Alright, let me tell you about this little experiment I ran, this whole “magic blazers prediction” thing I got into.
It started pretty simply. I was watching a Blazers game, getting frustrated like usual. You know how it is. Pundits saying one thing, stats pointing another way, and then the game just goes completely sideways. I thought, heck, their guesses are as good as mine, maybe I can find some weird pattern, my own little ‘magic’ way to figure out what’s gonna happen.
Getting Started
So, the first thing I did was decide I wasn’t going to use heavy stats or anything fancy. That felt like cheating, or at least, not the point of my little project. I wanted something more… personal? Intuitive? Yeah, something like that.
I grabbed an old notebook, one of those cheap spiral ones. Dedicated it just for this. On the first page, I just wrote down the next Blazers game schedule I could find. Opponent, date, home or away. Basic stuff.
My Weird Process
Okay, here’s where the “magic” part comes in, and honestly, it felt kinda silly writing it down then, and it feels silly talking about it now, but here goes.
- I decided I needed a ‘ritual’. Nothing crazy, just something consistent before making a guess. Usually involved making coffee a certain way. Don’t ask why coffee, it just felt right.
- Then, I’d look at the matchup. Not the stats, but just the team names. Portland Trail Blazers vs. [Opponent Name].
- I tried to get a ‘feel’. Yeah, I know, super vague. Sometimes it was based on how I felt that morning. Grumpy? Maybe the Blazers would play sloppy. Feeling good? Maybe they’d pull off a win.
- I even tried focusing on the team colors for a bit. Like, how did the Blazers’ red and black feel against the opponent’s colors? That part didn’t last long, felt too weird even for me.
- I’d write down my prediction: Win or Loss. Sometimes I’d add a confidence level, like ‘strong feeling’ or ‘just a guess’.
- After the game, I’d go back to the notebook. Big red ‘X’ if I was wrong, green checkmark if I was right. I also jotted down the actual score, just for context.
What Happened
So I did this for a bunch of games. Maybe twenty or thirty? Kept the notebook by my couch.
The results? Well, let’s just say I’m not quitting my day job to become a sports psychic. It was messy. Some weeks I’d get a surprising number right, felt like I was onto something. Then the next week, completely wrong on almost every game. Super frustrating.
There was no real pattern to my ‘method’ working. The coffee ritual didn’t seem to influence anything, surprise surprise. My mood sometimes matched the outcome, other times it was the complete opposite. It was basically random.
I realized my ‘gut feelings’ were probably just influenced by news I’d half-read or commentary I’d overheard without realizing it. So much for pure intuition.
Wrapping It Up
In the end, keeping the notebook became more of a chore than fun. The ‘magic’ wasn’t there. It was just me guessing, same as everyone else, but with extra steps involving coffee and team colors for a while.
It was an interesting little exercise, though. Kind of reminded me that sometimes we look for complex answers or hidden ‘magic’ when things are just unpredictable. Especially sports. Predicting Blazers games is hard, period. My weird process didn’t crack the code. But hey, I tried something different, kept a record, and figured out pretty quick it wasn’t really leading anywhere special. That’s the way it goes sometimes when you’re just tinkering with an idea.
