An interesting site that jnewhouse posted in a comment.
YESTERDAY'S GAMES
- 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.
- 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.
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 | ||
----- | ----- | ----- |
at New Orleans | at OKC | at Milwaukee |
at OKC | at San Antonio | at San Antonio |
at Memphis | at Oklahoma City | |
at Phoenix | ||
----- | ----- | ----- |
vs Dallas | vs L@kers | vs Dallas |
vs Dallas | vs Utah | |
----- | ----- | ----- |
vs Oklahoma City | vs Charlotte | vs New Orleans |
vs New Orleans | vs Houston | |
----- | ----- | ----- |
at Sacramento | at Indiana | at Golden State |
at Clippers | at Sacramento | |
----- | ----- | ----- |
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 | ||||
----- | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- |
at New Orleans | at Phoenix | @ Portland | at Chicago | at Toronto |
at Oklahoma City | at OKC | at Houston | ||
at Milwaukee | at New Orleans | |||
----- | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- |
vs Dallas | vs LA Lakers | vs Denver | vs Denver | |
vs Dallas | vs Cleveland | vs LA Lakers | ||
vs Orlando | ||||
----- | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- |
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 | ||||
----- | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- |
at Sacramento | @ Sacramento | @ Golden State | @ New Jersey | at Indiana |
at Clippers | @ New Jersey | @ Philadelphia | @ Detroit | at Washington |
@ Minnesota | at Golden State | |||
----- | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- |
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 |
----- | ----- | ----- | ----- |
vs Denver | vs L@kers | vs Denver | |
vs Orlando | |||
----- | ----- | ----- | ----- |
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 | ||
----- | ----- | ----- | ----- |
at Golden State | at Indiana | @ New Jersey | |
at Sacramento | at Washington | @ Detroit | |
at Clippers | at Golden State | @ Minnesota | |
----- | ----- | ----- | ----- |
vs Clippers | vs New York | vs New York | |
vs Golden State |
Projections
- L.A. 60.2 wins.
- Dallas. 54.2 wins (up from 53.9 in 3rd).
- Denver. 53.6 wins (down from 54.2 in 2nd).
- Utah. 53.2 wins.
- Phoenix. 51.7 wins.
- OKC. 49.2 wins.
- S.A. 48.8 wins.
- Portland. 48.6 wins.
- Memphis. 43.2 wins.
- 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
- Denver @ Boston. Back to back Cat 4 "Rocky Road" for Denver.
- Utah @ Toronto. Cat 4 "Rocky Road" for Utah.
- Houston @ OKC. Cat 4 "Rocky Road" for Houston, Cat 2 "Jawbreaker" for OKC.
- L.A. @ S.A. Cat 4 "Rocky Road" for L@kers, Cat 2 "Jawbreaker" for S.A.
- Memphis @ G.S. Cat 3 "Banana Peel" for Memphis.