Forum Game Preseason Game #1 Predictions Game - Blazers vs Warriors, Wednesday, 10/08/25

SharpeScooterShooter · Oct 8, 2025 at 2:31 PM

Predict the following:

1) Final Score of each team
2) Blazer's high player in combined shots/rebounds/assists/steals/minus turnovers.
See @GrandpaBlaze for further clarification. LOL!
3) The combined total of the Blazers' Starters and the combined total of the Blazer' Bench

Please keep conversations about the game in the game thread and leave this for posting the predictions only, to make it easier to tally up everyones' numbers after the game. Thanks in advance for your consideration.

Go Blazers!!

SharpeScooterShooter · Oct 6, 2025 at 5:04 PM

Blazers - 88
Warriors - 84

Sharpe - 27

Starters - 45
Bench - 43

SharpeScooterShooter · Oct 7, 2025 at 5:35 AM

Since i cant seem to add Gramps post to the OP, ill just post it here.

GrandpaBlaze said: ↑

Well, with pre-season about to start, I figure it must be time for the annual Predictions Game Overview post.

As always, the preseason is a season in-and-of-itself and has no bearing on how you will do in the regular season (kinda like how preseason games matter not a whit with respect to regular season for the Blazers).

Here you go with the overview:

GrandpaBlaze's Blazer Predictions Game

To (hopefully) increase the amount of fun in our Blazer season for us fans, the Blazer predictions game, started in the 1999/2000 season, returns again.

The predictions game works as follows:

Prior to the start of each game, predict the final score for the game. For example, Blazers 104, Lakers 99. Predictions made after the start of the game will not be accepted.

Once the game is complete, the results are calculated as follows:
1. You picked the right team to win
2. Total difference in score
3. Difference from team you predicted to win's actual score

Using the above prediction (Blazers 104, Lakers 99), if the actual score turned out to be Blazers 107, Lakers 106 the results would be as follows:

1. Pick the right team? Yes
2. Total Difference = 10 (Diff between Blazer actual and predicted of 3 + diff between Laker actual and predicted of 7)
3. Difference from Blazer actual = 3

Assume the following predictions for the actual 107-106 game:

A. Blazers 104, Lakers 99
B. Blazers 103, Lakers 100
C. Blazers 94, Lakers 90
D. Lakers 106, Blazers 105
E. Lakers 101, Blazers 90
F. Blazers 114, Lakers 87

The ranking for the game would be as follows:
1. A (right team, tot diff 10, Blazer diff 3)
2. B (right team, tot diff 10, Blazer diff 4)
3. F (right team, tot diff 26, Blazer diff 7)
4. C (right team, tot diff 29, Blazer diff 13)
5. D (wrong team, tot diff 2, Laker diff 0)
6. E (wrong team, tot diff 22, Laker diff 5)

Cumulative Results are calculated as follows:
1. Average individual game rank
2. Average total difference
3. Average Predicted Team difference
4. Number of games predicted.

Cumulative results are posted for the month (October is combined with November), and full season. In order to appear in the cumulative results, you must have predicted at least two-thirds (66%) of the games played in the time period for the cumulative ranking AND must have predicted at least 7 of the past 10 games (i.e., you must stay active in order to appear in the cumulative standings).

Seasons:
There are at least two and potentially three distinct seasons. Preseason stands independent of the regular season. How you do in the preseason has no impact on how you do in the regular season. The potential third season is if the Blazers make the playoffs. The playoffs predictions are separate from the regular season predictions and all series are rolled together for one post-season predictions game.

Additional Info:
- This game is open to anyone (Blazer fan or not)
- All predictions should be in the prediction thread for a given game.
If you do not see a prediction thread, create one.
- Multiple game predictions can be made at once.
- For extended predictions lists (i.e., you are going on a vacation, etc.) PM the predictions to me.

One final note. I will not accept predictions from anyone I ignore (in other words, don't be a troll).

Another final note: One and only one prediction will be accepted. You can edit you prediction and the edit may, or may not, be taken. If you edit the prediction after it has already been recorded, the edit change will not be counted (I'm not going to go back through all the posts to see if anyone changed their mind); if you edit the prediction before I record it, then the new prediction will be recorded. When I record the predictions is arbitrary, sometimes will before the game and at other times after the start of the game. If you "edit" a prediction by posting a new prediction in another message, the first post seen will be the one counted - so if you change your prediction, edit your first post.

Prediction Timing: Keep in mind that all predictions must be posted prior to game start or they will be ignored. As I don't always know the exact time a game starts, plan on getting all predictions in prior to scheduled game start.

