NBA 2k15 MyLeague: Rebuilding the 76ers - Page 4

Eaglesfan27 · 04-02-2015, 02:31 AM

We start off with a spectacular start. 14-2 lead a few minutes into the quarter. Cowen is scoring every time down the court.

They start trying to double him and he finds open men for easy baskets. Embiid in particular gets a few dunks on great dimes.

Up 22-6.

Our defense gets tired later in the quarter but I keep our starters in because their offense is on fire.

At the end of 1, we are up 38-20.

Cowen with a truly epic quarter. 12 points, 10 assists, and only 1 turnover in the quarter.

Butler and Embiid each have 10 points.

Wow. We go ice cold to start the 2nd and I rest my starters and the Pacers claw their way back into it. Hibbert plays major minutes in the 2nd and locks down the paint. Their defense is known as 1 of the best in the league and they look it in the 2nd quarter.

Cowen comes back with 3 minutes to go. We are tied at 46. He is ice cold now. What a tale of 2 quarters.

We lead 50-48 at the half.

Cowen leads us with 16 points, 11 assists.

Robinson leads the team with 9 boards.

The 3rd quarter is a slug fest as Cowen can't get it going again. We are fighting for every point against their tough defense.

Down 76-75 at the end of 3. Clark in for some offense.

6:10 - Clark is a scoring machine but he is getting torched by Gerald Henderson. Still, we are tied at 88 as I bring back a rested Cowen, a rested Butler, and a rested Embiid. Twin tower defense time with Noel at PF.

George has been torching us and Embiid hits him hard with a flagrant foul. That gives them a 94-93 lead and the ball.

Cowen gets a steal and is fouled on the fast break.

Cowen and George trading shots. Cowen setting up guys for baskets and George making some impressive shots...

After Robinson finally forces a George miss, Cowen gets the break... dunks it and is fouled by Allen! 106-102 lead. 1:40 left.

Cowen with a drive and he gets a 6th foul on George who fouls out with 38 points... We lead 108-102 after Cowen makes both FT's.

They keep coming at us as Collison hits a 3.

We are up 110-107 after a Cowen floater and then another basket by them.

They have to foul and we get it to Cowen who makes both FT's to give us a 5 point lead again.

We win 114-107. Not the blowout I was expecting after that incredible 1st quarter by Cowen, but I'll take it.

Cowen is the player of the game with 31 points, 16 assists, 4 boards, 7 turnovers (got very sloppy in the 3rd). He shot 10 of 17, 1 of 2, and 10 of 11 from the line.

Butler with 23 points and 3 steals as he has had a resurgence.

Robinson becoming a very good rookie contributor with 16 points, 9 boards, 4 assists, and 2 steals.

Embiid with 14 points, 14 boards, and 2 blocks. He shot 5 of 13.

Noel with 11 points, 7 boards, and a block.

Perkins with 10 points, 5 boards, 3 assists, 2 steals, and 2 blocks. He shot 4 of 9 and 2 of 4 from the arc.

Clark with 7 points but he was giving up lots of points. He had a zero plus/minus.

Turner with 5 boards and 3 assists. He had a team worst -6 plus/minus.

Butler had a team best +17 and his defense is a good part of this team. He played 38 minutes tonight and he is earning his time.

George led them with 38 points, 5 boards, 3 assists, and 2 steals. He shot 14 of 25, 4 of 7 from the arc, and 6 of 6 from the line.

Collison added 17 points and 5 assists but he shot 6 of 19.

Eaglesfan27 · 04-02-2015, 02:46 AM

We are now 32-17 and looking good as we head into the final stretch before the all-star game.

2/7 -

We host the Celtics who have their new PG Exum starting.

Before the game, the Celtics make another big trade. They feel they need to re-tool for the future and they trade away 2 good players:

The Celtics trade SG Avery Bradley (82) and PF Craig Holloway (81 - poor craig having to be dealt to Sacramento)

The Kings in trade give up SG Ben McLemore (82) and their 1st round pick this year.

The Kings are likely getting a high lottery pick. I like this trade for the Celtics considering this class has quite a few potential stars.

We face the new look Celtics right away.

They start out tough against us, but we pound it inside and they have no answer. We win 125-100.

Perkins with a career high 28 points, 10 boards, 2 assists, 2 steals, and 3 blocks. He shot 10 of 13.

Embiid with 27 points, 9 boards, 1 assist, 1 steal, and 1 block. He shot 11 of 19.

Cowen with 21 points, 7 assists, 4 boards, 2 steals, and 2 blocks. He shot 10 of 20.

Clark with 12 points in 10 minutes. He only had a plus 1.

Grant with 12 points in 11 minutes. He was plus 7.

Turner with 9 points, 4 boards, and 4 assists.

Robinson with 8 points, 8 assists, 2 boards, 2 steals. He shot 4 of 12.

Noel with 5 points, 10 boards, and a block.

Butler hurt his wrist and was only able to play 20 minutes. He finished with 3 points, 5 boards, and 2 assists.

Butler's injury is minor but he will need a few nights off to recover from the sprain.

Turner will start at SG and Clark will get more minutes off the bench while Butler rests.

The Thunder offer me Steven Adams (81 C) and their 1st for Embiid. I turn them down.

2/9 -

We face the Suns who are 29-21. We beat them 117-88 last time.

It is back and forth until our defense takes over the 4th. A 30-18 quarter ensures the 98-84 win.

Cowen with 20 points, 14 assist, 4 boards, 2 blocks, and 2 turnovers. He shot 7 of 19.

Perkins with 18 points, 10 boards, 4 assists. He shot 8 of 12.

Turner with 14 points, 6 boards, and 5 assists. Nice start for him at SG.

Noel with 13 points, 8 boards, 4 steals, and 2 blocks.

Clark with 9 points and 2 assists in 18 minutes. He was plus 2.

Embiid with 8 points, 14 boards, and 4 blocks.

Robinson with 6 points, 3 boards, and 2 assists.

After the game, we get good news. The GF is 100% cleared to play now!

He will get major minutes off the bench for us.

We are 34-17 and tied for 2nd in the conference.

We get a trade offer:

Anthony Bennett (81 PF) and G. Stevens (74 PG) for Perkins and GF. I turn them down.

Eaglesfan27 · 04-02-2015, 02:52 AM

All-stars are announced today!

Mack Perkins got invited to the dunk contest! He does throw down some amazing dunks for a big guy.

He has also been invited to the 3 point contest. Love it!

Cowen is in the All-star Game as a reserve!

Embiid is snubbed.

2/11 -

We host the Grizzlies who are 26-24 despite limited talent as Randolph is injured. A look at their starting lineup:

PG Mike Conley (81)
SG Jordan Adams (78)
SF - Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (81)
PF Nikola Mirotic (78)
C Gustavo Nunnally (72)

Their bench is led by SF Maurice Harkless (78) and PG D.J. Augustin (73). The remainder are in the 60's.

Eaglesfan27 · 04-02-2015, 11:49 AM

Kidd-Gilchrist and Robinson collide.... Michael is down and it could be serious. We are down 6-5 early in the game.

Cowen with some great plays but also some very sloppy plays to keep the Grizzlies in it. We are tied at 21 at the end of 1. Cowen with 3 turnovers. He needs to clean that up. We rested all of our other starters for the last 4 minutes of the quarter.

8:00 - Cowen is tired and we try a creative lineup with Turner at PG, GF at SG, Robinson at SF, Perkins at PF, and Noel at C. We are tied at 27.

4:15- Noel into foul trouble. Embiid into the game for him. We lead 36-34.

Our offense just isn't clicking today (I slightly altered sliders to decrease FG% a few games ago) and we are down 41-40 at the half. We are actually shooting 48% but our turnovers are killing us.

Cowen leads us with 9 points and 4 assists.

Cowen with a nice 3rd quarter and we build a 60-52 lead before he needs rest.

Noel fouls out midway through the 3rd. That will hurt us down the stretch.

Turner with some bad choices and they get some fast break points. Down 73-71 at the end of 3.

Cowen comes back in the 4th but he is having an off night and the guys around him are missing shots. Too many turnovers too.

Back and forth 4th quarter as our offense finally heats up and we close the gap. We take a 94-93 lead with 2 minutes to go.

Embiid is tired and misses a few easy shots but Cowen and Clark help us get a 97-96 lead with 20 seconds left.

8 seconds left: Conley gets into the lane and hits a floater to give them the lead.

With a second left, Cowen drives into the lane... shoots... it is a bit long.

Surprising loss, 98-97.

Cowen with 19 points, 15 assists, 4 boards, and 8 turnovers. Way too many turnovers. He shot 8 of 18.

Robinson with 20 points, 8 boards, 2 steals, and a block. He shot 9 of 16.

Embiid with 12 points, 12 boards, and a block. He shot 5 of 12.

Clark with 12 points but he was -2 in 17 minutes.

Perkins with 11 points, 3 boards, 1 assist, and 1 block.

Turner with 9 points, 4 boards, 4 assists, and 3 steals.

GF with 4 points, 3 assists, and 2 steals.

Mirotic led the Grizzlies with 24 points and 7 boards.

Conley with 17 points and 4 assists.

Ugh. Hate to give that one way.

Eaglesfan27 · 04-02-2015, 02:30 PM

2/14 -

We host the Heat in our final game before All-Star weekend and we get good news as Butler has been cleared to start.

It is a back and forth game in which Perben hits a buzzer beater to put it into OT.

In OT, our guys are tied and fail to score. We lose 109-103 in OT.

Perben led them with 22 points, 13 boards, 2 assists, and 2 steals. He shot 8 of 19.

Bosh added 19 points and 11 boards.

They didn't even have Harden who broke his hand and will miss a month. Tough loss to go into the all-star break.

Cowen led us with 22 points, 10 boards, 6 assists, 3 steals, and a block. He shot 9 of 20.

Perkins with 19 points, 13 boards, and 5 blocks. The kid is becoming a star. He shot 8 of 16.

Robinson with 19 points, 6 boards, and 6 assists.

Embiid with 13 points, 10 boards, and 2 blocks.

Butler with 11 points, 7 boards, 3 assists, and 3 steals.

Turner with 7 points, 5 boards, and 4 assists.

Noel with 6 points, 6 boards, and 2 blocks.

GF with 4 points, 3 boards, 5 assists, and a block.

Clark with 2 points. He had a -9 in 6 minutes...

Eaglesfan27 · 04-02-2015, 02:40 PM

2/16 -

We are 35-18 and 2nd in the East as we enter the All-Star break.

First, we have the rising stars game. Jake Robinson in the game as well as Perkins.

Robinson led his team in scoring but lost 100-97. He had 17 points, 6 assists, 1 steal, and 1 block. He also had 2 boards. He shot 7 of 11.

The other team had Cowen and Perkins.

#8 pick Aaron Wennington led all scorers with 21 points in the win.

Perkins was the 2nd leading scorer on the winning team with 15 points, 11 boards, and 3 blocks. He shot 5 of 9.

Cowen with 11 points, 14 assists, 4 boards, 1 steal, and 1 block.

2/17 -

Time for the 3 point contest:

Perkins is knocked out in the 1st round

Damian Lillard wins it.

Perkins with some huge dunks that have flair but a guard from Minnesota, Juan Carlos Alvarez wins it. He is a 23 year old young raw athlete who can really dunk it.

2/18 -

The East All Stars:

Irving, Stephenson, LeBron, Perben (wow for the rookie) and Drummond starting.

The bench is led by Wall, Cowen, Love, Paul George, Jabari Parker, Derrick Rose, and Kemba Walker.

The West wins the game 119-118 on a last minute 3.

LeBron led all scorers with 26 points, 5 boards, and 4 assists.

Wall led us with 7 assists.

Cowen with 9 points, 2 boards, and 3 assists in 19 minutes.

Cousins led the West in the win with 19 points and 9 boards.

Griffin with 15 points, 11 boards, and 4 assists.

Durant with 13 points, 5 boards, and 5 assists.

Curry with 12 points and 5 assists.

Westbrook with 9 points and 9 assists.

Lillard with 9 points and 8 assists.

Wiggins with 8 points and 1 assist in 16 minutes.

Eaglesfan27 · 04-02-2015, 03:07 PM

After the all star break:

The Lakers try to offer me Knight (PG 83) and a 1st round pick for Cowen. I turn them down.

The Rockets and Hornets make a trade:

Hornets send: C Biyombo (79) and PG Jeff Teague (74)

Rockets send: T. Jones (PF 82) and SF M. Gooding (69)

The Jazz and Pistons make a big trade:

Jazz send: PG Y. Kim, a former 1st round pick who is rated 85 overall and C. Felix (SG 70)

Pistons send; 1st round pick from the Mavs, own 1st round pick, and PG Canaan (75)

The Grizzlies and Nets make a trade:

Grizzlies send:

SG J.Adams (78) and SF M. Harkless (78)

Nets send:

C Mason Plumlee (80) and SG J. Harris (75)

We receive several crazy offers for Embiid but turn them all down.

The trade deadline has now passed for this yar.

2/23

We travel to play the Magic. We beat them 101-89 in our last game. They are 34-20 and just a bit behind us.

Oladipo is hitting a lot from deep and we have no way to stop Love who torches our bigs.

They beat us 107-100.

Love led them with 25 points and 6 boards.

Oladipo with 23 points. Aaron Gordon added 19 points.

Embiid led us with 21 points, 8 boards, and 4 blocks in the loss.

Perkins with 15 points, 8 boards, and 2 steals.

Butler with 14 points. Robinson with 12 points, 4 assists, and 3 boards.

Cowen with 11 points, 7 assists, 6 boards, and 2 steals. He shot 3 of 14.

We are now 35-19 and drop to 3rd in the East.

2/24 -

We travel to play a depleted Rockets team that is still managing to play good ball at 29-24. Their starting 5:

PG Greivis Vasquez (79)
SG Wesley Matthews (79)
SF Mel Spencer (69)
PF Tristan Thompson (83)
C Bismack Biyombo (79)

SG Troy Daniels (75) leads their bench.
PG Gerard Mack (70)
PG Jeff Teague (74)
PF Donatas Motiejunas (73) rounds out their bench.

Eaglesfan27 · 04-03-2015, 08:08 AM

1st quarter:

Our shots fall early but then we go ice cold and they build a lead. We are down 25-18 at the end of 1.

6:00 in the 2nd: We are down 43-31 as I bring back a rested Cowen, Perkins, and Embiid.

They held us go on a nice run as we tie it at 47.

At halftime, we are tied at 50.

Vasquez leads all scorers with 17. Biyombo leads all with 9 boards.

Cowen with 5 assists (and 9 points.)

Back and forth 3rd. Cowen getting his offense going. We are up 77-75 at the end of 3. GF giving us a nice lift in the quarter too.

Our 2nd unit completely outplays their 2nd unit early in the 4th. GF is the key to that. He has a nice run on both ends of the floor. We build a 10 point lead before I return our starters with 6 minutes left.

Cowen with a steal... 2 on 0 breakaway... he passes to Robinson for a thunderous dunk. 11 point lead. We never let the lead drop below 8 down the stretch as Cowen plays flawless ball.

We win 106-96.

Cowen is the player of the game with 17 points and 10 assists. He only had 2 turnovers. He shot 8 of 13.

We had tremendous balance with 4 guys with 17: Cowen, Robinson, GF, and Perkins.

Butler with 14 points and 5 assists (2nd most on the team behind Cowen.) He also had 3 steals.

Embiid with 8 points, 10 boards, and 3 blocks. He shot 3 of 10.

Turner with 8 points, 5 boards, 4 assista, and a steal.

Noel with 8 points, 4 boards, and a block.

Vasquez led all scorers with 29 points on 11 of 18 shooting including 4 of 4 from the arc.

Matthews was held to 19 points on 9 of 22 shooting including 1 of 8 from the arc.

Eaglesfan27 · 04-03-2015, 08:15 AM

Contract extension time:

Since I only signed Turner and Butler to 3 year deals, I can't extend them. I will have to let them hit FA and hope we can retain them...

2/26 -

WE travel to play Dallas. They are 16-38. We beat them easily the last time and are favored again.

It is a battle as they take a 10 point lead into the 4th, but we turn it on in the 4th and outscore them 37-22 in the quarter for a 105-100 win. Embiid was huge down the stretch as we went to him time and time again.

We win 105-100.

Embiid led all scorers with 22 points, 9 boards, and 2 blocks.

Cowen with 20 points, 6 assists, 4 boards, 1 steal, and 1 block.

Perkins added 20 points, 5 boards, and 3 assists.

Robinson with 11 points and 5 assists.

2/27 -

Tough back to back as we travel to New Orleans. They are 18-40 and are the least talented team in the league. We are favored to win despite the tired legs...

We come out flat, but I rotate heavily and we have a huge 2nd quarter as our defense bears down for a 22-6 quarter. That helps give us a 10 point lead and we turn up our offensive efficiency to glide to a 108-96 win.

Cowen starred with 25 points, 12 assists, 3 boards, 1 steal, and only 1 turnover. He shot 10 of 17.

Perkins added 21 points, 11 boards, 2 assists, 2 steals, and a block. He shot 6 of 10 and 9 of 9 from the line.

Turner with 21 points, 6 assists, and 3 boards as I gave him more minutes this game.

Embiid added 20 points, 9 boards, and a block. He shot 9 of 17.

Noel was hurt in the game but it is minor - twisted ankle.

Former #13 pick (2016) Jack Parker led the Hornets with 23 points and 8 boards at PF.

Eaglesfan27 · 04-03-2015, 08:21 AM

March 1st -

LeBron won player of the month in the East and Durant won it in the West.

For the first time (due to a minor injury probably) Perben did not win rookie of the month in the East. Nelson Williamson of the Bulls won it. Alex Long won it in the West.

Mock Draft News:

Most experts are now predicting Tayfus Mansiz of Turkey to go 1st overall. SG Lonnie Hart of Wake Forest is playing very well and is moving up the board too...

We are now 38-19, 2nd in the East.

Our next game is hosting the Lakers on 3/2. They are 33-22 and have a very talented roster, one of the best in the game now:

PG: Brandon Knight (83)
SG DeRozan (88)
SF Jeff Green (74)
PF Julius Randle (87)
C Caron Schayes (93)

C Roderick Grant (81)
SG Aaron Afflalo (80)
PF Ed Davis (79)
PG Rajon Rondo (79)
PF Ryan Kelly (74)
SF Nick Young (76)
SF Colin Brewer (69)

That will be a battle.

Eaglesfan27 · 04-03-2015, 07:12 PM

6:10 - We get a 2nd foul on DeRozan who sits. We lead 13-11 in a very well played game so far. Both sides executing well without turnovers.

3:24 - Perkins picks up his 2nd foul. Noel to PF and Embiid back into the game. We lead 19-18.

At the end of 1, we are up 24-22. Very hard fought on both ends.

With 5 minutes to go, Cowen needs a break desperately. Turner and Clark into the game.

Once Cowen leaves, they go on a 10-0 run before Embiid scores to end the run.

At halftime, we are down 54-44.

Knight leads all scorers with 12 points and 6 assists. Randle leads them with 6 boards.

Embiid leads us with 10 points. Butler also with 10.

Every thing possible going wrong to start the 3rd... to illustrate. Knight throws an errant pass that deflects off my guy, off another guy, right into DeRozan's hands for a wide open jumper. We are down 68-50.

We are down 88-70 at the end of 3 and it looks dire. They are dominating inside and out.

We close the gap to 10 with 8:30 to go, but then Schayes hits a pair of post shots and DeRozan with a pair of 3's. Down 22 with 6 to go, I decide to rest my starters.

We lose the game 115-101. Tough loss in what could be a finals match-up.

DeRozan was the player of the game with 39 points, 5 boards, 4 assists, 3 steals. He shot 15 of 27.

Knight had 18 points and 8 assists.

Afflalo with 14 points. Green with 14. Randle with 12 points and 11 boards. Schayes with 12 points, 7 boards, and a block.

Embiid led us with 18 points, 11 boards, and 2 blocks. He shot 6 of 12 and 6 of 14 from the line.

Cowen with 17 points, 7 assists, 1 board, 1 steal, and 8 turnovers. He fell apart in the 3rd. He shot 5 of 15.

Butler with 16 points and 5 assists. He shot 7 of 11.

Robinson with 15 points, 5 boards, and 1 assist. He shot 5 of 10.

Perkins with 10 points, 6 boards, 3 assists, and 2 steals. He was limited to 26 minutes due to foul trouble.

Clark with 8 points in 13 minutes.

GF with 8 points.

Noel with 2 points, 5 boards, and 1 steal.

Turner with 5 points and 6 assists.

Eaglesfan27 · 04-03-2015, 08:56 PM

3/3 -

We play at the Nets. How will we rebound after that tough loss? We are favored as they are 3-7 in their last 10 and struggling...

We come out completely flat and are quickly down 11-5, but after a timeout, the guys come out with fire. 39-20 run builds a lead that we never give up.

We win 110-94.

Embiid led us with 19 points, 12 boards, and 1 block. He shot 8 of 20.

Cowen with 19 points, 11 assists, 5 boards, 3 steals, and 3 turnovers. He shot 6 of 13.

Perkins with 19 points, 12 boards, 1 assist, and 1 block. He shot 6 of 12, 4 of 5 from the arc.

Turner with 15 points, 6 boards, and 6 assists.

Butler with 14 points.

Robinson with 9 points, 9 boards, and 2 assists.

GF with 8 points, 8 boards, and 3 assists.

3/5 -

We travel to play the Knicks. They are 20-38 and 2-8 in their last 10. We are favored and won 110-91 in our last game...

The Knicks play us tough through out the game, but a 33-25 4th gets us the win, 117-110.

Cowen led the way with 37 points, 12 assists, 5 boards, 1 steal, and 1 turnover. He shot 14 of 21, 4 of 8 from the arc, and 5 of 5 from the line.

Embiid with 18 points and 9 boards.

Perkins with 14 points, 13 boards, 4 assists, 2 steals, and 2 blocks.

Turner with 14 points, 4 boards, and 4 assists.

Robinson with 12 points, 8 boards, and 3 assists.

GF with 8 points, 6 boards, and 2 assists.

Butler with 8 points, 5 boards, 7 assists.

3/7 -

Our next game is hosting the Pistons. They are 28-33 and 7-3 in their last 10. We beat them 102-99 earlier in the year.

Their recently acuqired PG Yunlong Kim is out with a hyper extended knee and will miss 2-4 weeks.

Eaglesfan27 · 04-05-2015, 02:18 AM

Cowen and Perkins with a great 1st quarter. We build a 30-20 lead.

Turner and Embiid anchor the 2nd quarter as we continue to apply pressure at both ends. Cowen comes back rested with 4 minutes to go and plays lights out again to extend our lead to 14.

At halftime, we are up 57-43.

Turner leads the team with 5 assists. Cowen leads us with 16 points. Embiid leads us with 7 boards.

Cowen with a strong 3rd quarter to extend our lead further. We lead 84-65 at the end of 3.

I rest Cowen to start the 4th. Butler also needs rest. Bajza into the game at SG. Grant into the game at SF. Going deep into our bench with the big lead. GF in at PF to lead this group.

Cowen hardly plays in the 4th as we continue to build our big lead and empty our bench in the 4th.

We had a 30 point lead at one point. We win it 114-90.

Perkins is the player of the game with 22 points, 9 boards, 3 assists, 2 steals, and 2 blocks. He shot 6 of 12, 3 of 6, and 7 of 8 from the line.

Cowen with 22 points, 3 boards, 3 assists, 1 steal. He shot 8 of 16. He only played 27 minutes.

Robinson with 15 points, 8 boards, and 3 assists. He shot 7 of 9 with several of them being dunks on fast breaks.

GF with 15 points, 5 boards, and an assist. He shot 6 of 10.

Butler with 12 points, 3 boards, and 3 assists. He shot 4 of 7.

Turner with 8 points, 7 boards, 13 assists, 2 steals, and a turnover. He played 32 minutes including quite a bit of PG.

Embiid with 8 points, 10 boards, and 2 blocks. He shot 4 of 6.

Clark with 5 points.

Noel with 4 points, 10 boards, and 3 blocks. He shot 2 of 6. He only played 22 minutes.

Bazja with 2 points and 2 assists in 10 minutes.

Moultrie with 3 boards in 10 minutes.

Drummond led the Pistons with 18 points and 11 boards. He shot 8 of 12.

