Archive for the 'Polls' Category
New poll going up today for the week. Who do you think should be the Miami Dolphin’s starting QB going foward? Many fans are calling for John Beck and some are calling for Cleo Lemon. The consensus around forums, talk radio and newspapers is it’s time for the John Beck era and Trent Green has worn out his welcome.
Vote in this week’s poll on the sidebar to the left or follow this link.
I recently removed the options to vote for Jim Bates, Bobby Petrino and Ken Whisenthunt. Obviously these guys are not in the coaching picture. If you had voted for one of them, please reset your cookies and vote again for your new candidate! I am shocked at the amount of votes I have received already. If you haven’t seen the poll, or just don’t pay attention to the sidebar of my site, IT’S OVER THERE ON THE RIGHT!!!
Keep it up and remember, VOTE OR DIE!!!
You decide. Pinetar or dirty hands boy? Something seems fishy when “The king of roasted chicken” is starting to throw 23 scoreless innings in the WS at age 42. Vote in our poll.
I am giving this its own post and making it sticky on the top until the start of the finals. Get your votes in!
SporTech Matter wants to hear what you guys think will be the outcome of the Finals. Get those predictions warmed up and ready and throw your vote our way!
After a grueling 82 regular-season games and three thrilling rounds of playoff hoops, two teams remain: the Dallas Mavericks and the Miami Heat. If you look close enough you can see the Larry O’Brien Trophy shimmering in the eyes of each player and coach as he prepares for the final stage of what has been a season-long trek toward basketball’s ultimate prize. But behind the glitz and glamour of the Finals lie some interesting numbers, some facts and figures that help paint a more accurate picture of what should be a thoroughly entertaining, highly competitive series. Sure, there’s Riles and the Little General, Shaq and Dirk, D-Wade and … err … Mark Cuban? There’s plenty of stars and oodles of hype to go around, but the numbers, yes the numbers, lie beneath.
Inside the numbers…
0 Combined Finals appearances for the Heat and Mavericks franchises.
18 Years the Heat have been an NBA franchise.
26 Years the Mavs have been an NBA franchise.
1 Player on the Mavericks with Finals experience (Keith Van Horn, with the Nets in 2002).
3 Players on the Heat with Finals experience (Shaquille O’Neal, with the Magic in 1995 and the Lakers in 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2004; Gary Payton, with the Sonics in 1996 and the Lakers in 2004; Shandon Anderson, with the Jazz in 1997 and 1998).
1 Championship ring on the Mavs sideline (Coach Avery Johnson, who won the 1999 Finals as a player with the Spurs).
9 Championship rings on the Heat sideline (Coach Pat Riley - 6, Shaq - 3).
5 Consecutive wins for the Mavs over the Heat, including victories this season on Nov. 25 and Feb. 9 that extended Dallas’ then winning streaks to 13 and six straight games, respectively.
24.5 Average margin of victory (in points) for the Mavs in their two wins against the Heat this season.
16.8 Average margin of victory (in points) for the Mavs in the five straight wins overall.
3/26/04 As in March 26, 2004, i.e. the last time the Heat defeated the Mavs.
12 Former Top 10 NBA Draft picks playing in the Finals (six players per team).
26.2 Points per game scored by Dwyane Wade in this year’s Playoffs.
28.4 Points per game scored by Dirk Nowitzki in this year’s Playoffs.
31 Times a player has scored 50 points in a playoff game, the last of whom was Nowitzki in Game 5 of this year’s Western Conference Finals.
821 Career games played, including the postseason, by Miami’s Alonzo Mourning.
60 NBA Finals played, beginning with the first in 1947 between the Philadelphia Warriors and Chicago Stags (Philly took home the trophy in five games).
37 Finals MVPs awarded, the first of which was presented to Jerry West in 1969, making him the only player to win the award despite playing for the losing team.
35 Years since the Bucks and Bullets met in the Finals, the last time two teams made their Finals debuts in the same series.
5 Times two first-timers met in the same Finals series.
Make sure you check out my buddy over at MiamiSportsDude. He has been on fire lately with his blog posts. Gotta love the Heat fans intensity. Check him out!
Talk some pregame talk between fellow Heatian’s on the MiamiHeatWave msg board. Check it out!
Check the Dime for “experts” picks including a huge letdown from Miami Heat faithful Jack Ramsey picking the Mavs in 6.
SporTech wants to hear your thoughts! Drop your Finals feelings in the comments section.
I am a Wadeness. Are you?
Late Tuesday night update. I was just about to head to sleep when I found a hilarious we didn’t get any respect post by Mark Cuban on his Maverick Blog. Check a lil of it here and read the rest on his great blog…
Four more wins to go.
The Heat is a great team. Shaq alone has more finals experience than our entire roster. Riley has probably coached more playoffs games than AJ has games. It wont matter. Its going to be a war. Probably no less thrilling and down to the wire as almost every other NBA playoffs series has been.
We may be the underdogs, but we believe and we dont understand the word can’t.
For more Mark Cuban hiliarity check out Deadspin’s post a while back about his billion dollar penis.
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