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Whoa, you gave me a run for my money tonight. I logged on in the third quarter to find my team down 14 to your Super Stars. I guess Yazzie and Spoonmore had gotten in early foul trouble and one of my scrubs had taken over SG in my RnG offense I played and it killed me. If my team hadn't taken control of the 4th quarter like they did you would have beaten me handily!

First off, I'd like to congratulate PuffPuffPass on an amazing come from behind victory.
My team folded in the end like an orgami pelican.

Secondly:
I understand that I run an inherent risk of the bench playing in garbage time and giving up a lead, but can the game engine at least attempt to field the best possible team in OT?
It’s kind of ridiculous that it doesn't do so.

Also, since garbage time starts when you’re up by 20, shouldn’t it end when you are only up by 17 or so?
Momentum can shift suddenly, and it is tough to get it back, even with your starters, when the other team has already cut heftily into the lead.

Momentum can shift suddenly, and it is tough to get it back, even with your starters, when the other team has already cut heftily into the lead.

I've always been curious whether the GE accounts for momentum in its calculations

Yeah, I don't know. It's mainly from the story-telling angle that happens as the game unfolds.
I do think that my starters would have held the lead if they came back in when it was still a large lead.

I actually could easily see momentum being factored into the BB sim. I've seen momentm shifts and runs that just wouldn't happen with a random distribution of points. I think the BB's tried to mimic real basketball as closely as they could and momentum is definitely a part of that.

Yeah, it certainly seems like it does sometimes.

Since I'm really bored with tanking already, will try a new feature to compliment cws33's tournament recaps. I will do the II.4 player of the week recap. Based on nothing but my own opinion! This is for last week's games covering 3/5 and 3/8.

II.4 Player of the Week:
Lütfi Hadiye (34395310) of PuffPuffPass

Mr. Hadiye led the Puffs to a 2-0 record for week 3, pulling the team to a winning record for the first time this season. He dominated the paint against the San Diego Eagles going 27 and 16 with 2 blocks. He was the game's leading scorer. On 3/8 he was the team's leading scorer once again in a grind it out defensive game against the highly regarded Big Head Todd and the Monsters. He only shot 5 of 17, but had a great defensive game getting 3 blocks and 12 boards while matching up at PF against the league MVP Stuart Vereker.

honorable mention:
1. Alekss Dzilums (26645332) of Serenity Valley Browncoats. Led team to 2-0 record averaging 15 and 19 with a 19.0 rating.

2. Davide Tudisco (20957724) of the Flying Leopards. lead the team from the PG position scoring 21 and 30 points this week.

3. Devon Jones (27250457) of Pwnstars. Had a monster game against Beware of Dogs scoring 36 and getting a 19.5 rating.

4. Mikelis Dziesminieks (25291439) of the Sungrazers. Averaged 29 points helping the team get a win vs the Eagles and a close loss to BHT.

Nice addition to the forum. I will be looking forward to these.

Wow. I nearly rested one player too many against BigShots. Phew!

Well I also didn't have my starting SF or PF in my lineup and tried to sneak some minutes onto my scrubs for GS purposes. Glad I could learn that lesson without it costing me a very avoidable L on my record.