Jennings with 13 points and 8 assists but he shot 5 of 19.

Eaglesfan27 · 04-05-2015, 02:29 AM

That win raises our record to 41-20.

3/9 -

We travel to play Charlotte. They are 38-20 but we beat them 92-90 in our last match. They have a very talented team led by star SG Lance Stephenson.

Our offense comes out ice cold with 0 points in the first 4 minutes. We end up down 28-17 at the end of 1. We are down 55-38 at the end of 2 and that is too large of a margin although we play much better in the 2nd half.

We lose the game 98-92.

Embiid led us with 25 points and 9 boards.

Cowen with 18 points, 5 boards, 4 assists, and a steal.

Perkins shot 0 of 6 and had a rough game with 1 points, 5 boards, and 2 turnovers before he fouled out. He only played 18 minutes.

Robinson also had a rough game as he was schooled. He shot 2 of 10.

Stephenson led them with 19 but all 5 starters were in double digits.

3/11 -

We travel to play the Jazz who are 33-29. They are MUCH less talented than us and are winning thanks to great coaching. We beat them 126-88 the last time we played them...

Their coach keeps them in the game and it is close going into the 4th, but then Perkins and Cowen get it going and we have a 35 point quarter to end the game with the comfortable win.

We win 106-92.

Perkins with 25 points, 10 boards, 1 assist, 1 stal, and 1 block. He shot 11 of 19.

Cowen with 20 points, 16 assists, 3 boards, 1 steal, and 4 turnovers. He shot 8 of 20.

Turner with 18 points, 4 boards, 1 assist, and 3 steals. He shot 7 of 11.

Embiid with 17 points, 11 boards, and 3 blocks. He shot 8 of 16.

Robinson with a very efficient 14 points, 8 boards, 3 assists, and 2 steals. He shot 5 of 6.

GF with 9 points, 3 boards, 3 assists, and a steal. He shot 4 of 5.

Noel with 4 points, 10 boards, and a block.

Butler got hurt but before he did he had 10 boards, 5 assists, and 2 steals. He shot 0 of 10.

Butler will play though a shin injury.

We are now 42-21, 2nd in the East. We are 5 games behind the Bulls who are 48-17.

3/13 -

Our next game, we travel to Memphis. The Grlzzlies are much less talented than us and are 29-33. They are 3-7 in their last 10. If we can tire their starting 5, we should be able to handle them without too much trouble.

Eaglesfan27 · 04-08-2015, 10:43 PM

Our defense controlling the game early. We build a 14-7 lead.

Cowen needs a breather and they close the gap. At the end of 1, we are up 25-22.

In the 2nd half, we are really pounding them inside and it is opening up our jumpers.

At halftime, we are up 50-42.

Cowen leads the team with 5 assists. Embiid leads us with 10 points. Noel with 8 points. Perkins with 8 too.

We start to run away with it in the 3rd but Conley and Mirotic end our run with a pair of 3's.

Cowen with a big quarter. We are up 60-51 (was 60-45 before those 3's.)

Embiid is showing some ability to knock down the open 12 footer. Wow... if he can start doing that consistently...

5 minutes left in the 3rd: Embiid and Cowen rest.

Perkins responds by scoring 7 straight as he is the #1 option on the court.

We take a 77-68 lead at the end of 3. Perkins with 17 points and 10 boards already.

Cowen with a nice stretch to start the 4th to put it away.

We win the game 109-87.

Cowen is the player of the game with 24 points, 10 assists, 5 boards, 1 steal, and 1 block. He shot 9 of 14, 1 of 1, and 5 of 6.

Perkins with 21 points, 10 boards, 2 assists. He shot 9 of 16, 1 of 1 from the arc, and 2 of 3 from the line.

Embiid with 20 points, 16 boards, 2 assists. He shot 9 of 15, 2 of 3 from the line.

Noel with 10 points and 6 boards.

Butler with 8 points. GF with 8 points, 6 boards, 2 assists, and 2 steals.

Robinson with 7 points, 3 boards, 2 assists, and 2 steals.

Clark with 6 points.

Turner with 4 points, 4 boards, and 2 assists.

Moultrie with 2 points and 0 boards in 17 minutes.

Mirotic led them with 29 points. Conley with 26. No one else in double digits.

Kidd-Gilchrist shot 3 of 11. Madison shot 3 of 11. Harris shot 2 of 10.

Eaglesfan27 · 04-09-2015, 09:52 PM

3/16 -

We host the Hawks who are 19-44. They are 1-9 in their last 10.

We struggle early and are down 53-43 at the half.

Cowen gets it going in the 3rd and we come back to close the gap to 2.

4th is a back and forth affair and we go into overtime tied at 93.

We hit our first few shots and we are up 99-93.

K.J. McDaniels hits a 3 to make it 99-96.

Dragic with a pair of baskets including a game winner 100-99 at the buzzer as we missed our last 3 shots down the stretch.

Shocking loss. Very disappointing.

McDaniels led the way for them with 25 points, 4 boards, and 3 steals.

Horford with 15 points and 10 boards. Dragic with 13 points and 6 assists.

Embiid led us with 23 points, 16 boards, and 3 blocks in the loss.

Cowen with 18 points, 6 assists, 5 boards, and 2 steals. He shot 8 of 20.

Noel with 16 points, 9 boards, and 2 blocks.

Perkins with 11 points, 5 boards, 2 assists, 2 steals, and 3 blocks. He shot 4 of 17 including missing 2 down the stretch.

Robinson with foul trouble only played 20 minutes and had 8 points.

3/18 -

We host Portland. They are 41-23. They beat us 118-92 in our last game.

We are down early, 48-42 at the half.

They build a 8 point lead by the end of the 3rd.

Very strong 4th with Robinson and Perkins leading the way, 36-21 in the 4th.

We win 100-92.

Robinson with 27 points, 7 boards, 2 assists, and 1 steal. He shot 10 of 17.

Noel with 14 points, 10 boards, and a block.

Perkins with 12 points, 7 boards, and 2 blocks.

Cowens shot 5 of 15. He had 11 points and 7 assists.

Embiid shot 3 of 12. 9 points and 17 boards along with 2 blocks too.

We are now 44-22 and tied for 2nd in the East, 4.5 games behind Chicago.

3/19 -

Our next game is at the Bucks. They are 31-34. We beat them 114-74 last game...

Eaglesfan27 · 04-13-2015, 09:54 AM

Terrible start and we are down 13-3 with 6 minutes to go in the 1st. Cowens is playing very bad and I rest him.

Turner starts pounding it into Embiid and we start scoring.

13-9 before Embiid picks up his 2nd foul. I leave him in.

We are down 22-19 when Embiid picks up his 3rd foul with 2 minutes to go in the 1st. I rest Embiid.

At the end of 1, we are down 27-23. Perkins with 7 points in the quarter. Embiid led us with 8.

Cowen comes back in to start the 2nd and he is dominant again. Tied at 41 with 6 minutes to go...

Cowen tires late in the quarter but a great quarter overall. The rest of the guys are sloppy on defense today and giving up too many points.

We are down 53-49 at the half.

Robinson and Cowen each with 5 assists. Cowen leads us with 13 points.

Jabari Parker leads them with 15.

6:40 - Embiid picks up his 5th. The defense is getting too sloppy. Embiid, Perkins, and Cowen rest. We are down 66-61.

GF and Butler providing some nice plays at both ends of the court...

Butler with a steal and breakaway dunk.

GF with a block and then a nice 12 footer.

GF with a dunk.

11 seconds left: GF hits a pair of FT's to tie it at 76.

Burks with a buzzer beater to give them the lead, 78-76 at the end of 3. However, Parker needs to rest and my stars will be back soon well rested...

In fact, Embiid will start the 4th and try not to pick up his final foul...

8:20 - We are down 87-81. I call time and bring in a rested Cowen, Robinson, and Perkins to play with Butler and Embiid.

5:20 - Cowen with 3 straight baskets. We are down 91-89.

4:10 - Perkins with a steal gets it to Cowen who has a breakaway dunk! We lead 93-91.

Our defense has kicked it up to intense levels. We lead 96-91 after Cowen hits a pair of FT's.

McDonald beats Cowen off the dribble and gets fouled... 3 point play.

We respond with a great move in the post by Embiid... looked like the old Dream Shake! We lead 98-94.

1:39 - Embiid fouls out. Noel into the game to anchor the defense down the stretch.

1:15 - Cowen with a great step back jumper as the clock is expiring! 4 point lead again.

1:10 - Cowen gives up the quick 3 to McDonald. We lead 100-99.

Perkins misses a 3 and McDonald shoots another 3 right over Cowen. Ouch.

Cowen drives right into the heart of the lane and gets his shot blocked by Sanders.

We have to foul. They make both FT's. Down 104-100 with 22 seconds to go...

Cowen misses an open look at a 3.

GF misses a 3 in the corner, his favorite spot. We are done.

Disappointing loss. 108-100.

McDonald, the 8th pick in the 2015 draft torched Cowen today. He was the player of the game with 26 points, 6 assists, and 2 steals.

He shot 7 of 20 but was clutch down the stretch.

Alec Burks added 21 points and Parker finished with 21 points on 9 of 20 shooting.

Cowen led us with 27 points and 7 assists, 1 steal, and a block. He shot 10 of 21 including 1 of 3 from the arc. He was 6 of 6 from the line.

Butler with 18 points, 4 boards, and 3 assists.

Embiid with 16 points, 9 boards, and a block in a game that limited him to 27 minutes due to foul trouble.

Turner with 11 points and 4 assists.

Perkins with 10 points, 11 boards, 2 assists, and a steal.

GF with 10 points and 2 boards. HE shot 2 of 7.

Noel with 6 points, 10 boards, and 2 blocks in 21 minutes.

Robinson with 4 points and 8 assists. He shot 1 of 7.

Eaglesfan27 · 04-13-2015, 10:26 AM

3/21 -

We host the Wolves. They are 31-34 and we need this game to get us back on the right side of things...

We come out with great offensive intensity, determined to take it to the basket and not settle for jump shots. We build a huge lead by halftime, 55-39.

We cruise to a 93-80 win.

Embiid led us with 19 points, 11 boards, and 3 blocks.

Turner with 12 points, 4 boards, and 2 assists.

Cowen with 12 points, 9 boards, 9 assists, and 4 steals.

Robinson with 12 points, 11 boards, and 3 assists.

GF with 11 points and 4 boards.

Perkins wit 8 points, 8 boards, and 2 blocks. He shot 4 of 13.

Wiggins led them with 11 points and 9 boards. He shot 1 of 12 but was 9 of 10 from the line.

We are now 45-23 and 3rd in the East. Our next game is traveling to play the 1st place Bulls who are 50-19...

Butler exacerbated his shin injury in practice but can play through it...

We try pounding it inside but the Bulls are playing such tough defense. A 15 point 2nd quarter puts us behind 51-39 at the half.

We close the gap with a strong 3rd but ultimately lose 90-83.

Cowen led all scorers with 25 points and 5 assists. He shot 10 of 15 including 3 of 4 from the arc.

Robinson added 14 points and 3 assists.

Perkins with an efficient 13 points, 6 boards. He shot 5 of 9.

Embiid with 13 points, 12 boards, and a block.

The Bulls were led by 23 points from Nelson Williamson. The #6 pick in the 2017 draft has become an excellent sharp shooter in his rookie year. He is averaging 16 ppg and 3.4 apg.

Rose added 17 points and 7 assists.

Middleton with 14 points.

Anthony Davis played hurt this game but still had 14 points, 13 boards, and 2 blocks.

Noah added 10 points and 10 boards.

Wow. They are going to be tough if we face them in the playoffs.

3/25 -

We host the Nets who are 31-37 but 2-8 in their last 10. I'm hoping to rest Butler for most of the game against them...

Sad news as Paul George has suffered a season ending injury to his previously injured leg. This time, he blew out his ACL.

Turner will start at SG. Clarke and Grant will get more time as I try to rest Butler and get him ready for the playoffs...

Eaglesfan27 · 04-13-2015, 01:23 PM

Butler rests the whole 1st quarter. Cowen has a rough start and Embiid misses his first 3 shots. They build a 9-2 lead before we get it going.

At the end of 1, we are down 23-21.

Cowen and Clarke working so well together to score in the 2nd. Clarke is getting some great open looks from Cowen and drilling them.

We build a 54-48 lead by halftime.

Walker leads them with 13 points. Embiid leads us with 10 points and 6 boards.

We build a 10 point lead and go deep into our bench with Bazja.

At the end of 3, we are up 79-73 as we rest our starters the last few minutes of the quarter.

7:20 - We are tied at 83 as I bring back rested starters.

Perkins with 3 straight baskets, 2 midrange shots and a nice post move fadeaway.

Perkins with a block that starts the fastbreak... Cowen to Turner for a dunk!

We are up 99-89.

We cruise to the 103-95 win.

Embiid is the player of the game with 19 points, 11 boards, 3 blocks, and 1 steal. He shot 7 of 12 and even hit a 3.

Cowen with 19 points, 7 assists, 2 boards, and 2 steals. He shot 6 of 16.

Perkins with 16 points, 6 boards, 2 assists, and a steal. He shot 7 of 9.

Clark with 11 points and 1 assist. He shot 4 of 8.

Turner with 10 points and 4 assists.

Grant with 8 points in 15 minutes.

GF with 7 points and 8 boards.

Robinson with 7 points, 3 boards, and 3 assists.

Noel with 4 points, 8 boards, and a block.

Kemba Walker led them with 29 points and 7 assists. He shot 9 of 19.

Greg Monroe with 16 points and 6 boards.

Bogdanovic with 12 points on 5 of 11 shooting.

Eaglesfan27 · 04-15-2015, 09:47 PM

3/27 -

We travel to play the Cavs who are 41-28. We beat them lat time 108-91. Hopefully, we can do it again. We are 46-24 and pushing for the #2 seed...

We have a bad first half and are down 57-43 at the half, but we fight back with a huge 3rd quarter that makes it a 2 point game.

Back and forth in the 4th until LeBron hits a game winning 14 footer.

We lose 111-110.

LeBron with 25 points, 14 boards, 7 assists, and 4 blocks. He shot 5 of 13, 11 of 13 from the line.

2nd year C Stephon Watkins, their former #12 pick, had 25 points and 10 boards in the game as well.

Cowen led us with 35 points, 8 assists, 5 boards, and 5 turnovers. He shot 11 of 22, 5 of 6, and 8 of 8.

Perkins added 26 points, 8 boards, 3 assists, 1 steal, and 1 turnover.

Embiid with 16 points and 9 boards. He shot 6 of 18.

Noel with 12 points and 3 boards.

Turner with 6 points, 5 boards, and 6 assists.

Robinson shot 2 of 10 and had 4 points.

3/28 -

No rest for the weary as we host the Bulls. They are 52-20 and 1st in the East...

Cowen comes out fired up and ready to prove a point. He scores our first 8 points as we build an 8-0 lead.

Then, he starts firing off assists.

We build a 54-40 lead at the half.

We win 106-93 in impressive fashion!

Cowen was the player of the game with 27 points, 11 assists, 7 boards, 1 steal, and 4 turnovers. He shot 10 of 22, 2 of 5, and 5 of 6.

Turner with 15 points and 3 assists.

Perkins with 14 points, 10 boards, 4 assists, 2 steals, and 3 blocks. He shot 5 of 8.

Robinson with 13 points and 5 boards.

Embiid with 13 points, 12 boards, and 2 blocks.

Noel with 11 points and 9 boards along with a block.

GF with 7 points and 4 boards.

Clark with 4 points.

We held Rose to 12 points on 5 of 13 shooting. We held Anthony Davis to 16 points on 5 of 11 shooting.

Williamson led them with 19 points.

We are now 47-25 and pushing hard for 50 wins.

Our next game is another tough matchup as we host the Warriors. They are 43-27 but they are hit by injuries and only 4-6 in the last 10.

Due to injuries to their big men, they are starting less talented guys at PF and C, so we will need to take advantage inside against them.

Eaglesfan27 · 04-16-2015, 10:49 AM

We start off dominant, looking like a Championship team. 13-2 lead.

Then, we go cold as Cowen and Embiid get a bit tired. I rest Embiid and our offense slows down. Thompson and Curry start striking from the arc.

At the end of 1, we are down 24-23.

9:30 - Embiid comes back in. We are down 32-27.

Embiid starts making shots right away. He is even knocking down a nice 12 footer with some regularity when he has it wide open.

At halftime, we are tied at 47.

Embiid is our leading scorer with 18 points. Noel has 11 boards. Cowen has 7 assists.

Every phase of our offense clicks in the 3rd. We are up 80-68. Embiid with 27 points.

We had a 15 point lead, but when I rest our starters it drops to 6. I bring back Cowen and Embiid to finish it out.

Cowen with a quick pull up jumper and then Embiid with a nice post move to stretch the lead to 10.

We win 102-93.

Embiid was the player of the game with 29 points, 13 boards, and 2 blocks. He shot 13 of 22 and 3 of 7 from the line.

Cowen with 23 points, 10 assists, 3 steals, and 1 board. He had 4 turnovers. He shot 9 of 19.

Perkins with 18 points, 14 boards, 1 assist, 1 steal, and 1 block. He shot 6 of 9, 3 of 4, and 3 of 3. Very efficient night for the young rookie.

GF with 12 points, 5 boards, and 2 assists.

Robinson with 8 points, 6 boards, 8 assists, 1 steal, and 1 block. He shot 4 of 8.

Turner with 6 points, 5 boards, and 5 assists.

Cowen helped hold Curry to 6 of 24 shooting for the night for 15 points.

Thompson shot 10 of 18, 4 of 8 from the arc for 26 points.

No else broke 15.

Eaglesfan27 · 04-16-2015, 11:08 AM

The latest mock drafts are interesting:

1) Lonnie Hart has been rising on the boards behind a great tournament for Wake Forest. The 6'5 215 pound SG has shown that he is ready to play big time ball now and he has the highest ceiling. He is now the consensus #1 pick of the draft experts. He finished the season averaging 23.5 ppg, 6.8 rpg, 4.4 apg, and 3 spg. His offense is his clear strength at this point..

2) Tayfur Mansiz from Turkey is stronger, more physical and almost as developed offensively as Cedric. He is now 22 but he has all of the tools and is projected to become a superstar by some scouts. He is averaging 28 ppg in Turkey along with 10.4 rpg.

3) Cedric Blackwell was the #1 pick earlier in the year but some scouts are worried he has hit his ceiling at 23 years old. He is a talented SF whose floor is a solid starter in the league.

4) Luka Golob is a 19 year old SF who is 6'7 240 lb from Slovenia. He is averaging 27 ppg and 5.5 rpg. He is projected to become a very good player.

5) Will Osborne is a 6'8 275 lb PF for UConn who is 22 years old. He is averaging 24 ppg and 11 rpg. He is expected to become a dependable starter in the NBA.

6) Sergio Diaz is a 21 year old SG from Mexico who is 6'5 210. He is averaging 22 ppg and has a nice midrange shot. He is projected to become a solid starter.

7) PG Mitchell Brooks from WVU is 6'1 166 and 21 years old. He is more raw than most of the guys in the top 10 but some scouts think he will become a star PG. He is averaging 22 ppg and 7 apg.

8) PF Sasa Cop is 6'9 245 from Slovenia and his stock has been dropping. He is an athletic player who relies on that to score. He should become a solid starter.

9) PF Gilberto Izzo from Italy is a 6'6 250 pound PF who might be too small to be effective in the NBA. He has no midrange shot and isn't very athletic. His best attributes are his bullish strength.

10) PF Shane Wells has shot up hte board. He is a 22 year old PF from Oklahoma who is 6'10 270. His strength is his post game and he is a bit raw in every other area.

Eaglesfan27 · 04-16-2015, 11:21 AM

4/2 -

We host the Rcokets who are 39-34 and in danger of missing the playoffs. We are favored.

They jump out to an early lead, but by early in the 3rd quarter we tie it up. We pull away late and cruise to a 108-92 win.

Perkins led the way with 26 points, 8 boards, 3 assists, 1 steal, and 1 block. He shot 9 of 12, 4 of 5, and 4 of 6.

Cowen with 12 points and 12 assists. He shot 5 of 17.

Robinson with 11 points, 8 boards, 3 assists, and 3 steals.

Bazja with 11 points in 8 minutes!

Turner with 10 points.

Embiid with 10 points and 10 boards.

NOel with 8 points, 12 boards, and 3 blocks.

Clark with 8 points in 8 minutes.

4/4 -

We travel to play the Wolves who are 35-39, 5-5 in their last 10. They are struggling as Wiggins is injured and will miss the last few weeks of the season...

By halftime, we have a 20 point lead.

We cruise to a 100-70 win.

Cowen led the way with 28 points, 7 assists, 3 boards, and 2 blocks. He shot 11 of 20.

Robinson with 15 points, 10 boards, 3 assists, and 1 steal.

Turner with 14 points, 8 boards, and 8 assists. He shot 6 of 9.

Perkins with 13 points, 14 boards, 6 assists, and 1 steal. He shot 5 of 13.

Grant with 8 points in 13 minutes.

Noel with 8 points, 10 boards, and 2 blocks.

Bazja with 8 points in 8 minutes!

Clark with 3 points in 12 minutes.

Embiid with 2 points, 18 boards, and 2 blocks. He shot 1 of 9.

Zach Lavine was their only player in double digits but he shot 7 of 21.

A look at the East Standings as we come down the stretch:

1. Bulls 52-22 (5-5 in their last 10!)
2. Hornets 51-22 (9-1)
3. 76ers 50-25 (6-4)
4. Wizards 45-29 (7-3)
5. Cavs 44-30 (6-4)
6. Heat 43-31 (6-4)
7. Magic 42-33 (4-6)
8. Pistons 37-38 (8-2)

9. Nets 37-38 (7-3)
10. Bucks 34-40
11.Raptors 32-42
12. Pacers 28-46
13. Knicks 27-48
14. Celtics 26-49
15. Hawks 23-51

West Standings:

1. Oklahoma 54-20 (5-5)
2. Lakers 47-27 (8-2)
3. Warriors 45-28 (4-6)
4. Blazers 45-29 (4-6)
5. Rockets 40-35 (5-5)
6. Jazz 39-35 (5-5)
7. Suns 38-37 (2-8)
8. Grizzlies 36-38 (7-3)

9. Wolves 35-40 (5-5)
10. Kings 31-44
11. Clippers 30-44
12. Mavs 27-46
13. Nuggets 27-47
14. Spurs 25-50
15. Pelicans 24-50

4/6 -

Our next game is at Boston. We are heavily favored.

Eaglesfan27 · 04-16-2015, 12:37 PM

Cowen playing amazing basketball down the stretch. He helps us build a 30-20 lead.

3:39 - GF goes down hard after a shot with a lower leg injury.. no contact but this doesn't look good at all..

At halftime, we are up 53-44.

We get some early news. GF with a significant knee injury. He will need an MRI to tell the full extent but he is definitely out for some significant time.

Embiid leads our team with 10 points and 9 boards at the half.

Cowen with 7 assists at the half.

3:10 - We lead 73-60 as I rest my starters except for Embiid who returns from an earlier rest.

At the end of 3, we are up 81-66.

7 minutes to go - They close the gap to 10. Our guards are tired. I ask Butler to give us some minutes. We also bring back a relatively rested Cowen.

Cowen and Butler work hard to re-build the lead to 15. I rest my starters the last 2 minutes.

We win 106-98.

Cowen is the player of the game with 22 points, 11 assists, 2 boards, 2 steals, and 7 turnovers. He shot 7 of 16.

Embiid with 16 points, 15 boards, and 2 blocks.

Turner with 14 points, 4 boards, and 4 assists. He shot 6 of 9.

Clark with 13 points and 2 boards on 5 of 9 shooting including 2 of 5 from the arc.

Noel with 11 points, 12 boards, and a steal.

Perkins with 10 points, 10 boards, 3 assists, 3 steals, and 2 blocks. He shot 4 of 11.

Robinson with 10 points, 5 boards, 4 assists, 2 steals, and 2 blocks.

GF with 4 points in 9 minutes....

Exum led the Celtics with 23 points and 5 assists.

Sullinger had 19 points and 8 boards.

McLemore with 17 points.

The word on the MRI is that the GF only has an ACL sprain. He will be back in a few weeks, maybe in time for the start of the playoffs! Whew.

