Playoffs / Toilet Bowl RD2: 2018

PLAYOFFS

Chamberlain Conference
#3 Fob Stars (10-10-1) vs #4 Sour Snails (10-11)
Do you call it an upset when the reigning champs take out the number one seed? I guess it still is one, as Sour Snails hit a last second 3PT to take the slim victory over Another Bad Creation — we were prescient in seeing another close game between these two.

As for Fob Stars, it really was an upset as the dark horse contender simply demolished division foe / recent winner Fat Jubas behind Kemba Walker and Ricky Rubio. Too bad for Eric, as he had loaded up just last week for a deep post-season run. Now Jimmy could be staring at a Finals appearance as Sour Snails has five of his top six guys injured and now it’s Damian Lillard versus the (Fob) world.

Russell Conference
#1 Chunky Monkeys (20-1) vs #2 So Buckets (14-6-1)
As expected, Chunky Monkeys won in a romp against down-and-out Team Thien. What’s unexpected is who Evan will be facing in the conference finals. Funk Coalition jumped out to a huge lead by mid-week and looked to be cruising to an easy upset. However, a lineup error froze Jon’s team at too many GP and So Buckets overcame momentary roster lock confusion — and a full slate of Sunday games — to sneak past Funk’s upset bid by one TO. Impressive stuff! Boo to Jon for his coaching snafu, I guess that’s what happens when your team is never in the post-season…


TOILET BOWL
Chamberlain Conference
#3 IL Conceived (8-12-1) vs #4 LA Buffy (3-16-2)
A double upset means one of these lower seeds will get a high pick next year. Awesome! IL Conceived had an easy time of it as Sager’s Suits and Ties hit the lineup cap a day early, sealing their fate. The game might have been competitive till the last drop, but we’ll never know now.

As for Buffy, it was an incredible upset against #1 ranked Squirtles as Coach Roger piloted them to a 6-3 win over Squirtle Squad / Giannis Antetokounmpo that featured less games played (by -3), less TOs (an incredible 22 to 54), yet somehow garnered more PTS and 3PT! All this with Klay Thompson, Brandon Ingram, Danilo Gallinari, Avery Bradley, and Domantas Sabonis unable to participate due to injury. Recent trade addition Kyle Kuzma and Austin Rivers combined to lead the soon-to-come LA resurgence!

#1 Swamp Dragons (12-7-2) vs #3 Team Cameltoe (5-15-1)
Team Spade put up more of a fight than we anticipated, but Swamp Dragons still took down the worst team in SlamNation in 2018 by simply having more games played. Spade will draft #3, and whoever the newcomer is will be a welcome addition to their core.

Swampies will be the only non-upset Toilet Bowl participant as Team Cameltoe took higher seeded Snack Bears to the limit and then dispatched them by a mere STL and a handful of PTS or 3PT on Sunday. A big upset here could give Anthony Davis the running mate he needs in a loaded draft, so here’s hoping Felipe finds some more Toilet Bowl magic and gets this win! Note: We see you back-in-action Markelle Fultz!!!…on the bench, unfortunately, due to our roster lock rules.