How many wins will we get this season?

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How many games will we win this season?

  • 72-80

    Votes: 1 1.9%

  • 66-71

    Votes: 1 1.9%

  • 60-65

    Votes: 1 1.9%

  • 55-59

    Votes: 11 20.4%

  • 50-54

    Votes: 27 50.0%

  • 44-49

    Votes: 10 18.5%

  • 43 or less

    Votes: 3 5.6%
  • Total voters
    54
KingSpeed

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At 12-2 now, how many will win overall? I see 56-26. What say you? I think it deserves a poll.
 
I like the shorter spurt ones. Able to accurately gauge the ups and downs, instead of just blindly throwing a dart.
 
Half the games left would be 34, plus the 12 we have would be 46 wins, which is two under my preseason prediction. However, with how well we are playing I think adding 8 more wins above 500 from here on is about right, so I say 54 wins.
 
Sticking with my original prediction.....46wins.
 
My OG prediction was 56 and it may go higher. I'll keep that for now
 
I think now being ten games over .500 that 50+ wins should be the goal, but if we hit another hot streak at some point HCA is possible.

The west is so stacked this year even if we get 58 wins and a #3 seed or something we could easily lose in the first round. Spurs, Thunder, Clipps, Warriors and Rockets will all be very tough first round matchups.

So I'm gonna enjoy any awesome stretches we do have this year. I hope we continue to see good ball movement with quality shots. The stretches of intense defense and rebounding this team's had have been awesome. If our shots go cold I can happily watch a number of losses; I just don't want to see a letdown in effort.
 
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That means you expect exactly .500 from here on?
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Thinking of it THAT way, I'd say no, but our schedule is real tough down the stretch. I think things will kinda' even out.
 
HCP said:
Thinking of it THAT way, I'd say no, but our schedule is real tough down the stretch. I think things will kinda' even out.
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That's one of the reasons I love this win streak so early (I mean, all win streaks are nice.) It's that April schedule is brutal, so we take care of business now so we have a cushion in April just in case.
 
I hear people say that this or that win wasn't a "quality" win. Bullshit! My coach in HS said we'll take a W any way we can. At the end of the season they all count the same.
 
HCP said:
I hear people say that this or that win wasn't a "quality" win. Bullshit! My coach in HS said we'll take a W any way we can. At the end of the season they all count the same.
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ding ding ding!
 
some of you may accuse me of being a homer predicting 80-2, but im really just trying to be more like the great analysts of espn. when we finally lose a 3rd game ill adjust my formula to 79-3 accordingly.
 
rasheedfan2005 said:
some of you may accuse me of being a homer predicting 80-2, but im really just trying to be more like the great analysts of espn. when we finally lose a 3rd game ill adjust my formula to 79-3 accordingly.
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ESPN doesn't have analysts, they have agenda pushers.
 
At the start of the season I put the over/under at 42 and figured they'd be plus or minus 4 or so. So after the hot start, weighed against the softness of the schedule (and getting lucky with opponents' injury situation) I can see them getting to the high side of that predicition. 46 wins seem reasonable.
 
preseason I predicted 48, still like that but IMO if there is a surprise we could get to lower 50's
 
HCP said:
I hear people say that this or that win wasn't a "quality" win. Bullshit! My coach in HS said we'll take a W any way we can. At the end of the season they all count the same.
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Exactly. Funny thing that so many people seem to miss is this: an average or poor team is not going to go on a 10 game winning streak in the NBA regardless of how "soft" their opposition is. Every team has the ability to knock off another team, these are all professional players. Look at Philly and Phoenix for instance. Hot starts, over achieved many said, and sure enough they have both leveled off in a hurry. The Blazers have just gotten better and continue to win against better competition. Looking at the Heat, Spurs, Pacers schedules no one is down on them because they've been beating up on mostly inferior teams.

Would the naysayers be happier if we lost to all of the bad teams and only came to play against the good teams?
 
