The Race for Eighth

[Labinot41]

Mavs will rest Luka, Porzingis and DFS against Utah on a 1st game of a b2b, no word on if they play against us, but i've read that the Mavs want to keep us out of the Playoffs, which means they would play on tuesday

 

[e_blazer]

Life is pretty simple. If Memphis loses to either Boston or Milwaukee, all we have to do is win our two games and we're 8th.

Is that all? Because winning has been so easy this far.

 

[ehizzy3]

Mavs will rest Luka, Porzingis and DFS against Utah on a 1st game of a b2b, no word on if they play against us, but i've read that the Mavs want to keep us out of the Playoffs, which means they would play on tuesday

why would the mavs want to keep us out?

 

[SharpesTriumph]

Date 10 11 12 13
MEM>> --- BOS --- MIL
PDX>> --- DAL --- BKN
PHX>> OKC PHI --- DAL
SAS>> --- HOU --- UTH

Current W L
MEM 33 38
PDX 33 39
PHX 31 39
SAS 31 38

Addl Losses 0 1 2
MEM 0.479 0.466 0.452
PDX 0.473 0.459 0.446
PHX 0.466 0.452 0.438
SAS 0.465 0.451 0.437

 

[SharpesTriumph]

Best W L %
MEM 35 38 0.479
PDX 35 39 0.473
PHX 34 39 0.466
SAS 33 38 0.465

Worst W L %
MEM 33 40 0.452
PDX 33 41 0.446
PHX 31 42 0.425
SAS 31 40 0.437

 

[kjironman1]

why would the mavs want to keep us out?

Yeah doesn't make sense? Most west teams want the Lakers to work in the first round. The word is the Blazers will at least make them work for a win in the first round.

 

[SharpesTriumph]

Blazers probably need to win out to make playin. They would make 8th seed if they win out and Memphis loses to Boston or Milwaukee.

With one loss the Blazers need both SAS and PHX to lose a game. Or Memphis loses both and one of PHX or SAS lose.

PHX need to win out and have Portland lose one or Memphis lose both.

SAS need to win out and have Portland lose one or Memphis lose both and PHX lose one. Or Portland lose one and Memphis lose both if Phoenix wins out.

 

[illmatic99]

We have to get both these remaining games. We still control our destiny.

 

[SharpesTriumph]

The clippers loss was so devastating because now the team basically has to win tonight as they did, but then likely win both Dallas and Brooklyn game, then both playin games.

So the Blazers have to win 5 straight games. They havent done that all season. Only time they've won more than a pair of games is a 3 game streak and two 4 game streaks.

 

[B-Roy]

Blazers probably need to win out to make playin. They would make 8th seed if they win out and Memphis loses to Boston or Milwaukee.

With one loss the Blazers need both SAS and PHX to lose a game. Or Memphis loses both and one of PHX or SAS lose.

PHX need to win out and have Portland lose one or Memphis lose both.

SAS need to win out and have Portland lose one or Memphis lose both and PHX lose one. Or Portland lose one and Memphis lose both if Phoenix wins out.

We will still be higher than the Spurs if we win one and they win out. So one win essentially knocks the Spurs out. If Phoenix wins out they will jump us though, so we need the Suns to lose one.

 

[SharpesTriumph]

We will still be higher than the Spurs if we win one and they win out. So one win essentially knocks the Spurs out. If Phoenix wins out they will jump us though, so we need the Suns to lose one.

Incorrect, the Spurs would have 33-38 a .465 win percentage if they win out but PDX would have 34-40 a .459 percentage with one loss, below SAS.

 

[illmatic99]

The clippers loss was so devastating because now the team basically has to win tonight as they did, but then likely win both Dallas and Brooklyn game, then both playin games.

So the Blazers have to win 5 straight games. They havent done that all season. Only time they've won more than a pair of games is a 3 game streak and two 4 game streaks.

Just gotta hope MEM and SAS lose one at least and give us a bit of leeway. I want 8th. The winning five in a row thing is brutal.

 

[SharpesTriumph]

Ed O deleted his post saying he didn't look at numbers but I was wrong. It's pretty easy to add two games to the current standings and see the records...

