Will Anything Less Than 3-1 On This Road-Trip Be Unacceptable To You?

[ABM]

I guess I could say I'm in that camp.

IMO, every one of these games is "winnable" and, for whatever reason, I see this trip as a kind of watershed moment of the season.

Therefore, from a microcosmic approach, .500 is not acceptale to me this season. (Yes, I realize these are all road games. Nonetheless......)

 

[Natebishop3]

I guess I could say I'm in that camp.

IMO, every one of these games is "winnable" and, for whatever reason, I see this trip as a kind of watershed moment of the season.

Therefore, from a microcosmic approach, .500 is not acceptale to me this season. (Yes, I realize these are all road games. Nonetheless......)

Did you post your predictions or something ABM? (IE this thread could have used them)

 

[Mediocre Man]

Portland goes 1-3 on this trip.

The opposing arenas are going to be very different from this point forward.

 

[Tortimer]

I would hope we go 3-1 or at least 2-2 but you never know on the road. Anytime you are playing back to back games on the road it is tough.

 

[Natebishop3]

Portland goes 1-3 on this trip.

The opposing arenas are going to be very different from this point forward.

Meh, you know I don't think they will MM. I'd be surprised if the fans remember this a week from now.

 

[ABM]

Portland goes 1-3 on this trip.

The opposing arenas are going to be very different from this point forward.

OK, then, they should strap on their J.R. Rider's "World Beaters" personalities.

 

[BoBoBREWSKI]

Yes, anything less than 3-1 would be disappointing based on who we play. I wouldnt be surprised to see us go 4-0. The Nets are the only squad that might beat us IMO. D.Harris has been hurt, but is expected to play tonight, hopefully he's still a little rusty on Thursday.

 

[RayDavies]

We should expect 3-1
but, I wouldn't be heartbroken with 2-2 on an eastern swing.
Roy coming back should provide an emotional lift, and with Aldridge's resurgent play, I could see us sweeping this trip.

For this team, .500 ball on the road for the season wouldn't disappoint me in the slightest if we can maintain or improve upon our .778 winning percentage at home. That winning clip pencils out to ~52 wins. I think 52 gets us into the playoffs...

 

[Natebishop3]

I'm scared of the Bulls. Any time you beat a team as big as we beat them, they'll remember.

 

[VenomXL]

Yeah, I'm sure the Bulls will have some extra motivation after that massive beatdown we handed them earlier in the season.

They need to handle their business on the road. I would be disappointed if they dropped a couple, but I wouldn't be shocked. I just hope Roy's hammy stays healthy because any setbacks would be a huge blow.

 

[Natebishop3]

I'm anxious to see Bayless vs Rose.

 

[Denny Crane]

I don't think you have to worry about the Bulls. OKC just beat them in OT in Chicago.

 

[Mediocre Man]

I'm anxious to see Bayless vs Rose.

LOL yes those 3 minutes Nate will give him are gonna be epic!!!!!

 

[BrianFromWA]

Why would CHI risk Rose in garbage time?

 

[BoBoBREWSKI]

L.Deng may be back and play tonight.

 

[TradeNurkicNow]

I'm worried about the Nets. 3-1 would be acceptable, 2-2 would be par for the course in mild disappointment.

 

[Minstrel]

The opposing arenas are going to be very different from this point forward.

The vast majority of fans have no idea about all of this. Most fans aren't obsessive enough to argue on discussion forums. A friend of mine who follows basketball quite a bit, but not to the point of reading everything about basketball on the Internet, asked me, "Hey, did you know the Grizzlies re-signed Miles?" He had no idea about The E-Mail. I think most fans aren't even that aware of Miles.

 

[MIXUM]

anything less then 3-1 is a letdown

my prediction?????


2-2 with a loss vs the bulls who are healthy and pissed from last time

 

[Mediocre Man]

The vast majority of fans have no idea about all of this. Most fans aren't obsessive enough to argue on discussion forums. A friend of mine who follows basketball quite a bit, but not to the point of reading everything about basketball on the Internet, asked me, "Hey, did you know the Grizzlies re-signed Miles?" He had no idea about The E-Mail. I think most fans aren't even that aware of Miles.

