The Great Playoff Chase

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WarriorFan said:
If I'm reading your tiebreakers correctly, it is only conference that matters since Por and GS are not in the same division.
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Yeah, each conference is guaranteed at least 4th spot.
 
But not HCA. There can be a situation when LAC gets 4 and wins their division and POR gets 5, but we get HCA.
 
yuyuza1 said:
But not HCA. There can be a situation when LAC gets 4 and wins their division and POR gets 5, but we get HCA.
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Norman Dale said:
Houston, we have a problem - With 9 games left and 4 of them on the road, the Rockets will lose at least 3 games, putting them at 54-28. I have them losing to Toronto tonight, then OKC and SA at home. They may even lose on the road to either Minny, LAL or NO.

Portland, on the other hand, should not lose another game this season. While it will be tough to beat Phoenix, GS and LAC at home, I think they will now that they seem to have their mojo back. I have them going 6-0 and ending up at 55-27.

Should be a fun 14 days!
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Funny, my beginning of the season prediction was 55 wins. It would be so cool if they hit the nail on the head.
 
magnifier661 said:
Funny, my beginning of the season prediction was 55 wins. It would be so cool if they hit the nail on the head.
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Man, I cannot find where the hell I made my prediction. It isn't in the thread that people keep bumping. I'm wondering if I made it in a random thread after all the acquisitions over the summer.
 
Natebishop3 said:
Man, I cannot find where the hell I made my prediction. It isn't in the thread that people keep bumping. I'm wondering if I made it in a random thread after all the acquisitions over the summer.
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I'll try and find it. I think u predicted 27 wins!
 
WarriorFan said:
If I'm reading your tiebreakers correctly, it is only conference that matters since Por and GS are not in the same division.
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You are correct. Division tiebreakers mean nothing between two teams from different divisions.
 
KingSpeed said:
See, DHawes? Conference record doesn't matter. We have a better division record than GS. All we need to do is beat them on the 13th and we have the tiebreaker. And that doesn't even matter because they're not gonna tie us anyway.
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(only if tied teams are in same division).
 
HCP said:
You mean like with females in your life?
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HAHAHA. Well done. I repped you with my puny rep. (I'm just going to set them up if you want to keep knocking 'em down.)
 
Natebishop3 said:
Man, I cannot find where the hell I made my prediction. It isn't in the thread that people keep bumping. I'm wondering if I made it in a random thread after all the acquisitions over the summer.
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You predicted 5 seed
 
KingSpeed said:
You predicted 5 seed
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Yeah, I remember that, but I can't remember how many wins I predicted exactly. I think I said low 50's because I remember telling people that I thought we'd be much better than a 40ish win team.
 
It would be really nice for them to have a 4 more game losing streak
 
Starting to come around to Houston not being a terrible series for Portland.

They're banged up and don't play defense.

Kevin McHale isn't the greatest coach.

If they were healthy I'd feel less enthusiastic about it, but that's not the case.
 
RoyToy said:
Starting to come around to Houston not being a terrible series for Portland.

They're banged up and don't play defense.

Kevin McHale isn't the greatest coach.

If they were healthy I'd feel less enthusiastic about it, but that's not the case.
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Yeah but will they be healthy in 2 weeks?
 
Thursday April 3rd, 2014 Games To Watch (Games Updated Throughout Comments)-

San Antonio @ Oklahoma City
Root For: Spurs
Reason: San Antonio could all but wrap up the No. 1 seed with a victory over Oklahoma City

Dallas @ Los Angeles Clippers
Root For: Clippers
Reason: A Mavericks loss puts Dallas five games back in the loss column with just six to go. Also, a Clipper win widens the gap between L.A. and Houston for the No. 3 seed out West.
 
Thought I'd made some kind of a prediction. This is from July.

Default Re: Current roster a playoff team?

Last season, I expected the Blazers to win around 40-45 games - which they were on pace to do, until the Big Tank came in March.

The upcoming season with the additions of veterans Robin Lopez, Dorrell Wright, and Earl Watson, plus youngsters Thomas Robinson and CJ McCollum, I see the Blazers being 8-10 wins better than last year's squad. I think 50+ wins is within the realm of possibility.

So what would 50 wins mean?

Golden State was a 6th seed last year with 47 wins. Memphis was the 5th seed with 56 wins. I think that's what the Blazers and Blazer fans should be hoping for: a 5/6 seed, with the possibility of overcoming homecourt disadvantage, and pulling a first round upset.

GO BLAZERS!
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Uncanny!
 
Pinwheel1 said:
Yeah but will they be healthy in 2 weeks?
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No they won't. Not even close. Beverly is very important to their team. He is that glue guy that was very important to their stability. Harden couldn't guard a potato. Lin isn't much of a defender either.

Even if Beverly is ready to play by playoffs, he's going to be extremely rusty and out of shape come playoffs. He won't have that lateral quickness needed to defend.

Howard could get to 100%, but his fragile head won't be there when they went on a free fall going into the season.

The rockets will be the team everyone would love to play in the first round.
 
Mag's got this one nailed...I think HOU ends up going from "Arg nooz we dont want them" to "gimmie gimmie gimmie" in real short order. Even if Dwight gets back, assuming they do match up with Portland for round 1...they are left trying to win games in a style that doesn't really suit the playoffs. Its like both teams are going opposite ways with their 'means to win'.

Start of Season:
Blazers are winning with outside offense...a lot of it. But the game is open early in the season so it works.
Rockets are working it all out and have some good Defense while bringing along the offense. It why they struggled a bit early.

Mid Season:
Blazers take a few hits, lose LA for a bit, right as were trying to develop more inside presence and scoring.
Houston gets their offense on track and starts lighting it up on mid range and beyond.

End of Season:
Blazers add defense to the plan (whole game not just a few mins at the end) and are improved (not great) inside. More scoring options.
Houston loses key defensive player and offensive starter. Relies now on mid-range/outside shots but lacks ability to 'lock down'.

In effect, Houston is where Portland was at the start of the season, and Portland is catching up to where Houston was at the middle of the season. I think one it all starts Houston might get a game or two alone on pure offensive power but there is some real chance that they go 0-4 in round one since I dont see Harden or Lin making enough of a defensive impact. Portland can rotate out to shooters so Harden _shouldn_ get too many wide open 3 balls, same with Lin. I think Lin attacks if he's in when we go small ball and he'll get to the rim a little...he is quick. But no Howard means they rely on Asik in the middle and I think he can be handled with Portland's unselfish play style...run at Asik, dish at the last second, ???, Profit.
 
I'm worried about the ref factor though with Houston.
 
Bam! Just got a free ticket to the Portland/GS game from my college. I also get to watch the practice as well. That's going to be a huge game!
 
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