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Message: [QUOTE="SWC75, post: 3990981, member: 289"] 2020 NB: 53, OG: 52 Historical: OG: 4,299 points, 40 victories and 16 rings NB: 3,478 points, 21 victories and 12 rings Covid-19 invaded the sports world just as it invaded every other world. The Juniors all got vaccinated and eventually persuaded GrandPop to, despite what he was hearing on Fox News. The NBA suspended their season in March but picked it up, after much negotiation, in August and decided their championship in October, 377 days after the first preseason game, back in September of 2019. The irregular standings, (teams played from 64-72 teams), show the Nets at 35-37, better than 17 teams and Knicks at 21-45, better than 6 teams. The nets got swept by the Raptors in the first round. NB: 18 OG: 6. The NHL did the same thing, except they finished up on September 28. The Islanders, Rangers and Devils finished 6th, 7th and 8th in an 8-team division. The Isles were 35-23-10 (80), better than 16 teams. The Rangers were 37-28-5 (79), better than 14 and the Devils were 28-29-12 (68), better than 5. An expanded playoff set-up had a ‘qualifying round’, which in a 30-team league produced no points, (30 points to the champion, 15 to the runner up, 7 to semi-final losers, 3 to quarter-final losers, 1 to first round and cut that in half and round down and you get zero. The Rangers lost to the Hurricanes in that round and got no additional points. The Islanders beat the Panthers, Capitals and Flyers before losing in the semis to eventual champion Lightning. That gets them 7 additional points. NB: 46 OG: 20 Baseball, after protracted negotiations went with a 60-game season, also with expanded playoffs. The Yankees went 33-27, better than 20 teams but not the Rays at 40-20. The Mets never got anything going and finished 26-34, better than 6 teams. The Yankees beat the Indians in the first round but lost to the Rays in the quarters. NB: 52 OG: 43. The NFL played their full season, uninterrupted, (they did cancel pre-season games). The Jets lost their first 13 games and wound up 2-14, better than just 1 team, (they seemed to be tanking but the jaguars did it better). The Giants lost their first 5 games and 7 of their first 8 but couldn’t keep up with the Jets’ pace so they decided to win a few games and wound up 6-10, better than 9 teams. The New Breed pulled it out 53-52!. Junior 2 wasn’t sure if that was enough of a bandwagon to jump on. [/QUOTE]

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