NBA 2023-2024 In-Season Tournament Challenge - Yo Mama Said Knock You Out! (3 Viewers)

[Long Ball Larry]

Boston passes Orlando’s point differential, but still needs Brooklyn to beat Toronto.

Knicks looking good for wildcard and can even still win their group if Milwaukee loses.

Crazy night.

Oh right, Orlando will have the head to head tiebreak if it is just those 2

 

[Yo Mama]

TNT needs to keep all the scores at the top all the time right now.

 

[Yo Mama]

Boston would need Milwaukee to lose by more than 12 to pass them for the wildcard.

 

[Yo Mama]

Finals for East 3-1 teams
NY +42
Cle +31
BOS +27
Orl +22

 

[Long Ball Larry]

Nets could have played that last minute a little differently and maybe gotten to the +19

 

[Yo Mama]

Finals for East 3-1 teams
NY +42
Cle +31
BOS +27
Orl +22

And if Mil loses, they are +39 minus whatever they lose by (NY would be group winner if Bucks lose).

 

[Yo Mama]

So by my math, if Milwaukee loses by 9, Cle gets the wildcard

 

[Yo Mama]

So by my math, if Milwaukee loses by 9, Cle gets the wildcard

Sorry, Cle is +29, so Mil would need to lose by 11.

 

[Yo Mama]

So East is looking like this:

Mil wins
1-Mil vs 4-NY
2-Ind vs 3-Bos

Mia wins
1-Ind vs 4-Mil
2-NY vs 3-Bos

 

[Yo Mama]

Wolves win, but not by enough. They’re eliminated.

1-LAL vs 4-Pho locked in now

- Sac wins and they get the 2 seed
-GS needs to win by 12 to win their group over Sac
- Hou wins they’re in, otherwise it’s NO

 

[Yo Mama]

Next year, they need to do a live standings graphic like they do in soccer so people can know where things stand and don’t have to do a bunch of math.

 

[Yo Mama]

Group Stage is complete, here are the final group stage results:

1st place - 20 win differential - @scoobus

2nd place - 24 win differential - @caustic

3rd place tie - 26 win differential - @dunfee555 @Jayrod @Eephus @AAABatteries

7th place tie - 28 win differential - @BassNBrew @Frostillicus

9th place tie - 30 win differential - @Yo Mama @nysfl2 @the moops

12th place - 32 win differential - @Dr. Octopus

13th place - 34 win differential - @Desert_Power

Congrats to Scoobus on the group stage win!

I’ve got the results in the google sheet.

 

[Yo Mama]

Quarterfinals are set:

East
#4 NYK @ #1 Mil
#3 Bos @ 2 Ind

West
#4 Phx @ #1 LAL
#3 NO @ #2 Sac

Here’s how the knockout standings are looking so far (1 point for quarterfinal, 2 points for semis, 4 points for finalist, 8 points for champ):

6 points - BassnBrew, Scoobus
5 points - Yo Mama, Caustic, Dunfee, Nysfl2, Dr Oc
4 points - Frosty, Eephus, AAA
3 points - Jayrod, Moops, Desert Power

 

[the moops]

Looks like @nysfl2 is the only one who still has the potential finals matchup and winner in PHO and BOS, with PHX as the winner

 

[CletiusMaximus]

I might be a weirdo on this but I really enjoyed Shaq doing color with Reggie Miller on TNT last night. I'm not sure I'd want it to be a regular thing but the novelty was fun for one game.

 

[BassNBrew]

Looks like if Milwaukee wins I should win this (only person who picked them).

 

[the moops]

Looks like if Milwaukee wins I should win this (only person who picked them).

Looks like you are correct. No way anyone else can catch you considering their and your semi and final choices. And it looks like if SAC wins, I win (only person who picked them).

 

[Long Ball Larry]

Danny Leroux mentioned the other day that it seems like the best pathway to advancing out of the group stage is to have two bad teams in your group and make sure you beat up on them, then play the other two teams close and hopefully go 1-1. That is how Phoenix and New York did it. Will be interesting to see how teams play it next year after having this experience (assuming all rules are the same)

 

[Yo Mama]

The league needs to expand to 32 teams.

4 groups of 8 teams. Top 2 in each group advance, no wildcards.

 

[Eephus]

The league needs to expand to 32 teams.

4 groups of 8 teams. Top 2 in each group advance, no wildcards.

It's four-dimensional chess to use the IST as leverage for both broadcast revenue and expansion.

 

[Yo Mama]

We’re back for more IST action tonight with the first night of quarterfinal action.

#3 Boston vs #2 Indiana
#3 New Orleans vs #2 Sacramento

[Sports shock jock radio voice]: WHO YA GOT??!?