Edit Timing: If I notice a prediction has been edited AFTER the game has started, I will change the prediction so that you will lose and it will seriously damage your average differential scores to ding you in tie-breaker situations in cumulative standings. Just don't do it please.

New for 2016-2017 games:
Player contribution prediction:

Predict which player will have the greatest contribution points for the game. You post the name of the player and their contribution points. The contribution points are calculated as follows:

Points & Rebounds (face value)
Assists & Blocks (value * 1.5)
Steals (value * 2)
Turnovers (value * -2)

Assuming player X had 15 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 block, 2 steals and 4 turnovers the contribution would be as follows:
15 + 6 + (4 * 1.5) + (1 * 1.5) + (2 * 2) - (4 * 2) = 15 + 6 + 6 + 1.5 + 4 - 8 = 24.5

Starters vs. Bench Points
How many points the starters will score vs. how many the bench will score (hopefully the two will add up to the number your predicted for the team in the team prediction).

You can play any or all of the games. Same rules apply in that all predictions need to be in before game start.

Enjoy!

Gramps...
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GrandpaBlaze · Oct 7, 2025 at 8:17 AM

SharpeScooterShooter said: ↑

Predict the following:

1) Final Score of each team
2) Blazer's High Scorer
3) The combined total of the Blazers' Starters and the combined total of the Blazer' Bench

Please keep conversations about the game in the game thread and leave this for posting the predictions only, to make it easier to tally up everyones' numbers after the game. Thanks in advance for your consideration.

Go Blazers!!
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Point of clarification, not the Blazers high scorer, Blazers highest contribution performer. (Points, rebounds, assists, steals, turnovers)

See the calculation formula in the predictions game overview.

1 Eye Jack · Oct 7, 2025 at 8:24 AM

Blazers 97
GS 93

Sharpe 19

starters 54
Bench. 43

Hoopguru · Oct 7, 2025 at 11:19 AM

Blazers 106
Warriors 97

Deni - 21

Starters - 55
Bench - 51

SharpeScooterShooter · Oct 7, 2025 at 1:11 PM

GrandpaBlaze said: ↑

Point of clarification, not the Blazers high scorer, Blazers highest contribution performer. (Points, rebounds, assists, steals, turnovers)

See the calculation formula in the predictions game overview.
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fixed.

BlazerBeachBum · Oct 7, 2025 at 1:12 PM

Blazers 101
Warriors 97

GO BLAZERS!!

GrandpaBlaze · Oct 8, 2025 at 1:29 PM

SharpeScooterShooter said: ↑

2) Blazer's high player in combined shots/rebounds/assists/steals/TO’s
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Not simple addition/subtraction. Contribution Points are calculated as follows:

Points + Rebounds + (Assists * 1.5) + (Blocks * 1.5) + (Steals * 2) - (Turnovers * 2)

Hence, if a player had 2 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 block, 1 steal and 4 turnovers the calculation would be as follows:

Points = 2
Rebounds = 2
Assists = (2 * 1.5) = 3
Blocks = (1 * 1.5) = 1.5
Steals = (1 * 2) = 2
Turnovers = (4 * 2) = 8

Points (2) + Rebounds (2) + Assists (3) + Blocks (1.5) + Steals (2) - Turnovers (8) = 2 + 2 + 3 + 1.5 + 2 - 8 = 2.5

GrandpaBlaze · Oct 8, 2025 at 1:30 PM

Blazers 94
Warriors 91

Deni 17.5

Starters 46
Bench 48

SharpeScooterShooter · Oct 8, 2025 at 2:30 PM

GrandpaBlaze said: ↑

Not simple addition/subtraction. Contribution Points are calculated as follows:

Points + Rebounds + (Assists * 1.5) + (Blocks * 1.5) + (Steals * 2) - (Turnovers * 2)

Hence, if a player had 2 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 block, 1 steal and 4 turnovers the calculation would be as follows:

Points = 2
Rebounds = 2
Assists = (2 * 1.5) = 3
Blocks = (1 * 1.5) = 1.5
Steals = (1 * 2) = 2
Turnovers = (4 * 2) = 8

Points (2) + Rebounds (2) + Assists (3) + Blocks (1.5) + Steals (2) - Turnovers (8) = 2 + 2 + 3 + 1.5 + 2 - 8 = 2.5
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Damn you and your calculus.

GrandpaBlaze · Oct 8, 2025 at 2:43 PM

SharpeScooterShooter said: ↑

Damn you and your calculus.
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Easy off-the-cuff estimation:

Points/Rebounds = Good

Assists/Blocks = Better

Steals = Best

TO's = So bad they offset the best and double offset the good

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