Taking Care of Business (3/19)

by blazer91 on Mar 19, 2010 11:04 PM PDT

Well, I revived this a month ago, and in the meantime, I have been reminded why this is so good. People tend to take care of business this time of year. Other than San Antonio over-performing expectations the last several weeks, Phoenix dropping off a little bit (watch out Sunday!), and New Orleans falling through the floor, still pretty much on pace. Portland still projects to play Dallas, because of their tiebreaker with San Antonio. Next week, I’ll start projecting or pulling for upsets!!!

To remind everyone how this works, we take everyone's remaining games and assume the following:

Wins in every home game and wins vs. non-playoff teams from the East and non-Western contenders on the road. Now, I know that seems really goofy, since clearly no one is going to do that, but it's just a way of looking at strength and home/away weighting of remaining schedule and seeing where they put us. It also tells us where the Blazers may need teams to beat each other in matchups of playoff teams to help their positioning.

Records after tonight's games:

LA Lakers	51	18
Denver	47	22
Dallas	46	22
Utah	44	25
Oklahoma City	42	25
Phoenix	43	26
San Antonio	41	26
Portland	42	28

Houston	35	32
New Orleans	36	33
Memphis	33	37

So, if everyone takes care of their business, the playoffs shake out like this:

LA (1) plays either Portland (7/8) or San Antonio (7/8)

Dallas (2) plays either Portland (7/8) or San Antonio (7/8)

Denver (3) plays Phoenix (6)

Oklahoma City (4/5) plays Utah (4/5)

Lakers (51-18 current, 58-24 projected, First Place)

Sun, Mar 21	Washington	W
Wed, Mar 24	@ San Antonio	L
Fri, Mar 26	@ Oklahoma City	L
Sat, Mar 27	@ Houston	L
Mon, Mar 29	@ New Orleans	L
Wed, Mar 31	@ Atlanta	L
APRIL
Fri, Apr 2	Utah	W
Sun, Apr 4	San Antonio	W
Thu, Apr 8	@ Denver	L
Fri, Apr 9	@ Minnesota	W
Sun, Apr 11	Portland	W
Tue, Apr 13	Sacramento	W
Wed, Apr 14	@ LA Clippers	W

Dallas (46-22 current, 56-26 projected, Second Place)

Sat, Mar 20	Boston	W
Mon, Mar 22	@ New Orleans	L
Tue, Mar 23	LA Clippers	W
Thu, Mar 25	@ Portland	L
Sat, Mar 27	@ Golden State	W
Mon, Mar 29	Denver	W
Wed, Mar 31	@ Memphis	L
APRIL
Thu, Apr 1	Orlando	W
Sat, Apr 3	Oklahoma City	W
Wed, Apr 7	Memphis	W
Fri, Apr 9	@ Portland	L
Sat, Apr 10	@ Sacramento	W
Mon, Apr 12	@ LA Clippers	W
Wed, Apr 14	San Antonio	W

Denver (47-22 current, 54-28 projected, Third Place)

Sat, Mar 20	Milwaukee	W
Tue, Mar 23	@ NY Knicks	W
Wed, Mar 24	@ Boston	L
Fri, Mar 26	@ Toronto	L
Sun, Mar 28	@ Orlando	L
Mon, Mar 29	@ Dallas	L
APRIL
Thu, Apr 1	Portland	W
Sat, Apr 3	LA Clippers	W
Wed, Apr 7	@ Oklahoma City	L
Thu, Apr 8	LA Lakers	W
Sat, Apr 10	San Antonio	W
Mon, Apr 12	Memphis	W
Tue, Apr 13	@ Phoenix	L

Utah (44-25 current, 53-29 projected, Fourth Place (tie))

Sat, Mar 20	New Orleans	W
Mon, Mar 22	Boston	W
Wed, Mar 24	@ Toronto	L
Fri, Mar 26	@ Indiana	W
Sat, Mar 27	@ Washington	W
Mon, Mar 29	NY Knicks	W
Wed, Mar 31	Golden State	W
APRIL
Fri, Apr 2	@ LA Lakers	L
Tue, Apr 6	Oklahoma City	W
Wed, Apr 7	@ Houston	L
Fri, Apr 9	@ New Orleans	L
Tue, Apr 13	@ Golden State	W
Wed, Apr 14	Phoenix	W

Phoenix (43-26 current, 52-30 projected, Sixth Place)

Sun, Mar 21	Portland	W
Mon, Mar 22	@ Golden State	W
Fri, Mar 26	NY Knicks	W
Sun, Mar 28	@ Minnesota	W
Tue, Mar 30	@ Chicago	L
Wed, Mar 31	@ New Jersey	W
APRIL
Fri, Apr 2	@ Detroit	W
Sat, Apr 3	@ Milwaukee	L
Wed, Apr 7	San Antonio	W
Fri, Apr 9	@ Oklahoma City	L
Sun, Apr 11	Houston	W
Tue, Apr 13	Denver	W
Wed, Apr 14	@ Utah	L

Oklahoma City (42-25 current, 53-29 projected, Fourth Place (tie))

Sun, Mar 21	@ Indiana	W
Mon, Mar 22	San Antonio	W
Wed, Mar 24	Houston	W
Fri, Mar 26	LA Lakers	W
Sun, Mar 28	Portland	W
Tue, Mar 30	@ Philadelphia	W
Wed, Mar 31	@ Boston	L
APRIL
Sat, Apr 3	@ Dallas	L
Sun, Apr 4	Minnesota	W
Tue, Apr 6	@ Utah	L
Wed, Apr 7	Denver	W
Fri, Apr 9	Phoenix	W
Sun, Apr 11	@ Golden State	W
Mon, Apr 12	@ Portland	L
Wed, Apr 14	Memphis	W

