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<blockquote data-quote="TJV" data-source="post: 377818" data-attributes="member: 4300"><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">In a normal season I think the only pre season game to pay attention to as far as the state of the team is concerned is the third game. That is usually the game teams game-plan for and is considered the dress rehearsal for the season. Again as far as team evaluation goes, IMO it’s only as long as the starters are still playing and they usually play the first series of the third quarter so they can practice half-time adjustments. Even then they aren’t going to use their entire playbook. But this isn’t a normal season so for me the importance of any pre season game – other than regarding individual players’ development - is up in the air. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">But even in a normal year pre season isn’t a good indication of how the season will play out. And since the regular season is a marathon and not a sprint, even the early season games are necessarily indicative of how the entire season will play out. For example, a team could go 2-2 in the pre season, start the regular season 3-3, experience a tsunami of injuries, barely make the playoffs and still win it all. I mean, that <em>could</em> happen, right? <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-shortname=":)" /></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TJV, post: 377818, member: 4300"] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]In a normal season I think the only pre season game to pay attention to as far as the state of the team is concerned is the third game. That is usually the game teams game-plan for and is considered the dress rehearsal for the season. Again as far as team evaluation goes, IMO it’s only as long as the starters are still playing and they usually play the first series of the third quarter so they can practice half-time adjustments. Even then they aren’t going to use their entire playbook. But this isn’t a normal season so for me the importance of any pre season game – other than regarding individual players’ development - is up in the air. [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]But even in a normal year pre season isn’t a good indication of how the season will play out. And since the regular season is a marathon and not a sprint, even the early season games are necessarily indicative of how the entire season will play out. For example, a team could go 2-2 in the pre season, start the regular season 3-3, experience a tsunami of injuries, barely make the playoffs and still win it all. I mean, that [I]could[/I] happen, right? :)[/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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