MyGuy tips. May 10, 2014. Blazing up with the Heat.

Well...since I have some followers who are watching my favorite sport (The NBA) I thought I would jot down my thoughts since I won't be able to watch most the games tonight.

*This is for those who play MyGuy through the Viggle app. If you don't Viggle, go ahead and comment me and I'll explain that later. 

I'm doing well on MyGuy this year, I think getting +250 every quarter is not a problem if you're watching live. Here are some tricks I use and what I think will happen in tonight's games. (I will not be watching because of prior engagements)

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)

Heat VS Nets 8 ET on ABC
Heat
James (Points A, Rebounds B, Assists B, Blocks B-, Steals B-, Free Throw % B, Streak A-)
Bosh (Pts B, Rebs B+, Blks B, FT% B, Streak B)
Wade (Pts B-, Rebs C, Asts B-. FT% B-, Streak B-)
Nets
Johnson (Pts B+, Rebs B-, Asts B, FT% A-, Streak B)
Pierce (Pts C+, Rebs C+, Asts C, FT% B)
Williams (Pts B-, Rebs C, Asts B+, FT% B)
Garnett (Pts C-, Rebs B+, Blks B)

This is a nice game, you can probably pick a player and stick with them the entire quarter. The nets use more subs and the 2nd quarter the Heat will have subs in for a little bit. I'd be shocked if you picked James every quarter and didn't at least get +50 each quarter.

The trend for this game. If you see Chris Andersen in (Heat) he may be a good play. Gets a couple blocks a game, gets a ton of rebounds, doesn't really take a whole lot of shots. If he's going to break your streak it will most likely be through a foul and not a turnover. Deron Williams (Nets) has been one of the leagues best player...but man he hasn't shown up these playoffs. He had 0 points last game...so I think he's an interesting wild card to do well. Just a feeling. Nets NEED to win this game in the worst way and hopefully Deron can get them a victory.

My Pick: Lebron James all 4 quarters. Chris Andersen if you believe in blocks and Deron Williams may get hot.
Protect Your Points Player: Brook Lopez (Nets)

Spurs Vs Blazers 10:30 ET ESPN
Spurs
Duncan (Pts A-, Rebs A-, Blks A-, FT% C, Streak B)
Parker (Pts A-, Asts A-, Stls B-, FT% B, Streak B- ]
Blazers
Aldridge (Pts A, Rebs B, Blks C+, FT% B, Streak B)
Lillard (Pts A-, Asts B+, Stls B, FT% A-, Streak B)

Another fairly easy game to pick one guy per quarter. Spurs have been doing extremely well but this is the first game in Portland for this series, Blazers will be amped up.

Trends to look for? Duncan and Parker have been rock solid in MyGuy all playoffs. They just don't have off games that often. They touch the ball A LOT, but they are older too, so they sit more often. Especially at the beginning of the second quarter. Tiago Splitter (Spurs) is the center, he's good for blocks and rebounds. Ginobili (Spurs) is the best offensive player off the bench. And Leonard (Spurs) really lit it up last game. After Parker/Duncan any of those three could be good picks.

Blazers are super young and play a lot of minutes. Game 3s the team comes back to play in front of the home crowd and it energizes them. Lopez (Blazers) if he had a rating would be Rebs A Blks A+ FT% C-, he doesn't do anything to excite you, but rebounds and blocks might be enough to score some points. Matthews was good game 1 and Batum was excellent game 2. This should be a fun game.

My Pick: I'm gonna go Duncan to start each quarter, but I'll be watching or following along for most of this game, if Lillard or Aldridge get hot, I'll switch.

PYP Player: Myck Kabongo (Spurs)