Pouncing on Opportunity (NBA Live 06)

[Cornerthree]

Nice recaps Love your pics!

[~boshalladay~]

3-1 I think

[Fresh8]

I love the pics mate

[Marquis]

Great recap of these 4 games. Kinda weird that you lost vs Sacramento.
Also very nice photos. Funny one where Prince is dunking and Gooden is far away from him and ready to block

[Keo]

Damn the Cavs, I was right on until that loss. Looking forward to the January Recap.

[Buckley]

woo great job going 3-1 exactly what i predicted.

glad to see this dynasty back on track

[Biscuit20]

Hey Good Dynasty keep it up

[hova-]

Good job, nice wins and short recaps can be cool, too, at least your pics look awesome !

[Mark.]

Nice recaps Love your pics!

Cheers dude, thanks for reading

3-1 I think

Sorry dude, you made your prediction after I had posted the results of the month.

I love the pics mate

Cheers, bout the only thing I put in those recaps

Great recap of these 4 games. Kinda weird that you lost vs Sacramento.
Also very nice photos. Funny one where Prince is dunking and Gooden is far away from him and ready to block

Well not my most effort filled recap but its ok, Yeah I was supprised I lost to Sac town.

Damn the Cavs, I was right on until that loss. Looking forward to the January Recap

Yeah I was worried about the Cavs game and rightfully so, Jan recap isnt far away, might do it now.....

woo great job going 3-1 exactly what i predicted.

glad to see this dynasty back on track

Ummm dude I went 2-2 sorry Yeah im glad that its still all going ok

Hey Good Dynasty keep it up

Thanks dude, good to see your following it

Good job, nice wins and short recaps can be cool, too, at least your pics look awesome !

Thanks dude, yeha since I didnt do proper reacps I just chucked in all the pics from my screenshots folder instead of trying to limit it to 4


Yeah so I might work on the Jan recap soon, so it shouldnt be far away

[Srbija]

Cool recaps you got there, close match against the kings

[Jing]

wow those cavs jerseys are very very detailed and nice

[Mark.]

Cool recaps you got there, close match against the kings

Thanks dude

wow those cavs jerseys are very very detailed and nice

Yeah I'm not positive but I think they are dragons

[Mark.]

After a stellar undefeated run in december, January was a bit of a let down.
After an upset loss to the Kings the Pistons fell once again to the Cavs which although still a loss wasn't as bad.
The Pistons seemed to get back on track in the final gmae of the season against Dallas
with a dominating performance and possibly the best defensive effort from any team this season.
Hopefully the momentum from that game will continue over into February and up till the All Star Break.




The stats of the Detroit players have seemd to balance out now
with most averages staying around the same place as the December ones.
Rip still continue to churn out good numbers on offense and has become more effecient with his shooting.
If the Pistons can continue to post these number consistenly they will continue to be the team to beat.





At this stage of the season you dont expect to see too much activity in the standings
however this month saw some big changes in the playoff picture for both confidences.
Memphis made a big jump, sliding into the top seed in the West from 4th,
while defending champs the Spurs slid from first all the way to the 5th seed.
Also Portland who were previously 6th jumped up to 3rd seed.
Out east the top for stayed pretty much the same with only Miami and Philly switching places.
Toronto dropped from 5th to 7th and Indiana finally entered into the picture taking the 6th spot.





This month there were some big shifts in the divisional standings.
Out East it was just the lower places in the Divisons that shuffeled around with all leaders keeping their places,
However in the West it was only the Pacific that ended January with the same leader.
In the Southwest both Memphis and Houston overtook San Antonio,
with Houston adding another 5 wins to take their streak to 10 games won.
In the Northworst the Blazers overtook both Minnesota and Denver to take the 3 seed in the playoffs.



Note: MVP Canidates included also.

T-Mac continues to dominate the league ranking highly in almost every category,
with both him and Yao in the MVP candidates its not supprising the Rockets are on a huge run.
VC stepped up during Jan helping his Nets climb a place in the Eastern Standings.
Deron Williams continues to man the point well for the Jazz,
while little talked about Jose Manuel Calderon has played great for the Raptors lately.





