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February 24, 2016
Pace Mannion NBA Pick 'Em: Week 17: There are seven national games this week, beginning tonight on ESPN with the Wizards at the Bulls and ending Saturday on ABC with the Warriors at the Thunder. Howard_T holds a dominating lead but the scrappy Rcade is poised for an unexpected surge, just like John Kasich.
posted by rcade to basketball at 10:54 AM - 7 comments
Feb. 24
Chicago by 12
San Antonio by 16 <-- slam dunk
Feb. 25
Oklahoma City by 18
Portland by 6
Feb. 26
Atlanta by 7
Memphis by 10
Feb. 27
Oklahoma City by 6
posted by rcade at 11:03 AM on February 24, 2016
Huh. I kicked a little ass in that last prediction session. Does anyone else get the feeling that rcade is throwing this? Like a tennis player, even?
FEBRUARY 24:
WAS by 8
SAS by 18
FEBRUARY 25:
OKC by 10
POR by 10
FEBRUARY 26:
ATL by 7
MEM by 12
FEBRUARY 27:
GSW by 6
posted by NoMich at 01:04 PM on February 24, 2016
24th:
Chicago by 8
San Antonio by 10
25th:
OKC by 14 (slam)
Portland by 13
26th:
Atlanta by 10
Memphis by 6
27th:
Golden State by 7
posted by Ufez Jones at 02:08 PM on February 24, 2016
Feb 24
Chicago by 11
San Antonio by 14 - slam
Feb 25
New Orleans by 6
Portland by 11
Feb 26
Atlanta by 12
Memphis by 7
Feb 27
Golden State by 8
posted by tron7 at 02:31 PM on February 24, 2016
I really thought I had a bad week last week, and I was looking for my lead to dwindle significantly. Somehow it stayed up there, and I almost question the math involved. Not really. I think it's more like the Republican Party's nominating process. No single competitor to the leader has emerged, but that is not due to anyone's incompetence. At the risk of sounding like that certain blond-haired candidate, "I love the Pace Mannion pick-em, and I will make it great again." Enough demagoguery, let's make some picks.
24 February
Chicago by 3 in a duel between John Wall and Derrick Rose
San Antonio by 14 with a SLAM in the Delta
25 February
New Orleans by 6
Portland by 12
26 February
Atlanta by 8 The still intact Hawks don't let the trade rumors get to them.
LA Lakers by 9 Memphis without Gasol is greatly weakened.
27 February
Golden State by 17 You expected something different?
posted by Howard_T at 04:34 PM on February 24, 2016
Results
Feb. 24
Chicago by 5
San Antonio by 16
Feb. 25
New Orleans by 4
Houston by 14
Feb. 26
Atlanta by 15
Memphis by 17
Feb. 27
Golden State by 3
posted by rcade at 08:41 AM on February 25, 2016
NoMich wins the week with 58, climbing out of the cellar and only five points out of third.
Rules
Pick the winner and spread for each game. Score 5 points if the team wins, 3 more points if your spread is close and another 2 if you hit the spread exactly.
At your option, make one game a slam dunk to triple your score in victory or lose 5 points in defeat.
Read the detailed rules on the first week's post.
If SportsFilter is down and you need to submit your picks, you can send them in email to me.
This Week's Games
Seven games this week, including a Thunder/Warriors rematch in Oklahoma City eight days after Golden State won by 8 at home. Memphis goes to L.A. -- could this be the week the Lakers finally beat somebody in a national game? Probably not. But Chicago/Atlanta and Houston/Portland look like nice competitive games.