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The significance of winning 18th in a row.

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by noize, Mar 9, 2008.

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  1. noize

    noize Member

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    The Rockets just became the seventh team in history to win 18 or more consecutive games—five of the previous six won the NBA championship.

    I don't care what anyone say about our ongoing streak but its one hell of an accomplishment in a tough league and I those who tries to down play are just haters.
     
    #1 noize, Mar 9, 2008
  2. Patience

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    Hell, I'll settle for winning a series or two. Go Rockets!
     
    #2 Patience, Mar 9, 2008
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    I just can't believe we're 3rd in the West now, and soon to be 1st... :)
     
    #3 TracywtFacy, Mar 9, 2008
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    Soon to be 2nd, and I say that in all seriousness. It might not last through the year, but San Antonio has 4 tough games and we have 3 easy ones next, meaning if things play out properly we should be ahead of them before our 5-games-in-7-nights scrum.
     
    #4 Spacemoth, Mar 9, 2008
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    My sig says it all.
     
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    You know what ? It's definitely not a accident.
     
    #6 jusdin, Mar 9, 2008
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    destiny??
     
    #7 mtran, Mar 9, 2008
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    I would be happy to get out of the first round. I'd be overjoyed. Then we can talk... :)
     
    #8 ShadyMcGrady, Mar 9, 2008
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    The significance is I'm more pumped and rejuvenated about the Rockets since the champion years...I'm likely not the only one...

    They look like a team with such a complete drive and focass. :cool:
     
    #9 ROXRAN, Mar 9, 2008
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    Statistically, a running streak of this binomial trial (win/lose, 82 trials together) follows a weird distribution. In short, the longest run of wins is approximately log(82-82p)/log(1/p) where p is the winning probability. If we throw in a winning streak of 18, it basically means that the winning probability of rockets is about 88.12%. It's insane! :D :D :D
     
    #10 paulcao1978, Mar 9, 2008
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    God I hope Lakers lost to Kings today... Kings currently up by 11 with 6 mins left in the third... fingers and toes crossed!!!
     
    #11 TracywtFacy, Mar 9, 2008
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    The Binomial Distribution is not weird :p

    I'm not sure what you did, but I believe the probability to win 18 consecutive games, is simply x^18, where x is the winning chance per game.

    In order to have a 50% probability to accomplish such feat, x is 96.22% :D

    When the critics keep bringing it up law of the average, they are dead wrong. It's clearly the law of exponential. :D
     
    #12 pppbigppp, Mar 9, 2008
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