Watch as Stuart kicks the ball with a chance to win the equivalent of $480,400. The goal is to hit the crossbar and, bloody hell, the bloke pulled it off.
The funniest moment is at 1:36, when they show the replay of Tinner. He kicks the ball and then quickly sticks his hands in his pockets while watching the ball anxiously.
Here’s a look at each first round matchup, taking into account Dean Oliver’s Four Factors of winning:
1. offensive and defensive effective FG% (which weight three-point shots with an extra point)
2. turnover rate (percentage of possessions ending in a turnover, both on offense and defense)
3. offensive and defensive rebound rate (percentage of available rebounds on each end of the floor)
4. FTM/FGA (which shows how well a team gets points from the free throw line)
Since we’re using both offensive and defensive numbers, I’ll call them the Eight Factors.
I have also included pace (possessions per game) and offensive and defensive efficiency (points scored per 100 possessions) for reference. Below the two rows for the two teams is a third row that shows the difference in each category. A positive number is good for the first team listed (which will always be the higher seed). A negative number means the higher seed is worse in that category.
I’ll put the season series results in parenthesis next to each matchup.
The Eastern Conference matchups were finalized a few days ago, but five spots in the West were undecided coming down to the final day of the season. Here’s a look at the playoff matchups in both conferences.
WEST
#1 Spurs vs. #8 Grizzlies
#4 Thunder vs. #5 Nuggets
#2 Lakers vs. #7 Hornets
#3 Mavericks vs. #6 Blazers
The Lakers and Mavericks won, which means they get the #2 and #3 seeds respectively. Both the Hornets and Grizzlies lost, so New Orleans gets the #7 seed (and the right to play the Lakers — yay!) while the Grizzlies get the #8 seed.
EAST
#1 Bulls vs. #8 Pacers
#4 Magic vs. #5 Hawks
#2 Heat vs. #7 Sixers
#3 Celtics vs. #6 Knicks
I’ll be back later with a preview of each series.
There’s a nice post over on TrueHoop about the five seeds in the West that are still up for grabs heading into tonight’s action.
Here’s a quick overview: Spurs are locked in as the #1 seed. Lakers/Mavs are battling for the #2 seed, but if L.A. wins, they lock it up. Mavs could slip to #4 if they lose and the Thunder win. Blazers are locked in at #6. Hornets and Grizzlies are battling for the #7 seed, but New Orleans can clinch it with a win.
I broke down the first part of her interview yesterday, and generally speaking, I think Hill is missing the point. Sterger wants to answer charges that she’s a gold-digger, and apparently she’s not. She hasn’t profited from this situation at all. Good for her. But she also wants to answer charges that she’s a home-wrecker, and those accusations are not so easily dismissed since she did engage in some sort of interaction through text message with Favre for a period of time.
If she wasn’t interested in what he had to say, then she never should have responded to him. Ignore his texts and voicemails and he’ll eventually go away. But she didn’t do that. She admitted to texting him but couldn’t recall what her texts were about, claiming that she was just trying to figure out who it was. So something doesn’t add up.
Regardless, I think we’re all ready for this story to finally go away. But let’s not leave this thinking that Sterger is some sort of victim. Had she not interacted with Favre via text or shared those texts/voicemails with friends, this story never would have seen the light of day. Favre is mostly responsible for the interaction/incident, but she was complicit by responding to those texts. And due to her poor choice in confidants, she was mostly responsible for this story becoming public.
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