Disgusting honestly lol hated watching the last few minutes of the game given the moment
NBA Thread 2026
It was a sham of a way to break Kobe’s record (as a biased Kobe fan)
I know he isn’t an Illini. But he did what??!!??
with 2 rookie Illini on the court.
with 2 rookie Illini on the court.
Ryllini
- Lombard
36/43 from the FT line is crazy.
Yep...43 fga's, 43 fta's. Nobody else on team took more than 9 shots or free throws.
Kobe's last 7 points all came on FTs and everyone else on the Lakers basically stopped shooting the entire 4th quarter. In Wilt's 100 pt game his team was just letting the Knicks score so they get more possessions and attempts for Wilt and intentionally fouling to extend the game. All of these crazy score games are "shams" in that way, but 83 is still 83.
lstewart53x3
- Scottsdale, Arizona
Are there any other examples of something similar in any other sport? Have football teams let the other team score, for example, so the QB could pass for more yards?
making intentional outs in baseball on a rainy day when you are leading so that the game becomes official instead of a rain out
I always like to see something like TS% or pts per true shooting attempt (FGA+0.475*FTA, or 0.44 for the NBA because the typical ratio is different), since fouls on missed shots obscure actual shot attempts
Keaton vs Purdue: 1.98
Bam: 1.34
Bam's usage was 57.7% to Keaton's 35.9%, and we usually give more credit for higher usage, but this was pretty contrived at least at the end.
sack record in football. people complained about Strahan's last sack.... not exactly the same but similar.
also I would say a no hitter where the pitcher walks a bunch of batters and/or pitches a ton of pitches just to finish the game
blackdog
- Champaign
Miles Garrett's last sack this year was pretty similar, suspiciously easy.
There is a huge difference in 20 total free throws for Kobe versus 43 for Bam
And the Wizards could have not fouled? Is it his fault that they did? Was he supposed to intentionally miss the FTs to keep things more "pure?" Was he just supposed to sit out the game to intentionally not get more points than Kobe?
Also, if we're just going to call out differences between how they got to their point totals as if they matter, Bam was being triple teamed at one point. Kobe didn't get double teamed until very late into the game, and was certainly never triple teamed.
83 > 81
Battle89
- Cary-Grove, the better Trojan team
Yes it's a movie and no I don't know if it 100% reflects reality. When I have researched this in the past, it said the kickoff coverage was true but the end-of-game sack was not. But this was a play to gain an extra possession so that a defender could play.
Moody done for the season with a torn left patellar tendon.
but, lets be honest. is anyone really surprised they didnt get this right?
mattcoldagelli
- Script Illinois Enthusiast
Pretty great start to the play-in tournament tonight
Did anybody else wake up a little sorer than usual and feeling like they had aged overnight? Thought maybe I had just slept wrong, but then I remembered something Gritty wrote back in Feb. in the now locked (not sure why) Bulls thread.
“All of their own firsts, plus a lottery protected Portland first (which was traded to the Bulls in the Lauri Markannen deal in 2021, has not coverted and if you know anything about the Blazers absolutely will not convert until 2028, at which point it converts as a second rounder, see what I said above about the myth of the "first rounder" being a good trade return).”
Turns out I had aged overnight and it is 2028. Thankfully we have a board member who knows Portland so well or I would still be flummoxed.
“All of their own firsts, plus a lottery protected Portland first (which was traded to the Bulls in the Lauri Markannen deal in 2021, has not coverted and if you know anything about the Blazers absolutely will not convert until 2028, at which point it converts as a second rounder, see what I said above about the myth of the "first rounder" being a good trade return).”
Turns out I had aged overnight and it is 2028. Thankfully we have a board member who knows Portland so well or I would still be flummoxed.
Did anybody else wake up a little sorer than usual and feeling like they had aged overnight? Thought maybe I had just slept wrong, but then I remembered something Gritty wrote back in Feb. in the now locked (not sure why) Bulls thread.
“All of their own firsts, plus a lottery protected Portland first (which was traded to the Bulls in the Lauri Markannen deal in 2021, has not coverted and if you know anything about the Blazers absolutely will not convert until 2028, at which point it converts as a second rounder, see what I said above about the myth of the "first rounder" being a good trade return).”
Turns out I had aged overnight and it is 2028. Thankfully we have a board member who knows Portland so well or I would still be flummoxed.
In Gritty’s defense, I’m completely shocked the Blazers made the playoffs this year. If you knew Deni Avdija was suddenly becoming an all star in year six, I’d love to know if you also have some lottery numbers or stock tips.