Eaglesfan27 · 04-16-2015, 03:48 PM

A look at some of the Award Races down the stretch:

MVP:

1. Durant 33.1 ppg, 9.3 rpg, 5.0 apg. His team is 1st in the West...

2. LeBron - 26.5 ppg, 9.4 rpg, 5 apg, 1.8 spg. His team is doing well in the East...

3. Jimmy Cowen - 22.0 ppg, 8.5 apg, 4.2 rpg, 1.6 spg. Team is 3rd in the Est

4. Westbrook - 20.3 ppg, 7.7 apg, 5 rpg, 1.9 spg. Team is 1st in the West.

5. Derrick Rose -21.7 ppg, 6.6 apg, 4.6 rpg. Team is 1st in the East.

Rookie of the Year:

1. Perben, Miami - Averaging 18.8 ppg, 10.0 rpg, 1.5 bpg.

2. Williamson, Bulls - Averaging 16.5 ppg, 5.0 rpg, 3.3 apg.

3. Mack Perkins - Averaging 13.7 ppg, 7.2 rpg, 1.7 apg, 1.0 bpg.

4/7 -

We host the Raptors who are now 32-43...

We had a huge lead by halftime, 63-49.

In the 3rd quarter, we let them creep back within 6.

In the 4th, they outscored us 37-27.

We lose 113-109.

Jonas Valancunas led them with 22 points, 11 boards, 2 assists.

Dillon added 18 points and 10 boards.

Cowen led us in the loss with 24 points, 11 assists, 9 boards, 3 steals. He shot 9 of 20.

Perkins with 23 points, 7 boards, 2 assists, and 2 blocks. He shot 9 of 16.

Turner with 14 points, 5 boards, and 4 assists.

Embiid with 13 points, 9 boards, and 2 blocks.

Robinson with 10 points, 4 boards, 4 assists, 1 steal, and 1 block.

Clark with 8 points.

Noel with 6 points, 6 boards, and 2 blocks.

Big news after the game... MCW has been cleared from his injury and deemed fully ready to return to action!!

4/11 -

We travel to play the Hornets. They are 54-23 and ahead of us in the East... this is a huge game. MCW will play significant minutes off the bench...

Wow, the Hornets blow us out. We never had the lead. Disappointing loss...

We lose 110-88.

Terrence Jones led them with 29 points and 10 boards.

Jeremy Lin added 19 points and 5 assists.

Ozat added 16 points and 11 assists.

2nd year PG Alan O'Connor added 11 points and 4 assists.

Perkins led us with 20 points, 8 boards, 1 assist, 1 steal, and 1 block. He shot 8 of 13.

Cowen shot 4 of 16 and finished with 15 points, 12 assists, and a steal.

Turner with 14 points, 7 boards, 3 assists.

Embiid with 11 points, 9 boards, and 1 block.

MCW with 10 points, 8 boards, 3 assists, and 2 steals in his debut back. He played 24 minutes.

We are now 51-27 and firmly locked in 3rd place with a very slim chance of climbing into 2nd or falling into 4th. Cowen is imploring me to play him major minutes, but I have to think about resting him.... but we need wins to make sure we don't fall into 4th. We'll see.

4/13 -

We travel to play the Wizards who are 48-30 and trying to chase us for 3rd.. If we beat them, we will definitely be 3rd or better in the East.

Eaglesfan27 · 04-18-2015, 01:43 AM

A sloppy first half in which we turned it over 6 times. We are down 25-19.

Cowen had a very rough 1st quarter. After a few minutes of rest, he was brilliant in the 2nd. Finding open guys (particularly Robinson), making dunks over a big man twice, hitting step back jumpers, he was unstoppable.

We are up 58-44 thanks to his strong play igniting our team.

Cowen leads our team with 16 points, 6 assists.

Noel leads the team with 11 boards.

6:00 - They are closing the gap as our guys are tired. Clark in to provide some offense.

Clark makes a 3 but gives one up at the other end.

We are up 75-71 at the end of 3. Our guys are getting fatigued.

Perkins is our #1 option early in the 4th as I'm resting Embiid and Cowen.

Perkins performs with 8 straight points and then a nice assist.

He helps us build a 89-80 lead.

5:30 - The lead is closing but I'm able to bring back rested starters. We lead 90-85 as MCW, Cowen, Robinson, and Embiid all come back into the game.

2:15 - Embiid suffers a minor injury on a dunk but he is staying in the game. We lead 96-91.

Cowen with a steal and breakaway dunk!

They foul down the stretch and Cowen makes the FT's...

That guarantees the win.

We win 106-100.

Cowen is the player of the game with 30 points, 6 assists, 2 boards, 1 steal, and 1 block. He shot 9 of 16 and 12 of 12 from the line.

Perkins with 21 points, 10 boards, and 3 assists. He shot 7 of 17.

Embiid with 17 points, 10 boards, 2 assists, 1 steal, and 1 block. He shot 8 of 10.

Robinson with 15 points and 5 boards.

Turner with 6 points, 4 assists, and 2 boards.

Butler only played 7 minutes (due to injury) but he had 5 points.

Clark with 5 points in 7 minutes.

Noel with 3 points, 16 boards, and 2 blocks.

MCW with 2 points, 3 boards, and 3 assists in 17 minutes back. He also had 1 steal and only 1 turnover. Nice way for him to work his way back.

Eaglesfan27 · 04-18-2015, 01:56 AM

Embiid has a sprained ankle. We'll try to limit his minutes.

Butler has been 100% cleared for full action. Ditto for MCW.

4/14 -

We play at the Hawks. They are 26-53 and I should be able to rest my guys a bit. Embiid will cut back to 25 minutes per game for the last few. Everyone else below 30 except for Cowen who is begging for minutes...

Interesting game... we jumped to a big lead in the 1st, choked it away in the 2nd. Fell behind by 10 in the 3rd but rallied for a 104-100 win.

Cowen led with 22 points, 5 boards, 6 assists, and 2 steals.

Perkins with 19 points, 9 boards, 3 assists, and 2 steals.

Noel wtih 15 points, 9 boards, and a block as he played more minutes.

MCW with 12 points, 4 assists, and 2 steals.

Embiid with 10 points, 6 boards, and 2 blocks in 25 minutes.

Butler with 9 points, 5 boards, and 5 assists in 24 minutes.

We are now 53-27. Can we get to 55 wins? Even if we do, we are locked into 3rd in the East with no room for movement. I cut back my guy's minutes a bit more...

4/17 -

We travel to Toronto. They are 34-46...

We jump to a big lead 64-48 by halftime.

In the 3rd, they go crazy and tie the game. In the 4th, we pull away.

122-114 win.

Perkins led the way with 25 points, 10 boards, 4 assists, 1 steal, and 1 block in 30 minutes. He shot 10 of 18.

Cowen with 22 points, 10 assists, 2 steals, and 5 boards.

Noel with 16 points, 10 boards, and 2 blocks.

MCW with 16 points, 8 boards, and 5 assists in 22 minutes.

Embiid with 15 points, 6 boards, and a block in 25 minutes.

Robinson with 9 points, 5 boards, and 5 assists.

Turner with 9 points, 9 boards, and 4 assists.

Butler with 8 points, 5 boards, and 5 assists.

4/18 -

Our final regular season game is hosting the Hornets who are 56-25 and 2nd in the East...

Wow. We hammer them. Cutting back our starter's minutes, they are playing more effectively when they are on the court...

114-90 win.

Cowen led us with 24 points and 4 assists.

Perkins with 16 points, 8 boards, and a block.

Embiid with 14 points and 10 boards.

Turner with 15 points, 5 boards, and 5 assists.

Robinson with 12 points and 4 boards.

Butler with 10 points, 5 boards, and 5 assists.

MCW with 10 points, 5 boards, and 4 assists.

Noel with 7 points, 7 boards, and a block.

We finish the season 55-27 and 3rd in the East. We'll face LeBron and the Cavs in the 1st round in the East.

Eaglesfan27 · 04-18-2015, 02:20 AM

A look at our stats:

Cowen led the team with 22 ppg. He also averaged 8.4 apg, 1.7 spg, and 4.2 rpg. He is only 22 and is sure to get better in future seasons...

Embiid averaged 15.9 ppg, 9.6 rpg, 1.4 bpg. He is only 24 and he is still improving his game.

Perkins averaged 14.4 ppg, 7.2 rpg, 1.7 apg, and 1.1 bpg. He is only 22 and is looking like he will become a superstar.

MCW averaged 12.2 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 6.1 apg, and 1.7 spg. He is 26 and it is an interesting discussion of whether he can be an effective combo guard off the bench or should I try to trade him this offseason?

Robinson, our other star rookie, had a very good season with 11 ppg, 4.4 rpg, 3.0 spg, and 0.9 spg. He is only 20 and should improve considerably....

Noel at 24 is becoming one of the best interior defenders in the game. He is avearging 8.7 ppg, 8.0 rpg, 1.3 bpg.

Turner averaged 8.7 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 3.0 apg, and 0.5 spg. The 29 year old is our veteran presence.

Butler averaged 7.7 ppg, 4.3 rpg, 3.6 apg, and 0.9 spg. His game is starting to fall off slightly at 28 years old but he should be a good contributor next year too..

The GF never quite fit into our offense but I hope to rectify that in the future as he is only 23... He averaged 7.1 ppg, 3.6 rpg, 2.4 apg, and 0.2 spg.

Clark averaged 4.9 ppg in very limited time.

Grant averaged 2.9 ppg and 1.5 rpg in limited time.

Award Time:

Durant wins MVP. He ramped it up the last week and finished at just under 34 ppg, 9.3 rpg, 5.0 apg, and 1.8 spg. He shot 52% from the field, 92% from the line, and 44% from the arc.

Frederic Perben of the Heat won Rookie of the Year. He averaged 18.9 ppg, 10 rpg, 1.5 apg, 1.2 spg, and 1.4 bpg. He shot 53% from the field.

Andre Drummond won Defensive Player of the Year. The Center averaged 19 ppg, 12 rpg, and 2 bpg.

Tom Thibodeau of the Bulls won Coach of the Year with 58 wins...

All NBA 1st team:

PG Jimmy Cowen
SG James Harden
SF Durant
PF LeBron
C Drummond

2nd team:

PG Westbrook
G Lillard
F Blake Griffin
F Frederic Perben
C DeMarcus Cousins

3rd team:

G Derrick Rose
G Stephen Curry
F Kevin Love
F Jabari Parker
C Caron Schayes

All-Rookie Team:

G Alex Long
G Nelson Williamson
G O.J. Gill
F Mack Perkins
F Frederic Perbin

Robinson made the All-Rookie 2nd team.

The Playoff Match-ups:

In the West:

#1 Thunder vs #8 Grizzlies

#4 Rockets vs #5 Portland

#3 Lakers vs #6 Jazz

#2 Warriors vs #7 Suns

East:

#1 Bulls vs #8 Pistons

#2 Hornets vs #7 Magic

#3 76ers vs #6 Cavs

#4 Wizards vs #5 Heat.

Big news: LeBron got hurt in practice. He has a strained back and will play but won't be 100%.

A look at their roster:

PG Irving (92)
SG Waiters (84)
SF LeBron (91 - adjusted due to injury, normally a 98)
PF Watkins (74)
C Roy Gill (72)

They are weak inside and we should be able to have a big series for our big men....

Their bench:

SG Goodwin (79)
PG Dellavedova (77)
SG Glen Rice, Jr (76)
SG Xavier Henry (76)
PG Marquis Teague (72)
PF Will Stockton (71)
C Ivan Bosnjak (68)

Eaglesfan27 · 04-19-2015, 09:31 PM

1st play of the game: Cowen drives into the lane... finds Perkins for a corner 3... Swish!

Irving comes right back with a 3 of his own. Cowen isn't a great defender and he is having trouble with Irving quick as Irving scores 7 quick points...

We close the gap on a few nice baskets inside by Embiid.

9-9 game early.

LeBron starts going to work with a powerful drive and the dunk.

LeBron finds Irving for an easy 3. We can't let him get that open...

Embiid doing big time work inside.

6:00 - We are tied at 14. Embiid is tired. Noel into the game.

They go on a 6-0 run behind LeBron finding open men and making shots.

Perkins with a nice move inside for a little layup to end their run.

LeBron finds Goodwin for an open 3.

At the end of 1, we are down 29-21.

Embiid back into the game and he goes on a tear again to close the gap. Down 31-29.

LeBron comes back from his brief rest and goes to work making plays. Quick baskets to Goodwin and Waiters.

None of my guys are able to effectively guard LeBron. I'm going to try Perkins on him as he has great speed and length...

Perkins alters a LeBron shot.

Cowen with a few nice baskets. We close the gap again. Down 39-37 with 7:45 to go...

Cowen finds Embiid for a great alley-oop.

Irving comes back and goes to work all over the court. Irving having a huge game...

Cowen needs a breather. So does Embiid.

Suddenly, we are back down by 8.

That margin holds through until halftime.

Halftime: We are down 57-49. Cowen can't guard Irving who has 19. I'm going to try MCW on him. MCW is one of my best perimeter defenders.

LeBron has 11 points and 4 assists (which leads their team.)

Goodwin with 10 points.

Embiid leads us with 16 points, 4 boards, and 2 blocks at the half.

Cowen with 9 points and 3 assists.

Robinson with 7 points. Perkins with 5 points and 5 boards at the half.

7:20 - LeBron rests. Our chance to make a comeback... we are down 72-60 right now.

5:15 - LeBron returns and we haven't cut the lead at all. We are down 78-66.

Too many turnovers. Too many bad passes. They build the lead to 87-70 by the end of the 3rd.

We close the gap to 8 a few times, but then LeBron makes an incredible play or two and the lead is back to double digits. We can't get it below 10 again and we lose 112-100.

Irving is the player of the game with 33 points and 8 assists. He shot 12 of 19 including 5 of 7 from the arc.

LeBron also with an incredible game - 28 points, 8 boards, and 6 assists. He shot 9 of 16.

Goodwin added 16 points. Waiters added 12.

Embiid led us with 22 points, 9 boards, and 2 blocks.

Cowen with 20 points and 8 assiss.

Perkins with 14 points, 8 boards, and 2 steals along with 2 blocks.

Robinson wih 11 points.

MCW had a very rough game with 8 points, 5 assists, and 5 turnovers.

Cowen had 5 turnovers too.

We need to take much better care of the ball in game 2.

Eaglesfan27 · 04-19-2015, 09:36 PM

Game 2 -

This is a must win game at home. We must at least split..

We come out with fire and intensity.. executing perfectly. Big lead early, 14-6.

We continue to execute the pick and roll and getting the ball into Embiid.

At the end of 1, we are up 32-18.

2nd quarter is less dominant defensively, but our offense is really clicking.

We lead 60-43 at the half.

Embiid exacerbates his injury in the 3rd

He rests and we give up a bit of our lead. Still, we lead 85-70 at the end of 3.

In the 4th, our defense locks down as Embiid returns. We play some triple tower defense with Perkins, Noel, and Embiid.

We hold them to 18 in the quarter and win the game with ease - 105 to 83.

Cowen led the way with 23 points, 7 assists, a career high 8 steals, and 5 boards. He only turned it over 2 times. He shot 7 of 14.

Perkins with 20 points, 12 boards, 5 assists, and a block.

Turner with 16 points, 5 boards, and 5 assists.

MCW with 14 points, 6 boards, 4 assists, 3 steals, and 3 turnovers.

Embiid with 11 points, 7 boards, and a block. He was limited by his ankle injuries...

Noel with 8 points, 8 boards, and 3 blocks.

Irving led them with 26 points and 7 assists.

LeBron with 24 points, 11 boards, and 5 assists. He had a rough night shooting 8 of 22..

No one else in double digits...

Now, for a pivotal game 3 in Cleveland....

Eaglesfan27 · 04-27-2015, 10:23 AM

We come out with absolute intention in every movement. Our most deliberate precise offensive execution of the year and superb defense. We jump to a 12-0 lead.

Embiid with 8 points early.

At the end of 1, we are up 30-16. Great play by our starters early

Butler is shutting down Irving.

We start off on a tear in the 2nd quarter. Cowen making plays and Embiid shutting down their offense. We build a 17 point lead before Cowen needs to rest.

They slowly close the gap as MCW gets beat a few times.

Still, at halftime, we are up 53-41. Very good defense from our club.

LeBron leads them with 12 points and 5 assists.

Embiid leads us with 12 points and 8 boards.

Everyone clicking in the 3rd, especially the GF and Cowen.

We build a 24 point lead that shrinks to 20 before the end of the quarter.

We lead 84-64. 3 guys approaching 20 points - Embiid, Cowen, and Perkins.

We dominate the 4th. Cowen putting up points, setting up guys, we pull ahead by 30.

With 25 point lead, we pull starters with 3 minutes to go.

We win 110-88.

Cowen is the player of the game with 31 points, 9 assists, 2 steals, and only 1 turnover. He shot 14 of 20, 3 of 3 from the arc.

Embiid with 23 points, 13 boards, and 2 blocks. He shot 7 of 12 and 9 of 10 from the line.

Perkins with 20 poins, 12 boards, and 2 blocks. He shot 7 of 12, 2 of 3 from the arc, and 4 of 4 from the line.

Robinson added 11 points, 5 assists, 1 board, 1 steal, and 1 block.

Butler with 7 points, 5 boards, 5 assists, 4 steals.

Noel with 7 points, 6 boards, and 2 blocks in 25 minutes.

GF with 6 points and 3 assists in 18 minutes.

MCW with 3 points and 2 assists in 16 minutes.

Turner with 2 points in 15 minutes.

We held LeBron to 5 of 15 shooting. He finished with 16 points, 8 assists, and 5 boards.

Irving was held to 5 of 17 shooting. He had 15 points and 4 assists.

Waiters with 14 points on 6 of 12 shooting.

Goodwin with 9 points on 3 of 7 shooting.

We have home court advantage back. We lead the series 2-1

Eaglesfan27 · 04-27-2015, 10:49 AM

Game 4:

It has been a back and forth affair with constant lead changes. We are tied at 96 with 6 minutes to go...

1:45 - Irving and Cowen have been going at each other and scoring. We had a fast break opportunity but Perkins threw the long pass to far. Turn over.

Goodwin throws the ball away and we get it back. Cowen drives into the lane and is fouled. He makes both FT's. Tied at 106.

LeBron misses a pull-up jumper. Embiid at the other end with a sky hook for the basket!

Irving gets into the lane... misses the floater. Embiid with the board!

22 seconds left, shot clock at 6... Cowen with a cross over, breaks Irving's ankles... into the lane for a nice floater. We are up 110-106.

LeBron misses a 3. Butler with the board. He is fouled. He makes 1 of 2.

Irving misses a quick 3. They foul Butler who got the board again.

He makes them both to seal it.

We win 113-106!

Cowen is the player of the game with 34 points, 7 assists, 4 boards, and 3 steals. He shot 11 of 15, 3 of 4, and 9 of 9. He only had 2 turnovers.

Perkins with 18 points, 11 boards, 2 assists, and a block. He shot 7 of 16.

Robinson with 13 points, 4 boards, 4 assists, and a steal.

Embiid with 12 points, 8 boards, and a block.

Noel with 9 points, 10 boards, and 2 blocks.

GF with 8 points, 5 boards, and 4 assists in 24 minutes.

MCW with 6 points, 5 boards, and 4 assists in 20 minutes.

Butler with 5 points, 4 boards, and 2 assists in 25 minutes.

LeBron led them with 20 points, 8 boards, and 7 assists.

Can we take them down in 5?

Eaglesfan27 · 04-27-2015, 12:15 PM

6:00 - Our athleticism and length is bothering them as we are smothering their shots. We lead 12-6. Perkins doing a great job staying in front of LeBron and bothering him with length.

Perkins with a block that starts a fast break.. Butler to Robinson for a dunk!

Embiid overpowering them inside with moves and strength.

We had a 12 point lead but LeBron goes into beast mode and close out the quarter with a 8-0 run.

We are still up 25-21 at the end of 1.

Cowen and Embiid each with 8 points in the 1st.

5:44 - Cowen takes his first break of the game as he is exhausted. We are tied at 37. MCW in at PG.

MCW, Butler, GF, and Robinson with Embiid behind them playing smothering defense. We build the lead back up to 45-37.

LeBron with a few nice moves to end the run and go on their own 6-0 run.

Embiid with a baby hook to end that little mini-run.

Halftime: We lead 51-50.

Our home crowd is fired up and Cowen is well rested to start the 2nd half.

LeBron leads them with 12 points, 10 boards, and 4 assists.

Cowen leads us with 12 points and 3 assists.

Embiid with 10 points and 7 boards.

Cowen comes out playing with incredible intensity... beating Irving off the dribble, getting into the lane and drawing fouls. We are in the bonus with 9:30 left and their big men are in foul trouble. We are up 62-52.

Cowen is also playing AMAZING defense on Irving who misses another shot and is now 1 of 11...

Embiid with a block... Perkins gets it.. throws it ahead to Butler who finds Cowen on the break.. Dunk!!! The crowd goes wild. We lead 66-52.

Butler steals it from Waiters... passes ahead to Cowen... another breakaway dunk!

They call T.O.

Waiters hits a jumper to end our run. LeBron with another jumper.

Embiid draws a 5th foul on their PF/C.

3:30 - LeBron working furiously to bring them back. I rest Embiid and Butler. We are up 70-60.

At the end of 3, we are up 78-66.

To start the 4th, we bring in MCW for a tired Cowen (who has 30 points already.) Turner, Robinson, Noel, and Embiid playing with him.

NO! MCW goes down almost immediately with some type of leg injury. We are going to have to take him back to the locker. Cowen back into the game.

Cowen comes back with a quick step... drive into the lane and kicks it out to Turner for a nice jumper.

6:00 - LeBron has helped pull them back in it again. We are up 88-80 but he is tiring. Cowen is also tiring and passing it more now.

Butler back into the game... Butler with a steal.. passes to Cowen who throws it back to Butler for an alley-oop dunk!

They close the gap to 6... Cowen drives into the lane.. kicks it to GF for a corner 3... swish!

They close the gap to 6 again.. .Cowen kicks out for a midrange jumper by Butler.

LeBron missing jumpers down the stretch..

Noel with a block on LeBron.

Cowen and Noel with a pick and roll that leads to an alley-oop dunk for Noel.

That puts us ahead by 10 and they never get closer.

We win 101-91! We are advancing to the next round!

Cowen is the player of the game with 34 points, 11 assists, 4 boards, 3 steals, 1 block, and 2 turnovers. He shot 13 of 20 and 8 of 9 from the line. He played 42 minutes.

Embiid with 16 points, 11 boards, and 2 blocks.

Butler with 13 points, 5 assists, 3 boards, and 2 steals.

Robinson with 10 points and 2 assists.

GF with 9 points, 5 boards, and 4 assists.

Noel with 8 points, 12 boards, and 3 blocks.

Perkins with 6 points, 9 boards, 2 assists, and 2 blocks.

Turner with 2 points in 16 minutes.

We held Irving to 10 points on 4 of 20 shooting.

We held LeBron to 7 of 19 shooting for 19 points, 14 boards, and 9 assists.

Waiters led them with 21 points on 9 of 15 shooting.

Eaglesfan27 · 04-27-2015, 12:26 PM

MCW hurt his right knee again and while he will need the MRI to say for sure, it looks like his season is over. Will I be able to trade him and get any value?

In other news:

The #1 Thunder sweep the Grizzlies.

The #4 Rockets beat Portland in 7 games.

The #3 Lakers beat the Jazz in 7 games.

The #2 Warriors beat the Suns in 6.

In the East:

The 5 seed Heat surprise the Wizards and win in 5.

The #1 Bulls sweep the Pistons.

The #2 Hornets beat the Magic in 5.

The Matchups now:

#1 Thunder vs #4 Rockets

#2 Warriors vs #3 Lakers

#1 Bulls vs #5 Heat

#2 Hornets vs #3 76ers.

Who are the leading players in the playoffs:

Durant is leading all scorers at 35.6 ppg.

DeRozan is averaging 31 ppg for the Lakers.

Cowen is 3rd with 28.4 ppg.

Schayes for the Lakers leads all rebounders with 13.3 rpg.

Anthony Davis with 12.4 rpg and 24 ppg in the playoffs.

Westbrook is leading all players with 9.2 apg in the playoffs.