San Antonio (41-26 current, 49-33 projected, Seventh Place (tie))

Sun, Mar 21	@ Atlanta	L
Mon, Mar 22	@ Oklahoma City	L
Wed, Mar 24	LA Lakers	W
Fri, Mar 26	Cleveland	W
Sun, Mar 28	@ Boston	L
Mon, Mar 29	@ New Jersey	W
Wed, Mar 31	Houston	W
APRIL
Fri, Apr 2	Orlando	W
Sun, Apr 4	@ LA Lakers	L
Tue, Apr 6	@ Sacramento	W
Wed, Apr 7	@ Phoenix	L
Fri, Apr 9	Memphis	W
Sat, Apr 10	@ Denver	L
Mon, Apr 12	Minnesota	W
Wed, Apr 14	@ Dallas	L

Portland (42-28 current, 49-33 projected, Seventh Place (tie))

Sun, Mar 21	@ Phoenix	L
Thu, Mar 25	Dallas	W
Sat, Mar 27	@ New Orleans	L
Sun, Mar 28	@ Oklahoma City	L
Wed, Mar 31	NY Knicks	W
APRIL
Thu, Apr 1	@ Denver	L
Sat, Apr 3	@ Sacramento	W
Wed, Apr 7	@ LA Clippers	W
Fri, Apr 9	Dallas	W
Sun, Apr 11	@ LA Lakers	L
Mon, Apr 12	Oklahoma City	W
Wed, Apr 14	Golden State	W

Houston (35-32 current, 44-38 projected, OUT)

Sun, Mar 21	@ NY Knicks	W
Mon, Mar 22	@ Chicago	L
Wed, Mar 24	@ Oklahoma City	L
Thu, Mar 25	LA Clippers	W
Sat, Mar 27	LA Lakers	W
Tue, Mar 30	Washington	W
Wed, Mar 31	@ San Antonio	L
APRIL
Fri, Apr 2	@ Boston	L
Sun, Apr 4	@ Indiana	W
Tue, Apr 6	@ Memphis	L
Wed, Apr 7	Utah	W
Fri, Apr 9	Charlotte	W
Sun, Apr 11	@ Phoenix	L
Mon, Apr 12	@ Sacramento	W
Wed, Apr 14	New Orleans	W

New Orleans (33-37 current, 42-40 projected, OUT)

Sat, Mar 20	@ Utah	L
Mon, Mar 22	Dallas	W
Wed, Mar 24	Cleveland	W
Sat, Mar 27	Portland	W
Mon, Mar 29	LA Lakers	W
Wed, Mar 31	Washington	W
APRIL
Fri, Apr 2	@ Memphis	L
Sat, Apr 3	@ New Jersey	W
Wed, Apr 7	Charlotte	W
Fri, Apr 9	Utah	W
Sun, Apr 11	Minnesota	W
Wed, Apr 14	@ Houston	L

Memphis (36-33 current, 43-39 projected, OUT)

Sat, Mar 20	Golden State	W
Mon, Mar 22	@ Sacramento	W
Wed, Mar 24	@ Golden State	W
Sun, Mar 28	@ Milwaukee	L
Wed, Mar 31	Dallas	W
APRIL
Fri, Apr 2	New Orleans	W
Sun, Apr 4	@ Orlando	L
Tue, Apr 6	Houston	W
Wed, Apr 7	@ Dallas	L
Fri, Apr 9	@ San Antonio	L
Sat, Apr 10	Philadelphia	W
Mon, Apr 12	@ Denver	L
Wed, Apr 14	@ Oklahoma City	L

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Bring on the lakers

We are SOOOOOOOOOO ready.

by Sabonis4Ever on Mar 19, 2010 11:31 PM PDT reply actions

kobe said the lakers need to "ugly games up"

we can do that

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2. n. Nicolas Batum

by thomasikehara on Mar 19, 2010 11:38 PM PDT up reply actions

OH can we do that!

"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 19, 2010 11:58 PM PDT up reply actions

heh.

I am perpendicularly pissed off right now!!!!!!

by pxilpooshr on Mar 20, 2010 12:14 AM PDT up reply actions

sure.

Firmly in favor of making a coaching change at the end of the season.
Free AK1984

by jksnake99 on Mar 20, 2010 12:26 AM PDT up reply actions

"after the jump"

Hi. I’m not trying to be a drag. But I got woken up at 5 on a Sat. morning by my 2 year old throwing a tantrum. So I’m sitting here on the can (sorry for tmi) with my mobile. And I wish I could convince Bedge en mass of the beauty of “the jump” when crafting fan posts.

First, so as not to be a total ass, I really sincerely appreciate the work that went into this post. Content (facts and stats) based fanposts are the lifeblood of Bedge.

I also know that the jump seems pointless on a full screen browser. However, in the mobile version of the site we get all the recent fanposts in one long screen. If you use the jump, what comes before it is on that screen, what comes after isn’t. Kind of like Dave and Ben’s posts on the home page.

To draw this closed, a nice place might have been after the projected standings. I hope someone sees this and maybe it’ll catch on eventually, for my thumb’s sake. I’ll Rec your post when I get to a pc.

by jiminut on Mar 20, 2010 5:40 AM PDT via mobile reply actions