. I was planning on picking the loser of Miami/Phili for round 2 of the play-in.

I'll make that post later today, since it's such a quick turnaround.

reply on another page

50 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby 14 Apr

Looks like the Suns might avoid the play in.

50 sats \ 1 reply \ @StillStackinAfterAllTheseYears 14 Apr

What the hell -- let's go with the Knicks.

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 14 Apr

I'll get it in the ledger.

50 sats \ 4 replies \ @grayruby 13 Apr

Quick someone create another survivor pool. Stacker Sports has a shot to overtake Bitcoin today as top territory. Haha

20 sats \ 3 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 13 Apr

How about an NFL draft survivor pool?

We each submit our predictions for 1st round draft order and whoever gets the farthest with correct picks wins?