November 22, 2016

NBA Pick 'Em Week 5: Michael Jordan of Greatness Edition: There are only two games this Thanksgiving week: San Antonio at Charlotte and Minnesota at New Orleans on ESPN Wednesday night. NoMich keeps the lead at 119, Ufez Jones holds second with 108 and Goyoucolts climbs into third with 99 after a week-best 43. Be the Michael Jordan of prognostication and make your selections.

This Week's Games

San Antonio at Charlotte on ESPN (Wednesday)
Minnesota at New Orleans on ESPN (Wednesday)

Last Week's Results

Golden State 127, Toronto 121 (4 < 6 < 8)
Memphis 111, Los Angeles Clippers 107 (3 < 4 < 5)
Minnesota 110, Philadelphia 86 (17 < 24 < 31)
Chicago 85, Utah 77 (6 < 8 < 10)
Golden State 104, Boston 88 (11 < 16 < 21)
Los Angeles Clippers 121, Sacramento 115 (4 < 6 < 8)

Player Scores

bender's picks

Toronto by 3, 0 points
Los Angeles Clippers by 8 [lock], -10 points
Minnesota by 5, 5 points
Chicago by 2, 5 points
Golden State by 7, 5 points
Los Angeles Clippers by 9, 5 points

Goyoucolts's picks

Golden State by 13 [lock], 10 points
Los Angeles Clippers by 7, 0 points
Minnesota by 11 [lock], 10 points
Chicago by 6, 8 points
Golden State by 3, 5 points
Los Angeles Clippers by 15 [lock], 10 points

Howard_T's picks

Toronto by 8, 0 points
Los Angeles Clippers by 6, 0 points
Minnesota by 12 [lock], 10 points
Utah by 9, 0 points
Golden State by 4, 5 points
Los Angeles Clippers by 10, 5 points

NoMich's picks

Golden State by 6, 10 points
Los Angeles Clippers by 10 [lock], -10 points
Minnesota by 7, 5 points
Utah by 7, 0 points
Golden State by 12 [lock], 16 points
Los Angeles Clippers by 12 [lock], 10 points

rcade's picks

Minnesota by 13, 5 points
Chicago by 7, 8 points
Golden State by 16, 10 points
Los Angeles Clippers by 12, 5 points

tron7's picks

Golden State by 7, 8 points
Los Angeles Clippers by 10 [lock], -10 points
Minnesota by 6, 5 points
Utah by 6, 0 points
Golden State by 18 [lock], 16 points
Los Angeles Clippers by 7, 8 points

Ufez Jones's picks

Golden State by 14, 5 points
Los Angeles Clippers by 10, 0 points
Minnesota by 14 [lock], 10 points
Utah by 6, 0 points
Golden State by 11, 8 points
Los Angeles Clippers by 15 [lock], 10 points

Standings

PlayerTotal ScoreThis Week
NoMich11931
Ufez Jones10833
Goyoucolts9943
rcade9828
Howard_T8220
tron77927
bender7910

Picks must be submitted in this discussion before the game's tipoff. So if you miss Tuesday games you can still choose the games for the rest of the week.

posted by rcade to basketball at 09:01 PM - 7 comments

San Antonio by 12

New Orleans by 4

posted by rcade at 09:10 PM on November 22, 2016

San Antonio by 8
New Orleans by 8

posted by bender at 09:43 PM on November 22, 2016

I thought I might have been starting to move a bit, but last week proved to be really bad. It's a long season, so they say.

San Antonio by 14 SLAM
New Orleans by 6

The latter pick has me worried, as Minnesota has some real talent. They just don't know how to put it together and play for 48 minutes yet. Blowing a 15-point lead (from the end of the 3rd quarter to mid-4th) to a 19-0 Boston run was not pretty.

posted by Howard_T at 11:16 PM on November 22, 2016

San Antonio by 8
New Orleans by 6

posted by NoMich at 08:07 AM on November 23, 2016

Spurs by 7
Minnesota by 9

posted by Ufez Jones at 12:59 PM on November 23, 2016

San Antonio by 7
New Orleans by 6

posted by tron7 at 01:01 PM on November 23, 2016

Looks like I missed the start of the Spurs game but...

Pelicans by 5 (slam dunk)

posted by Goyoucolts at 07:31 PM on November 23, 2016

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