Napier of the Heat is 2nd with 8.8.

Cowen leads all with 3 spg.

Noel is the leading shot blocker at 2 bpg.

Festus Ezeli has 1.9 bpg.

Good news: Embiid is 100% healthy per our docs.

A look at the Hornets:

SG Lance Stephenson is their top player with a 90 rating. He is a deadly 3 point shooter. He is averaging 24 ppg in the playoffs.

Noah Vonleh is a 22 year old PF who is rated 86 overall. He has a nice mid range game and is a capable scorer. He is averaging 12 ppg and 9 rpg.

PG Hakan Ozat is a 22 year old PG who was the #5 pick in 2015. He is averaging 20 ppg and 6.6 apg. He is rated 86 overall.

PG Jeremy Lin is 29 and is a very good 3 point shooter. He is rated 84 overall.

He is averaging 13 ppg and 5 apg.

PF/C Terrence Jones is a 6'9 250 pound PF/C who is a board cleaner. He is rated 83 overall. He is averaging 13 ppg and 10 rpg.

PF Cody Zeller is a solid all around PF/C who is rated 82 overall. He is averagin 10 ppg and 7 rpg.

SG P.J. Hairston is 25 and rated 80 overall. He is one of the best 3 point shooters in the league. He is averaging 10 ppg.

C Al Jefferson is 33 and showing his age but he is still a capable low post threat in short bursts. He is rated 80 overall and is averaging 14.4 ppg and 7 rpg.

The rest of their bench is all rated in the 70's. This will be a tough series.

Eaglesfan27 · 04-27-2015, 01:47 PM

We start off with a 6-0 run punctuated by a Perkins block that led to a fast break dunk.

However, they score the next 9 with a pair of 3's by Stephenson and Ozat.

Cowen drives into the lane and is fouled to end that run. He makes both FT's.

Cowen with a spectacular 1st quarter with 10 points and 5 assists.

We lead 27-24.

5:00 - Cowen is exhausted but he has led a brilliant first half in which he has 11 points and 10 assists already. We are up 42-31.

Cowen rests the remainder of the half. Clark with a pair of 3's and Embiid with a pair of baskets as well.

Halftime: We are up 54-44.

Cowen leads us with 11 points and 9 assists.

Stephenson leads them with 11 points and 3 boards.

Throughout the 3rd, Cowen makes plays and put pressure on them to help us build a 16 point lead before he rests with 3 minutes to go.

They close the gap a bit.

At the end of 3, we are up 74-64. Noel having a big game with blocks and put back baskets.

Butler, GF, and Noel making plays to allow me to rest Cowen...

Noel with another block... he is playing like a star!

6:00 - We bring back Cowen and Embiid and Perkins with a 88-76 lead.

Our defense steps it up again and we cruise to the victory.

We win 100-82.

Cowen is the player of the game with 21 points, 14 assists, 3 boards, and 1 turnover. He shot 8 of 16, 1 of 3, and 4 of 4.

Butler with a 19 points, 5 boards, 3 assists, 2 steals, and 1 block night. He shot 8 of 15.

Embiid with 14 points, 10 boards, 2 assists, 2 steals, and 5 blocks! His defense was clutch all night. He shot 7 of 11.

Noel with 13 points, 8 boards, 3 assists, and 3 blocks. He shot 6 of 7, mostly fastbreak dunks, and putbacks.

Clark with 9 points and 1 assist in 10 minutes.

Robinson with 8 points, 8 boards, and 4 assists.

Turner with 7 points and 4 assists.

GF with 5 points and 4 boards in 21 minutes. I thought he scored more...

PErkins with an off night shooting but he did everything else well. 4 points, 10 boards, 5 assists, 1 steal, and 1 block. He shot 2 of 10.

Moultrie with 3 boards in 8 minutes.

Ozat led them wtih 17 points and 7 assists.

Stephenson with 16 points and 4 boards.

Vonleh with 12 points and 11 boards.

Lin was held to 3 of 12 shooting and 6 points with 4 assists.

Hairston we smothered and held to 1 of 8 shooting including 1 of 6 from the arc.

Eaglesfan27 · 04-27-2015, 01:52 PM

In other news:

The Thunder, Warriors, and Bulls all won game 1 of their series.

Game 2:

Our defense smothers them early with as we hold them to 10 points in the 2nd quarter. That helps us take a 54-33 lead into halftime and we never look back.

We cruise to a 98-75 win.

Cowen led the way with 25 points, 12 assists, 8 boards, 2 steals, and 3 turnovers. He shot 8 of 18, 3 of 8 from the arc, and 6 of 6 from the line.

Turner added 22 points , 5 boards, and 4 assists in 25 minutes.

Embiid with 20 points, 10 boards, and 3 blocks.

Perkins with 15 points, 13 boards, 2 steals, and 2 blocks.

Noel added 3 blocks, 0 points, and 8 boards.

Ozat was their only player to score effectively. He had 26 points and 6 assists.

We held Stephenson to 1 of 10 shooting.

We held Lin to 4 of 14.

Wow. We come back to Philly with a 2-0 lead and a chance to win out at home.

Eaglesfan27 · 04-27-2015, 01:53 PM

In other news:

The Thunder take a 2-0 lead and they are demolishing the Rockets

The Lakers tie their series up 1-1 with the Warriors. DeRozan with a 40 point night in the win.

The Bulls go up 2-0 behind 30 points and 14 boards from Anthony Davis.

Love has no answer for him.

We've now heard that MCW's knee is definitely going to keep him out for the rest of this season as he will need surgery. He should be back in 4-6 months...

Eaglesfan27 · 04-27-2015, 10:03 PM

They start out smothering us and making us miss all of our shots.

Down 7-0.

Then, Perkins hits a very long 2. Next trip down, Perkins with a move on his man and gets to the basket for a big dunk.

Then, Cowen finds Perkins for a corner 3. Tied at 7.

We are on a 11-0 run as they call time with 6:29 to go. Up 11-7.

After the T.O, they get Stephenson an open look at the 3 that he drills.

Perkins is having an amazing quarter when he lands awkwardly after making a jumper. His back is hurt but he is going to shake it off...

Perkins goes cold after the injury. That doesn't diminish his great 1st quarter... Perkins has 11 points, 4 boards, and 1 block.

We are tied at 25 at the end of 1.

Both sides playing with great defensive intensity. Almost every shot is contested.

Cowen plays most of the half, but he is tired with 2:30 to go. I rest him.

At the half, we are up 44-43.

Perkins leads us with 11 points.

Jones leads them with 8 boards.

Cowen with 10 assists at the half.

The GF and Perkins are our main scorers in the 3rd. The Hornets are playing very good defense.

At the end of 3, we are down 71-67. Perkins with 19 points now.

6:10 - Perkins is exhausted. Noel into the game. Cowen is tired but will play on. We are down 84-81.

Cowens into the lane... hits the floater and gets fouled! Ties it at 84.

Butler with a big 3 to give us a 87-84 lead.

Butler with a steal and then hits a tough fadeaway jumper!

Embiid with a post move for a basket. 7 point lead before Ozat hits a 3 to cut the lead to 4.

Embiid with another post basket!

Embiid misses his next two trips and they tie it at 93. 1:44 to go...

We call time out to rest Cowen... inbound pass by Robinson... is deflected. They get a fast break basket off it!

Cowen drives into the lane and misses a floater.

Butler gets the offensive board and is fouled on the putback... he makes the first... and misses the 2nd. Down 95-94.

Ozat with a good move into the lane and he is fouled...

He makes both and we are down by 3.

I call timeout and bring in our 3 point lineup:

Cowen, Turner, GF, Perkins, and Noel (for defense.)

Cowen beats his man and drives for a dunk! Down 97-96 with 55 seconds left...

Ozat shoots.. and misses. We get Cowen into the lane... he misses a floater.

Jones gets the board... we foul him. He makes both FT's. 99-96 lead with 8 seconds left...

Cowen drives the court... kicks out to Perkins for a decent look at a 3... he shoots.. and it is long.

We lose 99-96. We still lead 2-1.

Stephenson was the player of the game with 26 points, 8 boards, 5 assists, and 3 steals. He shot 9 of 20.

Ozat with 20 points and 7 assists.

Zeller with 14 points and 12 boards.

Perkins led us with 21 points, 10 boards, 3 assists, and a block. He shot 8 of 11, 1 of 3, and 4 of 4.

Embiid with 18 points, 10 boards, and 3 blocks.

Robinson with 14 points, 2 boards, and 2 assists.

Cowen with 13 points, 12 assists, 2 boards, and 2 steals. He had 4 turnovers. He shot 4 of 16.

Butler with 13 points, 2 boards, 2 assists, and 2 steals.

GF with 13 points in 18 minutes. HE also had 4 boards and 1 assist.

Turner with 5 points and 4 assists.

Noel with 3 points, 10 boards, and 4 blocks.

Eaglesfan27 · 04-27-2015, 10:06 PM

Perkins has a pinched nerve in his back and will play through it, but it could bother him the rest of the playoffs...

Game 4 at home...

We start out good with a 25-25 game at the end of 1.

In the 2nd and 3rd quarter, we go ice cold. 13 point quarters back to back put us in a huge hole.

We lose 98-72. Series tied at 2-2.

Cowen shot 7 of 21 and finished with 19 points and 5 assists.

Perkins shot 2 of 10 and finished with 7 points, 9 boards, and 1 steal.

Embiid had a 2 of 12 night for 6 points, 10 boards, and 5 blocks.

Butler with 8 points, 6 boards, and 7 assists.

Turner with 6 points.

Robinson with 13 points.

GF with 4 points.

Ozat led them with 22 points and 6 assists.

We must win the pivotal game 5 at their place...

Eaglesfan27 · 04-27-2015, 10:08 PM

In other news:

The Bulls swept the Heat behind a monster series by Anthony Davis.

The Thunder are up 3-1 on the Rockets.

The Lakers are up 3-2 on the Warriors.

Eaglesfan27 · 04-29-2015, 09:01 AM

:56 seconds left - Cowen has been brilliant but he needs a breather. He sits with 10 points. We lead 21-20.

We are down 23-21 at the end of 1. Perkins had a really rough shooting quarter. Embiid and Cowen carried us on the offensive end. Perkins rested the last 4 minutes of the quarter and will hopefully bounce back in the 2nd.

6:50 - Turner at PG, Butler at SG, GF at SF, Perkins at PF, and Noel at C shut down their offense. We on a nice run and only give up 2 points before they get tired and need to rest.

We lead 31-25.

Cowen comes into the game and a few moves later he has 3 more baskets. 38-29 lead.

Stephenson with a pair of 3's to close the gap.

Perkins with his first basket of the game on a nice feed by Cowen!

Halftime: Hard fought game has us up 44-42.

Cowen leads us with 13 points. Embiid with 7 boards. Butler with 4 assists.

Embiid has 12 points and also has 2 assists as they were doubling him at one point and he kicked it out for jumpers.

Ozat leads them with 11 points. Stephenson with 10.

Perkins gets out and blocks Ozat's shot! Fast break... cowen to Butler for a dunk! We lead 52-49.

4:04 - We rest almost all of our starters except for Butler. Turner, Butler, GF, Moultrie, and Noel into the game. We lead 60-57.

The GF is exploding! A pair of 3's. Then, his man comes up close on him and he blows by him for a spectacular dunk! A 12 foot jumper. He has 10 points in 3 minutes! We lead 70-61.

A sloppy pass by Turner leads to a breakaway dunk for them.

Stephenson with a 3.

End of 3: We lead 70-66.

8:05 - GF has continued to score. He is playing too good to rest him. We go with Cowen, Turner, GF, Perkins, and Noel. We are up 76-74.

6:00 - A very well rested Embiid returns. We lead 82-79.

They have a few big 3's and suddenly we are down 87-84. GF is tired and getting burnt on the defensive end. I call time and get Robinson back in who is very well rested.

Cowen takes it into his own hands... strong drive and a difficult floater is in!

Cowen sets up Embiid for an easy dunk with the pick and roll. We lead 88-87.

Embiid forces a miss from Jefferson.

Cowen gets the screen... drives.. draws the defense... kicks out to Perkins for a wide open corner 3... too long.

Ozat the other end gets a quick look... shoots the 3... it bounces on the rim.. up... and in. Down 90-88.

Cowen with an unforced turnover on a bad pass. Sheesh. 1:32 left...

Ozat beats Cowen on the dribble.. finds Zeller who makes the uncontested 8 footer. Down 92-88.

Cowen with a strong drive... and he is called for a charge!

Embiid blocks a shot by Ozat in the paint... that starts a fast break.. they foul Turner. He makes both FT's. Down 92-90 with 35 seconds left.

We play strong defense and force a missed 3! Perkins with the board. We call time out.

Cowen uses a screen... gets to the basket... and misses a layup! I can't believe he is choking!

Ozat with the board and we have to foul him. Cowen fouls out!

Robinson misses a 3 and we are done.

We lose 94-90.

Can we win game 6 to stay alive?

Ozat is the player of the game with 23 points, 5 assists, 2 boards. He shot a very efficient 9 of 16.

Stephenson added 21 points, 5 boards, and 5 assists. He also had 2 steals. He shot 8 of 23.

Zeller with 11 points and 11 boards.

GF led us with 22 points, 3 boards, 1 assist, and 1 block. He shot 9 of 18.

Cowen with 21 points, 6 assists, 3 boards, 5 turnovers. He shot 8 of 14.

Embiid with 20 points, 12 boards, 2 assists, 2 steals, and 2 blocks. He shot 9 of 15.

Turner with 7 points and 4 assists. He had 4 turnovers too.

Robinson with 6 points, 2 boards, and 1 assist.

Butler with 5 points, 6 assists, 2 steals, and a block.

Noel with 4 points, 8 boards, and 3 blocks.

Eaglesfan27 · 04-29-2015, 09:05 AM

The Thunder beat the Rockets in 5.

The Lakers beat the Warriors in 6.

I decide Cowen is going 40 plus minutes in game 6...

He comes out on fire! 12 quick points.

By halftime, he has 24 points and we are up 58-38.

By the end of the 3rd, we are up 90-60.

We are able to rest our starters in the 4th as we have the blowout win in front of our home crowd.

118-80.

Cowen with a career high 41 points, 9 boards, 9 assists, and 6 turnovers. He shot 16 of 23, 3 of 6, and 6 of 6.

Embiid with 20 points, 9 boards, 4 blocks. He shot 9 of 15.

Butler with 18 points, 4 boards, 5 assiss, 3 steals, and 2 blocks.

Turner with 14 points, 8 boards, and 3 assists.

Perkins with 11 points, 3 boards, 3 assists, and a steal.

GF with 8 points and 5 boards.

Noel with 6 boards and 2 blocks.

Robinson with 4 points, 9 boards, 6 assists, and 2 turnovers.

Can we win game 7 on the road? Cowen is going to have to be the superstar again...

Eaglesfan27 · 04-29-2015, 10:40 AM

Cowen comes out fired up... and gets called with a charge when he makes a move and tries to get around Zeller.

Cowen and Embiid with a perfect pick and roll. Embiid with a dunk.

Butler for a 3. Up 5-2.

Zeller blocks an Embiid shot. He comes right back the next time and beats Zeller with a nice dream shake type move.

Stephenson with a drive and gets a 2nd early foul on Embiid. We bring in Cowen.

We are down 13-9.

Murray Gooding with a pair of 3's for them. Ouch.

Cowen finds Perkins for a corner 3 and he swishes it.

Cowen steps up his game and scores a pair of baskets... then a sick drive and step back jumper that they have no answer for.

End of 1: We rested Embiid for half of the quarter but we are still tied at 24.

10:37 - Cowen with a really bad pass that leads to an easy breakaway dunk. Cowen is tired. I rest him for Turner at PG. We are down 28-24.

Our shooting is ice cold. Lin and Stephenson making plays at the other end. We are down 34-26.

They are driving inside and drawing fouls. 3 on Embiid and 2 on Noel. They are in the bonus with 8:46 to go in the half..

GF with a few baskets to get our offense going again!

Gooding is having an insane night shooting. Hits 4 3's.

GF is taking it to him at the other end.

We are still down 45-37 as their 3's keep coming.

4:30 - We bring back Cowen and Perkins. Cowens, Butler, GF, Perkins, and Embiid in the game.

Cowen with a quick fadeaway jumper for 2.

Jefferson with a great double move gets a 4th foul on Embiid. Jefferson with 10 points as he looks like the Jefferson of old. We are down 54-45.

They are killing us with 3's.

We are down 63-50 at halftime.

GF is our leading scorer with 15 and will get to start the 2nd half.

Cowen with 5 assists and 13 points.

Embiid with 5 boards and 10 points.

Gooding leads them with 15 points (all on 3's.) He was a deep bench player but he is killing us tonight..

Cowen tries one of his floaters in the lane and Zeller gets there and blocks it, but they fail to convert the fastbreak as GF gets back and blocks the shot!

GF at the other end with an open jumper.

3rd quarter is a totally different story. They are not hitting the contested 3's. Our defense is smothering them. Our offense is executing efficiently with GF, Cowen, Perkins, and Embiid all scoring.

3:49 - Cowen with a 14 footer to give us a 72-71 lead!

Stephenson with a long 2 to end our run.

Perkins with a SPECTACULAR 360 dunk!

They got to the line 21 times and we only got the line 8 in the first half.

Now, we are making them foul us. We've been to the line 10 times this quarter. Perkins with a pair of FT's. He has made 4 this quarter.

Perkins with a block!

At the end of 3, we lead 78-75! 28-12 quarter in favor!

Cowen is tired. We go with Turner, Butler, Robinson, Noel, and Embiid for a few minutes to start the 4th...

I tell my guys to slow down the pace to start the 4th. I want to buy Cowen 4 minutes of rest while maintaining a lead.

9:30 - Embiid picks up his 5th. We need him to remain out there.

We actually get him 5 minutes!

6:58 - They call time as we have a 84-80 lead. Great defense. Embiid is tired and will rest. Cowen, Butler, Robinson, Perkins, and Noel into the game.

Gooding with another 3! He has 20 points for them. 84-83.

Cowen misses an open look but makes up for it with a steal and pass to Robinson for a breakaway dunk!

Stephenson misses another shot. He is shooting very poorly this half.

Cowen drives into the lane and kicks it out to Noel who hits a 12 footer from the baseline!

Gooding with another 3. We lead 88-87. 3:49 to go...

Cowen beats his man... drives into the lane.. kicks it out to Perkins for a wide open 3. Perkins measures... shoots... swishes it!

Zeller with a nice post move on Perkins for a basket. We lead 91-89.

Cowen with a crossover beats Ozat... floater in the lane... good!

Cowen with a steal and breakaway dink! We lead 95-89.

They miss a jumper but Jones with the board and we foul him.. he misses the first FT. Embiid into the game. Butler too. He makes the 2nd. We lead 95-90.

Cowen misses a jumper. Embiid with the offensive board. He kicks it out and we reset. Cowen drives and kicks it out to Perkins for a long 2!

Stephenson with a critical 3 to keep them in it. We lead 97-93 with 56 seconds left...

Cowen finds Embiid in the post. They foul Embiid. He makes 1 of 2.

Gooding misses a quick 3... we get a fast break.. Butler to Cowen who passes it to Embiid trailing.. powerful dunk!

27 seconds left - Embiid fouls out, but we lead 100-93. Zeller misses the first FT. He makes the 2nd. 100-94...

We get it to Cowen who they foul

He is automatic. Makes them both.

Stephenson draws a foul but misses the shot. He makes his FT's.

Cowen with another pair of FT's good.

Ozat with another 3. But, then he fouls out grabbing Cowen.

Cowen with another pair of FT's that are good. We lead 106-99.

Wow. Gooding makes a 3 and then they steal the inbounds pass and dunk it. 106-104 with 8 seconds left..

We get it to Cowen who is fouled. He swishes the 1st... 2nd is long... but bounces in. 108-104 with 5 seconds left...

Stephenson misses a 3. It is over!!! We are going to the Eastern Conference Finals!

108-104 win

Cowen is the player of the game with 31 points, 13 assists, 3 boards, 3 steals, and 4 turnovers. He shot 8 of 20, 0 of 3 from the arc, and 15 of 16 from the line.

GF with 21 points and 4 boards in 22 minutes. He shot 9 of 13, 1 of 2, and 2 of 3.

Perkins with 19 points, 7 boards, and a block. He shot 5 of 7, 2 of 2, and 7 of 7.

Embiid with 17 points, 13 boards, and 2 blocks. He shot 8 of 14 and 1 of 5 from the line.

Butler with 7 points, 3 boards, 1 steal, and a block.

Turner with 5 points and 2 assists.

Noel with 4 points, 6 boards, and 2 assists.

Robinson with 4 points, 4 boards, and 2 assists.

Stephenson shot 5 of 20 in the loss. HE had 14 points and 3 assists.

Ozat with 17 points and 5 assists.

Gooding was the surprise, leading them with 27 points including 6 of 9 from the arc.

Eaglesfan27 · 04-29-2015, 11:00 AM

Thunder and Lakers in the Western Conference Finals.

Bulls vs us in the East.

Let's take a brief look at each team:

The Bulls have no one injured.

The Lakers' star C has a knee that is bothering him but he will play.

The Tunder are missing starting C Steven Adams with a significant knee injury. Backup PG Elfrid Payton is playing with a foot problem.

The Lakers areguably have the best players from 1-7 in the league:

C Caron Schayes is 25 years old and rated 93 with his strengths in post offense and defense. He is lethal scorer inside. He is averaging 17 ppg and 9.2 rpg.

SG DeMar DeRozan is a 28 year old SG who is at the top of his game with a 91 overall rating with his strengths being his shooting but he can score from anywhere on the floor. He is averaging 24 ppg and 5 apg.

PF Julius Randle is 23 and is a true low post star. He is rated 90 overall with a variety of ways to score inside. He is averaging 14 ppg and 9 rpg.

PG Brandon Knight is a great playmaker who has a very good 3 point shot. He is rated 86 overall. He is averaging 14 ppg and 9.3 apg.

SG/SF Aaron Afflalo is a sharp shooter at SF who is one of the best in the league behind the arc. He is averaging 13 ppg.

Young C Roderick Grant leads their bench. The 6'10 240 pound C from Memphis is a capable scorer and interior defender. He is rated 84 overall. He is averaging 10 ppg and 8 rpg.

PF Ed Davis is a good interior defender who is 6'10 225. He is averaging 4 ppg and 5 rpg. He is rated 80 overall.

Rajon Rondo is rated 77 overall and is unhappy with his role but he is a capable back up PG for them. He is 32 and is averaging 4 ppg and 5 apg in 16 mpg.

They have 3 or 4 more guys who can play too including SF Nick Young who is their best outside shooter on the bench.

The Thunder have their big 3 and a lot of good role players around them:

SF Durant is 29 and is at the top of his game. He is rated 99 overall. He is averaging 35 ppg and 9.3 rpg along with 5 apg.

Westbrook is 29 and is finally losing a bit of his quickness but he still has superior athleticism, shooting, and playmaking ability. He is averaging 20 ppg and 8.2 apg.

PF Serge Ibaka is an elite interior defender who is rated 89 overall. He is also a capable midrange shooter. He is averaging 14 ppg, 10.2 rpg, and 2.1 bpg.

SG Jeremy Lamb is 25 and is rated 80 overall. His strength is his 3 point shooting. He is averaging 10 ppg and 4.4 apg.

Mitch McGary will start at C due to their injuries. He is 25 and is rated 80 overall. He is a good defender who can score a bit. He is averaging 4.4 ppg and 7.6 rpg.

PG Elfrid Payton leads their bench. He is 24 and is rated 80 overall as a playmaker. He is averaging 7 ppg and 5.5 apg.

C Dee Hines is a 23 year old C who is 6'11 260 and he can score inside. He is averaging 7 ppg and 5 rpg.

SG Anthony Morrow rounds out their bench. He is 32 and is an elite outside shooter. He is averaging 6 ppg.

At the end of their bench, they have Channing Frye and Danny Granger who are both rated in the mid 60's now.

The Bulls have 2 superstars and some good role players around them:

PF Anthony Davis is 25 and is in the prime of his career. He excels in every area but 3 point shooting and ball handling. He is rated 95 overall. He is averaging 18 ppg, 10.9 rpg, and 1.9 bpg in his first season in Chicago.

