Damn thats crazy - would like to see the records. We must have a lot of losses to teams with losing records. The Utah one stands out.
By virtue of playing in the west most of our losses would also be to .500 teams and above - the top East teams just get to absolutely feed against garbage. But yes, we've lost to Utah twice, Brooklyn, etc.
Our losses against losing teams; 10/25 NOP 11/7 SAS 12/6 UTH 12/13 SAS 12/21 SAS 12/30 PHI 1/6 DET 1/14 BRK Thats a decent amount but not what I would expect - I don't understand how that stat with wins is accurate.
I mean I guess that makes some sense. Still a lot of west teams on this list some who are in the playoffs; Lakers Clippers Mavs Suns Kings Maybe the LA teams also have games to make up from the fires.
I guess I'd quibble a bit about how it is a .500 team became a "good team" Blazers are 3-8 against current playoff teams with HCA that are top-4 in conferences and 8-12 against playoff teams that are top-6 in conferences those aren't great records but they are better than some of the seasons against actual good teams in the Stotts era. A lot of those teams made hay against the lottery teams, rarely losing. This current team has stubbed their toes against lottery teams a few times
You make it sound like a bunch of playoff teams are expected to have winning records against all the top playoff teams. Being close to .500 against those teams is all that you need to be a great regular season team. Then win against the bad teams. That gets HCA. The team winning the title only needs to win 57% of their games in the playoffs. To be a tier lower and a solid playoff team but not a great regular season team you can have a losing record against the top teams. Even title winners often do this but perform better in the playoffs. Blazers were horrific for the majority of this season so even having some of these stats against winning records is impressive. I don't think anyone rational expects we are or can be a great team this season.
For example - last year Dallas was 25-27 against opponents that were .500 and above. They made the finals. The year prior - Miami was 24-24. They made the finals Two years prior - Milwaukee was 19-17. They won the title.
I just posted Blazer records against current playoff teams; and quibbled about a .500 team being called a good team. Half of the teams in the league are .500 or better the stat is kind of deceptive too. Blazers have 12 wins, but they have played 31 games which is more than most teams. Going by winning% against .500 or better makes it look a bit different: OKC .760 Cleveland .696 Houston .654 Boston .652 Minny .560 NY .526 Indiana .526 Memphis .524 Denver .440 Atlanta .423 Phoenix .409 Sacramento .407 Detroit .393 Dallas .393 Portland .387 LAL .381 Golden State .375
I can see why some posters claim all you do is pick the negative view of everything lol Blazers record against .500 or better teams since Dame was drafted; 12-19 this season 8-49 last year 15-36 15-35 16-22 (lost to Nuggets in playoffs) 14-23 (Dame bubble MVP) 25-18 (WCF year we were 3 seed) 24-25 17-26 18-28 20-21 21-22 18-34 So yeah we win 5 more in these last 30 games and that will be the most since the WCF team. Dame had a losing record here every year in Portland except one.
ok...you're kind of proving out what I said. Delete the 3 seasons of deliberate tanking; they aren't the same as the others so then, 10 seasons and 7 of those seasons are better, by winning percentage, than this season 18-19 - .581 13-14 - .498 14-15 - .488 17-18 - .490 20-21 - .421 16-17 - .395 15-16 - .391 24-25 - .387 19-20 - .378 12.13 - .346 and in 12-13 the Blazers did a mini-tank as Batum sat the last 7 games, Aldridge sat for 6 of the last 10, and Matthews sat the final 4 games
How is that possible? the only way is that the Blazers have been winning games and those others are feeding off Bad Teams. which some people accuse the blazers of doing during their win streak.
See we just view this differently. The Blazers had multiple games this year they got blown out by 40 points to horrible opponents. They were 13-28 overall including games against all the celler dwellers. They had a vegas over under of 23 wins. To even be in a position where they are comparable now to many of Dame playoffs teams as opposed to the prior 3 years of tanking teams is a shocking accomplishment.
probably should revisit this after the season. Here are there remaining games against .500 & better teams: @ Minnesota Timberwolves @ Denver Nuggets @ Denver Nuggets Los Angeles Lakers @ Cleveland Cavaliers @ Boston Celtics @ Oklahoma City Thunder New York Knicks Memphis Grizzlies Denver Nuggets Boston Celtics Cleveland Cavaliers @ Sacramento Kings @ New York Knicks Los Angeles Lakers not many easy wins there
My hope is 18-12 the rest of the way. I think, the way we’ve been playing, that is doable. Would make us 41-41. Maybe play-in, maybe not but it’s great runway to next year.
