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Number of Post All-Star wins


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Mon 12 @ Chicago 8:00pm MSG
Wed 14 vs Portland 7:30pm MSG
Fri 16 vs Indiana 7:30pm MSG
Sat 17 @ Indiana 7:00pm MSG
Tue 20 vs Toronto 7:30pm MSG
Wed 21 @ Philadelphia 7:00pm MSG
Fri 23 @ Toronto 7:00pm MSG
Sat 24 vs Detroit 7:30pm MSG
Mon 26 vs Milwaukee 7:30pm MSG
Wed 28 vs Orlando 7:00pm MSG
Fri 30 @ Atlanta 7:30pm MSG
Sat 31 vs Cleveland 7:30pm MSG
Tue 03 @ Indiana 7:00pm MSG
Thu 05 @ Orlando 7:00pm MSG
Sun 08 vs Chicago 1:00pm
Tue 10 @ Chicago 9:30pm MSG
Wed 11 @ Milwaukee 8:00pm MSG
Fri 13 vs Washington 7:30pm MSG
Sun 15 vs Miami 1:00pm
Tue 17 vs Boston 8:00pm
Wed 18 @ New Jersey 7:30pm MSG
Fri 20 @ Cleveland 7:30pm MSG
Sun 22 @ Atlanta 1:00pm MSG
Wed 25 vs LA Clippers 8:00pm MSG
Thu 26 @ Charlotte 8:00pm MSG
Thats new yorks for reference.
I'd give NY 10 wins in there, they have more home games left than we do.
So, 28-38 for them

Edit: the more I look at it, I think Milwaukee will snake that 8th spot. But who knows with NY. If Melo starts clicking, nobody catches them.
 
Weird, I was just gonna say the opposite lol

Guess its just how you look at it:dunno:

I see 8-19 the rest of the way, 24-42 overall

we have 27 games left, only 12 of those teams have winning records. 3 of those games are in the last 5 days of the season when two of those teams (Chicago and San Antonio) could be resting their main guys for the playoffs.

The knicks have 14 games left against teams with winning records. The bucks and pistons are worth looking at too.
 
I see 8-19 the rest of the way, 24-42 overall

After the last 3 games I can't see team rolling over and only winning 8 games given the following opponents

Toronto - twice 1 Home 1 away
New Jersey twice 2 away
Charlotte - once home
washington -Twice 1 home 1 away
Detroit - Twice - 1 home 1 away
Charlotte - Once 1 home
Milwaukee - twice 1 home 1 away
NY Knicks - Twice 1 home 1 away
Phoenix - once 1 home
 
i can see the cavs winning : Tue, Mar 13 vs Toronto,Wed, Mar 14 @ Milwaukee,Mon, Mar 19 @ New Jersey,Sun, Mar 25 vs Phoenix,Wed, Mar 28 vs Detroit,Fri, Mar 30 vs Milwaukee,Wed, Apr 4 @ Milwaukee,Fri, Apr 6 @ Toronto,Sun, Apr 8 @ New Jersey,Tue, Apr 10 vs Charlotte,Sat, Apr 14 @ Washington,Tue, Apr 17 @ Detroit, Wed, Apr 25 vs Washington. 13 games.

while i see the knicks winning at least : Fri 23 @ Toronto 7:00pm MSG ,Sat 24 vs Detroit 7:30pm MSG ,Mon 26 vs Milwaukee 7:30pm MSG,Sat 31 vs Cleveland 7:30pm MSG ,Wed 11 @ Milwaukee 8:00pm MSG ,Fri 13 vs Washington 7:30pm MSG ,Wed 18 @ New Jersey 7:30pm MSG ,Fri 20 @ Cleveland 7:30pm MSG,Thu 26 @ Charlotte 8:00pm MSG . 9 games.

thats assuming knicks win the matchup vs cavs. thats also assuming cavs and knicks beat all the bad teams, and none of the good (neither will happen). im just saying playoffs are definitely a possibility. especially if the cavs get varejao back. probably wont make it. but its not impossible.
 
we have a lot of easy teams left... playoffs are looking like a possibility at this point.. :dunno:

I still don't see it. This team is just too inconsistant. Yes, they have been beating some decent teams lately, and have sporadically throughout the season. But, they also lose to teams they should be beating all the time. I just don't see this trend changing much.
 
we have 27 games left, only 12 of those teams have winning records. 3 of those games are in the last 5 days of the season when two of those teams (Chicago and San Antonio) could be resting their main guys for the playoffs.

The knicks have 14 games left against teams with winning records. The bucks and pistons are worth looking at too.

We are on the road quite a bit down the stretch, Milwaukee, Detroit and NY are all .500 or better at home and we play 4 games on the road against those 3 teams. New York has a much more even home/road split the rest of the way.

After the last 3 games I can't see team rolling over and only winning 8 games given the following opponents

Toronto - twice 1 Home 1 away
New Jersey twice 2 away
Charlotte - once home
washington -Twice 1 home 1 away
Detroit - Twice - 1 home 1 away
Charlotte - Once 1 home
Milwaukee - twice 1 home 1 away
NY Knicks - Twice 1 home 1 away
Phoenix - once 1 home
Toronto has owned us this year so its tough to count either of those as wins until we can manage to at least hang with them, but I'll give us a split with them
New Jersey has Lopez back and both of our games against them are at NJ, not sure we win either
We'll beat Charlotte
We'll beat Phoenix
And I think we split with NY, Detroit, Washington and Millwaukee

That puts us at 7, I'm sure we'l beat someone we shouldn't, but you also can't forget that we'll probably lose to someone we shouldn't too.
 
