Posts Tagged ‘Shaquille O’Neal’

Big Game this evening in the NBA

Wednesday, November 11th, 2009

A dried up little pond?

Oh, my.

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The Cavs are Magic’s biggest rival because of aura and arrogance of Shaq
It’s about Shaq, stupid.

He’s the biggest reason the Cavs are the team Orlando most wants to beat.

He’s the guy who wrecked this franchise all those years ago. He’s the guy who called Orlando “a dried-up little pond.” He’s the guy who called Magic coach Stan Van Gundy a “nobody,” a ”bum” and a “master of panic.” He’s the guy who called Magic superstar Dwight Howard “an impostor.”

He’s also the guy who has four rings to the Magic’s none.

He robbed the Magic of a championship dynasty when he bolted for L.A. all those years ago. And now he’s trying to help another team other than the Magic win a title.

He must be stopped.

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If there’s any doubt what the biggest game is tonight, in the NBA, that quote from Shaq-daddy should, rightly, have just put an end to the debate.

The current wagering line for this match-up is:

Cleveland -1/-101

with Orlando in the 2nd half of a back-2-back, coming off last night’s victory at Charlotte.

Games like this one are frequently exceptional money-making opportunities, i.e. Khandor’s Sports Service, Games Of The Day. :-)

 

 

 

Substitution Charts can tell you a great deal about the game

Friday, October 30th, 2009

There are many different ways to track the performance of an individual player, or specific combinations of players, in a NBA game.

When you do this work, what you find, somteimes, can be most revealing.

This is what the “Substitution Chart” looks like for Wednesday’s game between Toronto and Cleveland.

TIME

TOTAL

TEAM

PG

OG

SF

PF

C

SCORE

DIFF

Q1 12:00

 

V

Williams

Parker

James

Varejao

O’Neal

6

-9

 

5:24

H

Calderon

DeRozan

Turkoglu

Bosh

Bargnani

15

+9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6:36

 

V

Williams

Gibson

Parker

James

O’Neal

8

0

 

1:25

H

 

 

 

 

 

17

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5:11

 

V

Wiliams

Gibson

Parker

James

Ilgauskas

11

+1

 

0:22

H

 

 

 

 

 

19

-1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4:49

 

V

Williams

Gibson

Moon

James

Ilgauskas

11

0

 

0:07

H

 

 

 

 

 

19

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4:42

 

V

 

 

 

 

 

13

0

 

0:55

H

Calderon

DeRozan

Wright

Turkoglu

Bargnani

21

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3:47

 

V

Gibson

Moon

James

Hickson

Ilgauskas

16

+3

 

0:54

H

Calderon

Jack

Wright

Tukoglu

Bargnani

21

-3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2:53

 

V

 

 

 

 

 

17

+1

 

0:34

H

Calderon

Jack

Wright

Turkoglu

Bosh

21

-1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2:19

 

V

 

 

 

 

 

22

-1

 

1:54

H

Calderon

Jack

Wright

Johnson

Bosh

27

+1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0:25

 

V

 

 

 

 

 

22

0

 

0:25

H

Banks

Jack

DeRozan

Johnson

Bosh

27

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Q2 12:00

 

V

Williams

Gibson

Moon

O’Neal

Ilgauskas

28

+2

 

2:11

H

Jack

Belinelli

DeRozan

Bosh

Bargnani

31

-2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9:49

 

V

 

 

 

 

 

28

-4

 

0:48

H

Jack

Belinelli

Turkoglu

Bosh

Bargnani

35

+4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9:01

 

V

Williams

Parker

Moon

O’Neal

Ilgauskas

28

-2

 

1:22

H

Jack

Belinelli

Turkoglu

Bargnani

Nesterovic

37

+2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7:39

 

V

Williams

Parker

Moon

James

Varejao

32

+2

 

1:34

H

Jack

Belinelli

Turkoglu

Johnson

Bargnani

39

-2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6:05

 

V

 

 

 

 

 

33

-1

 

0:15

H

Calderon

Belinelli

Turkoglu

Johnson

Bargnani

41

+1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5:50

 

V

Williams

Parker

James

Hickson

Varejao

34

-4

 

1:05

H

 

 

 

 

 

46

+4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4:45

 

V

 

 

 

 

 

34

0

 

0:23

H

Calderon

Belinelli

Turkoglu

Bosh

Bargnani

46

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4:22

 

V

Williams

Parker

James

Varejao

O’Neal

36

-6

 

2:11

H

Calderon

Belinelli

Wright

Bosh

Bargnani

54

+6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2:11

 

V

Williams

Gibson

Parker

James

O’Neal

36

-2

 

0:59

H

Calderon

Belinelli

Wright

Bosh

Nesterovic

56

+2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1:12

 

V

 

 

 

 

 

37

0

 

0:49

H

Calderon

Jack

Belinelli

Wright

Nesterovic

57

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0:23

 

V

Gibson

Parker

Moon

James

Varejao

39

+2

 

0:23

H

Calderon

Jack

Belinelli

Bosh

Nesterovic

57

-2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Q3 12:00

 

V

Williams

Gibson

Parker

James

O’Neal

49

+2

 

3:52

H

Calderon

DeRozan

Turkoglu

Bosh

Bargnani

65

-2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8:08

 

V

Williams

Gibson

Parker

James

Varejao

55

+4

 

1:36

H

Jack

DeRozan

Turkoglu

Bosh

Bargnani

67

-4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6:32

 

V

 

 

 

 

 

57

+2

 

0:30

H

Jack

Belinelli

Wright

Bosh

Bargnani

67

-2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6:02

 

V

 

 

 

 

 

60

+3

 

0:25

H

Calderon

Jack

Belinelli

Wright

Bargnani

67

-3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5:27

 

V

 

 

 

 

 

62

+1

 

0:53

H

Calderon

Jack

Wright

Turkoglu

Bosh

68

-1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4:34

 

V

Gibson

Parker

Moon

James

Varejao

69

+6

 

2:12

H

 

 

 

 

 

69

-6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2:22

 

V

 

 

 

 

 

70

-3

 

1:04

H

Jack

Belinelli

Wright

Turkoglu

Bosh

73

+3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1:18

 

V

 

 

 

 

 

71

-2

 

0:46

H

Jack

Belinelli

DeRozan

Turkoglu

Bosh

76

+2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0:32

 

V

Gibson

Parker

Moon

Hickson

Varejao

71

-2

 

0:32

H

Jack

Belinelli

DeRozan

Turkoglu

Johnson

78

+2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Q4 12:00

 

V

Williams

Gibson

Moon

O’Neal

Ilgauskas

72

-4

 

1:45

H

Jack

Belinelli

DeRozan

Bosh

Bargnani

83

+4