Good point! Then again, Portland is 16th in first-half margin at +0.1. Not great, but better than Minnesota, Boston, Milwaukee, and Indiana. http://www.teamrankings.com/nba/stat/average-1st-half-margin
I never said Nate was a good coach. I said that the perception of him not making adjustments during games seems to be contradicted by actual on-court data. I'm not looking to prove anything, other than sometimes conventional wisdom isn't as solid as it's believed to be by the masses. EDIT - I included first half data in my post to mook before I read your post.
I think it offers a solid case. You don't. No big deal, but I do disagree with the data being "for shit". If anything, the data gives me hope that the team can go on a run, because everything about the Blazers says they should be a playoff team, except for their W/L, and they're not that far out of things. Beating Minnesota, or at least playing them to the end, is a necessity if the team is going to make a run.
My sarcasm was from 2 months ago. [video=youtube;LmE0oAtY5L4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmE0oAtY5L4[/video]
Hmm, the season was 3 weeks old. So we're all arguing over obsolete 2nd-half point margins which are much worse now. You were still kicking hard yesterday in Post numbers 11 and 12. Unless there is a major change and we win more games, the 2nd half margin will deteriorate more, as averaged into the season's good staft.
Much worse? Still #1 in the NBA in that category. Which I posted today in this thread. That was today, grandpa. Don't forget the Metamucil tonight! This makes no sense. It's OK, though, because I'm sure you'll use your TI handheld and punch in some data.
Because that's what matters. Do you ever go back to the ESPN board? Just to show 'em all what they're missing?
Here's an interesting question for you How do you think the Blazers' 12-17 record in their last 29 games correlates with second half point margins?
I wasn't saying you were in the minority. Bitching about McMillan is trendy. I was saying you bring weird posts, which is cool.
Of course it was today that you were sarcastic. That was the point, Sonny. You had just finished saying your sarcasm was from 2 months ago. You'd better swallow your little bottle of 5-hour energy shot if you want to answer me here. How does this make no sense? --We had a good win record at first, but it is declining and will continue to slide.-- You got it now? You took my advice? You're good to go 5 hours with me.
I need the practice, but on the other hand, I feel like Nate is wearing me out. I'm conflicted, so I'll just blame Nate no matter what.