PG Derrick Rose has been slowed by the injuries but he is still a superstar player now that he is healthy. He is rated 88 overall and can do shoot very well. He is averaging 22 ppg and 6.7 apg.

SG Nik Stauskas is a 6'6 206 pound SG who is a deadly 3 point shooter. He has a fast accurate release. He is averaging 16 ppg and 3.4 apg. He is rated 83 overall.

SF Khris Middleton is a versatile wing player who is 6'8 220. He is an elite outside shooter too. He is only 26 and playing with great confidence. He is averaging 14 ppg and 3.9 rpg.

C Joakim Noah is slowing his age but is still a capable player in shorter spurts. He is 33 and is rated 77 overall now. He is averaging 28 mpg, 5.3 ppg, 9.0 rpg, and 1.2 bpg. He is player I have to attack...

21 year old SG Nelson Williamson is a rookie who leads their bench. He is an explosive player who can really shoot much better than expected. He was a steal at #6 in this last draft. He is averaging 16.6 ppg, 5.0 rpg, and 3.2 apg.

SF Tony Snell is a capable player who is 26 and rated 77 overall. His strength is his outside shooting. He is averaging 8 ppg.

PG Shelvin MAck rounds out their core rotation players. He is 28 and is a very good outside shooter. He is rated 77 overall. He is averaging 3.4 ppg and 3.8 apg in just 17 mpg.

SF/PF Dillon Hubbard might also get some PT. He is 6'9 240 and is a good passer for a big man. He is rated 75 overall.

Eaglesfan27 · 04-29-2015, 02:01 PM

Rose and Cowen attacking each other early. Both with 8 early points.

We are tied at 12.

Cowen gets a bunch of points so they start doubling him and now he is picking them apart with passes for easy assists and guys are nailing their jumpers.

We are up 27-23 at the end of 1. Cowen with 13 points and 5 assists in the quarter. He rests to start the 2nd.

6:54 - Embiid and Cowen back into the game with good rest. We lead 39-31 as Perkins had a few nice baskets and Turner did as well to start the 2nd.

Cowen hitting shots from all over the court. Everyone else chipping in too.

At halftime, we lead 53-45.

Cowen with 23 points and 5 assists to lead our team. Embiid with 9 boards.

Williamson is their top scorer with 17 off the bench. He was drilling shots from all over in the 2nd quarter.

Rose with 15 points and 4 assists for them at the half.

In the 3rd, our fastbreak is outgunning them. A few easy baskets for Robinson finishing off the fastbreak which he does so well.

We lead 59-47 as they call T.O.

Perkins hits his 2nd 3 of the day. We are up 62-52.

3:30 - Our offense is executing so well. Cowen and Embiid need a breather. We lead 68-56.

Davis after a slow start gets it going with Embiid out. He has 8 quick points.

At the end of 3, we lead 77-72. Perkins with some big baskets in the end of that quarter.

Perkins with a hot start in the 4th with a pair of 3's.

We take a 89-76 lead as a rested Embiid and Cowen return with 8 minutes to go.

With a 102-80 lead and 3:30 to go, I pull my starters.

We win 104-89.

Cowen is the player of the game with 32 points, 11 assists, 2 boards, 2 steals, and 4 turnovers. He shot 14 of 24, 1 of 2, and 3 of 3.

Perkins with 23 points, 9 boards, 2 assists, and a steal. He shot 8 of 16, 5 of 9 from the arc, and 2 of 2 from the line.

Robinson with 14 points, 5 boards, and 4 assists.

Butler with 10 points, 4 assists, and 2 steals.

Embiid with 10 points, 15 boards, and a block.

Turner with 9 points and 2 assists.

Noel with 4 points, 11 boards, and a block.

GF with 4 points, 6 boards, 3 assists, and 3 blocks!

We held Davis to 5 of 15 shooting for 10 points, 8 boards, and 2 assists.

Rose was 7 of 20 for 24 points and 6 assists.

Williamson was 12 of 23 for 30 points and 2 assists.

Stauskas we held to 2 of 9 shooting.

Noah was 1 of 6 for 2 points and 9 boards.

Mission accomplished. We have home court advantage throughout now.

Eaglesfan27 · 04-29-2015, 02:07 PM

The Lakers with a 120-116 win in Game 1 in Oklahoma!

Durant had 51 points in the loss!

Westbrook added 35 points! Wow. 86 of their 116 points :O

The Lakers were led by 30 from DeRozan and 29 from Schayes, their star C.

Randle added 20 points and 13 boards.

Young had 10 off the bench.

Game 2:

We jump to an early lead but they close out the quarter strong behind Rose and we are only up 26-23.

They have a big shooting quarter in the 2nd. They take a 61-50 halftime lead.

In the 3rd, we close the gap until they go on a 8-0 run to end the quarter.

Down 86-74.

In the 4th, they build a 20 point lead and we just can't close the gap.

We lose 114-98.

Rose led them with 25 points and 8 assists. Williamson with 21 points. Davis with 17 points and 11 boards.

Perkins led us with 23 points and 3 boards.

Cowen with 22 points, 14 assists, and 2 steals. He shot 5 of 16 but 11 of 12 from the line.

Turner with 12 points.

Embiid held to 10 points, 10 boards, and 3 blocks.

Noel with 10 points and 5 boards.

Robinson with 10 points.

GF with 4 points, 4 boards, and 3 assists.

Still, we are satisfied with splitting them at their place. Now, to take care of business at home.

Eaglesfan27 · 04-29-2015, 02:08 PM

The Thunder win game 2 in Oklahoma 115-110.

They were much more balanced. Durant with 29 points. Westbrook with 18 points and 8 assists. Lamb and Ibaka with 14 points each.

Eaglesfan27 · 04-30-2015, 09:41 AM

Perkins with a quick 12 footer to start the game. Perkins with an open baseline jumper for 4.

Our first 10 possessions, Perkins is 5 of 5, everyone else is 0 of 5.

2:26 - Perkins has 12 points. The rest of our team has 6. We lead 18-13 as this is a hard fought grinding defensive game. Embiid and Cowen need a breather. Ditto for Robinson. Turner, GF, and Noel into the game.

Davis gets it going to end the quarter. A few really nice baskets.

Rose lands hard after a dunk. His back looks hurt, but he shakes it off and stays in the game.

GF with 4 points to end the quarter. We lead 25-16 at the end of 1.

Perkins with 14 points and 4 boards already!

9:18 - Perkins hits a pair of 3's and they call time! What a game for Perkins! Cowen, Robinson, and Embiid back into the game. Perkins is tiring but he is on fire... he is staying in the game. We lead 35-24.

4:40 - Embiid gets a 4th foul on Noah. We are beating them up inside.

1:39 - Butler lands awkwardly grabbing a rebound. Holding his ankle. He is trying to shake it off but I pull him out of the game. Turner into the game.

Halftime: We lead 52-44.

Perkins with 30 points at the half! He also has 7 boards, 1 assist, and 1 block.

Embiid with 8 points and 7 boards.

Cowen with 6 points and 3 assists. He has shot poorly tonight.

5:00 - Davis and Rose are going off. We are down 60-58. We get a 5th on Noah with a nice move by Noel who came in for for Perkins about a minute ago.

1:35 - Embiid and Cowen rest. Perkins back into the game for his scoring. We lead 71-66.

End of 3: We are up 74-67. Perkins with 33 points.

Rose with a pair of steals for breakaways.

We are tied at 74 with 8:40 to go.

I call time. We go with Cowen, GF, Robinson, Perkins, and Embiid.

Cowen to Embiid for a dunk.

Rose at the other end for a 3. Rose with another 3. He is catching fire now.

5:02 - We are down 86-84 after a pair of Rose FT's.

4:39 Noah fouls out after Embiid makes a nice post move for the basket and the foul!

2:20 - Cowen drives.. kicks out to Perkins.. swish from behind the arc! We lead 91-89.

Perkins blocks a Rose floater and starts the fastbreak... Perkins to Robinson.. to Cowen for a monster dunk! 93-89. They call T.O as the crowd is going crazy.

Davis with a 12 footer that is an easy basket for him.

Cowen off a screen gets an easy pull-up jumper. 95-91.

Rose does the same thing with Davis... pull up jumper is good for Rose.

Cowen finds Embiid in the post.. Embiid with a pretty hook shot for the basket.

Perkins forces a missed shot by Rose in the paint.. Embiid with the board.. throws it ahead to the GF who finds Cowen for a breakaway dunk. 99-93.

Rose misses the quick shot. Perkins with the board and he is fouled. 28 seconds left. Perkins makes both FT's. We lead 101-93.

We win game 3, 101-93.

Perkins is the player of the game with a career high 38 points, 12 boards, 2 assists, 1 steal, and 2 blocks. He had 0 turnovers. He shot 14 of 19, 4 of 5, and 6 of 7. He played 43 minutes tonight. What a night!

Cowen with 25 points, 6 assists, 1 board, 1 steal, and 3 turnovers. He shot 10 of 24.

Embiid with 13 points, 18 boards, and 2 blocks.

Robinson with 8 points, 5 boards, 6 assists, and 1 block. He played 40 minutes and I probably should have used the GF more here..

GF with 7 points, 5 boards, 3 assists, and 1 steal in 15 minutes.

Turner with 6 points, 6 assists, and 3 turnovers.

Noel with 4 points and 3 boards in just 17 minutes tonight.

Butler with 0 points, 6 boards, and 1 turnover in 23 minutes.

Rose with 27 points and 5 assists.

Stauskas with 15 points and 4 assists.

Davis with 15 points, 10 boards, and 2 assists.

Noah with 9 points and 9 boards.

Williamson with 8 points as we held him to 4 of 15. GF played some good defense on him as did Butler before the injury.

Speaking of which, the early news is that it is a severe ankle sprain. He can play through it, but probably not very effectively. I'm resting him for game 4.

Eaglesfan27 · 04-30-2015, 09:49 AM

The Thunder do something that I can't remember if a team has ever done... 3 players with 30 points as they blow out the Lakers in game 3.

Westbrook with 32 points, 10 assists, and 7 boards.

Durant with 30 points, 9 boards, 3 assists, 3 steals, and 2 blocks.

Ibaka with 30 points, 6 boards, and 2 blocks.

Turner will get the start at SG in game 4 as we rest Butler...

The Bulls build an early lead 27-19 at the end of 1.

We tie it at 45 at the half. Perkins with another good game.

In the 3rd, we take a small lead 73-72.

In the 4th, they take a slight lead and we can never get it back.

We lose 107-103.

Davis went beast mode this game with 31 points, 14 boards, 3 assists, and 2 blocks.

Rose with 15 points and 7 assists. Stauskas with 15 points. Williamson with 13 points.

Perkins led us with 24 points, 8 boards, 2 assists, 1 steal, and 4 blocks. He shot 10 of 14, 4 of 5 from the arc.

Cowen with 19 points, 13 assists, 4 steals, and 5 turnovers. He shot 4 of 15 but was 10 of 10 from the line.

Embiid with 17 points, 12 boards, and 3 blocks.

Noel with 10 points, 6 boards, and 2 blocks.

Turner with 10 points, 2 boards, and 2 assists. He also had 5 turnovers.

Robinson with 8 points and 3 boards.

Grant with 8 points and 3 boards.

GF with 7 points, 4 boards, and 3 assists in 30 minutes.

Clark played 5 minutes and missed 3 shots. 0 points.

Series is tied 2-2.

Eaglesfan27 · 04-30-2015, 09:51 AM

The Lakers bounce back in Game 4, 104-98 win. Their series is tied 2-2 now as well.

DeRozan with 30 points. 3rd year PF/C Roderick Grant had 21 points off the bench. Knight with 15 points and 13 assists.

Durant led the Thunder with 32 points but Westbrook shot 4 of 14 and only had 11 points and 6 assists.

Now, we have our key game 5 in Chicago.

04-02-2015, 02:31 AM	#151
Eaglesfan27 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: New Jersey	We start off with a spectacular start. 14-2 lead a few minutes into the quarter. Cowen is scoring every time down the court. They start trying to double him and he finds open men for easy baskets. Embiid in particular gets a few dunks on great dimes. Up 22-6. Our defense gets tired later in the quarter but I keep our starters in because their offense is on fire. At the end of 1, we are up 38-20. Cowen with a truly epic quarter. 12 points, 10 assists, and only 1 turnover in the quarter. Butler and Embiid each have 10 points. Wow. We go ice cold to start the 2nd and I rest my starters and the Pacers claw their way back into it. Hibbert plays major minutes in the 2nd and locks down the paint. Their defense is known as 1 of the best in the league and they look it in the 2nd quarter. Cowen comes back with 3 minutes to go. We are tied at 46. He is ice cold now. What a tale of 2 quarters. We lead 50-48 at the half. Cowen leads us with 16 points, 11 assists. Robinson leads the team with 9 boards. The 3rd quarter is a slug fest as Cowen can't get it going again. We are fighting for every point against their tough defense. Down 76-75 at the end of 3. Clark in for some offense. 6:10 - Clark is a scoring machine but he is getting torched by Gerald Henderson. Still, we are tied at 88 as I bring back a rested Cowen, a rested Butler, and a rested Embiid. Twin tower defense time with Noel at PF. George has been torching us and Embiid hits him hard with a flagrant foul. That gives them a 94-93 lead and the ball. Cowen gets a steal and is fouled on the fast break. Cowen and George trading shots. Cowen setting up guys for baskets and George making some impressive shots... After Robinson finally forces a George miss, Cowen gets the break... dunks it and is fouled by Allen! 106-102 lead. 1:40 left. Cowen with a drive and he gets a 6th foul on George who fouls out with 38 points... We lead 108-102 after Cowen makes both FT's. They keep coming at us as Collison hits a 3. We are up 110-107 after a Cowen floater and then another basket by them. They have to foul and we get it to Cowen who makes both FT's to give us a 5 point lead again. We win 114-107. Not the blowout I was expecting after that incredible 1st quarter by Cowen, but I'll take it. Cowen is the player of the game with 31 points, 16 assists, 4 boards, 7 turnovers (got very sloppy in the 3rd). He shot 10 of 17, 1 of 2, and 10 of 11 from the line. Butler with 23 points and 3 steals as he has had a resurgence. Robinson becoming a very good rookie contributor with 16 points, 9 boards, 4 assists, and 2 steals. Embiid with 14 points, 14 boards, and 2 blocks. He shot 5 of 13. Noel with 11 points, 7 boards, and a block. Perkins with 10 points, 5 boards, 3 assists, 2 steals, and 2 blocks. He shot 4 of 9 and 2 of 4 from the arc. Clark with 7 points but he was giving up lots of points. He had a zero plus/minus. Turner with 5 boards and 3 assists. He had a team worst -6 plus/minus. Butler had a team best +17 and his defense is a good part of this team. He played 38 minutes tonight and he is earning his time. George led them with 38 points, 5 boards, 3 assists, and 2 steals. He shot 14 of 25, 4 of 7 from the arc, and 6 of 6 from the line. Collison added 17 points and 5 assists but he shot 6 of 19. __________________ Retired GM of the eNFL 2007 Super Bowl Champion Philadelphia Eagles (19-0 record.) GM of the WOOF 2006 Doggie Bowl Champion Atlantic City Gamblers. GM of the IHOF 2019 and 2022 IHOF Bowl Champion Asheville Axemen.

04-02-2015, 02:46 AM	#152
Eaglesfan27 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: New Jersey	We are now 32-17 and looking good as we head into the final stretch before the all-star game. 2/7 - We host the Celtics who have their new PG Exum starting. Before the game, the Celtics make another big trade. They feel they need to re-tool for the future and they trade away 2 good players: The Celtics trade SG Avery Bradley (82) and PF Craig Holloway (81 - poor craig having to be dealt to Sacramento) The Kings in trade give up SG Ben McLemore (82) and their 1st round pick this year. The Kings are likely getting a high lottery pick. I like this trade for the Celtics considering this class has quite a few potential stars. We face the new look Celtics right away. They start out tough against us, but we pound it inside and they have no answer. We win 125-100. Perkins with a career high 28 points, 10 boards, 2 assists, 2 steals, and 3 blocks. He shot 10 of 13. Embiid with 27 points, 9 boards, 1 assist, 1 steal, and 1 block. He shot 11 of 19. Cowen with 21 points, 7 assists, 4 boards, 2 steals, and 2 blocks. He shot 10 of 20. Clark with 12 points in 10 minutes. He only had a plus 1. Grant with 12 points in 11 minutes. He was plus 7. Turner with 9 points, 4 boards, and 4 assists. Robinson with 8 points, 8 assists, 2 boards, 2 steals. He shot 4 of 12. Noel with 5 points, 10 boards, and a block. Butler hurt his wrist and was only able to play 20 minutes. He finished with 3 points, 5 boards, and 2 assists. Butler's injury is minor but he will need a few nights off to recover from the sprain. Turner will start at SG and Clark will get more minutes off the bench while Butler rests. The Thunder offer me Steven Adams (81 C) and their 1st for Embiid. I turn them down. 2/9 - We face the Suns who are 29-21. We beat them 117-88 last time. It is back and forth until our defense takes over the 4th. A 30-18 quarter ensures the 98-84 win. Cowen with 20 points, 14 assist, 4 boards, 2 blocks, and 2 turnovers. He shot 7 of 19. Perkins with 18 points, 10 boards, 4 assists. He shot 8 of 12. Turner with 14 points, 6 boards, and 5 assists. Nice start for him at SG. Noel with 13 points, 8 boards, 4 steals, and 2 blocks. Clark with 9 points and 2 assists in 18 minutes. He was plus 2. Embiid with 8 points, 14 boards, and 4 blocks. Robinson with 6 points, 3 boards, and 2 assists. After the game, we get good news. The GF is 100% cleared to play now! He will get major minutes off the bench for us. We are 34-17 and tied for 2nd in the conference. We get a trade offer: Anthony Bennett (81 PF) and G. Stevens (74 PG) for Perkins and GF. I turn them down. __________________ Retired GM of the eNFL 2007 Super Bowl Champion Philadelphia Eagles (19-0 record.) GM of the WOOF 2006 Doggie Bowl Champion Atlantic City Gamblers. GM of the IHOF 2019 and 2022 IHOF Bowl Champion Asheville Axemen.

04-02-2015, 02:52 AM	#153
Eaglesfan27 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: New Jersey	All-stars are announced today! Mack Perkins got invited to the dunk contest! He does throw down some amazing dunks for a big guy. He has also been invited to the 3 point contest. Love it! Cowen is in the All-star Game as a reserve! Embiid is snubbed. 2/11 - We host the Grizzlies who are 26-24 despite limited talent as Randolph is injured. A look at their starting lineup: PG Mike Conley (81) SG Jordan Adams (78) SF - Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (81) PF Nikola Mirotic (78) C Gustavo Nunnally (72) Their bench is led by SF Maurice Harkless (78) and PG D.J. Augustin (73). The remainder are in the 60's. __________________ Retired GM of the eNFL 2007 Super Bowl Champion Philadelphia Eagles (19-0 record.) GM of the WOOF 2006 Doggie Bowl Champion Atlantic City Gamblers. GM of the IHOF 2019 and 2022 IHOF Bowl Champion Asheville Axemen.

04-02-2015, 11:49 AM	#154
Eaglesfan27 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: New Jersey	Kidd-Gilchrist and Robinson collide.... Michael is down and it could be serious. We are down 6-5 early in the game. Cowen with some great plays but also some very sloppy plays to keep the Grizzlies in it. We are tied at 21 at the end of 1. Cowen with 3 turnovers. He needs to clean that up. We rested all of our other starters for the last 4 minutes of the quarter. 8:00 - Cowen is tired and we try a creative lineup with Turner at PG, GF at SG, Robinson at SF, Perkins at PF, and Noel at C. We are tied at 27. 4:15- Noel into foul trouble. Embiid into the game for him. We lead 36-34. Our offense just isn't clicking today (I slightly altered sliders to decrease FG% a few games ago) and we are down 41-40 at the half. We are actually shooting 48% but our turnovers are killing us. Cowen leads us with 9 points and 4 assists. Cowen with a nice 3rd quarter and we build a 60-52 lead before he needs rest. Noel fouls out midway through the 3rd. That will hurt us down the stretch. Turner with some bad choices and they get some fast break points. Down 73-71 at the end of 3. Cowen comes back in the 4th but he is having an off night and the guys around him are missing shots. Too many turnovers too. Back and forth 4th quarter as our offense finally heats up and we close the gap. We take a 94-93 lead with 2 minutes to go. Embiid is tired and misses a few easy shots but Cowen and Clark help us get a 97-96 lead with 20 seconds left. 8 seconds left: Conley gets into the lane and hits a floater to give them the lead. With a second left, Cowen drives into the lane... shoots... it is a bit long. Surprising loss, 98-97. Cowen with 19 points, 15 assists, 4 boards, and 8 turnovers. Way too many turnovers. He shot 8 of 18. Robinson with 20 points, 8 boards, 2 steals, and a block. He shot 9 of 16. Embiid with 12 points, 12 boards, and a block. He shot 5 of 12. Clark with 12 points but he was -2 in 17 minutes. Perkins with 11 points, 3 boards, 1 assist, and 1 block. Turner with 9 points, 4 boards, 4 assists, and 3 steals. GF with 4 points, 3 assists, and 2 steals. Mirotic led the Grizzlies with 24 points and 7 boards. Conley with 17 points and 4 assists. Ugh. Hate to give that one way. __________________ Retired GM of the eNFL 2007 Super Bowl Champion Philadelphia Eagles (19-0 record.) GM of the WOOF 2006 Doggie Bowl Champion Atlantic City Gamblers. GM of the IHOF 2019 and 2022 IHOF Bowl Champion Asheville Axemen.

04-02-2015, 02:30 PM	#155
Eaglesfan27 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: New Jersey	2/14 - We host the Heat in our final game before All-Star weekend and we get good news as Butler has been cleared to start. It is a back and forth game in which Perben hits a buzzer beater to put it into OT. In OT, our guys are tied and fail to score. We lose 109-103 in OT. Perben led them with 22 points, 13 boards, 2 assists, and 2 steals. He shot 8 of 19. Bosh added 19 points and 11 boards. They didn't even have Harden who broke his hand and will miss a month. Tough loss to go into the all-star break. Cowen led us with 22 points, 10 boards, 6 assists, 3 steals, and a block. He shot 9 of 20. Perkins with 19 points, 13 boards, and 5 blocks. The kid is becoming a star. He shot 8 of 16. Robinson with 19 points, 6 boards, and 6 assists. Embiid with 13 points, 10 boards, and 2 blocks. Butler with 11 points, 7 boards, 3 assists, and 3 steals. Turner with 7 points, 5 boards, and 4 assists. Noel with 6 points, 6 boards, and 2 blocks. GF with 4 points, 3 boards, 5 assists, and a block. Clark with 2 points. He had a -9 in 6 minutes... __________________ Retired GM of the eNFL 2007 Super Bowl Champion Philadelphia Eagles (19-0 record.) GM of the WOOF 2006 Doggie Bowl Champion Atlantic City Gamblers. GM of the IHOF 2019 and 2022 IHOF Bowl Champion Asheville Axemen.

04-02-2015, 02:40 PM	#156
Eaglesfan27 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: New Jersey	2/16 - We are 35-18 and 2nd in the East as we enter the All-Star break. First, we have the rising stars game. Jake Robinson in the game as well as Perkins. Robinson led his team in scoring but lost 100-97. He had 17 points, 6 assists, 1 steal, and 1 block. He also had 2 boards. He shot 7 of 11. The other team had Cowen and Perkins. #8 pick Aaron Wennington led all scorers with 21 points in the win. Perkins was the 2nd leading scorer on the winning team with 15 points, 11 boards, and 3 blocks. He shot 5 of 9. Cowen with 11 points, 14 assists, 4 boards, 1 steal, and 1 block. 2/17 - Time for the 3 point contest: Perkins is knocked out in the 1st round Damian Lillard wins it. Perkins with some huge dunks that have flair but a guard from Minnesota, Juan Carlos Alvarez wins it. He is a 23 year old young raw athlete who can really dunk it. 2/18 - The East All Stars: Irving, Stephenson, LeBron, Perben (wow for the rookie) and Drummond starting. The bench is led by Wall, Cowen, Love, Paul George, Jabari Parker, Derrick Rose, and Kemba Walker. The West wins the game 119-118 on a last minute 3. LeBron led all scorers with 26 points, 5 boards, and 4 assists. Wall led us with 7 assists. Cowen with 9 points, 2 boards, and 3 assists in 19 minutes. Cousins led the West in the win with 19 points and 9 boards. Griffin with 15 points, 11 boards, and 4 assists. Durant with 13 points, 5 boards, and 5 assists. Curry with 12 points and 5 assists. Westbrook with 9 points and 9 assists. Lillard with 9 points and 8 assists. Wiggins with 8 points and 1 assist in 16 minutes. __________________ Retired GM of the eNFL 2007 Super Bowl Champion Philadelphia Eagles (19-0 record.) GM of the WOOF 2006 Doggie Bowl Champion Atlantic City Gamblers. GM of the IHOF 2019 and 2022 IHOF Bowl Champion Asheville Axemen.

