Storyline: Many predicted the Portland Trailblazers would have an awful season. One analyst had it differently. (Find Lynn’s blog here.)
Sure, it is only a little past mid-season and things could change rapidly given the fickle flow of fate that NBA teams go through during any given regular season. But, for the moment, let this prognosticator toot like a rooster–just in case a later turn of events has him eating crow.
I’m a long time practicing numerologist who was an above-average athlete in high school and competed in multiple sports. I have maintained interest to some extent with sports, despite crass commercialism, in-house politics. and socio-politico pressures that have impacted the artistry, performance, and talent of the games. You may have perused some of my previous contributions to this website.
Lynn Buess
For a little fun and variety, I included a sports blog on my website Numerology Rising. I’ve picked bowl games for years and occasionally take a shot at the Triple Crown horse races. What got me started was my interest in the Portland Trail Blazers. I don’t usually get too attached to any pro sport because of reasons mentioned above–that and being tired of having to put up with the incredibly prepubescent behavior of taunting, mocking, and peacock-prancing that permeates almost all facets of sports these days.
While living in the Vancouver/Portland Metroplex region years ago, I started watching the Blazers and became a fan because of the relative lack of egomania among players, dignified team behavior, and the emphasis upon teamwork that was instilled by the coming of coach, Terry Stotts. During the 2014-15 season I started to numerically analyze the team, management, and players by the numbers. I even analyzed the performance and outcome of a couple games (before they were played) with surprising accuracy.
After the loss of four starters from that campaign, the 2015-16 coming season appeared to be a pending debacle. Hundreds of NBA analysts around the country wrote off the Blazers, along with the local contingent of press, radio, television, edgy and rippity amateur bloggers and pundits of all sorts.
Most were just waiting to see how poorly the team would perform and how high they would rank in the coming draft at the end of the season. The Vegas odds makers had them winning around 17 to 20 games for the season. The general consensus among sports pros was that they would perform similar to what the odds-makers were saying–with a few hinting at maybe 30 wins give or take.
Upon taking a numerical look at the coming season during August ’15 (before the team had assembled), it would have been easy to make the same occlusion as the other analysts. As described in the blog, “Trail Blazers Break Out Player: Break out Season 2015-16,” I went against some of the conventional numerological thinking and took the high road in my assessment of this season.
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At that time I predicted a winning season with Playoff numbers. My specific range was 47 to 49 wins with a plus-minus of 3 and the final range of 44 to 51 wins. I clearly indicated the team would have an improved record during the second half of the season compared to the first half. This was because of change in vibration to a 9 universal year.
As of this writing the ‘Blazers are 22-26. They’ve already won more games than the odds-makers predicted, and they’re also in the running to make the Playoffs. If they maintain a slightly improved pace from now until the end of the season (as I previously predicted) they’ll end up right in the mix.
Of course, there are always the chances of NBA vagaries, like injuries, that can derail progress. Without such bum luck, this old numerology guy sits in the position of being the only sports prognosticator to accurately predict the Blazers’ ’15-16 fate.
That outcome will outperform nearly 1,000 professional analysts across the country, including former NBA players from around the country!
Time will tell. But, for now, I stand on my rooster’s perch.
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Here’s my August ’15 blog about the ‘Blazers: Lynn Buess M.A., EdS.
