Finally Got Some Help!

Charlotte knocks off the Thunder - now 3 back of them in the loss column
Spurs go down in Orlando by 26 - just 2 back of them, and we own the tiebreaker

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Sweet! Thanks for the update. It was getting ridiculous how little help we have gotten lately.

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by dario argento on Mar 17, 2010 7:46 PM PDT reply actions

If we can get those thundering fools in both our games with them, I think we'll pass them

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by pualo on Mar 17, 2010 7:47 PM PDT reply actions

that'll be tough..

But definitely possible. And yeah, most teams were playing pretty easy games but San Antonio’s schedule is about to get brutal same with Utah/OKC.

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by RyanRTE on Mar 17, 2010 8:08 PM PDT up reply actions

And gerald wallace didnt play in the game so I heard.

by tevisthe4th on Mar 17, 2010 8:12 PM PDT reply actions

Doug you should encourage people to have a game sweat thread in your Schedule posts on nights like tonight when we dont play but games have implications for us.

by tevisthe4th on Mar 17, 2010 8:21 PM PDT reply actions

well, they aren't my posts (they are jscot's), but I fully endorse the idea.

it has even happened a few times around, usually in a post on it’s own or in the JD

"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 17, 2010 8:24 PM PDT up reply actions

ohh I confused you two, you look a lot alike.

by tevisthe4th on Mar 17, 2010 9:02 PM PDT up reply actions

ahh i never junk it up.

by tevisthe4th on Mar 17, 2010 9:02 PM PDT up reply actions

Technically...

We are:

1.5 games behind OKC & PHX and only 1/2 game behind San Antonio.

"Ain't nothin' in this world for free."

by Arby on Mar 17, 2010 9:01 PM PDT reply actions

yep

but as I stated, I’m watching the loss column. that’s what matters.

"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 17, 2010 10:15 PM PDT up reply actions

matters is subjective

for either measure, we need to be equal or above at the end of season.

by jnewhouse on Mar 17, 2010 11:36 PM PDT up reply actions

but unless the games played is the same, the “games behind” number is misleading. we need SA to lose 2 more games more than we do the rest of the way, not merely 1/2 a game. with this few games to go, counting losses is far more telling than looking at the averaged games behind figure.

looking only at games behind paints a misleading picture as to how close we are to the Spurs. hey if we played tomorrow and won – we would be tied! except not really, we are still needing them to lose X+2 games the rest of the way, where X is the number of games we lose. We don’t control our own fate at all…

Put in the opposite context, The Spurs need to win Y+2 games more than we do the rest of the way to finish ahead of us. Great, so if we go 8-5 to finish, they need to win 10. Sounds daunting for them, especially with their schedule. but then you have to realize they get 3 extra games to make up 2 extra wins. not so hard to fathom now.

sure, it’s all subjective as you say, but watching losses is a lot more accurate a snapshot than the games behind number, given the games played disparity.

"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 18, 2010 12:03 AM PDT up reply actions

I do tend to watch the loss columns

but I always keep in mind the games played as well.

Another thing you can do is look at road wins-home losses. Not the most direct, but a fun way to think about scheduling stuff. For instance, right now the differences are
Portland: +6
San Antonio: +6
Phoenix:: +7
Oklahoma: +8

This then fews upsetting the home/away framework as how you move up or down. Thus, if we have about 2 games to catch up with the competetion.
in this framework, at home you either stay the same or drop, and away you either stay the same or move up. Here’s to moving up.

by jnewhouse on Mar 18, 2010 2:30 AM PDT up reply actions

POSSIBLE??? Put on your Rose Garden-colored glasses!!

Obviously if we lose one of those games it’s because we are strategically trying to position ourselves for the best 1st round matchup. Passing OKC & PHX in the standings seems very possible if we do sweep the games against them (passing SAS is a foregone conclusion in my mind). That would probably put us in a first round matchup with Utah. I don’t love that matchup, but I’d love the 2nd round against the L*kers if we found a way to win that first series. We’d be over our heads against LA but it would make for a good show.

Bottom line is if Utah ends up #4 it won’t be a tragedy if we lose a game to OKC. Passing PHX is more important. I don’t want to see Denver in the first round and I don’t want the Fakers until round 2 at least.

by 52therim on Mar 18, 2010 8:27 AM PDT reply actions