Blazers have a 30% chance of making the playoffs.

[SlyPokerDog]

http://espn.go.com/nba/hollinger/playoffodds

 

[RR7]

http://espn.go.com/nba/hollinger/playoffodds

Biggest issue with it for us this year is the flipside of last season. Along with things like SRS, it looks at point differential as one aspect of determining quality of teams. Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be a way to average it out or something. So you lose 2 games bad(LA and Toronto, let's say), you're at a -40. Then you take our last 6 wins, we're only at a +24. So through 8 games, we have a good record, show we're a good team, beat decent teams, but because of a blowout, we look worse than we are. Last year, we had a few big wins, and a bunch of close losses, and I remember a bunch of writers because so confused at how our record was bad, without seeming to account for this. You win one big one and lose 12 close ones, you can still have a positive differential. Doesn't make you a good team or any better, just means you got hot(or, cold) one night.

 

[BlazerBeav]

That's it - let's call the whole thing off!

 

[Charcoal Filtered]

e are up to 37%!

 

[THE HCP]

Don't we have one of the toughest schedules left?

 

[BrianFromWA]

who cares? As long as we stay away from the WAS, TOR, DET and SACs of the world, we'll be ok.

 

[ABM]

who cares? So long as.....KS isn't in attendance.....we'll be ok.

FIFY

 

[BrianFromWA]

teams we've beaten w/better records than us: CHI, DEN (w/o LMA), HOU (x2), MEM, MIA, NYK, SAS
teams we've lost to w/better records than us: ATL, BKN (w/o LMA) GSW, IND, LAC, OKC, SAS
teams we've beaten w/worse records than us: CHA, CLE, LAL, MIN (x2), NOH, ORL, PHI, PHX, SAC(x2), TOR (w/o Nic)
teams we've lost to w/worse records than us: BOS, DAL, DET, LAL, PHX, SAC (x2), TOR, WAS

8-7 with teams w/better records
12-9 with team w/worse records