04-02-2015, 03:07 PM	#157
Eaglesfan27 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: New Jersey	After the all star break: The Lakers try to offer me Knight (PG 83) and a 1st round pick for Cowen. I turn them down. The Rockets and Hornets make a trade: Hornets send: C Biyombo (79) and PG Jeff Teague (74) Rockets send: T. Jones (PF 82) and SF M. Gooding (69) The Jazz and Pistons make a big trade: Jazz send: PG Y. Kim, a former 1st round pick who is rated 85 overall and C. Felix (SG 70) Pistons send; 1st round pick from the Mavs, own 1st round pick, and PG Canaan (75) The Grizzlies and Nets make a trade: Grizzlies send: SG J.Adams (78) and SF M. Harkless (78) Nets send: C Mason Plumlee (80) and SG J. Harris (75) We receive several crazy offers for Embiid but turn them all down. The trade deadline has now passed for this yar. 2/23 We travel to play the Magic. We beat them 101-89 in our last game. They are 34-20 and just a bit behind us. Oladipo is hitting a lot from deep and we have no way to stop Love who torches our bigs. They beat us 107-100. Love led them with 25 points and 6 boards. Oladipo with 23 points. Aaron Gordon added 19 points. Embiid led us with 21 points, 8 boards, and 4 blocks in the loss. Perkins with 15 points, 8 boards, and 2 steals. Butler with 14 points. Robinson with 12 points, 4 assists, and 3 boards. Cowen with 11 points, 7 assists, 6 boards, and 2 steals. He shot 3 of 14. We are now 35-19 and drop to 3rd in the East. 2/24 - We travel to play a depleted Rockets team that is still managing to play good ball at 29-24. Their starting 5: PG Greivis Vasquez (79) SG Wesley Matthews (79) SF Mel Spencer (69) PF Tristan Thompson (83) C Bismack Biyombo (79) SG Troy Daniels (75) leads their bench. PG Gerard Mack (70) PG Jeff Teague (74) PF Donatas Motiejunas (73) rounds out their bench. __________________ Retired GM of the eNFL 2007 Super Bowl Champion Philadelphia Eagles (19-0 record.) GM of the WOOF 2006 Doggie Bowl Champion Atlantic City Gamblers. GM of the IHOF 2019 and 2022 IHOF Bowl Champion Asheville Axemen.

04-03-2015, 08:08 AM	#158
Eaglesfan27 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: New Jersey	1st quarter: Our shots fall early but then we go ice cold and they build a lead. We are down 25-18 at the end of 1. 6:00 in the 2nd: We are down 43-31 as I bring back a rested Cowen, Perkins, and Embiid. They held us go on a nice run as we tie it at 47. At halftime, we are tied at 50. Vasquez leads all scorers with 17. Biyombo leads all with 9 boards. Cowen with 5 assists (and 9 points.) Back and forth 3rd. Cowen getting his offense going. We are up 77-75 at the end of 3. GF giving us a nice lift in the quarter too. Our 2nd unit completely outplays their 2nd unit early in the 4th. GF is the key to that. He has a nice run on both ends of the floor. We build a 10 point lead before I return our starters with 6 minutes left. Cowen with a steal... 2 on 0 breakaway... he passes to Robinson for a thunderous dunk. 11 point lead. We never let the lead drop below 8 down the stretch as Cowen plays flawless ball. We win 106-96. Cowen is the player of the game with 17 points and 10 assists. He only had 2 turnovers. He shot 8 of 13. We had tremendous balance with 4 guys with 17: Cowen, Robinson, GF, and Perkins. Butler with 14 points and 5 assists (2nd most on the team behind Cowen.) He also had 3 steals. Embiid with 8 points, 10 boards, and 3 blocks. He shot 3 of 10. Turner with 8 points, 5 boards, 4 assista, and a steal. Noel with 8 points, 4 boards, and a block. Vasquez led all scorers with 29 points on 11 of 18 shooting including 4 of 4 from the arc. Matthews was held to 19 points on 9 of 22 shooting including 1 of 8 from the arc. __________________ Retired GM of the eNFL 2007 Super Bowl Champion Philadelphia Eagles (19-0 record.) GM of the WOOF 2006 Doggie Bowl Champion Atlantic City Gamblers. GM of the IHOF 2019 and 2022 IHOF Bowl Champion Asheville Axemen.

04-03-2015, 08:15 AM	#159
Eaglesfan27 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: New Jersey	Contract extension time: Since I only signed Turner and Butler to 3 year deals, I can't extend them. I will have to let them hit FA and hope we can retain them... 2/26 - WE travel to play Dallas. They are 16-38. We beat them easily the last time and are favored again. It is a battle as they take a 10 point lead into the 4th, but we turn it on in the 4th and outscore them 37-22 in the quarter for a 105-100 win. Embiid was huge down the stretch as we went to him time and time again. We win 105-100. Embiid led all scorers with 22 points, 9 boards, and 2 blocks. Cowen with 20 points, 6 assists, 4 boards, 1 steal, and 1 block. Perkins added 20 points, 5 boards, and 3 assists. Robinson with 11 points and 5 assists. 2/27 - Tough back to back as we travel to New Orleans. They are 18-40 and are the least talented team in the league. We are favored to win despite the tired legs... We come out flat, but I rotate heavily and we have a huge 2nd quarter as our defense bears down for a 22-6 quarter. That helps give us a 10 point lead and we turn up our offensive efficiency to glide to a 108-96 win. Cowen starred with 25 points, 12 assists, 3 boards, 1 steal, and only 1 turnover. He shot 10 of 17. Perkins added 21 points, 11 boards, 2 assists, 2 steals, and a block. He shot 6 of 10 and 9 of 9 from the line. Turner with 21 points, 6 assists, and 3 boards as I gave him more minutes this game. Embiid added 20 points, 9 boards, and a block. He shot 9 of 17. Noel was hurt in the game but it is minor - twisted ankle. Former #13 pick (2016) Jack Parker led the Hornets with 23 points and 8 boards at PF. __________________ Retired GM of the eNFL 2007 Super Bowl Champion Philadelphia Eagles (19-0 record.) GM of the WOOF 2006 Doggie Bowl Champion Atlantic City Gamblers. GM of the IHOF 2019 and 2022 IHOF Bowl Champion Asheville Axemen.

04-03-2015, 08:21 AM	#160
Eaglesfan27 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: New Jersey	March 1st - LeBron won player of the month in the East and Durant won it in the West. For the first time (due to a minor injury probably) Perben did not win rookie of the month in the East. Nelson Williamson of the Bulls won it. Alex Long won it in the West. Mock Draft News: Most experts are now predicting Tayfus Mansiz of Turkey to go 1st overall. SG Lonnie Hart of Wake Forest is playing very well and is moving up the board too... We are now 38-19, 2nd in the East. Our next game is hosting the Lakers on 3/2. They are 33-22 and have a very talented roster, one of the best in the game now: PG: Brandon Knight (83) SG DeRozan (88) SF Jeff Green (74) PF Julius Randle (87) C Caron Schayes (93) C Roderick Grant (81) SG Aaron Afflalo (80) PF Ed Davis (79) PG Rajon Rondo (79) PF Ryan Kelly (74) SF Nick Young (76) SF Colin Brewer (69) That will be a battle. __________________ Retired GM of the eNFL 2007 Super Bowl Champion Philadelphia Eagles (19-0 record.) GM of the WOOF 2006 Doggie Bowl Champion Atlantic City Gamblers. GM of the IHOF 2019 and 2022 IHOF Bowl Champion Asheville Axemen.

04-03-2015, 07:12 PM	#161
Eaglesfan27 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: New Jersey	6:10 - We get a 2nd foul on DeRozan who sits. We lead 13-11 in a very well played game so far. Both sides executing well without turnovers. 3:24 - Perkins picks up his 2nd foul. Noel to PF and Embiid back into the game. We lead 19-18. At the end of 1, we are up 24-22. Very hard fought on both ends. With 5 minutes to go, Cowen needs a break desperately. Turner and Clark into the game. Once Cowen leaves, they go on a 10-0 run before Embiid scores to end the run. At halftime, we are down 54-44. Knight leads all scorers with 12 points and 6 assists. Randle leads them with 6 boards. Embiid leads us with 10 points. Butler also with 10. Every thing possible going wrong to start the 3rd... to illustrate. Knight throws an errant pass that deflects off my guy, off another guy, right into DeRozan's hands for a wide open jumper. We are down 68-50. We are down 88-70 at the end of 3 and it looks dire. They are dominating inside and out. We close the gap to 10 with 8:30 to go, but then Schayes hits a pair of post shots and DeRozan with a pair of 3's. Down 22 with 6 to go, I decide to rest my starters. We lose the game 115-101. Tough loss in what could be a finals match-up. DeRozan was the player of the game with 39 points, 5 boards, 4 assists, 3 steals. He shot 15 of 27. Knight had 18 points and 8 assists. Afflalo with 14 points. Green with 14. Randle with 12 points and 11 boards. Schayes with 12 points, 7 boards, and a block. Embiid led us with 18 points, 11 boards, and 2 blocks. He shot 6 of 12 and 6 of 14 from the line. Cowen with 17 points, 7 assists, 1 board, 1 steal, and 8 turnovers. He fell apart in the 3rd. He shot 5 of 15. Butler with 16 points and 5 assists. He shot 7 of 11. Robinson with 15 points, 5 boards, and 1 assist. He shot 5 of 10. Perkins with 10 points, 6 boards, 3 assists, and 2 steals. He was limited to 26 minutes due to foul trouble. Clark with 8 points in 13 minutes. GF with 8 points. Noel with 2 points, 5 boards, and 1 steal. Turner with 5 points and 6 assists. __________________ Retired GM of the eNFL 2007 Super Bowl Champion Philadelphia Eagles (19-0 record.) GM of the WOOF 2006 Doggie Bowl Champion Atlantic City Gamblers. GM of the IHOF 2019 and 2022 IHOF Bowl Champion Asheville Axemen.

04-03-2015, 08:56 PM	#162
Eaglesfan27 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: New Jersey	3/3 - We play at the Nets. How will we rebound after that tough loss? We are favored as they are 3-7 in their last 10 and struggling... We come out completely flat and are quickly down 11-5, but after a timeout, the guys come out with fire. 39-20 run builds a lead that we never give up. We win 110-94. Embiid led us with 19 points, 12 boards, and 1 block. He shot 8 of 20. Cowen with 19 points, 11 assists, 5 boards, 3 steals, and 3 turnovers. He shot 6 of 13. Perkins with 19 points, 12 boards, 1 assist, and 1 block. He shot 6 of 12, 4 of 5 from the arc. Turner with 15 points, 6 boards, and 6 assists. Butler with 14 points. Robinson with 9 points, 9 boards, and 2 assists. GF with 8 points, 8 boards, and 3 assists. 3/5 - We travel to play the Knicks. They are 20-38 and 2-8 in their last 10. We are favored and won 110-91 in our last game... The Knicks play us tough through out the game, but a 33-25 4th gets us the win, 117-110. Cowen led the way with 37 points, 12 assists, 5 boards, 1 steal, and 1 turnover. He shot 14 of 21, 4 of 8 from the arc, and 5 of 5 from the line. Embiid with 18 points and 9 boards. Perkins with 14 points, 13 boards, 4 assists, 2 steals, and 2 blocks. Turner with 14 points, 4 boards, and 4 assists. Robinson with 12 points, 8 boards, and 3 assists. GF with 8 points, 6 boards, and 2 assists. Butler with 8 points, 5 boards, 7 assists. 3/7 - Our next game is hosting the Pistons. They are 28-33 and 7-3 in their last 10. We beat them 102-99 earlier in the year. Their recently acuqired PG Yunlong Kim is out with a hyper extended knee and will miss 2-4 weeks. __________________ Retired GM of the eNFL 2007 Super Bowl Champion Philadelphia Eagles (19-0 record.) GM of the WOOF 2006 Doggie Bowl Champion Atlantic City Gamblers. GM of the IHOF 2019 and 2022 IHOF Bowl Champion Asheville Axemen.

04-05-2015, 02:18 AM	#163
Eaglesfan27 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: New Jersey	Cowen and Perkins with a great 1st quarter. We build a 30-20 lead. Turner and Embiid anchor the 2nd quarter as we continue to apply pressure at both ends. Cowen comes back rested with 4 minutes to go and plays lights out again to extend our lead to 14. At halftime, we are up 57-43. Turner leads the team with 5 assists. Cowen leads us with 16 points. Embiid leads us with 7 boards. Cowen with a strong 3rd quarter to extend our lead further. We lead 84-65 at the end of 3. I rest Cowen to start the 4th. Butler also needs rest. Bajza into the game at SG. Grant into the game at SF. Going deep into our bench with the big lead. GF in at PF to lead this group. Cowen hardly plays in the 4th as we continue to build our big lead and empty our bench in the 4th. We had a 30 point lead at one point. We win it 114-90. Perkins is the player of the game with 22 points, 9 boards, 3 assists, 2 steals, and 2 blocks. He shot 6 of 12, 3 of 6, and 7 of 8 from the line. Cowen with 22 points, 3 boards, 3 assists, 1 steal. He shot 8 of 16. He only played 27 minutes. Robinson with 15 points, 8 boards, and 3 assists. He shot 7 of 9 with several of them being dunks on fast breaks. GF with 15 points, 5 boards, and an assist. He shot 6 of 10. Butler with 12 points, 3 boards, and 3 assists. He shot 4 of 7. Turner with 8 points, 7 boards, 13 assists, 2 steals, and a turnover. He played 32 minutes including quite a bit of PG. Embiid with 8 points, 10 boards, and 2 blocks. He shot 4 of 6. Clark with 5 points. Noel with 4 points, 10 boards, and 3 blocks. He shot 2 of 6. He only played 22 minutes. Bazja with 2 points and 2 assists in 10 minutes. Moultrie with 3 boards in 10 minutes. Drummond led the Pistons with 18 points and 11 boards. He shot 8 of 12. Jennings with 13 points and 8 assists but he shot 5 of 19. __________________ Retired GM of the eNFL 2007 Super Bowl Champion Philadelphia Eagles (19-0 record.) GM of the WOOF 2006 Doggie Bowl Champion Atlantic City Gamblers. GM of the IHOF 2019 and 2022 IHOF Bowl Champion Asheville Axemen.

04-05-2015, 02:29 AM	#164
Eaglesfan27 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: New Jersey	That win raises our record to 41-20. 3/9 - We travel to play Charlotte. They are 38-20 but we beat them 92-90 in our last match. They have a very talented team led by star SG Lance Stephenson. Our offense comes out ice cold with 0 points in the first 4 minutes. We end up down 28-17 at the end of 1. We are down 55-38 at the end of 2 and that is too large of a margin although we play much better in the 2nd half. We lose the game 98-92. Embiid led us with 25 points and 9 boards. Cowen with 18 points, 5 boards, 4 assists, and a steal. Perkins shot 0 of 6 and had a rough game with 1 points, 5 boards, and 2 turnovers before he fouled out. He only played 18 minutes. Robinson also had a rough game as he was schooled. He shot 2 of 10. Stephenson led them with 19 but all 5 starters were in double digits. 3/11 - We travel to play the Jazz who are 33-29. They are MUCH less talented than us and are winning thanks to great coaching. We beat them 126-88 the last time we played them... Their coach keeps them in the game and it is close going into the 4th, but then Perkins and Cowen get it going and we have a 35 point quarter to end the game with the comfortable win. We win 106-92. Perkins with 25 points, 10 boards, 1 assist, 1 stal, and 1 block. He shot 11 of 19. Cowen with 20 points, 16 assists, 3 boards, 1 steal, and 4 turnovers. He shot 8 of 20. Turner with 18 points, 4 boards, 1 assist, and 3 steals. He shot 7 of 11. Embiid with 17 points, 11 boards, and 3 blocks. He shot 8 of 16. Robinson with a very efficient 14 points, 8 boards, 3 assists, and 2 steals. He shot 5 of 6. GF with 9 points, 3 boards, 3 assists, and a steal. He shot 4 of 5. Noel with 4 points, 10 boards, and a block. Butler got hurt but before he did he had 10 boards, 5 assists, and 2 steals. He shot 0 of 10. Butler will play though a shin injury. We are now 42-21, 2nd in the East. We are 5 games behind the Bulls who are 48-17. 3/13 - Our next game, we travel to Memphis. The Grlzzlies are much less talented than us and are 29-33. They are 3-7 in their last 10. If we can tire their starting 5, we should be able to handle them without too much trouble. __________________ Retired GM of the eNFL 2007 Super Bowl Champion Philadelphia Eagles (19-0 record.) GM of the WOOF 2006 Doggie Bowl Champion Atlantic City Gamblers. GM of the IHOF 2019 and 2022 IHOF Bowl Champion Asheville Axemen.

04-08-2015, 10:43 PM	#165
Eaglesfan27 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: New Jersey	Our defense controlling the game early. We build a 14-7 lead. Cowen needs a breather and they close the gap. At the end of 1, we are up 25-22. In the 2nd half, we are really pounding them inside and it is opening up our jumpers. At halftime, we are up 50-42. Cowen leads the team with 5 assists. Embiid leads us with 10 points. Noel with 8 points. Perkins with 8 too. We start to run away with it in the 3rd but Conley and Mirotic end our run with a pair of 3's. Cowen with a big quarter. We are up 60-51 (was 60-45 before those 3's.) Embiid is showing some ability to knock down the open 12 footer. Wow... if he can start doing that consistently... 5 minutes left in the 3rd: Embiid and Cowen rest. Perkins responds by scoring 7 straight as he is the #1 option on the court. We take a 77-68 lead at the end of 3. Perkins with 17 points and 10 boards already. Cowen with a nice stretch to start the 4th to put it away. We win the game 109-87. Cowen is the player of the game with 24 points, 10 assists, 5 boards, 1 steal, and 1 block. He shot 9 of 14, 1 of 1, and 5 of 6. Perkins with 21 points, 10 boards, 2 assists. He shot 9 of 16, 1 of 1 from the arc, and 2 of 3 from the line. Embiid with 20 points, 16 boards, 2 assists. He shot 9 of 15, 2 of 3 from the line. Noel with 10 points and 6 boards. Butler with 8 points. GF with 8 points, 6 boards, 2 assists, and 2 steals. Robinson with 7 points, 3 boards, 2 assists, and 2 steals. Clark with 6 points. Turner with 4 points, 4 boards, and 2 assists. Moultrie with 2 points and 0 boards in 17 minutes. Mirotic led them with 29 points. Conley with 26. No one else in double digits. Kidd-Gilchrist shot 3 of 11. Madison shot 3 of 11. Harris shot 2 of 10. __________________ Retired GM of the eNFL 2007 Super Bowl Champion Philadelphia Eagles (19-0 record.) GM of the WOOF 2006 Doggie Bowl Champion Atlantic City Gamblers. GM of the IHOF 2019 and 2022 IHOF Bowl Champion Asheville Axemen.

04-09-2015, 09:52 PM	#166
Eaglesfan27 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: New Jersey	3/16 - We host the Hawks who are 19-44. They are 1-9 in their last 10. We struggle early and are down 53-43 at the half. Cowen gets it going in the 3rd and we come back to close the gap to 2. 4th is a back and forth affair and we go into overtime tied at 93. We hit our first few shots and we are up 99-93. K.J. McDaniels hits a 3 to make it 99-96. Dragic with a pair of baskets including a game winner 100-99 at the buzzer as we missed our last 3 shots down the stretch. Shocking loss. Very disappointing. McDaniels led the way for them with 25 points, 4 boards, and 3 steals. Horford with 15 points and 10 boards. Dragic with 13 points and 6 assists. Embiid led us with 23 points, 16 boards, and 3 blocks in the loss. Cowen with 18 points, 6 assists, 5 boards, and 2 steals. He shot 8 of 20. Noel with 16 points, 9 boards, and 2 blocks. Perkins with 11 points, 5 boards, 2 assists, 2 steals, and 3 blocks. He shot 4 of 17 including missing 2 down the stretch. Robinson with foul trouble only played 20 minutes and had 8 points. 3/18 - We host Portland. They are 41-23. They beat us 118-92 in our last game. We are down early, 48-42 at the half. They build a 8 point lead by the end of the 3rd. Very strong 4th with Robinson and Perkins leading the way, 36-21 in the 4th. We win 100-92. Robinson with 27 points, 7 boards, 2 assists, and 1 steal. He shot 10 of 17. Noel with 14 points, 10 boards, and a block. Perkins with 12 points, 7 boards, and 2 blocks. Cowens shot 5 of 15. He had 11 points and 7 assists. Embiid shot 3 of 12. 9 points and 17 boards along with 2 blocks too. We are now 44-22 and tied for 2nd in the East, 4.5 games behind Chicago. 3/19 - Our next game is at the Bucks. They are 31-34. We beat them 114-74 last game... __________________ Retired GM of the eNFL 2007 Super Bowl Champion Philadelphia Eagles (19-0 record.) GM of the WOOF 2006 Doggie Bowl Champion Atlantic City Gamblers. GM of the IHOF 2019 and 2022 IHOF Bowl Champion Asheville Axemen.

04-13-2015, 09:54 AM	#167
Eaglesfan27 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: New Jersey	Terrible start and we are down 13-3 with 6 minutes to go in the 1st. Cowens is playing very bad and I rest him. Turner starts pounding it into Embiid and we start scoring. 13-9 before Embiid picks up his 2nd foul. I leave him in. We are down 22-19 when Embiid picks up his 3rd foul with 2 minutes to go in the 1st. I rest Embiid. At the end of 1, we are down 27-23. Perkins with 7 points in the quarter. Embiid led us with 8. Cowen comes back in to start the 2nd and he is dominant again. Tied at 41 with 6 minutes to go... Cowen tires late in the quarter but a great quarter overall. The rest of the guys are sloppy on defense today and giving up too many points. We are down 53-49 at the half. Robinson and Cowen each with 5 assists. Cowen leads us with 13 points. Jabari Parker leads them with 15. 6:40 - Embiid picks up his 5th. The defense is getting too sloppy. Embiid, Perkins, and Cowen rest. We are down 66-61. GF and Butler providing some nice plays at both ends of the court... Butler with a steal and breakaway dunk. GF with a block and then a nice 12 footer. GF with a dunk. 11 seconds left: GF hits a pair of FT's to tie it at 76. Burks with a buzzer beater to give them the lead, 78-76 at the end of 3. However, Parker needs to rest and my stars will be back soon well rested... In fact, Embiid will start the 4th and try not to pick up his final foul... 8:20 - We are down 87-81. I call time and bring in a rested Cowen, Robinson, and Perkins to play with Butler and Embiid. 5:20 - Cowen with 3 straight baskets. We are down 91-89. 4:10 - Perkins with a steal gets it to Cowen who has a breakaway dunk! We lead 93-91. Our defense has kicked it up to intense levels. We lead 96-91 after Cowen hits a pair of FT's. McDonald beats Cowen off the dribble and gets fouled... 3 point play. We respond with a great move in the post by Embiid... looked like the old Dream Shake! We lead 98-94. 1:39 - Embiid fouls out. Noel into the game to anchor the defense down the stretch. 1:15 - Cowen with a great step back jumper as the clock is expiring! 4 point lead again. 1:10 - Cowen gives up the quick 3 to McDonald. We lead 100-99. Perkins misses a 3 and McDonald shoots another 3 right over Cowen. Ouch. Cowen drives right into the heart of the lane and gets his shot blocked by Sanders. We have to foul. They make both FT's. Down 104-100 with 22 seconds to go... Cowen misses an open look at a 3. GF misses a 3 in the corner, his favorite spot. We are done. Disappointing loss. 108-100. McDonald, the 8th pick in the 2015 draft torched Cowen today. He was the player of the game with 26 points, 6 assists, and 2 steals. He shot 7 of 20 but was clutch down the stretch. Alec Burks added 21 points and Parker finished with 21 points on 9 of 20 shooting. Cowen led us with 27 points and 7 assists, 1 steal, and a block. He shot 10 of 21 including 1 of 3 from the arc. He was 6 of 6 from the line. Butler with 18 points, 4 boards, and 3 assists. Embiid with 16 points, 9 boards, and a block in a game that limited him to 27 minutes due to foul trouble. Turner with 11 points and 4 assists. Perkins with 10 points, 11 boards, 2 assists, and a steal. GF with 10 points and 2 boards. HE shot 2 of 7. Noel with 6 points, 10 boards, and 2 blocks in 21 minutes. Robinson with 4 points and 8 assists. He shot 1 of 7. __________________ Retired GM of the eNFL 2007 Super Bowl Champion Philadelphia Eagles (19-0 record.) GM of the WOOF 2006 Doggie Bowl Champion Atlantic City Gamblers. GM of the IHOF 2019 and 2022 IHOF Bowl Champion Asheville Axemen.

