Sched Ahead Daily Update, Games of 3/12

by jscotjr on Mar 13, 2010 12:28 AM PST

That was good. We'll make the playoffs.

YESTERDAY'S GAMES

Portland @ Sacramento. Best moment -- P Westphal telling the referee, "You guys are worse than we are."
Denver @ N.O. Even most of game, Denver pulls away to win. C Anthony 32 pts 12 rbs, C Billups 21 pts 7 asts 4 steals, N Hilario 17 pts 12 rbs, J Petro 10 pts 10 rbs. Hall of Shame: J Smith 1-12, 0-6 3pt, 1-2 FTs, 3 pts. D West 30 pts, M Thornton 23 pts, D Collison 17 pts 10 rbs.
S.A. @ Minnesota. S.A. wins easily. R Jefferson 19 pts 9 rbs, G Hill 19 pts 8 asts, T Duncan 15 pts 8 rbs. W Ellington 17 pts, A Jefferson 13 pts 9 rbs. A progression of Minnesota shooting stars: R Gomes 2-9, J Flynn 2-8, C Brewer 2-7, D Wilkins 2-6.
N.J. @ OKC. Disappointing, OKC wins by 2. K Durant 32 pts 12 rbs, J Green 27 pts, R Westbrook 11 pts 10 asts 9 to. D Harris 19 pts 8 asts 5 rbs, J Hayes 16 pts, K Dooling 15 pts (4-5 FG, 2-2 3pt, 5-5 FT) 7 asts, B Lopez 14 pts 8 rbs.
N.Y. @ Memphis. Memphis wins. N.Y. made it look close at the end. Z Randolph 24 pts 9 rbs, O Mayo 22 pts, R Gay 20 pts, M Conley 18 pts, 5 rbs, 6 asts. B Walker 21 pts, T Douglas 19 pts, D Lee 17 pts 13 rbs.
Utah @ Milwaukee. Milwaukee takes control and wins. C Boozer 26 pts 14 rbs, M Okur 20 pts 11 rbs, C Miles 17 pts, D Williams 11 pts 9 asts 3-12 shooting. Utah 0-10 on 3 pt shots. J Salmons 24 pts, B Jennings 23 pts, A Bogut 16 pts 12 rbs 4 bl.
L.A. @ Phoenix. L.A. wins, Phoenix loses ground. K Bryant 21 pts 10 rbs 8 asts, A Bynum 18 pts 9 rbs, 15 pts for P Gasol, R Artest, D Fisher. A Stoudemire 29 pts 16 rbs, J Richardson 16 pts, S Nash 14 pts 8 asts. C Frye suspended.

Chasing Pack Game by Game Table -- Remaining Games

Sorted by difficulty, with road games against elite teams (top four in each conference) grouped together, then road games against playoff contenders, then home games against elites, home games against contenders, and road and home games against bottom feeders. Second of back to back games in italics, opponents on the second of a back to back in bold, both teams on a back to back in both bold and italics. The more games in the top part of the table, the tougher the schedule, the more white space up high the easier the schedule.

Portland	Houston	New Orleans	Memphis

at Denver	at Boston	at Denver	at Orlando
at L@kers		at Utah	at Dallas
			at Denver
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at New Orleans	at Chicago	at Phoenix	at Houston
at OKC	at OKC	at Memphis	at Milwaukee
at Phoenix	at San Antonio	at Houston	at San Antonio
	at Memphis		at Oklahoma City
	at Phoenix
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vs Dallas	vs Boston	vs Dallas	*vs Denver*
vs Dallas	vs L@kers	vs Cleveland	vs Dallas
	*vs Utah*	vs L@kers
	vs Denver	vs Utah
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vs Toronto	vs Memphis	vs Portland	vs Chicago
*vs Oklahoma City*	vs Charlotte	vs Charlotte	vs New Orleans
	vs New Orleans		vs Houston
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at Sacramento	at NYK	at Clippers	at Sacramento
at Clippers	at Indiana	at Golden State	at Golden State
	at Sacramento	at New Jersey
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vs Washington	vs New Jersey	vs Washington	vs Golden State
vs New York	vs Clippers	vs Minnesota	vs Philadelphia
vs Golden State	vs Washington