I still don't see it. This team is just too inconsistant. Yes, they have been beating some decent teams lately, and have sporadically throughout the season. But, they also lose to teams they should be beating all the time. I just don't see this trend changing much.

after our last loss, Byron Scott called out Kyrie (not by name, but it was clear who he was referring to) to step up as the leader. He's responded and we're winning. Is that inconsistency, or is that pieces falling into place?

It's kind of interesting, too, when you compare our team now to our team LeBron's rookie year. We're 16-23 through 39 games, that team was 12-27. It was right about then that things started clicking for that team as they went 18-9 over the next 27 games - the number of games we have left. A stretch like that to close this season would put us above .500 and probably into the 7 seed.
 
We are on the road quite a bit down the stretch, Milwaukee, Detroit and NY are all .500 or better at home and we play 4 games on the road against those 3 teams. New York has a much more even home/road split the rest of the way.


Toronto has owned us this year so its tough to count either of those as wins until we can manage to at least hang with them, but I'll give us a split with them
New Jersey has Lopez back and both of our games against them are at NJ, not sure we win either
We'll beat Charlotte
We'll beat Phoenix
And I think we split with NY, Detroit, Washington and Millwaukee

That puts us at 7, I'm sure we'l beat someone we shouldn't, but you also can't forget that we'll probably lose to someone we shouldn't too.

Both teams have the same number of home games, the cavs have 2 more road games.

The raptors losses were the first two weeks of the season. One was Kyrie's first ever NBA game where he really had no idea what he was doing. I wouldn't project too much off of those losses.
 
We are on the road quite a bit down the stretch, Milwaukee, Detroit and NY are all .500 or better at home and we play 4 games on the road against those 3 teams. New York has a much more even home/road split the rest of the way.
Toronto has owned us this year so its tough to count either of those as wins until we can manage to at least hang with them, but I'll give us a split with them
New Jersey has Lopez back and both of our games against them are at NJ, not sure we win either
We'll beat Charlotte
We'll beat Phoenix
And I think we split with NY, Detroit, Washington and Millwaukee
That puts us at 7, I'm sure we'l beat someone we shouldn't, but you also can't forget that we'll probably lose to someone we shouldn't too.
toronto has gotten ass raped in their past two losses, and i think the cavs will be prepared. i would buy the road argument, but this team has been very good on the road.
 
Both teams have the same number of home games, the cavs have 2 more road games.

The raptors losses were the first two weeks of the season. One was Kyrie's first ever NBA game where he really had no idea what he was doing. I wouldn't project too much off of those losses.
I gave us the benefit of the doubt and said we'd split the games with the Raptors

We have 11 home games left and 15 on the road
NY has 11 homes games and 13 on the road

Like I said, NY has a more even split, plus they have less games remaining. I just don't see us catching them given our remaining schedule.
 
I tell you what though this is shaping up just like the LJ era. See improvement with the next superstar, one more draft in the lottery( this year) then a playoff berth next year. We need a good pick this year. If we some how grab Beal or Lamb and use cap space wisely we could be back in the hunt in 3 years.
 
after our last loss, Byron Scott called out Kyrie (not by name, but it was clear who he was referring to) to step up as the leader. He's responded and we're winning. Is that inconsistency, or is that pieces falling into place?

It's kind of interesting, too, when you compare our team now to our team LeBron's rookie year. We're 16-23 through 39 games, that team was 12-27. It was right about then that things started clicking for that team as they went 18-9 over the next 27 games - the number of games we have left. A stretch like that to close this season would put us above .500 and probably into the 7 seed.

You make some good points. The proof is ahead of us, so it will be interesting to see how it all plays out. I'm also of the belief that after the deadline shakes out many of the vet teams out there that have been struggling will be a little more focused en route to the playoffs. I'm not sure we pull out too many more games like OKC the other day once these teams regroup and set their sights on getting higher seeds.
With the way KI has been willing us to wins in the 4th Q's, it could very well be that you are right. A lot of it will also be what are team looks like after the deadline passes and once Andy gets back. Still so many factors that we just don't have in front of us yet that I can't say with any real certainty which team we'll see. My gutt just tells me that the pattern we have established will still play out.
 
toronto has gotten ass raped in their past two losses, and i think the cavs will be prepared. i would buy the road argument, but this team has been very good on the road.

I wouldn't call a 6 point loss an ass raping, plus they didn't have Calderon today and he's making the trip to Cleveland tomorrow. I'm just not confident in this team winning a lot of games. We're simply not very good. Just a week ago we were polishing off our 6th loss in a row that included home losses to New Orleans, Boston and Utah and a road loss to Washington. We're young and inconsistent.
 
NY has a more even split, plus they have less games remaining. I just don't see us catching them given our remaining schedule.

the difference is the Knicks have lost 5 straight and we have won 3 straight against + .500 teams

we are two games behind them in the win column and even with them in losses

never say never
 
Just a week ago we were polishing off our 6th loss in a row that included home losses to New Orleans, Boston and Utah and a road loss to Washington. We're young and inconsistent.

but its hard to discount the way we are playing nowafter inserting Gee and Hollins in the starting 5 and giving Samuels minutes
 

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