As many predicted T-Mac over took Pierce and KG for the top spot in the scoring race,
with the top 5 scoring over 29 a game it looks like its going to be a tight race to the finish for the title.
Most of the other stats have stayed the same, with Pistons players leading 3 of the 5 main categories,
Steve Nash still continues to dissapoint with his assist numbers, only managing to put up just under 8 a game.

[Mark.]

After January, February looks to be a slightly easier month
with the big game being of couse the match up with the Spurs.
Also the matchup with the Heat will be a big one between two top east teams.
Other than that the 3 other games shouldn't be too much of a problem for the Pistons.





Alright time to make your pics for Feb,
This time there are 5 games so once again the points will be different,
Also this month I will add a couple of other prediction challenges incorporating the all star game.
Also check below for the Leadersboard.



This month was a rather tough one even though it only had 4 games,
not many people picked the exact amount of wins (Congrats to Sit, X and Honor)
However most were at least one away, also nobody guess the correct losses so there were no bonus points given there.

If anyone is unsure of how this works, basically you have the option to try guess which games I will lose, ie:

2-2 (Losses to Cavs and Mavs)

If you guess correctly you will be given 5 bonus points, however if you guess incorrectly you lose 5, as you can see this is a gamble so if you are not really sure id advise not guessing




February Predictions

With 5 games left:

Laxation: 4-1
Sam: 4-1
Jugs: 4-1
Dragon: 4-1
CWebbIverson: 4-1
The X: 3-2
Thierry: 4-1 (Loss to Spurs)
Keo: 4-1
Rongotai: 5-0


With 4 games left:

Sit: 4-1


With 3 games left:




With 2 games left:




With 1 game left:

Last edited by Mark. on Tue May 02, 2006 9:57 pm, edited 9 times in total.

[Arcane]

hmmm either 3-2 or 4-1 this month is my predictions

[Mark.]

Ok now for the All Star Predictions.

Firstly you can predict which players will be in the All Star game, this will be open up until I post the lineups which will be after the game against the Knicks.

You will get to select a player for each position that you think will make the All Star Line-up, for each one you guess correctly you will get 3 points, if you guess the all right for a conference you get a bonus 7 points, and if you guess both conferences right (good luck ) you get another bonus 10 points on top of that.

Try to submit your predictions in this format:

Code:

[b][color=blue][u]East[/u][/color]
PG:
SG:
SF:
PF:
C:

[color=red][u]West[/u][/color]
PG:
SG:
SF:
PF:
C:
[/b]

I will also be adding some more prediction challenges for guess the winners from the ASW but will post them once the Line-ups for the events have been announced

Guess Away

Last edited by Mark. on Mon May 01, 2006 8:46 pm, edited 2 times in total.

[Mark.]

hmmm either 3-2 or 4-1 this month is my predictions

You gotta choose one dude

[Arcane]

cool might try and give it a go

[Laxation]

East
PG: Billups
SG: Carter
SF: Lebron
PF: Sheed
C: Shaq

West
PG: Nash
SG: Kobe
SF: Mcgrady
PF: Garnett
C: Yao


4-1 in February nice monthly recap too

[BOSS]

4-1 in February.
Ill guess the all star thing later yo.
Good luck.

[Jugs]

East
PG: Billups
SG: Carter
SF: Lebron
PF: Bosh
C: Shaq

West
PG: Nash
SG: Kobe
SF: Mcgrady
PF: Garnett
C: Yao


4-1 in February

[Cornerthree]

T-Mac is doing good

[Arcane]

4-1 my prediction i'll stick with for the official record.

[Buckley]

East
PG: Billups
SG: Carter
SF: LBJ
PF: Sheed
C: B. Wallace

West
PG: Nash
SG: Kobe
SF: T-Mac
PF: KG
C: Yao


You'lll go 4-1 this month.

Last edited by Buckley on Mon May 01, 2006 8:31 pm, edited 1 time in total.

[Mark.]

T-Mac is doing good

Yeap, he is the man

@Dragon, sweet got that

@CWebbIverson you gonna make a prediction on the record?? And your very confident in my Pistons making a big showing in the All Star game