Sched Ahead Daily Update, Games of 3/13

YESTERDAY'S GAMES

Denver @ Memphis. Back to back for both teams. Denver comes back after the first quarter, puts it away with ease in the fourth quarter. J Smith 30 pts (11-16, 7-10 3pt), C Anthony 24 pts, C Billups 22 pts. O Mayo 25 pts, Z Randolph 22 pts 12 rbs, M Gasol 17 pts 7 rbs 6 asts.
N.Y. @ Dallas. Back to back for N.Y. N.Y. wins handily anyway, breaking the Dallas win streak after 13 games. B Walker 23 pts, W Chandler 22 pts, T Douglas 21 pts 8 asts, A Harrington 20 pts 8 rbs, D Lee 15 pts 14 rbs 7 asts, S Rodriguez DNP-CD. D Nowitzki 20 pts 12 rbs, J Kidd 15 pts, S Marion 14 pts 8 rbs. NY FG 56%, 3Pt 53%, 28 asts. Dallas 15 TO/14 asts. Memphis further behind us now.
N.J. @ Houston. Back to back for N.J., Houston wins. L Scola 44 pts (20-25 shooting) 12 rbs, K Martin 20 pts, A Brooks 18 pts 7 asts, T Ariza 12 pts 10 rbs 6 asts. C Lee 24 pts, B Lopez 22 pts 10 rbs 7 to, D Harris 19 pts 7 asts.
L.A. Clippers @ S.A. Back to back for both teams. S.A. wins in a blowout, T Duncan plays only 13 minutes. M Bonner 21 pts (8-9 shooting, 5-6 3pt), R Jefferson 18 pts 9 rbs, G Hill 14 pts 11 asts, M Ginobili 14 pts 6 asts. B Davis 22 pts, T Outlaw 17 pts (7-15 shooting, 2-4 3pt), 5 rbs, 6 asts.

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 Dallas
vs Dallas	vs L@kers	vs Cleveland
	*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 Clippers	vs Washington	vs Golden State
vs New York	vs Washington	vs Minnesota	vs Philadelphia
vs Golden State

Teams Just Ahead Game by Game Table -- Remaining Games

I left New Orleans in that table and added Utah to this one, since someone asked.

Portland	San Antonio	Oklahoma City	Phoenix	Utah

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

Projections

L.A. 59.9 wins.
Denver. 55.5 wins (up from 54.7 in 3rd).
Dallas. 55.5 wins (down from 56.4 in 2nd).
Utah. 53.0 wins.
Phoenix. 50.2 wins.
OKC. 50.0 wins.
Portland. 48.4 wins.
S.A. 47.7 wins (up from 47.6).
Memphis. 42.9 wins (down from 43.4).
Houston. 42.4 wins (up from 42.0).
N.O. 39.6 wins.

Tonight

Toronto @ Portland. Cat 2 "Jawbreaker". Back to back for Toronto, who played at G.S. last night.
Utah @ OKC. Cat 4 "Rocky Road" for Utah, Cat 2 "Jawbreaker" for OKC.
N.O. @ Phoenix. Cat 4 "Rocky Road" for N.O., Cat 1 "Cream Puff" for Phoenix.

If we win, Toronto drops below .500, and I have to recategorize their games, but our projection will still get better.

I do not know about tomorrow's post. The weekly posts are very long, and I know it won't get done before I have to leave for school, even if I get up very early.

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Don't stress about the weekly post..

As much as I enjoy reading them both, with Jscot SR recovering and you with school, I’m sure the BE community can survive on the daily posts alone. Thanks again for keeping them going in the first place.

by blazer_tk on Mar 14, 2010 3:27 AM PST reply actions

jscot...

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And this is still to little thanks. Truthfully and without a doubt!

21 + 52=

by KINGofMACct on Mar 14, 2010 7:04 AM PST reply actions

Great!!

by Natsthecat on Mar 14, 2010 8:53 AM PST up reply actions

Thank you, sir, that's really nice

Does your screen name mean something?

by jscotjr on Mar 14, 2010 1:02 PM PDT up reply actions

I used to play there quite often

and my partner for a couple years was Ronnie Lee (when he was with the Phoenix Suns). We almost always guarded each other—no matter what other college players or pros were there (because he wanted ME guarding him). One day, while some of the duck players, a couple pros, and I were doing a dunk line, one of the pros christened me with the moniker, “The King of Mac Court,” because I hardly ever lost and almost never had to leave the floor (if my team did loose, the new team would pick me up).