04-13-2015, 10:26 AM	#168
Eaglesfan27 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: New Jersey	3/21 - We host the Wolves. They are 31-34 and we need this game to get us back on the right side of things... We come out with great offensive intensity, determined to take it to the basket and not settle for jump shots. We build a huge lead by halftime, 55-39. We cruise to a 93-80 win. Embiid led us with 19 points, 11 boards, and 3 blocks. Turner with 12 points, 4 boards, and 2 assists. Cowen with 12 points, 9 boards, 9 assists, and 4 steals. Robinson with 12 points, 11 boards, and 3 assists. GF with 11 points and 4 boards. Perkins wit 8 points, 8 boards, and 2 blocks. He shot 4 of 13. Wiggins led them with 11 points and 9 boards. He shot 1 of 12 but was 9 of 10 from the line. We are now 45-23 and 3rd in the East. Our next game is traveling to play the 1st place Bulls who are 50-19... Butler exacerbated his shin injury in practice but can play through it... We try pounding it inside but the Bulls are playing such tough defense. A 15 point 2nd quarter puts us behind 51-39 at the half. We close the gap with a strong 3rd but ultimately lose 90-83. Cowen led all scorers with 25 points and 5 assists. He shot 10 of 15 including 3 of 4 from the arc. Robinson added 14 points and 3 assists. Perkins with an efficient 13 points, 6 boards. He shot 5 of 9. Embiid with 13 points, 12 boards, and a block. The Bulls were led by 23 points from Nelson Williamson. The #6 pick in the 2017 draft has become an excellent sharp shooter in his rookie year. He is averaging 16 ppg and 3.4 apg. Rose added 17 points and 7 assists. Middleton with 14 points. Anthony Davis played hurt this game but still had 14 points, 13 boards, and 2 blocks. Noah added 10 points and 10 boards. Wow. They are going to be tough if we face them in the playoffs. 3/25 - We host the Nets who are 31-37 but 2-8 in their last 10. I'm hoping to rest Butler for most of the game against them... Sad news as Paul George has suffered a season ending injury to his previously injured leg. This time, he blew out his ACL. Turner will start at SG. Clarke and Grant will get more time as I try to rest Butler and get him ready for the playoffs... __________________ Retired GM of the eNFL 2007 Super Bowl Champion Philadelphia Eagles (19-0 record.) GM of the WOOF 2006 Doggie Bowl Champion Atlantic City Gamblers. GM of the IHOF 2019 and 2022 IHOF Bowl Champion Asheville Axemen.

04-13-2015, 01:23 PM	#169
Eaglesfan27 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: New Jersey	Butler rests the whole 1st quarter. Cowen has a rough start and Embiid misses his first 3 shots. They build a 9-2 lead before we get it going. At the end of 1, we are down 23-21. Cowen and Clarke working so well together to score in the 2nd. Clarke is getting some great open looks from Cowen and drilling them. We build a 54-48 lead by halftime. Walker leads them with 13 points. Embiid leads us with 10 points and 6 boards. We build a 10 point lead and go deep into our bench with Bazja. At the end of 3, we are up 79-73 as we rest our starters the last few minutes of the quarter. 7:20 - We are tied at 83 as I bring back rested starters. Perkins with 3 straight baskets, 2 midrange shots and a nice post move fadeaway. Perkins with a block that starts the fastbreak... Cowen to Turner for a dunk! We are up 99-89. We cruise to the 103-95 win. Embiid is the player of the game with 19 points, 11 boards, 3 blocks, and 1 steal. He shot 7 of 12 and even hit a 3. Cowen with 19 points, 7 assists, 2 boards, and 2 steals. He shot 6 of 16. Perkins with 16 points, 6 boards, 2 assists, and a steal. He shot 7 of 9. Clark with 11 points and 1 assist. He shot 4 of 8. Turner with 10 points and 4 assists. Grant with 8 points in 15 minutes. GF with 7 points and 8 boards. Robinson with 7 points, 3 boards, and 3 assists. Noel with 4 points, 8 boards, and a block. Kemba Walker led them with 29 points and 7 assists. He shot 9 of 19. Greg Monroe with 16 points and 6 boards. Bogdanovic with 12 points on 5 of 11 shooting. __________________ Retired GM of the eNFL 2007 Super Bowl Champion Philadelphia Eagles (19-0 record.) GM of the WOOF 2006 Doggie Bowl Champion Atlantic City Gamblers. GM of the IHOF 2019 and 2022 IHOF Bowl Champion Asheville Axemen.

04-15-2015, 09:47 PM	#170
Eaglesfan27 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: New Jersey	3/27 - We travel to play the Cavs who are 41-28. We beat them lat time 108-91. Hopefully, we can do it again. We are 46-24 and pushing for the #2 seed... We have a bad first half and are down 57-43 at the half, but we fight back with a huge 3rd quarter that makes it a 2 point game. Back and forth in the 4th until LeBron hits a game winning 14 footer. We lose 111-110. LeBron with 25 points, 14 boards, 7 assists, and 4 blocks. He shot 5 of 13, 11 of 13 from the line. 2nd year C Stephon Watkins, their former #12 pick, had 25 points and 10 boards in the game as well. Cowen led us with 35 points, 8 assists, 5 boards, and 5 turnovers. He shot 11 of 22, 5 of 6, and 8 of 8. Perkins added 26 points, 8 boards, 3 assists, 1 steal, and 1 turnover. Embiid with 16 points and 9 boards. He shot 6 of 18. Noel with 12 points and 3 boards. Turner with 6 points, 5 boards, and 6 assists. Robinson shot 2 of 10 and had 4 points. 3/28 - No rest for the weary as we host the Bulls. They are 52-20 and 1st in the East... Cowen comes out fired up and ready to prove a point. He scores our first 8 points as we build an 8-0 lead. Then, he starts firing off assists. We build a 54-40 lead at the half. We win 106-93 in impressive fashion! Cowen was the player of the game with 27 points, 11 assists, 7 boards, 1 steal, and 4 turnovers. He shot 10 of 22, 2 of 5, and 5 of 6. Turner with 15 points and 3 assists. Perkins with 14 points, 10 boards, 4 assists, 2 steals, and 3 blocks. He shot 5 of 8. Robinson with 13 points and 5 boards. Embiid with 13 points, 12 boards, and 2 blocks. Noel with 11 points and 9 boards along with a block. GF with 7 points and 4 boards. Clark with 4 points. We held Rose to 12 points on 5 of 13 shooting. We held Anthony Davis to 16 points on 5 of 11 shooting. Williamson led them with 19 points. We are now 47-25 and pushing hard for 50 wins. Our next game is another tough matchup as we host the Warriors. They are 43-27 but they are hit by injuries and only 4-6 in the last 10. Due to injuries to their big men, they are starting less talented guys at PF and C, so we will need to take advantage inside against them. __________________ Retired GM of the eNFL 2007 Super Bowl Champion Philadelphia Eagles (19-0 record.) GM of the WOOF 2006 Doggie Bowl Champion Atlantic City Gamblers. GM of the IHOF 2019 and 2022 IHOF Bowl Champion Asheville Axemen.

04-16-2015, 10:49 AM	#171
Eaglesfan27 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: New Jersey	We start off dominant, looking like a Championship team. 13-2 lead. Then, we go cold as Cowen and Embiid get a bit tired. I rest Embiid and our offense slows down. Thompson and Curry start striking from the arc. At the end of 1, we are down 24-23. 9:30 - Embiid comes back in. We are down 32-27. Embiid starts making shots right away. He is even knocking down a nice 12 footer with some regularity when he has it wide open. At halftime, we are tied at 47. Embiid is our leading scorer with 18 points. Noel has 11 boards. Cowen has 7 assists. Every phase of our offense clicks in the 3rd. We are up 80-68. Embiid with 27 points. We had a 15 point lead, but when I rest our starters it drops to 6. I bring back Cowen and Embiid to finish it out. Cowen with a quick pull up jumper and then Embiid with a nice post move to stretch the lead to 10. We win 102-93. Embiid was the player of the game with 29 points, 13 boards, and 2 blocks. He shot 13 of 22 and 3 of 7 from the line. Cowen with 23 points, 10 assists, 3 steals, and 1 board. He had 4 turnovers. He shot 9 of 19. Perkins with 18 points, 14 boards, 1 assist, 1 steal, and 1 block. He shot 6 of 9, 3 of 4, and 3 of 3. Very efficient night for the young rookie. GF with 12 points, 5 boards, and 2 assists. Robinson with 8 points, 6 boards, 8 assists, 1 steal, and 1 block. He shot 4 of 8. Turner with 6 points, 5 boards, and 5 assists. Cowen helped hold Curry to 6 of 24 shooting for the night for 15 points. Thompson shot 10 of 18, 4 of 8 from the arc for 26 points. No else broke 15. __________________ Retired GM of the eNFL 2007 Super Bowl Champion Philadelphia Eagles (19-0 record.) GM of the WOOF 2006 Doggie Bowl Champion Atlantic City Gamblers. GM of the IHOF 2019 and 2022 IHOF Bowl Champion Asheville Axemen.

04-16-2015, 11:08 AM	#172
Eaglesfan27 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: New Jersey	The latest mock drafts are interesting: 1) Lonnie Hart has been rising on the boards behind a great tournament for Wake Forest. The 6'5 215 pound SG has shown that he is ready to play big time ball now and he has the highest ceiling. He is now the consensus #1 pick of the draft experts. He finished the season averaging 23.5 ppg, 6.8 rpg, 4.4 apg, and 3 spg. His offense is his clear strength at this point.. 2) Tayfur Mansiz from Turkey is stronger, more physical and almost as developed offensively as Cedric. He is now 22 but he has all of the tools and is projected to become a superstar by some scouts. He is averaging 28 ppg in Turkey along with 10.4 rpg. 3) Cedric Blackwell was the #1 pick earlier in the year but some scouts are worried he has hit his ceiling at 23 years old. He is a talented SF whose floor is a solid starter in the league. 4) Luka Golob is a 19 year old SF who is 6'7 240 lb from Slovenia. He is averaging 27 ppg and 5.5 rpg. He is projected to become a very good player. 5) Will Osborne is a 6'8 275 lb PF for UConn who is 22 years old. He is averaging 24 ppg and 11 rpg. He is expected to become a dependable starter in the NBA. 6) Sergio Diaz is a 21 year old SG from Mexico who is 6'5 210. He is averaging 22 ppg and has a nice midrange shot. He is projected to become a solid starter. 7) PG Mitchell Brooks from WVU is 6'1 166 and 21 years old. He is more raw than most of the guys in the top 10 but some scouts think he will become a star PG. He is averaging 22 ppg and 7 apg. 8) PF Sasa Cop is 6'9 245 from Slovenia and his stock has been dropping. He is an athletic player who relies on that to score. He should become a solid starter. 9) PF Gilberto Izzo from Italy is a 6'6 250 pound PF who might be too small to be effective in the NBA. He has no midrange shot and isn't very athletic. His best attributes are his bullish strength. 10) PF Shane Wells has shot up hte board. He is a 22 year old PF from Oklahoma who is 6'10 270. His strength is his post game and he is a bit raw in every other area. __________________ Retired GM of the eNFL 2007 Super Bowl Champion Philadelphia Eagles (19-0 record.) GM of the WOOF 2006 Doggie Bowl Champion Atlantic City Gamblers. GM of the IHOF 2019 and 2022 IHOF Bowl Champion Asheville Axemen.

04-16-2015, 11:21 AM	#173
Eaglesfan27 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: New Jersey	4/2 - We host the Rcokets who are 39-34 and in danger of missing the playoffs. We are favored. They jump out to an early lead, but by early in the 3rd quarter we tie it up. We pull away late and cruise to a 108-92 win. Perkins led the way with 26 points, 8 boards, 3 assists, 1 steal, and 1 block. He shot 9 of 12, 4 of 5, and 4 of 6. Cowen with 12 points and 12 assists. He shot 5 of 17. Robinson with 11 points, 8 boards, 3 assists, and 3 steals. Bazja with 11 points in 8 minutes! Turner with 10 points. Embiid with 10 points and 10 boards. NOel with 8 points, 12 boards, and 3 blocks. Clark with 8 points in 8 minutes. 4/4 - We travel to play the Wolves who are 35-39, 5-5 in their last 10. They are struggling as Wiggins is injured and will miss the last few weeks of the season... By halftime, we have a 20 point lead. We cruise to a 100-70 win. Cowen led the way with 28 points, 7 assists, 3 boards, and 2 blocks. He shot 11 of 20. Robinson with 15 points, 10 boards, 3 assists, and 1 steal. Turner with 14 points, 8 boards, and 8 assists. He shot 6 of 9. Perkins with 13 points, 14 boards, 6 assists, and 1 steal. He shot 5 of 13. Grant with 8 points in 13 minutes. Noel with 8 points, 10 boards, and 2 blocks. Bazja with 8 points in 8 minutes! Clark with 3 points in 12 minutes. Embiid with 2 points, 18 boards, and 2 blocks. He shot 1 of 9. Zach Lavine was their only player in double digits but he shot 7 of 21. A look at the East Standings as we come down the stretch: 1. Bulls 52-22 (5-5 in their last 10!) 2. Hornets 51-22 (9-1) 3. 76ers 50-25 (6-4) 4. Wizards 45-29 (7-3) 5. Cavs 44-30 (6-4) 6. Heat 43-31 (6-4) 7. Magic 42-33 (4-6) 8. Pistons 37-38 (8-2) 9. Nets 37-38 (7-3) 10. Bucks 34-40 11.Raptors 32-42 12. Pacers 28-46 13. Knicks 27-48 14. Celtics 26-49 15. Hawks 23-51 West Standings: 1. Oklahoma 54-20 (5-5) 2. Lakers 47-27 (8-2) 3. Warriors 45-28 (4-6) 4. Blazers 45-29 (4-6) 5. Rockets 40-35 (5-5) 6. Jazz 39-35 (5-5) 7. Suns 38-37 (2-8) 8. Grizzlies 36-38 (7-3) 9. Wolves 35-40 (5-5) 10. Kings 31-44 11. Clippers 30-44 12. Mavs 27-46 13. Nuggets 27-47 14. Spurs 25-50 15. Pelicans 24-50 4/6 - Our next game is at Boston. We are heavily favored. __________________ Retired GM of the eNFL 2007 Super Bowl Champion Philadelphia Eagles (19-0 record.) GM of the WOOF 2006 Doggie Bowl Champion Atlantic City Gamblers. GM of the IHOF 2019 and 2022 IHOF Bowl Champion Asheville Axemen.

04-16-2015, 12:37 PM	#174
Eaglesfan27 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: New Jersey	Cowen playing amazing basketball down the stretch. He helps us build a 30-20 lead. 3:39 - GF goes down hard after a shot with a lower leg injury.. no contact but this doesn't look good at all.. At halftime, we are up 53-44. We get some early news. GF with a significant knee injury. He will need an MRI to tell the full extent but he is definitely out for some significant time. Embiid leads our team with 10 points and 9 boards at the half. Cowen with 7 assists at the half. 3:10 - We lead 73-60 as I rest my starters except for Embiid who returns from an earlier rest. At the end of 3, we are up 81-66. 7 minutes to go - They close the gap to 10. Our guards are tired. I ask Butler to give us some minutes. We also bring back a relatively rested Cowen. Cowen and Butler work hard to re-build the lead to 15. I rest my starters the last 2 minutes. We win 106-98. Cowen is the player of the game with 22 points, 11 assists, 2 boards, 2 steals, and 7 turnovers. He shot 7 of 16. Embiid with 16 points, 15 boards, and 2 blocks. Turner with 14 points, 4 boards, and 4 assists. He shot 6 of 9. Clark with 13 points and 2 boards on 5 of 9 shooting including 2 of 5 from the arc. Noel with 11 points, 12 boards, and a steal. Perkins with 10 points, 10 boards, 3 assists, 3 steals, and 2 blocks. He shot 4 of 11. Robinson with 10 points, 5 boards, 4 assists, 2 steals, and 2 blocks. GF with 4 points in 9 minutes.... Exum led the Celtics with 23 points and 5 assists. Sullinger had 19 points and 8 boards. McLemore with 17 points. The word on the MRI is that the GF only has an ACL sprain. He will be back in a few weeks, maybe in time for the start of the playoffs! Whew. __________________ Retired GM of the eNFL 2007 Super Bowl Champion Philadelphia Eagles (19-0 record.) GM of the WOOF 2006 Doggie Bowl Champion Atlantic City Gamblers. GM of the IHOF 2019 and 2022 IHOF Bowl Champion Asheville Axemen. Last edited by Eaglesfan27 : 04-16-2015 at 12:37 PM.

04-16-2015, 03:48 PM	#175
Eaglesfan27 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: New Jersey	A look at some of the Award Races down the stretch: MVP: 1. Durant 33.1 ppg, 9.3 rpg, 5.0 apg. His team is 1st in the West... 2. LeBron - 26.5 ppg, 9.4 rpg, 5 apg, 1.8 spg. His team is doing well in the East... 3. Jimmy Cowen - 22.0 ppg, 8.5 apg, 4.2 rpg, 1.6 spg. Team is 3rd in the Est 4. Westbrook - 20.3 ppg, 7.7 apg, 5 rpg, 1.9 spg. Team is 1st in the West. 5. Derrick Rose -21.7 ppg, 6.6 apg, 4.6 rpg. Team is 1st in the East. Rookie of the Year: 1. Perben, Miami - Averaging 18.8 ppg, 10.0 rpg, 1.5 bpg. 2. Williamson, Bulls - Averaging 16.5 ppg, 5.0 rpg, 3.3 apg. 3. Mack Perkins - Averaging 13.7 ppg, 7.2 rpg, 1.7 apg, 1.0 bpg. 4/7 - We host the Raptors who are now 32-43... We had a huge lead by halftime, 63-49. In the 3rd quarter, we let them creep back within 6. In the 4th, they outscored us 37-27. We lose 113-109. Jonas Valancunas led them with 22 points, 11 boards, 2 assists. Dillon added 18 points and 10 boards. Cowen led us in the loss with 24 points, 11 assists, 9 boards, 3 steals. He shot 9 of 20. Perkins with 23 points, 7 boards, 2 assists, and 2 blocks. He shot 9 of 16. Turner with 14 points, 5 boards, and 4 assists. Embiid with 13 points, 9 boards, and 2 blocks. Robinson with 10 points, 4 boards, 4 assists, 1 steal, and 1 block. Clark with 8 points. Noel with 6 points, 6 boards, and 2 blocks. Big news after the game... MCW has been cleared from his injury and deemed fully ready to return to action!! 4/11 - We travel to play the Hornets. They are 54-23 and ahead of us in the East... this is a huge game. MCW will play significant minutes off the bench... Wow, the Hornets blow us out. We never had the lead. Disappointing loss... We lose 110-88. Terrence Jones led them with 29 points and 10 boards. Jeremy Lin added 19 points and 5 assists. Ozat added 16 points and 11 assists. 2nd year PG Alan O'Connor added 11 points and 4 assists. Perkins led us with 20 points, 8 boards, 1 assist, 1 steal, and 1 block. He shot 8 of 13. Cowen shot 4 of 16 and finished with 15 points, 12 assists, and a steal. Turner with 14 points, 7 boards, 3 assists. Embiid with 11 points, 9 boards, and 1 block. MCW with 10 points, 8 boards, 3 assists, and 2 steals in his debut back. He played 24 minutes. We are now 51-27 and firmly locked in 3rd place with a very slim chance of climbing into 2nd or falling into 4th. Cowen is imploring me to play him major minutes, but I have to think about resting him.... but we need wins to make sure we don't fall into 4th. We'll see. 4/13 - We travel to play the Wizards who are 48-30 and trying to chase us for 3rd.. If we beat them, we will definitely be 3rd or better in the East. __________________ Retired GM of the eNFL 2007 Super Bowl Champion Philadelphia Eagles (19-0 record.) GM of the WOOF 2006 Doggie Bowl Champion Atlantic City Gamblers. GM of the IHOF 2019 and 2022 IHOF Bowl Champion Asheville Axemen.

04-18-2015, 01:43 AM	#176
Eaglesfan27 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: New Jersey	A sloppy first half in which we turned it over 6 times. We are down 25-19. Cowen had a very rough 1st quarter. After a few minutes of rest, he was brilliant in the 2nd. Finding open guys (particularly Robinson), making dunks over a big man twice, hitting step back jumpers, he was unstoppable. We are up 58-44 thanks to his strong play igniting our team. Cowen leads our team with 16 points, 6 assists. Noel leads the team with 11 boards. 6:00 - They are closing the gap as our guys are tired. Clark in to provide some offense. Clark makes a 3 but gives one up at the other end. We are up 75-71 at the end of 3. Our guys are getting fatigued. Perkins is our #1 option early in the 4th as I'm resting Embiid and Cowen. Perkins performs with 8 straight points and then a nice assist. He helps us build a 89-80 lead. 5:30 - The lead is closing but I'm able to bring back rested starters. We lead 90-85 as MCW, Cowen, Robinson, and Embiid all come back into the game. 2:15 - Embiid suffers a minor injury on a dunk but he is staying in the game. We lead 96-91. Cowen with a steal and breakaway dunk! They foul down the stretch and Cowen makes the FT's... That guarantees the win. We win 106-100. Cowen is the player of the game with 30 points, 6 assists, 2 boards, 1 steal, and 1 block. He shot 9 of 16 and 12 of 12 from the line. Perkins with 21 points, 10 boards, and 3 assists. He shot 7 of 17. Embiid with 17 points, 10 boards, 2 assists, 1 steal, and 1 block. He shot 8 of 10. Robinson with 15 points and 5 boards. Turner with 6 points, 4 assists, and 2 boards. Butler only played 7 minutes (due to injury) but he had 5 points. Clark with 5 points in 7 minutes. Noel with 3 points, 16 boards, and 2 blocks. MCW with 2 points, 3 boards, and 3 assists in 17 minutes back. He also had 1 steal and only 1 turnover. Nice way for him to work his way back. __________________ Retired GM of the eNFL 2007 Super Bowl Champion Philadelphia Eagles (19-0 record.) GM of the WOOF 2006 Doggie Bowl Champion Atlantic City Gamblers. GM of the IHOF 2019 and 2022 IHOF Bowl Champion Asheville Axemen.