PDX currently has two more wins and one more loss than spurs.

If we win one and they win two we'd have one more win but two more losses and a worse record.

 

[blazerkor]

Mavs will rest Luka, Porzingis and DFS against Utah on a 1st game of a b2b, no word on if they play against us, but i've read that the Mavs want to keep us out of the Playoffs, which means they would play on tuesday

I think if they're resting them tomorrow and that results in a Jazz win, then they will rest them against us. There is no logical reason why they would want to keep us out of the playoffs. Where did you read that?

 

[Rastapopoulos]

New Orleans and Sacramento are ELIMINATED:

 

[e_blazer]

BTW I'm a CPA and VP finance... or was a VPF... just quit a six figure job last month during a pandemic, not sure that was smart, and now wasting my time posting with all of you... I think I need to get a damn job lol.

Too late. No way back out of the rabbit hole once you’ve fallen in.

 

[SharpesTriumph]

I think if they're resting them tomorrow and that results in a Jazz win, then they will rest them against us. There is no logical reason why they would want to keep us out of the playoffs. Where did you read that?

Maybe they want to give them a day off tomorrow but have them play the following day and dont give a shit how it impacts us?

 

[Labinot41]

I think if they're resting them tomorrow and that results in a Jazz win, then they will rest them against us. There is no logical reason why they would want to keep us out of the playoffs. Where did you read that?

On reddit

 

[SharpesTriumph]

Phoenix plays OKC tomorrow and Philly Tuesday. If they lose either we can elimate them from playin with a win over Dallas.

San Antonio plays Houston Tuesday. If they lose we can elimate them from playin with a win over Dallas.

 

[blazerkor]

Maybe they want to give them a day off tomorrow but have them play the following day and dont give a shit how it impacts us?

If they beat the Jazz tomorrow they are one game behind the Jazz so if the Jazz lost their last game and Dallas won theirs, Dallas would be the 6 seed and not have to play the Clippers. So my thought was that if they are giving up on that, they will likely rest there guys a lot between now and when they play the Clippers.

 

[blazerkor]

On reddit

Oh reddit, that bastion of journalistic integrity. The place where you go and can be as sure as if it came out the mouth of Donald Trump himself that it's a fact.

 

[KSF-ERIC]

I hope the Bucks/Grizzlies is early on Thursday. If Spurs and Suns are eliminated on Tuesday, a Grizzlies loss (provided they lose to Boston which they will because Cs want their pick) would sew up the 8th seed for us and we could rest everybody during the Brooklyn game. That is ideal. I think the league is waiting to schedule the Thursday games for TV until they know which games are important towards determining who is in the play-in.

 

[KSF-ERIC]

Mavs will rest Luka, Porzingis and DFS against Utah on a 1st game of a b2b, no word on if they play against us, but i've read that the Mavs want to keep us out of the Playoffs, which means they would play on tuesday

Why does Dallas care about us?

 

[Shaboid]

This thread has me totally bamboozled. All I want is for Dame and the rest of the team to rest today. After a back to back where a lot of them looked pretty tired, they could use it. Come back tomorrow and just win! That is all we need to do.

 

[GrandpaBlaze]

As hard to say as it is, I'm a serious OKC fan today. I hope the Thunder blocks the Suns from shining.

 

[Shaboid]

As hard to say as it is, I'm a serious OKC fan today. I hope the Thunder blocks the Suns from shining.

That's the only game that really matters today, right? I guess the Pacers and the Heat are tied right now, but they are just playing for home court which is practically irrelevant in the bubble imo. Either way, I'll plug my nose today and root for the Thunder.

 

[Road Ratt]

Watching the game now.

Go Jazz!

 

[GoBlazersGo]

HUGE first quarter for OKC... let's keep that Thunder rolling thru the final 3 quarters, as well, please! Thanks in advance!

 

[DDolla]

Well OKC with a fast start against Memphis and we all know what happened next. Hopefully this time they get a win

 

[Titan]

Kinda good for us is that the thunder don't want to lose and drop down in the rankings if the Jazz win today. The suns will finally get a good challenge