Here are the contest scores following the first game. They ranged from pretty good to "OOOPS!", but don't worry even if you're way behind at this point. Part of the nature of the contest is that it can change on a dime. 100 points are possible with each game so today's trailers may very well be tomorrow's leaders.
Feel free to double-check your own score if you wish. I don't think I'd make any significant errors but tallying 34 of these you never know. I will automatically double check anyone who's close to the top at the end of the contest to make sure no errors affecting the outcome of the contest were made.
The game results, in contest format, were:
Blazers 96 Hawks 107
Martell Webster
Z-Bo Reb 6
JJ Ast 8
Web's Pts 18
A recap of the scoring system:
Give yourself 30 points if you picked Atlanta to win.
Give yourself 20 points if you picked Martell to be the leading (non-Zach) scorer.
You can get up to 50 bonus points using the following formula:
Figure the difference between your guesses and...
--The Blazer point total
--The Atlanta point total
--Zach's rebounds (multiply difference by 2)
--Jarrett's assists (multiply difference by 2)
--Martell's points
Add up those differences and subtract that number from 50. That's your bonus point total. Bonus point totals cannot go into the negative.
If you think I made a mistake or want to see exactly how I figured your score, just e-mail me.
Here's the scoreboard so far:
55 points
JPop
53 points
Ratbastird
52 points
Bretski
48 points
Wolfman97080
43 points
Dr. Dave
39 points
GimmeIme
35 points
Mortimer
15 points
Toast
14 points
Drooo
Wilbjammin
13 points
OutsideTheKnow
Luckyride
TwoDeep
12 points
DevynLindquist
Einsteinthinker(503 Maintain)
10 points
Junit3123
Jim E
9 points
Divad 130
Bairdy
8 points
Bustabucket
Jksnake99
JC Burg
Rocking Harder
7 points
Gavin
McMillion
5 points
Belectica
4 points
BlazerBandit
MattD
3 points
Shiftyeyesdogg
2 points
Saregister
0 points
MajorTheo
Zenbowl
Dougall5505
--Dave (blazersub@yahoo.com)