04-18-2015, 01:56 AM	#177
Eaglesfan27 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: New Jersey	Embiid has a sprained ankle. We'll try to limit his minutes. Butler has been 100% cleared for full action. Ditto for MCW. 4/14 - We play at the Hawks. They are 26-53 and I should be able to rest my guys a bit. Embiid will cut back to 25 minutes per game for the last few. Everyone else below 30 except for Cowen who is begging for minutes... Interesting game... we jumped to a big lead in the 1st, choked it away in the 2nd. Fell behind by 10 in the 3rd but rallied for a 104-100 win. Cowen led with 22 points, 5 boards, 6 assists, and 2 steals. Perkins with 19 points, 9 boards, 3 assists, and 2 steals. Noel wtih 15 points, 9 boards, and a block as he played more minutes. MCW with 12 points, 4 assists, and 2 steals. Embiid with 10 points, 6 boards, and 2 blocks in 25 minutes. Butler with 9 points, 5 boards, and 5 assists in 24 minutes. We are now 53-27. Can we get to 55 wins? Even if we do, we are locked into 3rd in the East with no room for movement. I cut back my guy's minutes a bit more... 4/17 - We travel to Toronto. They are 34-46... We jump to a big lead 64-48 by halftime. In the 3rd, they go crazy and tie the game. In the 4th, we pull away. 122-114 win. Perkins led the way with 25 points, 10 boards, 4 assists, 1 steal, and 1 block in 30 minutes. He shot 10 of 18. Cowen with 22 points, 10 assists, 2 steals, and 5 boards. Noel with 16 points, 10 boards, and 2 blocks. MCW with 16 points, 8 boards, and 5 assists in 22 minutes. Embiid with 15 points, 6 boards, and a block in 25 minutes. Robinson with 9 points, 5 boards, and 5 assists. Turner with 9 points, 9 boards, and 4 assists. Butler with 8 points, 5 boards, and 5 assists. 4/18 - Our final regular season game is hosting the Hornets who are 56-25 and 2nd in the East... Wow. We hammer them. Cutting back our starter's minutes, they are playing more effectively when they are on the court... 114-90 win. Cowen led us with 24 points and 4 assists. Perkins with 16 points, 8 boards, and a block. Embiid with 14 points and 10 boards. Turner with 15 points, 5 boards, and 5 assists. Robinson with 12 points and 4 boards. Butler with 10 points, 5 boards, and 5 assists. MCW with 10 points, 5 boards, and 4 assists. Noel with 7 points, 7 boards, and a block. We finish the season 55-27 and 3rd in the East. We'll face LeBron and the Cavs in the 1st round in the East. __________________ Retired GM of the eNFL 2007 Super Bowl Champion Philadelphia Eagles (19-0 record.) GM of the WOOF 2006 Doggie Bowl Champion Atlantic City Gamblers. GM of the IHOF 2019 and 2022 IHOF Bowl Champion Asheville Axemen.

04-18-2015, 02:20 AM	#178
Eaglesfan27 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: New Jersey	A look at our stats: Cowen led the team with 22 ppg. He also averaged 8.4 apg, 1.7 spg, and 4.2 rpg. He is only 22 and is sure to get better in future seasons... Embiid averaged 15.9 ppg, 9.6 rpg, 1.4 bpg. He is only 24 and he is still improving his game. Perkins averaged 14.4 ppg, 7.2 rpg, 1.7 apg, and 1.1 bpg. He is only 22 and is looking like he will become a superstar. MCW averaged 12.2 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 6.1 apg, and 1.7 spg. He is 26 and it is an interesting discussion of whether he can be an effective combo guard off the bench or should I try to trade him this offseason? Robinson, our other star rookie, had a very good season with 11 ppg, 4.4 rpg, 3.0 spg, and 0.9 spg. He is only 20 and should improve considerably.... Noel at 24 is becoming one of the best interior defenders in the game. He is avearging 8.7 ppg, 8.0 rpg, 1.3 bpg. Turner averaged 8.7 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 3.0 apg, and 0.5 spg. The 29 year old is our veteran presence. Butler averaged 7.7 ppg, 4.3 rpg, 3.6 apg, and 0.9 spg. His game is starting to fall off slightly at 28 years old but he should be a good contributor next year too.. The GF never quite fit into our offense but I hope to rectify that in the future as he is only 23... He averaged 7.1 ppg, 3.6 rpg, 2.4 apg, and 0.2 spg. Clark averaged 4.9 ppg in very limited time. Grant averaged 2.9 ppg and 1.5 rpg in limited time. Award Time: Durant wins MVP. He ramped it up the last week and finished at just under 34 ppg, 9.3 rpg, 5.0 apg, and 1.8 spg. He shot 52% from the field, 92% from the line, and 44% from the arc. Frederic Perben of the Heat won Rookie of the Year. He averaged 18.9 ppg, 10 rpg, 1.5 apg, 1.2 spg, and 1.4 bpg. He shot 53% from the field. Andre Drummond won Defensive Player of the Year. The Center averaged 19 ppg, 12 rpg, and 2 bpg. Tom Thibodeau of the Bulls won Coach of the Year with 58 wins... All NBA 1st team: PG Jimmy Cowen SG James Harden SF Durant PF LeBron C Drummond 2nd team: PG Westbrook G Lillard F Blake Griffin F Frederic Perben C DeMarcus Cousins 3rd team: G Derrick Rose G Stephen Curry F Kevin Love F Jabari Parker C Caron Schayes All-Rookie Team: G Alex Long G Nelson Williamson G O.J. Gill F Mack Perkins F Frederic Perbin Robinson made the All-Rookie 2nd team. The Playoff Match-ups: In the West: #1 Thunder vs #8 Grizzlies #4 Rockets vs #5 Portland #3 Lakers vs #6 Jazz #2 Warriors vs #7 Suns East: #1 Bulls vs #8 Pistons #2 Hornets vs #7 Magic #3 76ers vs #6 Cavs #4 Wizards vs #5 Heat. Big news: LeBron got hurt in practice. He has a strained back and will play but won't be 100%. A look at their roster: PG Irving (92) SG Waiters (84) SF LeBron (91 - adjusted due to injury, normally a 98) PF Watkins (74) C Roy Gill (72) They are weak inside and we should be able to have a big series for our big men.... Their bench: SG Goodwin (79) PG Dellavedova (77) SG Glen Rice, Jr (76) SG Xavier Henry (76) PG Marquis Teague (72) PF Will Stockton (71) C Ivan Bosnjak (68) __________________ Retired GM of the eNFL 2007 Super Bowl Champion Philadelphia Eagles (19-0 record.) GM of the WOOF 2006 Doggie Bowl Champion Atlantic City Gamblers. GM of the IHOF 2019 and 2022 IHOF Bowl Champion Asheville Axemen.

04-19-2015, 09:31 PM	#179
Eaglesfan27 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: New Jersey	1st play of the game: Cowen drives into the lane... finds Perkins for a corner 3... Swish! Irving comes right back with a 3 of his own. Cowen isn't a great defender and he is having trouble with Irving quick as Irving scores 7 quick points... We close the gap on a few nice baskets inside by Embiid. 9-9 game early. LeBron starts going to work with a powerful drive and the dunk. LeBron finds Irving for an easy 3. We can't let him get that open... Embiid doing big time work inside. 6:00 - We are tied at 14. Embiid is tired. Noel into the game. They go on a 6-0 run behind LeBron finding open men and making shots. Perkins with a nice move inside for a little layup to end their run. LeBron finds Goodwin for an open 3. At the end of 1, we are down 29-21. Embiid back into the game and he goes on a tear again to close the gap. Down 31-29. LeBron comes back from his brief rest and goes to work making plays. Quick baskets to Goodwin and Waiters. None of my guys are able to effectively guard LeBron. I'm going to try Perkins on him as he has great speed and length... Perkins alters a LeBron shot. Cowen with a few nice baskets. We close the gap again. Down 39-37 with 7:45 to go... Cowen finds Embiid for a great alley-oop. Irving comes back and goes to work all over the court. Irving having a huge game... Cowen needs a breather. So does Embiid. Suddenly, we are back down by 8. That margin holds through until halftime. Halftime: We are down 57-49. Cowen can't guard Irving who has 19. I'm going to try MCW on him. MCW is one of my best perimeter defenders. LeBron has 11 points and 4 assists (which leads their team.) Goodwin with 10 points. Embiid leads us with 16 points, 4 boards, and 2 blocks at the half. Cowen with 9 points and 3 assists. Robinson with 7 points. Perkins with 5 points and 5 boards at the half. 7:20 - LeBron rests. Our chance to make a comeback... we are down 72-60 right now. 5:15 - LeBron returns and we haven't cut the lead at all. We are down 78-66. Too many turnovers. Too many bad passes. They build the lead to 87-70 by the end of the 3rd. We close the gap to 8 a few times, but then LeBron makes an incredible play or two and the lead is back to double digits. We can't get it below 10 again and we lose 112-100. Irving is the player of the game with 33 points and 8 assists. He shot 12 of 19 including 5 of 7 from the arc. LeBron also with an incredible game - 28 points, 8 boards, and 6 assists. He shot 9 of 16. Goodwin added 16 points. Waiters added 12. Embiid led us with 22 points, 9 boards, and 2 blocks. Cowen with 20 points and 8 assiss. Perkins with 14 points, 8 boards, and 2 steals along with 2 blocks. Robinson wih 11 points. MCW had a very rough game with 8 points, 5 assists, and 5 turnovers. Cowen had 5 turnovers too. We need to take much better care of the ball in game 2. __________________ Retired GM of the eNFL 2007 Super Bowl Champion Philadelphia Eagles (19-0 record.) GM of the WOOF 2006 Doggie Bowl Champion Atlantic City Gamblers. GM of the IHOF 2019 and 2022 IHOF Bowl Champion Asheville Axemen.

04-19-2015, 09:36 PM	#180
Eaglesfan27 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: New Jersey	Game 2 - This is a must win game at home. We must at least split.. We come out with fire and intensity.. executing perfectly. Big lead early, 14-6. We continue to execute the pick and roll and getting the ball into Embiid. At the end of 1, we are up 32-18. 2nd quarter is less dominant defensively, but our offense is really clicking. We lead 60-43 at the half. Embiid exacerbates his injury in the 3rd He rests and we give up a bit of our lead. Still, we lead 85-70 at the end of 3. In the 4th, our defense locks down as Embiid returns. We play some triple tower defense with Perkins, Noel, and Embiid. We hold them to 18 in the quarter and win the game with ease - 105 to 83. Cowen led the way with 23 points, 7 assists, a career high 8 steals, and 5 boards. He only turned it over 2 times. He shot 7 of 14. Perkins with 20 points, 12 boards, 5 assists, and a block. Turner with 16 points, 5 boards, and 5 assists. MCW with 14 points, 6 boards, 4 assists, 3 steals, and 3 turnovers. Embiid with 11 points, 7 boards, and a block. He was limited by his ankle injuries... Noel with 8 points, 8 boards, and 3 blocks. Irving led them with 26 points and 7 assists. LeBron with 24 points, 11 boards, and 5 assists. He had a rough night shooting 8 of 22.. No one else in double digits... Now, for a pivotal game 3 in Cleveland.... __________________ Retired GM of the eNFL 2007 Super Bowl Champion Philadelphia Eagles (19-0 record.) GM of the WOOF 2006 Doggie Bowl Champion Atlantic City Gamblers. GM of the IHOF 2019 and 2022 IHOF Bowl Champion Asheville Axemen.

04-27-2015, 10:23 AM	#181
Eaglesfan27 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: New Jersey	We come out with absolute intention in every movement. Our most deliberate precise offensive execution of the year and superb defense. We jump to a 12-0 lead. Embiid with 8 points early. At the end of 1, we are up 30-16. Great play by our starters early Butler is shutting down Irving. We start off on a tear in the 2nd quarter. Cowen making plays and Embiid shutting down their offense. We build a 17 point lead before Cowen needs to rest. They slowly close the gap as MCW gets beat a few times. Still, at halftime, we are up 53-41. Very good defense from our club. LeBron leads them with 12 points and 5 assists. Embiid leads us with 12 points and 8 boards. Everyone clicking in the 3rd, especially the GF and Cowen. We build a 24 point lead that shrinks to 20 before the end of the quarter. We lead 84-64. 3 guys approaching 20 points - Embiid, Cowen, and Perkins. We dominate the 4th. Cowen putting up points, setting up guys, we pull ahead by 30. With 25 point lead, we pull starters with 3 minutes to go. We win 110-88. Cowen is the player of the game with 31 points, 9 assists, 2 steals, and only 1 turnover. He shot 14 of 20, 3 of 3 from the arc. Embiid with 23 points, 13 boards, and 2 blocks. He shot 7 of 12 and 9 of 10 from the line. Perkins with 20 poins, 12 boards, and 2 blocks. He shot 7 of 12, 2 of 3 from the arc, and 4 of 4 from the line. Robinson added 11 points, 5 assists, 1 board, 1 steal, and 1 block. Butler with 7 points, 5 boards, 5 assists, 4 steals. Noel with 7 points, 6 boards, and 2 blocks in 25 minutes. GF with 6 points and 3 assists in 18 minutes. MCW with 3 points and 2 assists in 16 minutes. Turner with 2 points in 15 minutes. We held LeBron to 5 of 15 shooting. He finished with 16 points, 8 assists, and 5 boards. Irving was held to 5 of 17 shooting. He had 15 points and 4 assists. Waiters with 14 points on 6 of 12 shooting. Goodwin with 9 points on 3 of 7 shooting. We have home court advantage back. We lead the series 2-1 __________________ Retired GM of the eNFL 2007 Super Bowl Champion Philadelphia Eagles (19-0 record.) GM of the WOOF 2006 Doggie Bowl Champion Atlantic City Gamblers. GM of the IHOF 2019 and 2022 IHOF Bowl Champion Asheville Axemen.

04-27-2015, 10:49 AM	#182
Eaglesfan27 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: New Jersey	Game 4: It has been a back and forth affair with constant lead changes. We are tied at 96 with 6 minutes to go... 1:45 - Irving and Cowen have been going at each other and scoring. We had a fast break opportunity but Perkins threw the long pass to far. Turn over. Goodwin throws the ball away and we get it back. Cowen drives into the lane and is fouled. He makes both FT's. Tied at 106. LeBron misses a pull-up jumper. Embiid at the other end with a sky hook for the basket! Irving gets into the lane... misses the floater. Embiid with the board! 22 seconds left, shot clock at 6... Cowen with a cross over, breaks Irving's ankles... into the lane for a nice floater. We are up 110-106. LeBron misses a 3. Butler with the board. He is fouled. He makes 1 of 2. Irving misses a quick 3. They foul Butler who got the board again. He makes them both to seal it. We win 113-106! Cowen is the player of the game with 34 points, 7 assists, 4 boards, and 3 steals. He shot 11 of 15, 3 of 4, and 9 of 9. He only had 2 turnovers. Perkins with 18 points, 11 boards, 2 assists, and a block. He shot 7 of 16. Robinson with 13 points, 4 boards, 4 assists, and a steal. Embiid with 12 points, 8 boards, and a block. Noel with 9 points, 10 boards, and 2 blocks. GF with 8 points, 5 boards, and 4 assists in 24 minutes. MCW with 6 points, 5 boards, and 4 assists in 20 minutes. Butler with 5 points, 4 boards, and 2 assists in 25 minutes. LeBron led them with 20 points, 8 boards, and 7 assists. Can we take them down in 5? __________________ Retired GM of the eNFL 2007 Super Bowl Champion Philadelphia Eagles (19-0 record.) GM of the WOOF 2006 Doggie Bowl Champion Atlantic City Gamblers. GM of the IHOF 2019 and 2022 IHOF Bowl Champion Asheville Axemen.

04-27-2015, 12:15 PM	#183
Eaglesfan27 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: New Jersey	6:00 - Our athleticism and length is bothering them as we are smothering their shots. We lead 12-6. Perkins doing a great job staying in front of LeBron and bothering him with length. Perkins with a block that starts a fast break.. Butler to Robinson for a dunk! Embiid overpowering them inside with moves and strength. We had a 12 point lead but LeBron goes into beast mode and close out the quarter with a 8-0 run. We are still up 25-21 at the end of 1. Cowen and Embiid each with 8 points in the 1st. 5:44 - Cowen takes his first break of the game as he is exhausted. We are tied at 37. MCW in at PG. MCW, Butler, GF, and Robinson with Embiid behind them playing smothering defense. We build the lead back up to 45-37. LeBron with a few nice moves to end the run and go on their own 6-0 run. Embiid with a baby hook to end that little mini-run. Halftime: We lead 51-50. Our home crowd is fired up and Cowen is well rested to start the 2nd half. LeBron leads them with 12 points, 10 boards, and 4 assists. Cowen leads us with 12 points and 3 assists. Embiid with 10 points and 7 boards. Cowen comes out playing with incredible intensity... beating Irving off the dribble, getting into the lane and drawing fouls. We are in the bonus with 9:30 left and their big men are in foul trouble. We are up 62-52. Cowen is also playing AMAZING defense on Irving who misses another shot and is now 1 of 11... Embiid with a block... Perkins gets it.. throws it ahead to Butler who finds Cowen on the break.. Dunk!!! The crowd goes wild. We lead 66-52. Butler steals it from Waiters... passes ahead to Cowen... another breakaway dunk! They call T.O. Waiters hits a jumper to end our run. LeBron with another jumper. Embiid draws a 5th foul on their PF/C. 3:30 - LeBron working furiously to bring them back. I rest Embiid and Butler. We are up 70-60. At the end of 3, we are up 78-66. To start the 4th, we bring in MCW for a tired Cowen (who has 30 points already.) Turner, Robinson, Noel, and Embiid playing with him. NO! MCW goes down almost immediately with some type of leg injury. We are going to have to take him back to the locker. Cowen back into the game. Cowen comes back with a quick step... drive into the lane and kicks it out to Turner for a nice jumper. 6:00 - LeBron has helped pull them back in it again. We are up 88-80 but he is tiring. Cowen is also tiring and passing it more now. Butler back into the game... Butler with a steal.. passes to Cowen who throws it back to Butler for an alley-oop dunk! They close the gap to 6... Cowen drives into the lane.. kicks it to GF for a corner 3... swish! They close the gap to 6 again.. .Cowen kicks out for a midrange jumper by Butler. LeBron missing jumpers down the stretch.. Noel with a block on LeBron. Cowen and Noel with a pick and roll that leads to an alley-oop dunk for Noel. That puts us ahead by 10 and they never get closer. We win 101-91! We are advancing to the next round! Cowen is the player of the game with 34 points, 11 assists, 4 boards, 3 steals, 1 block, and 2 turnovers. He shot 13 of 20 and 8 of 9 from the line. He played 42 minutes. Embiid with 16 points, 11 boards, and 2 blocks. Butler with 13 points, 5 assists, 3 boards, and 2 steals. Robinson with 10 points and 2 assists. GF with 9 points, 5 boards, and 4 assists. Noel with 8 points, 12 boards, and 3 blocks. Perkins with 6 points, 9 boards, 2 assists, and 2 blocks. Turner with 2 points in 16 minutes. We held Irving to 10 points on 4 of 20 shooting. We held LeBron to 7 of 19 shooting for 19 points, 14 boards, and 9 assists. Waiters led them with 21 points on 9 of 15 shooting. __________________ Retired GM of the eNFL 2007 Super Bowl Champion Philadelphia Eagles (19-0 record.) GM of the WOOF 2006 Doggie Bowl Champion Atlantic City Gamblers. GM of the IHOF 2019 and 2022 IHOF Bowl Champion Asheville Axemen.

04-27-2015, 12:26 PM	#184
Eaglesfan27 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: New Jersey	MCW hurt his right knee again and while he will need the MRI to say for sure, it looks like his season is over. Will I be able to trade him and get any value? In other news: The #1 Thunder sweep the Grizzlies. The #4 Rockets beat Portland in 7 games. The #3 Lakers beat the Jazz in 7 games. The #2 Warriors beat the Suns in 6. In the East: The 5 seed Heat surprise the Wizards and win in 5. The #1 Bulls sweep the Pistons. The #2 Hornets beat the Magic in 5. The Matchups now: #1 Thunder vs #4 Rockets #2 Warriors vs #3 Lakers #1 Bulls vs #5 Heat #2 Hornets vs #3 76ers. Who are the leading players in the playoffs: Durant is leading all scorers at 35.6 ppg. DeRozan is averaging 31 ppg for the Lakers. Cowen is 3rd with 28.4 ppg. Schayes for the Lakers leads all rebounders with 13.3 rpg. Anthony Davis with 12.4 rpg and 24 ppg in the playoffs. Westbrook is leading all players with 9.2 apg in the playoffs. Napier of the Heat is 2nd with 8.8. Cowen leads all with 3 spg. Noel is the leading shot blocker at 2 bpg. Festus Ezeli has 1.9 bpg. Good news: Embiid is 100% healthy per our docs. A look at the Hornets: SG Lance Stephenson is their top player with a 90 rating. He is a deadly 3 point shooter. He is averaging 24 ppg in the playoffs. Noah Vonleh is a 22 year old PF who is rated 86 overall. He has a nice mid range game and is a capable scorer. He is averaging 12 ppg and 9 rpg. PG Hakan Ozat is a 22 year old PG who was the #5 pick in 2015. He is averaging 20 ppg and 6.6 apg. He is rated 86 overall. PG Jeremy Lin is 29 and is a very good 3 point shooter. He is rated 84 overall. He is averaging 13 ppg and 5 apg. PF/C Terrence Jones is a 6'9 250 pound PF/C who is a board cleaner. He is rated 83 overall. He is averaging 13 ppg and 10 rpg. PF Cody Zeller is a solid all around PF/C who is rated 82 overall. He is averagin 10 ppg and 7 rpg. SG P.J. Hairston is 25 and rated 80 overall. He is one of the best 3 point shooters in the league. He is averaging 10 ppg. C Al Jefferson is 33 and showing his age but he is still a capable low post threat in short bursts. He is rated 80 overall and is averaging 14.4 ppg and 7 rpg. The rest of their bench is all rated in the 70's. This will be a tough series. __________________ Retired GM of the eNFL 2007 Super Bowl Champion Philadelphia Eagles (19-0 record.) GM of the WOOF 2006 Doggie Bowl Champion Atlantic City Gamblers. GM of the IHOF 2019 and 2022 IHOF Bowl Champion Asheville Axemen.

04-27-2015, 01:47 PM	#185
Eaglesfan27 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: New Jersey	We start off with a 6-0 run punctuated by a Perkins block that led to a fast break dunk. However, they score the next 9 with a pair of 3's by Stephenson and Ozat. Cowen drives into the lane and is fouled to end that run. He makes both FT's. Cowen with a spectacular 1st quarter with 10 points and 5 assists. We lead 27-24. 5:00 - Cowen is exhausted but he has led a brilliant first half in which he has 11 points and 10 assists already. We are up 42-31. Cowen rests the remainder of the half. Clark with a pair of 3's and Embiid with a pair of baskets as well. Halftime: We are up 54-44. Cowen leads us with 11 points and 9 assists. Stephenson leads them with 11 points and 3 boards. Throughout the 3rd, Cowen makes plays and put pressure on them to help us build a 16 point lead before he rests with 3 minutes to go. They close the gap a bit. At the end of 3, we are up 74-64. Noel having a big game with blocks and put back baskets. Butler, GF, and Noel making plays to allow me to rest Cowen... Noel with another block... he is playing like a star! 6:00 - We bring back Cowen and Embiid and Perkins with a 88-76 lead. Our defense steps it up again and we cruise to the victory. We win 100-82. Cowen is the player of the game with 21 points, 14 assists, 3 boards, and 1 turnover. He shot 8 of 16, 1 of 3, and 4 of 4. Butler with a 19 points, 5 boards, 3 assists, 2 steals, and 1 block night. He shot 8 of 15. Embiid with 14 points, 10 boards, 2 assists, 2 steals, and 5 blocks! His defense was clutch all night. He shot 7 of 11. Noel with 13 points, 8 boards, 3 assists, and 3 blocks. He shot 6 of 7, mostly fastbreak dunks, and putbacks. Clark with 9 points and 1 assist in 10 minutes. Robinson with 8 points, 8 boards, and 4 assists. Turner with 7 points and 4 assists. GF with 5 points and 4 boards in 21 minutes. I thought he scored more... PErkins with an off night shooting but he did everything else well. 4 points, 10 boards, 5 assists, 1 steal, and 1 block. He shot 2 of 10. Moultrie with 3 boards in 8 minutes. Ozat led them wtih 17 points and 7 assists. Stephenson with 16 points and 4 boards. Vonleh with 12 points and 11 boards. Lin was held to 3 of 12 shooting and 6 points with 4 assists. Hairston we smothered and held to 1 of 8 shooting including 1 of 6 from the arc. __________________ Retired GM of the eNFL 2007 Super Bowl Champion Philadelphia Eagles (19-0 record.) GM of the WOOF 2006 Doggie Bowl Champion Atlantic City Gamblers. GM of the IHOF 2019 and 2022 IHOF Bowl Champion Asheville Axemen.