Month: March 2021

I’m playing a stock market game with my class to learn about investing, and we’re reading The Westing Game where one of the characters has a stock market obsession. I made a company called Locked Stocks. I invested in six stocks, which were GameStop (GME), Amazon (AMZN), Apple (AAPL), Tesla (TSLA), Moderna (MRNA), and Pfizer (PFE).

Just so you know, I’m not an analyst, I might have some things that you disagree with. I’m 11. I’m not perfect.

 

EASTERN CONFERENCE

1. Philadelphia
2. Brooklyn
3. Milwaukee
4. Boston
5. Indiana
6. Miami
7. Atlanta
8. Toronto
9. Cleveland
10. New York
11. Orlando
12. Charlotte
13. Washington
14. Chicago
15. Detroit

WESTERN CONFERENCE (this was hard)

1. Utah
2. LA Lakers
3. LA Clippers
4. Denver
5. Portland
6. Golden State
7. Phoenix
8. Dallas
9. Memphis
10. San Antonio
11. New Orleans
12. Houston
13. Sacramento
14. Oklahoma City
15. Minnesota

FIRST ROUND

1-seed Sixers beat 8-seed Raptors 4-0

4-seed Celtics beat 5-seed Pacers 4-1

3-seed Bucks beat 6-seed Heat 4-3

2-seed Nets beat 7-seed Hawks 4-1

1-seed Jazz beat 8-seed Mavs 4-2

4-seed Nuggets beat 5-seed Trail Blazers 4-3

6-seed Warriors beat 3-seed Clippers 4-3

2-seed Lakers beat 7-seed Suns 4-1

CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS

1-seed Sixers beat 4-seed Celtics 4-2

2-seed Nets beat 3-seed Bucks 4-3

1-seed Jazz beat 4-seed Nuggets 4-3

2-seed Lakers beat 6-seed Warriors 4-2

CONFERENCE FINALS

1-seed Sixers beat 2-seed Nets 4-3

2-seed Lakers beat 1-seed Jazz 4-2

FINALS

2-seed Lakers beat 2-seed 76ers 4-2

Finals MVP: LeBron James

Ok, so there’s been a lot of drama in the NBA this season, I’m just overviewing it today.

• JAMES HARDEN TO THE NETS (what? how?)
• Seth Curry’s been a beast (no, not a typo) 17 ppg,  100% from the line,  59.5% from three, 60% field goal (he’s back tonight after testing positive)
• Stephen A. wants Kyrie to retire because he’s missed the last 7 games due to personal reasons (he’s back tonight! first game of the nets’ big three!)
• Julius Randle is looking like LeBron’s successor
• KELLY OUBRE PLEASE STOP SHOOTING THREES WHY ARE YOU SHOOTING SIX A GAME TAKE A HINT YOU HAVE THE WORST SHOOTING START TO A SEASON EVER YOU STARTED TWO FOR THIRTY COME ON PLEASE STOP YOU’RE FIFTEEN FOR SEVENTY-FOUR
• Steph Curry is being a little inconsistent (we’re gonna make the playoffs, but might not make it far)
• The Grizzlies took a pretty big hit with Ja and Jaren gone
• The T-Wolves are not looking like a pro team
• The Lakers are looking like they’re going back-to-back
• The Suns are good?
• The Spurs are good?
• The Raptors are bad?
• OVERTIME ESPN AND HOUSE OF HIGHLIGHTS PLEASE STOP POSTING ABOUT LAMELO I DON’T CARE IF HE MADE A GOOD PASS
• Caris LeVert has a kidney tumor (Harden may have saved his life)
• The Cavs want to trade or waive Kevin Porter Jr. after he threw food in the locker room

That’s about it for today

I’m back a day later and I’m updating you on what happened yesterday

• Clint Capela posted 27 points, a career-high 26 rebounds, and 5 blocks (him, Shaq, Dikembe Mutombo, Hakeem Olajuwon, and Patrick Ewing are the only people to do that in the last 35 years)
• KD, Harden, and Kyrie combined for 71% of their team’s points last night in a loss to Cleveland, with Durant having 38 points, 12 boards, and 8 assists, Irving scoring 37 points, and Harden putting up a triple-double with 21 points, 12 dimes, and 10 rebounds (nobody else on the team had more than 16 points, 3 assists, and 9 rebounds) 
• Cole Anthony was absolutely cold-blooded (he had a fading, buzzer-beating, game-winning three)
• Joel Embiid dropped 42 (his second 40-point game this season)
• The Wizards got their sixth consecutive game postponed due to the virus

I’m doing a playoff predictions post, so be sure to look at that