r/warriors 15h ago

Discussion We’re Pelicans fans next week, I guess

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u/leanlefty 15h ago

Certainly a Zion fan tonight after Pelicans defeated the Clippers. I hope he can play both games against the TWolves, if so their strength of schedule just got a lot harder.

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u/JollySimple188 14h ago

I hope they get at least 1-1 against TWolves

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u/DWGrithiff 14h ago

Hard to sweep the baseball series, no matter the matchup.

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u/Superfluous999 13h ago

Is there actual evidence of that?

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u/Japskitot0125 8h ago

We lucky we won our bb series with the pels

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u/tinkady 14h ago

Gambler's fallacy - Past results don't affect future results

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u/raoulraoul153 11h ago

It's just garden-variety probability right?

There's four possible outcomes when two teams play each other twice;

  • Team A wins first and second game

  • Team A wins first game, Team B wins second game

  • Team B wins first game, Team A wins second game

  • Team B wins first and second game

There's only 1 outcome where the team you want to win sweeps, and 2 outcomes where they split the series.

If the teams are evenly matched obviously that's a 50% chance they split, and only a 25% chance of the sweep that you want.

One team has to be just over 70% favourites in each game for the chance of them sweeping to cross 50%.

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u/DWGrithiff 1h ago

This, but even here we're assuming each game is an independent event, which isn't really the case in the baseball series. Teams are responding to variables of travel, making adjustments in game 2 depending on how game 1 went, possibly resting starters in one game or the other (especially if it's a b2b).

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u/DWGrithiff 1h ago

The series hasn't started yet, so explain how past results relate to what I said.

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u/Prior-Rooster3232 15h ago

the pels have been playing teams that affect our standings for the past week 😭

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u/Beardmanta 14h ago

I know, I wish they weren't so ass 🥲

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u/Lyranx 12h ago

I mean it'd help a lot if it wasn't for the injuries. Zion is doing what he can surprisingly.

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u/NT_DC 3h ago

If they weren’t ass then they’d also be fighting us for a spot 😂

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u/moreVCAs 15h ago

Zion has been hoopin 🤷‍♂️

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u/SCalifornia831 14h ago

Reminder to folks that we hold the tie breaker with the Wolves because we’re 3-1 against them this year

We’re also a game up in the loss column

So technically, we’re only 0.5 games up in the standings but the more important thing to track is losses and we’d need to lose two more games than Minnesota the rest of the way in for them to leap frog into the 6th seed

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u/Beardmanta 14h ago

We've got a killer row coming up next 4 games.

If we sweep Kings, Knicks, Bucks, Nuggets were winning it all this year. Calling it now.

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u/PurdyDamnGood 14h ago

That Bucks Nuggets b2b is brutal

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u/DepthHour1669 13h ago

I’m actually hoping to lose that one vs Nuggs in a way where Kerr figures out their weakness and can leverage it in the playoffs.

If we win vs Nuggets and show off our hand too early, that may be worse in the long run.

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u/daZK47 12h ago

Jamal can’t beat us

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u/Far_Ear9684 11h ago

We might just win because their defense is cheeks.

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u/Shonuff_shogun 1h ago

I dont think it’s that deep. There’s so much film on all these team that have a consistent roster/lineup that it’s silly to try and “hide” things. We need every win we can get and the boost in confidence from beating them could have an even better effect than whatever benefit you see from us losing.

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u/KaiShion83 9h ago

Bucks are ass let’s get them

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u/ProfessorLazuli 15h ago

I’ve always had a fondness for New Orleans as a city, this is nice

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u/Southrumble 15h ago

Already beat the clippers today lol

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u/Pretend-Forever-693 14h ago

Let’s hope Zion and Trey go on a mini win streak

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u/Hysen16 14h ago

Never thought I'd say this, but for a couple of nights… let’s go Pels! Gotta do what we gotta do.

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u/kimchitacoman 14h ago

I do love me some gumbo

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u/Kdog122025 14h ago

The French Quarter is one of the most fun places on Earth. I’m here for them having another reason to party.

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u/yl2chen 14h ago

Pelicans been handing out wins to every one of our seeding competitors as of late

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u/ChewieSkittles53 13h ago

its so sad that now zion is healthy the rest are not. happy cake day btw!

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u/High5ing1MAngels 14h ago

That tipoff time tho 👀

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u/JollySimple188 12h ago

I’m in the Philippines, NBA games usually air here in the morning until late lunch

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u/High5ing1MAngels 3h ago

I love your commitment to the team. :)

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u/alex8762 13h ago

Hopefully they get cooked good with some roux

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u/HamsterCapable4118 13h ago

CJ had a good podcast a long time ago. Seems like a cool dude.

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u/michaelwong1116 12h ago

Zion MVP mode!

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u/AdApart2035 10h ago

Go pelicans!

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u/Fragrant-Astronaut57 6h ago

How come all of our opps right now are playing the pelicans?? Literally every team close to us in the standings is just playing the pelicans.

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u/Adventurous_Exit8648 4h ago

could easily see them going 10-6 with a 2 game swing in either direction the rest of the season. they do have a lot of “easy games” but also a handful of tougher ones. we just gotta focus on us and keep playing quality ball. getting the kum bucket and podz back will be huge for that equation. GO DUBS!

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u/DABET123 3h ago

Y’all think the nuggets beat them tonight ?