Until that point I never had much love for that pro because he used to foul the heck out of me in an attempt to keep me from scoring like I usually did, and thus keep his team from losing. Now, in hindsight I look back on him with a great deal more fondness. He was giving me respect by fouling me—back then all I could think about was putting a whoopin on his big lazy high flying arsk.

21 + 52=

by KINGofMACct on Mar 14, 2010 5:02 PM PDT up reply actions

Thank you, that is a fun story

Where is Mac Court?

by jscotjr on Mar 15, 2010 12:04 PM PDT up reply actions

Never mind

I googled.

by jscotjr on Mar 15, 2010 12:05 PM PDT up reply actions

Decent opportunity for some help tonight in OKC and Phoenix.

"I want to be traded to a contender" is almost always code-speak for "I'm a loser."
-Dave, 2/5/2010: http://www.blazersedge.com/2010/2/5/1297509/no-amore-for-amare

by douglast on Mar 14, 2010 9:41 AM PST reply actions

Excellent work once again young man!!!! The JScot Kingdom is secure!!!!

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The PENDERBEAST is on the Prowl Looking for an Opposing 4 or 5 to DEVOUR!!!!!!!!!!
That PenderBeast Enforcer Guy seems just a little bit crazy.....and I am loving it!!!!
D. Cunningham - The D stands for DENIED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You mess with the Inferno and You get BURNED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

by LaMarvelous on Mar 14, 2010 10:44 AM PDT reply actions

Sir, history has shown ambitious sons can be dangerous

by jscotjr on Mar 14, 2010 1:00 PM PDT up reply actions

You're not young McBeth are you?!

#52

by annthefan on Mar 14, 2010 1:28 PM PDT up reply actions

Are you saying that you are dangerous or that you are not ambitious? ;)

by LaMarvelous on Mar 14, 2010 3:27 PM PDT up reply actions

Predicting the future is very difficult

by jscotjr on Mar 15, 2010 10:45 AM PDT up reply actions

that's why

there are spreadsheets

When reached 40 years of following Portland basketball you have, be as passionate of the Trail Blazers you will not!

by two4larue on Mar 15, 2010 2:18 PM PDT up reply actions

6 assists for Travis Outlaw?

That has to be a career high, right? Thanks for the updates jscotjr, and no worries on the weekly updates. Your dailys have been impeccable

by momomoses7 on Mar 14, 2010 12:58 PM PDT reply actions

Fact checked myself

And 6 assists is in fact Trout’s new career high. Cogratulations to him, I liked how he learned to fit into our offense for the few games we got to see him this year.

by momomoses7 on Mar 14, 2010 1:04 PM PDT up reply actions

the game was out of hand

so it’s hard to make a lot of the individual stats. It’s good to see Travis playing and re-establishing his FA-value before July, here’s hoping he gets a nice deal with Memphis and missing most of the season doesn’t “cost” him any out of this world money

Batum is better than Outlaw in all facets, and Cunningham will be a low-cost 4-3

When reached 40 years of following Portland basketball you have, be as passionate of the Trail Blazers you will not!

by two4larue on Mar 15, 2010 2:56 PM PDT up reply actions

Thank you

I put it in bold because I don’t ever remember him doing that. I only started watching the Blazers a couple of years ago, though.

I put Sergio in bold because he didn’t even get to play in a 30 point blowout. Even Coach McMillan wouldn’t have done that to him. I don’t understand it at all.

by jscotjr on Mar 14, 2010 1:04 PM PDT up reply actions

Yeah D'Antoni's rotations have left a lot to question

Like benching his best guard for a sizable chunk of the season, or never allowing his top-10 pick on the floor before he got traded and started producing immediately. If the Knicks don’t land LeBron (and I say they won’t), his coaching legacy could be in for a rough readjustment

by momomoses7 on Mar 15, 2010 11:16 AM PDT up reply actions