Jan 20 GSW Jan 21 @Mem Jan 23 @Bucks Jan 25 @bos Jan 27 @76ers Jan 29 @Pacers Jan 31 SAC Feb 2 ATL Feb 3 Bulls Feb 7 ORL Feb 9 @CHA Feb 11 PHX Feb 15 MIA The schedule is getting tougher. Can't wait for the ASG break, so our players can finally get some rest!
Jan 20 GSW W Jan 21 @Mem L Jan 23 @Bucks W Jan 25 @bos W Jan 27 @76ers W Jan 29 @Pacers W Jan 31 SAC W Feb 2 ATL W Feb 3 Bulls W Feb 7 ORL W Feb 9 @CHA W Feb 11 PHX W Feb 15 MIA W 45 - 13! Yea baby!
We should win 9 or 10 of those games in my opinion best case scenario 10 worst case scenario 6 and likely scenario is 8 to 9.
After the next six games the Rockets will only have like 12 more road games for the entire year. Less B2B games and plenty of days off in between. I think these next six games are critical, if we can finish these up with only 2 losses then I think we will win 60 games this year.
B2B gsw > mem is such horsesh!t for a team that's already played what - 12 B2B's? A lot of winnable games afterwards and no B2B's after that I saw before the ASG but still... the schedule makers did us NO favors.
The next 6 games are tougher. Beginning with SAC on the 31st, Rockets probably have the easiest schedule in the NBA.
Jan 20 GSW L Jan 21 @MEM W Jan 23 @mil L Jan 25 @bos L Jan 27 @PHI W Jan 29 @IND W Jan 31 SAC W Feb 2 ATL W Feb 3 CHI W Feb 7 ORL W Feb 9 @CHA L Feb 11 PHX W Feb 15 MIA W 9-4, 41-16 at the break is doable.
Hopefully at least some minor reinforcements arrive after the Memphis game to help these tired legs and mitigate some match up issues. My prediction: we win 6 of the next 13 + 20 of the last 24 = 59 wins on the season, finishing 3rd and facing OKC.
Jan 20 GSW - L Jan 21 @Mem - W Jan 23 @Bucks - W Jan 25 @boston - L Jan 27 @76ers - W Jan 29 @Pacers - W Jan 31 SAC - W Feb 2 ATL - W Feb 3 Bulls - W Feb 7 ORL - W Feb 9 @CHA - W Feb 11 PHX - W Feb 15 MIA - W In the words of _holic "mark my words"
I think it's the difficult schedule so far that has really galvanized this team, and given us the confidence that we really can hang with anybody. Getting some much needed rest and practice time heading into the playoffs is going to do wonders for us.