# Baker’s Dozen III **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 22, 2022, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093 "2022-08-22T15:39:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 378
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2025, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7541 "2025-05-21T04:19:28Z")
**Players that are in the 2025 NBA Conference Finals** 1. Tyrese Haliburton 2. Precious Achiuwa ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2025, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7542 "2025-05-21T10:19:10Z")
**Players that are in the 2025 NBA Conference Finals** 1. Tyrese Haliburton 2. Precious Achiuwa 3. Chet Holmgren ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2025, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7543 "2025-05-21T11:56:09Z")
**Players that are in the 2025 NBA Conference Finals** 1. Tyrese Haliburton 2. Precious Achiuwa 3. Chet Holmgren 4. Tony Bradley ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2025, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7544 "2025-05-21T13:34:33Z")
**Players that are in the 2025 NBA Conference Finals** 1. Tyrese Haliburton 2. Precious Achiuwa 3. Chet Holmgren 4. Tony Bradley 5. Nickeil Alexander-Walker Younger cousin of Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2025, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7545 "2025-05-21T17:28:21Z")
**Players that are in the 2025 NBA Conference Finals** 1. Tyrese Haliburton 2. Precious Achiuwa 3. Chet Holmgren 4. Tony Bradley 5. Nickeil Alexander-Walker 6. Julius Randle ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2025, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7546 "2025-05-21T19:02:08Z")
**Players that are in the 2025 NBA Conference Finals** 1. Tyrese Haliburton 2. Precious Achiuwa 3. Chet Holmgren 4. Tony Bradley 5. Nickeil Alexander-Walker 6. Julius Randle 7. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2025, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7547 "2025-05-21T19:05:56Z")
**Players that are in the 2025 NBA Conference Finals** 1. Tyrese Haliburton 2. Precious Achiuwa 3. Chet Holmgren 4. Tony Bradley 5. Nickeil Alexander-Walker 6. Julius Randle 7. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 8. Jalen Brunson ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2025, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7548 "2025-05-21T20:34:51Z")
**Players that are in the 2025 NBA Conference Finals** 1. Tyrese Haliburton 2. Precious Achiuwa 3. Chet Holmgren 4. Tony Bradley 5. Nickeil Alexander-Walker 6. Julius Randle 7. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 8. Jalen Brunson 9. Alex Caruso ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2025, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7549 "2025-05-21T22:26:40Z")
**Players that are in the 2025 NBA Conference Finals** 1. Tyrese Haliburton 2. Precious Achiuwa 3. Chet Holmgren 4. Tony Bradley 5. Nickeil Alexander-Walker 6. Julius Randle 7. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 8. Jalen Brunson 9. Alex Caruso 10. Andrew Nembhard ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2025, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7550 "2025-05-23T18:39:06Z")
**Players that are in the 2025 NBA Conference Finals** 1. Tyrese Haliburton 2. Precious Achiuwa 3. Chet Holmgren 4. Tony Bradley 5. Nickeil Alexander-Walker 6. Julius Randle 7. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 8. Jalen Brunson 9. Alex Caruso 10. Andrew Nembhard 11. Aaron Nesmith ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2025, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7551 "2025-05-23T22:29:42Z")
**Players that are in the 2025 NBA Conference Finals** 1. Tyrese Haliburton 2. Precious Achiuwa 3. Chet Holmgren 4. Tony Bradley 5. Nickeil Alexander-Walker 6. Julius Randle 7. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 8. Jalen Brunson 9. Alex Caruso 10. Andrew Nembhard 11. Aaron Nesmith 12. Mitchell Robinson He crashed the glass and made a big difference in Game 1. ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2025, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7552 "2025-05-24T00:05:19Z")
**Players that are in the 2025 NBA Conference Finals** 1. Tyrese Haliburton 2. Precious Achiuwa 3. Chet Holmgren 4. Tony Bradley 5. Nickeil Alexander-Walker 6. Julius Randle 7. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 8. Jalen Brunson 9. Alex Caruso 10. Andrew Nembhard 11. Aaron Nesmith 12. Mitchell Robinson 13. Jaden McDaniels He’s featured in a NYTimes article on “Four X-factor players” who could play a decisive role; the others are Nesmith, Robinson, and Cason Wallace. Next **Fictional Characters in real or fictional armed forces** 1. Horatio Hornblower, Royal Navy, in the series by C.S.Forester ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2025, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7553 "2025-05-24T00:10:29Z")
**Fictional Characters in real or fictional armed forces** 1. Horatio Hornblower, Royal Navy, in the series by C.S.Forester 2. Captain 1st rank Marko Ramius of the Soviet Red Fleet, from _The Hunt for Red October_ by Tom Clancy ---
**Author:** ![Gr8Kat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gr8kat/32/18668_2.png) [@Gr8Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gr8Kat)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2025, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7554 "2025-05-24T01:26:59Z")
**Fictional Characters in real or fictional armed forces** 1. Horatio Hornblower, Royal Navy, in the series by C.S.Forester 2. Captain 1st rank Marko Ramius of the Soviet Red Fleet, from _The Hunt for Red October_ by Tom Clancy 3. Private Billy Pilgrim, US Army, _Slaughterhouse-Five_ by Kurt Vonnegut ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2025, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7555 "2025-05-24T02:29:03Z")
**Fictional Characters in real or fictional armed forces** 1. Horatio Hornblower, Royal Navy, in the series by C.S.Forester 2. Captain 1st rank Marko Ramius of the Soviet Red Fleet, from _The Hunt for Red October_ by Tom Clancy 3. Private Billy Pilgrim, US Army, _Slaughterhouse-Five_ by Kurt Vonnegut 4. Corpsman Rhomann Dey, Nova Corps, _Guardians of the Galaxy_ ---
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**Fictional Characters in real or fictional armed forces** 1. Horatio Hornblower, Royal Navy, in the series by C.S.Forester 2. Captain 1st rank Marko Ramius of the Soviet Red Fleet, from _The Hunt for Red October_ by Tom Clancy 3. Private Billy Pilgrim, US Army, _Slaughterhouse-Five_ by Kurt Vonnegut 4. Corpsman Rhomann Dey, Nova Corps, _Guardians of the Galaxy_ 5. Colonel Nathan Jessep, US Marine Corps, _A Few Good Men_ ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2025, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7557 "2025-05-24T02:50:39Z")
**Fictional Characters in real or fictional armed forces** 1. Horatio Hornblower, Royal Navy, in the series by C.S.Forester 2. Captain 1st rank Marko Ramius of the Soviet Red Fleet, from _The Hunt for Red October_ by Tom Clancy 3. Private Billy Pilgrim, US Army, _Slaughterhouse-Five_ by Kurt Vonnegut 4. Corpsman Rhomann Dey, Nova Corps, _Guardians of the Galaxy_ 5. Colonel Nathan Jessep, US Marine Corps, _A Few Good Men_ 6. Private James Francis Ryan, US Army, _Saving Private Ryan_ ---
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**Fictional Characters in real or fictional armed forces** 1. Horatio Hornblower, Royal Navy, in the series by C.S.Forester 2. Captain 1st rank Marko Ramius of the Soviet Red Fleet, from _The Hunt for Red October_ by Tom Clancy 3. Private Billy Pilgrim, US Army, _Slaughterhouse-Five_ by Kurt Vonnegut 4. Corpsman Rhomann Dey, Nova Corps, _Guardians of the Galaxy_ 5. Colonel Nathan Jessep, US Marine Corps, _A Few Good Men_ 6. Private James Francis Ryan, US Army, _Saving Private Ryan_ 7. Captain Jack “Lucky Jack” Aubrey, Royal British Navy, _Master and Commander_ ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2025, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7559 "2025-05-24T13:13:14Z")
**Fictional Characters in real or fictional armed forces** 1. Horatio Hornblower, Royal Navy, in the series by C.S.Forester 2. Captain 1st rank Marko Ramius of the Soviet Red Fleet, from _The Hunt for Red October_ by Tom Clancy 3. Private Billy Pilgrim, US Army, _Slaughterhouse-Five_ by Kurt Vonnegut 4. Corpsman Rhomann Dey, Nova Corps, _Guardians of the Galaxy_ 5. Colonel Nathan Jessep, US Marine Corps, _A Few Good Men_ 6. Private James Francis Ryan, US Army, _Saving Private Ryan_ 7. Captain Jack “Lucky Jack” Aubrey, Royal British Navy, _Master and Commander_ 8. Harry Flashman, _11th Regiment of Light Dragoons_ ---
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**Fictional Characters in real or fictional armed forces** 1. Horatio Hornblower, Royal Navy, in the series by C.S.Forester 2. Captain 1st rank Marko Ramius of the Soviet Red Fleet, from _The Hunt for Red October_ by Tom Clancy 3. Private Billy Pilgrim, US Army, _Slaughterhouse-Five_ by Kurt Vonnegut 4. Corpsman Rhomann Dey, Nova Corps, _Guardians of the Galaxy_ 5. Colonel Nathan Jessep, US Marine Corps, _A Few Good Men_ 6. Private James Francis Ryan, US Army, _Saving Private Ryan_ 7. Captain Jack “Lucky Jack” Aubrey, Royal British Navy, _Master and Commander_ 8. Harry Flashman, _11th Regiment of Light Dragoons_ 9. Major Major Major Major, US Army, _Catch-22_, by Joseph Heller [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093.md?page=377) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093.md?page=379)