I forget about that. Great point

 

[The_Lillard_King]

Except this Miles thing has been covered by several atricles in Yahoo and I keep seeing it scroll across the screen on ESPN.

First it was "Blazer threaten to sue team that signs Miles" then "Giz sign Miles in spite of Blazers threat."

But other fans aren't likely to hold onto this issue as long as Blazer fans. I was pretty upset by the email and I had let it go . . . until I read Canzano's article yesterday.

 

[hasoos]

.500 on the road is good with me. Sure I want them to win every game. But I believe .500 on the road and winning a majority of your home games will get you into the playoffs, which is the goal for this year.

 

[Nikolokolus]

I'm scared of the Bulls. Any time you beat a team as big as we beat them, they'll remember.

Man, I've been thinking the same thing for a week now. This feels like a trap game, especially since the Bulls are coming off of their somewhat humiliating loss to the Thunder (which btw, scare me too because of the way they've been playing people close for the last couple of weeks)

I expect a very nip tuck game tonight, which is probably going to hinge on Greg's ability to stay out of foul trouble, keeping Rose out of the paint and LMA having another dominant outing.

 

[e_blazer]

Portland goes 1-3 on this trip.

The opposing arenas are going to be very different from this point forward.

95% of the fans in the NBA won't even have heard a word about the Blazers' e-mail. Just not that big of a story outside of Portland except on message boards.

 

[Nikolokolus]

I don't think you have to worry about the Bulls. OKC just beat them in OT in Chicago.

Actually the way OKC has taken teams like the Nuggets and Spurs to the wire lately, I'm not surprised they won, in fact I wouldn't be shocked if OKC played close to .400 ball the rest of the season.

 

[hasoos]

You know how it is. Every year the team wins some games it shouldn't win. It also loses some it shouldn't lose. Win streaks, losing streaks, they eb and flow. Teams that were embarassed in the past will of course want to come out and prove they can play, but at the same time, the team that beat them should feel pretty confident. This is the NBA. I expect every game to be competitive. Hell look at the game with LA and Miami last night. Would you have expected a 3 point game with LA winning at the end? Or would you have expected LA walk away with the W easy? Miami is not a very good team. But they have pride. The better you are, the more teams are looking to knock you off, and find out where they are at.

 

[Pinwheel1]

I will be very happy with 2-2. We are not favored tonight and I doubt we will be favored in any of them. Vegas looks at everything when setting the line. All 4 games can go either way IMO.

 

[BrianFromWA]

Actually the way OKC has taken teams like the Nuggets and Spurs to the wire lately, I'm not surprised they won, in fact I wouldn't be shocked if OKC played close to .400 ball the rest of the season.

Durant's quietly making the leap to "really good scorer" territory. If OKC gets any production out of Westbrook (who looks legit) and Green, they could make it to that .400 point, but I doubt it since they're in the WC. Too many veteran tough teams each night.

 

[ABM]

Portland goes 1-3 on this trip.

The opposing arenas are going to be very different from this point forward.

I doubt we go 0-3 the rest of the way, though.

 

[SheedSoNasty]

Philly could be a tough game with the way they're starting to bounce back, but I sill think that we take care of them on Wednesday. Oden should be able to string some games in where he can stay in and be active.

I love the way he took care of business against the Bulls tonight. I'm hoping that he can keep it up... especially against Brook Lopez.

 

[KingSpeed]

3-1 would make us 11-11 on the road. That is what I hope for. Anything less is of course a disappointment. Being that Roy & LMA played terribly and we turned the ball over a lot, we still beat a Bulls team that jumped out to an 11 point lead over us. This bodes well for the rest of the trip. LMA and Roy will bounce back and now Outlaw and Oden have confidence to back them up. 1-3 will not happen.