Emirates Cup Survivor Pool: Round 1 Recap

417 sats \ 56 comments \ @Undisciplined 13 Nov Stacker_Sports

That was a great night of basketball!

The Steph-Klay reunion easily met expectations and was another reminder of just how great Steph Curry is. It also cemented the Warriors as legit contenders this season.

We also had three big upsets, with Boston, Miami, and Minnesota all losing to likely lottery teams. Boston and Miami cost @siggy47, @BlokchainB, and @supercyclone their first strike (Let me know in the comments if you want to buy-back in).

The Miami loss had to be the craziest, as no one expects Spoelstra to pull a Webber and try to call a timeout he doesn't have.

Boston's loss was quite embarrassing in it's own right, though, since all they needed to do is complete a wide open in-bounds pass. This team still seems to have some issue performing under pressure.

What were your impressions of last night's games and the Emirates Cup so far?

Prize

Still about 30k, but will be 45k if last night's losers buy back in (C'mon guys, it was just an off night. You've got this!).

I'll get the round 2 picks post up later today.

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121 sats \ 9 replies \ @siggy47 13 Nov

I know when to quit

61 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby 13 Nov

Boooo you will never reverse that evil eye curse by quitting.

128 sats \ 7 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 13 Nov

Bummer

Enjoy the rest of your vacation.

52 sats \ 6 replies \ @realBitcoinDog 13 Nov

If @siggy47 doesn’t buy back in is he out for the rest of the season?

His 3000 sats were delicious 😈

43 sats \ 5 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 13 Nov

Yep, @siggy47's sats are now forfeit, unless he has a change of heart before Friday.

22 sats \ 4 replies \ @siggy47 13 Nov

Screw all of you. Alright. What's the buyback?

5000 sats \ 3 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 13 Nov

That's the spirit! It's only 5k and you'll get a bunch of that back in rewards anyway.

You can zap this comment.

54 sats \ 2 replies \ @realBitcoinDog 13 Nov

Do you know what’s tastier than @siggy47 3k sats?

5000 sats 😈

36 sats \ 1 reply \ @siggy47 13 Nov

Revenge is a dish that tastes best served cold.

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88 sats \ 15 replies \ @grayruby 13 Nov

The Mavs and Warriors game was great. I would love to see that matchup in the playoffs.

45 sats \ 14 replies \ @gnilma 13 Nov

Agreed. That game was fun to watch. How about that Warrior defense? Quite suffocating if you ask me. And Draymond had several huge defensive plays; that block on was insane!

61 sats \ 13 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 13 Nov

Awesome block. Steph had some big plays against Klay early, too.

60 sats \ 12 replies \ @gnilma 13 Nov

I missed the early parts of the game, only caught the second half. Watched the highlights though. Saw some of the Steph-Klay battles in the highlights.

35 sats \ 11 replies \ @grayruby 13 Nov

It was great. Odd to see Klay in a Mavs uniform though. He did comment that it wasn't fun to be on the opposing side of Steph going off.

61 sats \ 10 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 13 Nov

I've already gotten used to Mavs' Klay. I think he looks right at home in that uniform and in that offense.

13 sats \ 9 replies \ @grayruby 13 Nov

First time I have seen Mavs Klay. He definitely looked good in that offense.

40 sats \ 8 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 13 Nov

I think this was the third Mavs game I've watched. They're really dangerous.

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56 sats \ 8 replies \ @realBitcoinDog 13 Nov

@Undisciplined and @grayruby got it wrong on the pod. Celtics wasn’t the slam dunk make it past first round choice.

Needed Magic!

27 sats \ 6 replies \ @grayruby 13 Nov

We both took the Magic and we get most things wrong.

55 sats \ 5 replies \ @realBitcoinDog 13 Nov

Did u both pick Magic? I didn’t hear that!!

33 sats \ 4 replies \ @grayruby 13 Nov

We were undecided at the time of the pod recording but I believe we both picked the Magic on Monday.

65 sats \ 3 replies \ @realBitcoinDog 13 Nov

Fake News!

50 sats \ 2 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 13 Nov

I couldn't bring myself to trust Miami.

57 sats \ 1 reply \ @realBitcoinDog 13 Nov

U don’t believe in calling imaginary timeouts?

20 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 13 Nov

I have some recollection of a coach doing that on purpose for some strategic reason, so I'm not against it in principle.

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50 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 13 Nov

Good thing I decided it wasn't worth burning them this early.

16 sats \ 2 replies \ @7e6e393a56 13 Nov

I watched Warriors x Mavericks and in addition to the game, I really liked the tribute that the fans paid to Klay Thompson. Very exciting! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @Undisciplined OP 13 Nov

I'm a huge sucker for that sort of thing too. It's great seeing an authentic outpouring of appreciation.

14 sats \ 0 replies \ @7e6e393a56 13 Nov

This demonstration of affection and respect for the player, who brought so much joy to the fans, is always very captivating.

13 sats \ 9 replies \ @grayruby 13 Nov

How much is the rebuy?

5000 sats \ 8 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 13 Nov

5 kilosats

Hopefully that means @supercyclone wants to continue. Also, the rebuy pays for itself if he outlasts you.

21 sats \ 7 replies \ @grayruby 13 Nov

He only has 3k sats on SN so I guess I will have to be his benefactor again. He needs to start winning some of these so he can pay me back.

On the bright side 1050 of those sats will come back to me in the form of territory revenue.

19 sats \ 6 replies \ @grayruby 13 Nov

zapped. I like this cool feature that gives you a few seconds to take back your zap over a certain threshold. Were you aware of this? @ek told me about it after I told him of my habit of fat thumbing 10k sat zaps on mobile.

40 sats \ 5 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 13 Nov

I learned about it from that conversation. I also turned it on for 10k, to prevent my YOLO mode from going too far.

59 sats \ 4 replies \ @ek 13 Nov

SN is so good that we fail to explain it sometimes 👀

If we had the resources to evaluate and implement it, we would probably include a tooltip when you zap big to let you know about the setting.

Maybe something like this would be fun:

Oh noes, there goes the college fund for your first kid. Anyway, if you want to send your next kid to college, consider enabling zap undos in your settings

22 sats \ 2 replies \ @grayruby 13 Nov

Clever. I like it.

111 sats \ 1 reply \ @Undisciplined OP 13 Nov

I thought it was going to be a warning, but this is a lot funnier.

What I was imagining:

Easy cowboy, that's generational wealth that you're about to give to a complete stranger.

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11 sats \ 4 replies \ @BlokchainB 13 Nov

How much time do I have before I can re-buy

Between the Pistons and Bo Nix im just having bad beats!

95 sats \ 3 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 13 Nov

You have until Friday. Take some time to recover.

22 sats \ 1 reply \ @BlokchainB 14 Nov

Okay I’m in! How I rebuy!

5011 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 14 Nov

Glad to have you back. Zap 5k to this comment.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @BlokchainB 13 Nov

@remindme in 1 day

10 sats \ 2 replies \ @Carresan 13 Nov

I watched just up to halftime NYK vs 76ers. Match was very close at that time. But it was getting quite late for my time zone to carry on. Great to be in round 2!

15 sats \ 1 reply \ @Undisciplined OP 13 Nov

I was surprised the score stayed so close. It felt like the Knicks were playing quite a bit better than the 76ers.

17 sats \ 0 replies \ @Carresan 13 Nov

That was my feeling too but , at least the part I watched, every time they increased the gap, they had some turnovers and the game was close again.