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Originally Posted by buddahfan Ray Allen has pinched nerve, likely to sit out against Charlotte - NBA - Yahoo! Sports Allen hasn'...

View Poll Results: How many games will the Celtics win this year?
Under 60 games 1 5.26%
60-65 games 9 47.37%
65-70 games 9 47.37%
70 games 0 0%
Over 72 games (breaking the Bulls record) 0 0%
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Old 01-08-2008, 08:45 PM
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Allen hasn't looked good the last two games vs the Pistons or Grizzlies...but the article mentions that he just started feelin the pain the last 2 days. Maybe this is the start of the Celtic injury bug that we all figured would eventually happen.

Big Baby appears to be hurt too from all of those floor burns he got from the crashing and one situations last Saturday night
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Historically Allen has shown himself to be the most injury prone of the Big 3 with KG being the least.

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Re: How many games will the Celtics win this year?

To actually make this poll valid, you would need to clean up the choices. Right now there are 5 choices:

(a) Under 60 games
(b) 60-65 games
(c) 65-70 games
(d) 70 games
(e) Over 72 games (breaking the Bulls record)


When you create poll choices for predicting something like wins, you should choose mutually exclusive outcomes, as well as allow for all possible outcomes. For example:
  • If you thought the Celtics would win exactly 65 games, then choice (b) or (c) would work
  • If you thought the Celtics would win exactly 70 games, then choice (c) or (d) would work.
  • If you thought the Celtics would win 71 or 72 games, there is no valid choice.
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To actually make this poll valid, you would need to clean up the choices. Right now there are 5 choices:

(a) Under 60 games
(b) 60-65 games
(c) 65-70 games
(d) 70 games
(e) Over 72 games (breaking the Bulls record)


When you create poll choices for predicting something like wins, you should choose mutually exclusive outcomes, as well as allow for all possible outcomes. For example:
  • If you thought the Celtics would win exactly 65 games, then choice (b) or (c) would work
  • If you thought the Celtics would win exactly 70 games, then choice (c) or (d) would work.
  • If you thought the Celtics would win 71 or 72 games, there is no valid choice.
Valid??

Who does the validating?
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Valid??

Who does the validating?
I do, of course.
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I do, of course.
Didn`t get that email.

Therefore, your validating power is of no consequence!
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Didn`t get that email.

Therefore, your validating power is of no consequence!
This was a great poll question. I'm just giving you a hard time that a couple of your poll choices are invalid. No big deal.
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Historically Allen has shown himself to be the most injury prone of the Big 3 with KG being the least.


I think Allen is the one that they can adapt to being without and still win, but if either Pierce or KG go down for a sustained amount of time, then the 70 victories will be a pipedream.

With that being said, I did check the Boston's schedule and they play Charlotte on April 5th so Nazr has the opportunity to wreak some havoc on Pierce or KG and imobilize one of them for a few weeks...going into May

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This was a great poll question. I'm just giving you a hard time that a couple of your poll choices are invalid. No big deal.
I got you.

You are right, there are a couple of choices that could go either way.
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Re: How many games will the Celtics win this year?

Nothing in the poll covers ties..........
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