TheBlueDoggy said:
Exactly. Funny thing that so many people seem to miss is this: an average or poor team is not going to go on a 10 game winning streak in the NBA regardless of how "soft" their opposition is. Every team has the ability to knock off another team, these are all professional players. Look at Philly and Phoenix for instance. Hot starts, over achieved many said, and sure enough they have both leveled off in a hurry. The Blazers have just gotten better and continue to win against better competition. Looking at the Heat, Spurs, Pacers schedules no one is down on them because they've been beating up on mostly inferior teams.

Would the naysayers be happier if we lost to all of the bad teams and only came to play against the good teams?
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The Blazers went on a 13 game jag in 2007 and finished the season at .500 - dead average.
 
Strenuus said:
ESPN doesn't have analysts, they have agenda pushers.
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What did ESPN do to you? Come out with it.

Nikolokolus said:
At the start of the season I put the over/under at 42 and figured they'd be plus or minus 4 or so. So after the hot start, weighed against the softness of the schedule (and getting lucky with opponents' injury situation) I can see them getting to the high side of that predicition. 46 wins seem reasonable.
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You have us going .500 the rest of the way? Really?
TheBlueDoggy said:
Exactly. Funny thing that so many people seem to miss is this: an average or poor team is not going to go on a 10 game winning streak in the NBA regardless of how "soft" their opposition is. Every team has the ability to knock off another team, these are all professional players. Look at Philly and Phoenix for instance. Hot starts, over achieved many said, and sure enough they have both leveled off in a hurry. The Blazers have just gotten better and continue to win against better competition. Looking at the Heat, Spurs, Pacers schedules no one is down on them because they've been beating up on mostly inferior teams.

Would the naysayers be happier if we lost to all of the bad teams and only came to play against the good teams?
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Exactly. Pacers and Heat have such an easy schedule.
Nikolokolus said:
The Blazers went on a 13 game jag in 2007 and finished the season at .500 - dead average.
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Dude. Totally different situation. We started that year 5-12. We were never 10 games over .500. We had a ton of very young very inexperienced players. This team is full of vets playing at the top of their game. By your definition, the Spurs will also finish at .500 since that's what happens when you have a long winning streak.
 
KingSpeed said:
Dude. Totally different situation. We started that year 5-12. We were never 10 games over .500. We had a ton of very young very inexperienced players. This team is full of vets playing at the top of their game. By your definition, the Spurs will also finish at .500 since that's what happens when you have a long winning streak.
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You're reading things I didn't write.
 
KingSpeed said:
You said that we'd only win 46 games and that it'll be similar to what happened in 2007-08. What does 07-08 have to do with this season?
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Does playing stupid get you off or something?
 
KingSpeed said:
What did ESPN do to you? Come out with it.
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They did nothing to me in terms of employment or anything, but their blatant agenda pushing and brainwashing techniques irritate me. So I make sure to let people know. Some of the things they do openly, other times it's more subtle.

However, if people choose (or not choose, since some are firmly gripped in the media hold) to, then that's their thing. I know I can't control them, unlike what ESPN (and almost all media) thinks they can.

For the record, this isn't directed towards "anybody" it is an overall opinion of mine.
 
Strenuus said:
They did nothing to me in terms of employment or anything, but their blatant agenda pushing and brainwashing techniques irritate me. So I make sure to let people know. Some of the things they do openly, other times it's more subtle.

However, if people choose (or not choose, since some are firmly gripped in the media hold) to, then that's their thing. I know I can't control them, unlike what ESPN (and almost all media) thinks they can.

For the record, this isn't directed towards "anybody" it is an overall opinion of mine.
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TheBlueDoggy said:
Looking at the Heat, Spurs, Pacers schedules no one is down on them because they've been beating up on mostly inferior teams.
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Because they all have a recent history of being among the best in the NBA. They've already proven they can beat the best. We haven't yet.
 
blue9 said:
Because they all have a recent history of being among the best in the NBA. They've already proven they can beat the best. We haven't yet.
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That's what I think as well. Spurs and Heat were in the finals. They get more rep because of it.
 
KingSpeed said:
Be more clear instead of attacking me personally. I could insult you too but I'm above that in here. It must get you off.
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What I wrote was perfectly clear. I just recognize your M.O. and pointed it out; there's no personal attack (i.e. "playing stupid" implies that you aren't actually stupid).
 
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