vs WAS - W
vs MIA - W: their team is in a funk right now vs BOS - L: hottest team in the league (winnable game) @ NJ - W
@ CLE - W
@ ATL - L (winnable game) vs LAC - W @ CHA - W
back-to-backs bolded
I predict 6-2, which puts us at 36-30 which is equivalent to 45-37 in 82.
So far without Lin and Amare the team has gone 6-3 and that stretch was against better teams than we have to face in the next 8. Also, Amare is returning against the Wizards Friday.
if we do go 6-2, Orlando would have to go 2-6 the rest of the way for us to tie them. Looking at their schedule, I think it is conceivable.
vs ATL, @CLE, vs PHI, @BOS, @UTA, @DEN,vs CHA, @MEM
and here is Philly's schedule as well.
vs NJ, @ORL, vs IND, @CLE, @IND, @NJ, @MIL, @DET
Atlantic division seems out of reach but the 6th seed isn't.
We need to not play Mike Bibby. Whenever he dribbles up the ball with that stupid bobbing motion he does with his body makes me nervous that he's going to turn it over. Not that Douglas is any better as it will also result in a TO (or a bad shot which is basically the equivalent of a TO)
vs WAS - W
vs MIA - W: their team is in a funk right now vs BOS - L: hottest team in the league (winnable game) @ NJ - W
@ CLE - W
@ ATL - L (winnable game) vs LAC - W @ CHA - W
back-to-backs bolded
I predict 6-2, which puts us at 36-30 which is equivalent to 45-37 in 82.
Not bad for an up and down shtstorm of a season.
was-w, mia-L, bos-L, nj-W, cle-Watl-L, lac-L, cha-W. I see us going 4-4.
[quote=airchibundo507] vs WAS vs MIA
vs BOS @ NJ
@ CLE
@ ATL
vs LAC @ CHA
Bolded ones are MUST WIN games.
If we can go 2-2 against the Heat,Celtics,Hawks and Clippers (3 of them played at home) we would be 36-30 which means one loss from the Bucks is enough for us to get into the playoffs.
But like I said winning those 4 games against shitty teams is a must.
Losing against any of those four teams would be a huge failure and might cost us a playoff spot.
Let's put it this way:
8-0 - not happening
7-1 - not happening either
6-2 - might happen,it would almost guarantee a playoff spot
5-3 - should happen,would put a lot of pressure on Milwaukee because they would have to go 7-1 to top us.
4-4 - pretty bad but we could still make the playoffs with that record with some luck
3-5 or worse - disaster
Bucks game was a stinker, but we were due for that. We're very dependent on our bench even when half of them are starting. When we don't go at teams in waves of energy we look like we did against Milwaukee. So I'm thinking 5 and 3 is very realistic which gets us in at 8 and Philly's woes are still questionable as they got a lot of road games.
In the 4 games without Howard this month, the Magic have performed thusly:
vs Den: W 104-101
@ Det: L 95-102
vs Det: W 119-89
@ Was: L 85-93
This suggests that they are still formidable at home, but on the road without Howard they are very much beatable, even by lottery teams.
Odds are Atlanta takes tonight's game and then Cleveland steals the next one if Howard doesn't suit up.
Remember, although we are 4 games behind the Magic right now, all we have to do is tie them to leap above them in the standings. We have the tiebreaker.
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