Comments on: Which Single-Game Playoff Outcomes Were the Most Surprising?

By: Ryan

Ryan — Thu, 06 May 2010 02:33:18 +0000

I should mention that I was far more involved with the title-run Bulls that any team since, so I clearly shoulder a bias.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Thu, 06 May 2010 02:23:24 +0000

I don't think there's a person on Earth that thought the *1998* Bulls could beat the Jazz by an NBA Finals record margin.

That would top the list, for me.

By: downpuppy

downpuppy — Wed, 05 May 2010 17:34:50 +0000

The 124-77 stomping from Game 1 is on the first list.

One good thing about expansion is that 35-47 teams don't make the playoffs much anymore.

By: Jason J

Jason J — Wed, 05 May 2010 16:55:13 +0000

I recall that 1995 Cs v. Magic win. Brian Hill inexplicably left D3 on an island against what remained of the Human Highlight Film, and the Cs ran P&R after P&R for Sherm Douglas.

By: Neil Paine

Neil Paine — Wed, 05 May 2010 13:59:54 +0000

I've wondered about that as well. I watched almost every C's game this season, and it was amazing how sloppy and unmotivated they were at home in the 2nd half vs. the amazing intensity with which they played at the Garden in 2008 and even '09. So maybe using a universal home-court advantage term here is misleading, because the Celtics' probability of beating any given opponent on the road might be higher than the average NBA team's. But the sample sizes involved in using team-specific HCA terms are dangerously small, which is why it's usually a better bet to assume the mean % for all teams.

By: downpuppy

downpuppy — Wed, 05 May 2010 13:21:56 +0000

That the Celtics were 2 games better on the road than at home this year says something.

What it says, I have no clue.