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Sched Ahead Daily Update, Games of 3/23

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YESTERDAY'S GAMES

  1. Denver @ N.Y.  Cat 3 "Banana Peel" loss for Denver.  D Gallinari 28 pts, A Harrington 23 pts 9 rbs, T Douglas 16 pts 7 rbs, D Lee 12 pts 16 rbs.  C Anthony 36 pts, C Billups 25 pts.
  2. Clippers @ Dallas.  Dallas wins.  J Kidd 26 pts 12 asts 6 rbs, D Nowitzki 18 pts 19 minutes (ejected in third quarter), J Terry 14 pts 7 asts, B Haywood 12 pts 10 rbs 4 bl.  D Gooden 26 pts 20 rbs, C Kaman 22 pts 9 rbs, B Davis 11 pts 13 asts.
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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 Memphis
at Denver at Boston at Orlando
at L@kers at Dallas
at Denver
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at New Orleans at OKC at Milwaukee
at OKC at San Antonio at San Antonio
at Memphis at Oklahoma City
at Phoenix
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vs Dallas vs L@kers vs Dallas
vs Dallas vs Utah
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vs Oklahoma City vs Charlotte vs New Orleans
vs New Orleans vs Houston
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at Sacramento at Indiana at Golden State
at Clippers at Sacramento
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vs New York vs Clippers vs Philadelphia
vs Golden State vs Washington

Teams Just Ahead Game by Game Table -- Remaining Games 

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

The Battle for Top Seeds Game by Game Table -- Remaining Games 

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

Projections

  1. L.A.  60.2 wins.   
  2. Dallas.  54.2 wins (up from 53.9 in 3rd). 
  3. Denver.  53.6 wins (down from 54.2 in 2nd).
  4. Utah.  53.2 wins.
  5. Phoenix.  51.7 wins.  
  6. OKC.  49.2 wins.
  7. S.A.  48.8 wins.
  8. Portland.  48.6 wins.
  9. Memphis.  43.2 wins.
  10. Houston.  42.6 wins.

Two straight losses for Denver, Dallas and Denver have the same record.  Denver has a much harder schedule, only one game left against losing teams.  Their next four games are Cat 4.  Utah might catch them.

Tonight

  1. Denver @ Boston.  Back to back Cat 4 "Rocky Road" for Denver.
  2. Utah @ Toronto.  Cat 4 "Rocky Road" for Utah.
  3. Houston @ OKC.  Cat 4 "Rocky Road" for Houston, Cat 2 "Jawbreaker" for OKC.
  4. L.A. @ S.A.  Cat 4 "Rocky Road" for L@kers, Cat 2 "Jawbreaker" for S.A.
  5. Memphis @ G.S.  Cat 3 "Banana Peel" for Memphis.