Ben Alamar

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Guessing that raising the minimum wage would go farther to restore dignity that kicking people off of Medicaid

Go Gophers!

Time to get a new hat.

This is a great story about analytics and Tom Thibodeau.

Halliburton has been good in the paint, but like Turner, struggled from 3 - hitting only 29% compared to his 39% regular season average.

Turner has had a particularly bad shooting series against the Thunder with eFG% 22% lower than he had during the EC Playoffs - mostly because he is shooting only 23% from 3 compared to his 40% regular season avg.

During the playoffs, the top shooters for the Pacers (except for Halliburton) all shot better (by eFG%) than they did in the regular season with Nembhard having the biggest bump (50.6% to 56.1%) - until they ran into the OKC D - where only TJ has improved. #NBAFinals #Pacers #OKC

Diversity has really hurt the US in basketball and...women's soccer.

Anytime my son is practicing piano and gets to a song that I at least think I know the words to, I take it as an invitation to take center stage and “delight” everyone in the house with my powerful - if off key - rendition.

Just announced 20k in Austin #nokings

Incredibly brave folks!

@pablo.show Finds Out how credit scores are actually calculated

OKC:
oreb%: 32%, dreb%: 82%

That’s how you survive 18% from 3

Total dominance this season

Just thinking the same thing. They are just not getting points in waves.

No injuries is the #1 rule in post-40 basketball

When you are only down 3 at the half after 6-21…maybe you’re not so bad off

The calls are right, the definitions are … odd

In which I jinxed OKC

But having shooter jump forward so the defender is in their landing zone is a flagrant?

6/11/25: Ben Alamar | NBA Finals | NHL Finals | MLB Pitching | French Open Podcast Episode · The Wharton Moneyball Post Game Podcast · 06/11/2025 · 1h 1m

Got to talk about the NBA Finals and teammate chemistry the Wharton Moneyball podcast. Also, discussed whether Halliburton is clutch or has been clutch or just has been clutch in these playoffs. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

But 63% is better than is reasonable to expect

Win probability added breakdown of Game 1, according to the four factors.

You need a net +50% to win a game, and OKC nearly won the game on turnovers alone (+41%). But Indiana won it twice from the floor (+106%).

Pacers have been out shooting their ability from 3 all playoffs.

OKC was the underdog in 2012 Finals and won game 1. This is all just a part of the plan to do things differently this time.

Turns out the key for the Pacers is to lull OKC into a false sense of security

OKC had 14 steals. Pacers had 1. That stat would lead me to think that OKC destroyed the Pacers in game 1. But…Halliburton