 

[Yo Mama]

If the Lakers win the IST Cup - this is the greatest thing ever and should count towards the number of team titles the team has (suck it Boston)!

If the Lakers don’t win it - this is a joke and will be a curse for any team trying to win the “real” title (especially if Boston wins it).

 

[Jayrod]

Boston on a mission for the sake of Prichard, Hauser, Kornet and the rest of the bench. Those guys would all get a 12-50% raise if they win this.

 

[Yo Mama]

Boston on a mission for the sake of Prichard, Hauser, Kornet and the rest of the bench. Those guys would all get a 12-50% raise if they win this.

Yeah I love hearing a lot of vets (like LeBron) calling out how they want to win the $500K for all the guys on the team that don’t make as much as the superstars.

 

[the moops]

Boston on a mission for the sake of Prichard, Hauser, Kornet and the rest of the bench. Those guys would all get a 12-50% raise if they win this.

I think your math is off, but point taken

 

[Yo Mama]

We’re bad at this.

Six people only had one semifinalist correct - Bucks

Seven people had zero correct

Nobody picked the Lakers, Pelicans, or Pacers to make it.

We have a two way tie for first in the knockout stage with 8 points - @BassNBrew and @scoobus

If Bucks beat the Pacers BNB wins it all, if not it stays a tie.

 

[Eephus]

We’re bad at this.

Six people only had one semifinalist correct - Bucks

Seven people had zero correct

Nobody picked the Lakers, Pelicans, or Pacers to make it.

We have a two way tie for first in the knockout stage with 8 points - @BassNBrew and @scoobus

If Bucks beat the Pacers BNB wins it all, if not it stays a tie.

In my defense, I didn't know what I was doing.

 

[Yo Mama]

Semifinal day!!!!!!

https://x.com/lasvegaslocally/status/1732857628588667236?s=46&t=y6cC9YGHSWmPAqN66itfRA

 

[scoobus]

So do I win?

 

[Yo Mama]

So do I win?

Yep, congrats to @BassNBrew and @scoobus for tying for first in the knockout stage!

Thanks everyone for playing along as we tried to figure this whole thing out.

Now we just need the NBA to do another one of these in February.

 

[scoobus]

So do I win?

Yep, congrats to @BassNBrew and @scoobus for tying for first in the knockout stage!

Thanks everyone for playing along as we tried to figure this whole thing out.

Now we just need the NBA to do another one of these in February.

Not that any of this matters, but how was it a tie?

 

[scoobus]

Ok nm, I see what you're saying.

 

[scoobus]

Group Stage is complete, here are the final group stage results:

1st place - 20 win differential - @scoobus

2nd place - 24 win differential - @caustic

3rd place tie - 26 win differential - @dunfee555 @Jayrod @Eephus @AAABatteries

7th place tie - 28 win differential - @BassNBrew @Frostillicus

9th place tie - 30 win differential - @Yo Mama @nysfl2 @the moops

12th place - 32 win differential - @Dr. Octopus

13th place - 34 win differential - @Desert_Power

Congrats to Scoobus on the group stage win!

I’ve got the results in the google sheet.

Based on this, I'm giving myself the overall tiebreaker.

Thank you, thank you.

 

[Yo Mama]

Ok nm, I see what you're saying.

Yeah I kept the group play and knockout sections separate. Next year we can combine if we weight the knockout stuff a little more. You would have won a combined ranking.

 

[BassNBrew]

Ok nm, I see what you're saying.

Yeah I kept the group play and knockout sections separate. Next year we can combine if we weight the knockout stuff a little more. You would have won a combined ranking.

You don't need to weight them more. Just give points for every miss in the knockouts based on how you weighted them this year. I thought you had the perfect setup.

 

[BassNBrew]

Group Stage is complete, here are the final group stage results:

1st place - 20 win differential - @scoobus

2nd place - 24 win differential - @caustic

3rd place tie - 26 win differential - @dunfee555 @Jayrod @Eephus @AAABatteries

7th place tie - 28 win differential - @BassNBrew @Frostillicus

9th place tie - 30 win differential - @Yo Mama @nysfl2 @the moops

12th place - 32 win differential - @Dr. Octopus

13th place - 34 win differential - @Desert_Power

Congrats to Scoobus on the group stage win!

I’ve got the results in the google sheet.

Based on this, I'm giving myself the overall tiebreaker.

Thank you, thank you.

Congrats @scoobus I thought it was a combined contested and picked that way. You are the champ IMO.

 

[Yo Mama]

If the Lakers win the IST Cup - this is the greatest thing ever and should count towards the number of team titles the team has (suck it Boston)!

If the Lakers don’t win it - this is a joke and will be a curse for any team trying to win the “real” title (especially if Boston wins it).

LAKERS BANNER NUMBER 18!!!!!!! I KNEW IT!!!