Sunday, May 11, 2014

MyGuy Tips. 5/11/2014. Clipping the Thundered Wiz with Pace

How is everyone doing on MyGuy? Better? The tips section runs a little long, so I try to make the picks section as concise as possible. Hope everyone is having a great Mother's Day!


Tips:
Viggle gets a true "live" feed. We get a delayed feed of about 10-15 seconds. So unlike NFL and NCAA, there is no lag, do not try switching between plays, you will almost always be late.

At the end of the quarter (especially half time) just pick your next player. When the quarter starts, you'll already have someone.

Big guys (size wise) tend to do better. They handle the ball less (less turnovers) they take close range higher percentage shots (less missed shots to break a streak) and they tend to grab more rebounds and blocks.

Superstars are the key to this game. Superstars tend to get hot (build a streak), offensive plays run through them (more opportunities to score or get assists) and they tend to take more foul shots (2 made FTs is 2 more added to a streak)

Ends of quarters generally have the free throws. It's when enough fouls have been called to be in the penalty. If you see a guy get fouled on a shot attempt or after 5 fouls in a quarter they'll go to the line and you can switch.

In close games, superstars will stay in until the end. In super close games (within 3 points) there tends to be more fouls near the end. The last 2 minutes can be filled with lots of free throw attempts. In blowout games, they tend to send bench players in the last 3 minutes, and there are rarely foul shots. Knowing what bench players might put up shots so they can get some glory stats is good too.

Watching games will help you because you can see who is on the bench and not. However, you can pick and choose just one guy each quarter and you may be able to do well, Superstars tend to get hot and can rack up 150 points easy with 4 or 5 plays.

***THERE IS A GLITCH IN THE MATRIX! After some quarters (sometimes midway through a quarter) Viggle MyGuy adds the previous points from another quarter on your total, so your score looks  high like 250-400 points. These are fake points, and won't actually get you +150. If the fake score really bugs you, the easiest way to find the real score is to back out of MyGuy and head back in. (On iPad i think this means closing the app and reopening it) This is risky because, as we all know, Viggle has problems, if you back out, you may not be able to get back in. Especially if a game is late in the 4th; games tend to go over the allotted time, if this happens the banner for MyGuy may be gone and you won't be able to get back in. If you have 300 points and only 3 or 4 minutes has passed in he quarter, you most likely have fake points)

***PROTECTING YOUR POINTS. Once you hit 150 points, you are done. No need to try and get 300 more, unless you want bragging rights. If you are sitting on your points at exactly 150, it's good to pick a player that has no chance of getting in. The player will gain no points for you, but that player also won't turn the ball over (-20) or miss a free throw (-10) to make your beautiful 150 points (+250 MG pts) turn into a frustrating 140 (+100 MG pts). I'm going to start naming a Protect Your Points (PYP) player under the teams as well. As soon as you cross the threshold you can protect your points. (Disclaimer, be careful about those fake points. you do not want to put a PYP player in when your display shows 300 fake points and all you really have is 60.)

***My personal twitter is @huutransuperman but if I'm watching the game you can follow along at  @HuuMyGuy on twitter. I'll live tweet if i'm changing a player or if a good FT shooter is coming up. If you're playing live this is a good way to get some extra points. (When i'm available to watch the games that is)

Thunder At Clippers (3:30 ABC)
Durant (Points A++, Rebounds B, Assists B, Free throws A, Streak A-)
Westbrook (Pts B+, Rebs B+, Asts B+, FT % B, Streak B) 
Paul (Points B, Rebs C, Assists A, Steals B, FT% B+, Streak B+)
Griffin (Points B+, Rebs A-, Blocks B-, FT% C+, Streak B)

These four have done pretty well in these playoffs. I think you would have been happy with any of these four as your MyGuy last game. Paul is the oldest so he sits the most, but he's still in for a majority of the game. Durant takes his break (usually) near the beginning of the second quarter (approx 2-4 min) and he also take one small break in the 4th. These have been close enough that the stars have played throughout the game. If anyone goes to the free throw line, they should be good....except for Deandre Jordan, he's the opposite of that.

My Pick: Durant (all 4 quarters) my second pick is Paul.
PYP Player: Turkglu (Clippers)



Pacers at Wizards (8ET TNT) 
Pacers
George (Points B, Rebounds B-, Assists C+, Steals B-, Blocks C+)
Hibbert (Pts: B-, Rebs: A, Blks A)
West (Pts B, Rebs B-, Blks C-)
Wizards
Wall (Pts B, Rebs C+, Assists B, Steals B+)
Beal (Pts B-, Asts B-, Streak B)
Nene (Pts B-, Rebs B-, Blks C-)

This series has been the hardest to predict and the last game the worst display of professional basketball I've seen...possibly ever. Hibbert is "back" I guess. Two game where he didn't throw up a dud. Let's say he's found his groove and he's capable of his All-Star level of play. I like him because he doesn't take long range shots often, so he's not likely to miss. He can grab rebounds to get a cheap streak going, and if he is the best shot blocker on the team so a better chance for a big reward.

My Pick: Hibbert. (But it could come down to which team is hot)
Protect Your Points Player (When you hit 150 in a quarter): Bynum (Pacers)

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