Teams Just Ahead Game by Game Table -- Remaining Games

Portland	San Antonio	Oklahoma City	Phoenix

at Denver	at Orlando	@ Boston	*at Utah*
at L@kers	at Atlanta	@ Dallas
	at Boston	@ Utah
	at L@kers
	at Denver
	at Dallas
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at New Orleans	at Miami	*@ Portland*	at Chicago
at Oklahoma City	at Oklahoma City	@ Charlotte	at OKC
at Phoenix	at Phoenix	@ Toronto	*at Milwaukee*
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vs Dallas	vs LA Lakers	vs Denver	vs Utah
vs Dallas	vs Cleveland	vs LA Lakers	vs Denver
	vs Orlando	vs Utah
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vs Toronto	vs Memphis	vs Phoenix	vs New Orleans
vs Oklahoma City	vs Houston	vs Memphis	vs Portland
		vs San Antonio	vs San Antonio
		vs Houston	vs Houston
		vs Portland
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at Sacramento	@ Sacramento	@ Golden State	@ Golden State
at Clippers	@ New Jersey	@ Philadelphia	@ New Jersey
		@ Indiana	@ Detroit
			@ Minnesota
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vs Washington	Minnesota	*vs Minnesota*	vs New York
vs New York	Golden State		vs Minnesota
vs Golden State	*LA Clippers*

Projections

L.A. 59.9 wins (up from 59.2).
Dallas. 56.4 wins.
Denver. 54.7 wins (up from 54.2).
Utah. 53.0 wins (down from 53.5).
Phoenix. 50.2 wins (down from 50.9).
OKC. 50.0 wins (up from 49.8).
Portland. 48.4 wins (up from 47.9).
S.A. 47.6 wins (up from 47.3).
Memphis. 43.4 wins (up from 43.1).
Houston. 42.0 wins.
N.O. 39.6 wins (down from 40.4).

N.O. is not in good odour right now. Should I leave them in, or take them out? My father told me before he went in how to change the spreadsheet so it is easy to take teams in or out. I saw him yesterday, but he didn't feel like thinking about it, so he told me to ask here. They are even worse now than yesterday.

Tonight

Denver @ Memphis. Cat 4 "Rocky Road" for Denver, Cat 2 "Jawbreaker" for Memphis. Back to back for both teams.
N.Y. @ Dallas. Cat 1 "Cream Puff" for Dallas. Back to back for N.Y.
N.J. @ Houston. Cat 1 "Cream Puff" for Houston. Back to back for N.J.
L.A. Clippers @ S.A. Cat 1 "Cream Puff" for S.A. Back to back for both teams.

Every Western contender is playing a team on a back to back. Three (Denver, Memphis, S.A.) are playing a back to back themselves.

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I like watching our rivals fall back

so I vote keep NO in.

by Section323 on Mar 13, 2010 12:40 AM PST reply actions

Please remove New Orleans

as they are now 7 games out of 8th place (us). I’d much rather see the spread versus Utah than NO.
thank you for the updates.

by thankyouforblaze on Mar 13, 2010 4:46 AM PST up reply actions

Did the fat lady sing?

I vote leave them in also. A wounded animal is dangerous and it sounds like Denver got all they wanted.

If Portland wins Sunday and in Phoenix next week could that bump them up ahead of OKC? I like the practice time Nate gets next week. That will make Portland more dangerous.

"Their length," he said. "Aldridge is a tough matchup for us. Roy's a very talented ball player, an All-Star player. Miller is just an incredibly savvy point guard with what he's able to do out there on the floor. You throw in their shooters who have size and are able to see over things. They understand where they are as a ball club." - Kurt Rambis

by lee3022 on Mar 13, 2010 1:30 AM PST reply actions

i would be more focused on catching phoenix( 2 back on loss column)

especially if we beat them next week. with okc 4 games ahead of us in the loss column that would be a tough hill to climb even if we beat them both times we have to play 2(or 3 forgot how the tie breaker is with them) games better the rest of the way, which may or may not be difficult depending on how they do down the stretch or how much losing harden hurts them.
i think odds are we end up playing dallas in a 2-7 match up which might not be that bad (they have won a lot of close games this year)

the few, the proud, the blazers

by HD on Mar 13, 2010 1:59 AM PST up reply actions

Sir, I plugged it in

Wins Sunday, Friday, and next Sunday would move our projection to 49.7.

OKC plays 4 games between now and then, home against Utah and three road games. If we win our three games and they lose two, their projection will be very close to ours.

If Phoenix wins their games before next Sunday and then loses to us, their projection would be 50.1. If they also were to lose to Utah, they would be behind us.

by jscotjr on Mar 13, 2010 6:17 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs