Christmas games in the NBA are always special. That's why I decided to spice it up and give out some presents for best players. 70 SCR will be distributed between best predictors in addition to my upvotes.

Make sure to read the rules below and join this contest if you haven't already. P.S. the contest rules (for those familiar with it) are changed a bit, if more predictions with the same score we will draw winners with lottery system. Everything else stays the same.

Algorithm picks:

Game: NYK vs MIL - predicted winner is MIL with probability of 70.0% W
Game: HOU vs OKC - predicted winner is HOU with probability of 53.0% W
Game: BOS vs PHI - predicted winner is PHI with probability of 63.0% L
Game: GSW vs LAL - predicted winner is LAL with probability of 51.0% W
Game: UTA vs POR - predicted winner is UTA with probability of 56.0% W

Choose today's winners from: NYK vs MIL / HOU vs OKC / BOS vs PHI / GSW vs LAL / UTA vs POR

Rules:

  • 5 comments with the HIGHEST score will be rewarded as shown below:
    1. 30 SCR
    2. 20 SCR
    3. 10 SCR
    4. 5 SCR
    5. 5 SCR
  • if one or more predictions with the same score then I'll apply a lottery system and draw winners
  • First 5 comments that beat algorithm predictions get my full upvote.
  • Paste your predictions before the first game of the night starts in the following format: "CHI / GSW / TOR / LAC / MIL / NOP / SAC"
  • Predict all games of the night!
  • If you don't write predictions in above format you might not get scored!!! Please be careful how you spell team names(use those from algorithm predictions above) or you might not get score!!!

PS: Upvote article if you like the contest (It will help me to keep it running, and eventually to raise the prizes). Thanks.

Christmas results: 4/5

Winners: espn, grof, kekec, cayelispor53, franz54
Prev prediction contest: https://scorum.com/en-us/nba/@kelso/win-10-scr-predict-more-nba-games-wins-than-computer-algorithm-2018-12-23
Next prediction contest: https://scorum.com/en-us/nba/@kelso/win-10-scr-predict-more-nba-games-wins-than-computer-algorithm-2018-12-26
Model success by now: 288/511 - 57%

Draws:
1-2 draw: http://www.randomresult.com/ticket.php?t=1021384UMRQS
3-5 draw: http://www.randomresult.com/ticket.php?t=1021386JCXVG

espn: 5/5 2018-12-24 22:47 1. place winner of 30 SCR + upvote
grof: 5/5 2018-12-24 23:11 2. place winner of 20 SCR + upvote
cayelispor53: 4/5 2018-12-24 20:49 4. place winner of 5 SCR
franz54: 4/5 2018-12-24 21:14 4. place winner of 5 SCR
kekec: 4/5 2018-12-24 22:24 3. place winner of 10 SCR

akarsufaruk: 3/5 2018-12-24 20:57
tadas: 3/5 2018-12-24 20:59
terminalline: 3/5 2018-12-24 21:32
danglass: 3/5 2018-12-24 22:44
easyboi: 3/5 2018-12-24 23:53
kp33: 3/5 2018-12-25 05:50
sport-x: 3/5 2018-12-25 08:16
kelso: 3/5 2018-12-25 15:15
agfnzn10: 3/5 2018-12-25 15:46
davor27: 2/5 2018-12-24 21:43
keegzhawkins: 2/5 2018-12-24 22:41
sportslife: 2/5 2018-12-24 22:57
mikey: 2/5 2018-12-24 23:45
lama10: 2/5 2018-12-25 04:37
barbadosso: 2/5 2018-12-25 08:12
jsock: 2/5 2018-12-25 13:16
pokal: 2/5 2018-12-25 13:23
mateunio17: 2/5 2018-12-25 18:52
sportitalia: 1/5 2018-12-24 22:37

Daily contest winners:

@tadas 12 Win
@davor27 6 Win
@lama10 6 Win
@cayelispor53 4 Win
@terminalline 4 Win
@jsock 4 Win
@kp33 3 Win
@agfnzn10 3 Win
@drbelkin 3 Win
@pokal 3 Win
@barbadosso 3 Win
@akarsufaruk 3 Win
@galasek 2 Win
@martinez 1 Win
@sportitalia 1 Win
@kekec 1 Win
@goldhunter1 1 Win
@grof 1 Win
@easyboi 1 Win
@abur 1 Win
@jeanphil12 1 Win
@espn 1 Win
@franz54 1 Win

Season leaders:

I changed top list to include only those that predict at least 1/3 of the matches the most regular predictor made in the past(so if for example @tadas has score of 55/79 to be on that list you have to predict more than 24 games).

In addition to daily prizes, rewards at the end of the contests will be distributed as follows (I am accepting sponsorship also. If you would like to pitch in some SCR message me in comments below):

sportitalia: 113/170 Score: 66.47%
tadas: 249/389 Score: 64.01%
jsock: 242/382 Score: 63.35%
terminalline: 146/231 Score: 63.2%
kekec: 163/259 Score: 62.93%
cayelispor53: 267/428 Score: 62.38%

pokal: 176/286 Score: 61.54%
grof: 194/318 Score: 61.01%
akarsufaruk: 236/390 Score: 60.51%
sport-x: 88/146 Score: 60.27%
dexpartacus: 112/186 Score: 60.22%
davor27: 253/424 Score: 59.67%
lama10: 172/290 Score: 59.31%
kelso: 191/328 Score: 58.23%
danglass: 97/169 Score: 57.4%
kp33: 221/386 Score: 57.25%
agfnzn10: 229/412 Score: 55.58%
espn: 100/181 Score: 55.25%
barbadosso: 135/250 Score: 54.0%
easyboi: 146/279 Score: 52.33%

To be signaled when new contest arrives join: https://t.me/joinchat/GJcE1VJeZU_h5nJE0-fV1w

Good luck!