Hello Fellow ClutchFans. I though i would share what i have been using these last few weeks in order to determine our play off run. Some nice to know information before what our expectations our: Hollinger says 8th seed in the west will most likely have a 36-30 Record. Looking at Denver's Record at 18/16, id say Hollinger is spot on with his prediction,HOWEVER i believe that 38-28 will actually be the requirement for 8th seed in our clustered conference. W=Win L=Loss Anything followed by a "?' means hit or miss basically. Bold means that its predicted to be a loss, but making it a win would greatly increase our chances of making playoffs as well as giving as a sort of cushion to screw up. March (Including Utah) @Utah-W Den-W Lac-L @Bos-W(?) @Tor-W @NJN-W @CLE-W @OKC-L CHA-W @LAC-L @PHX-W LAL-L(?) GSW-W DAL-W(?) SAC-W @DAL-L(?) MEM-W(?) I have the Rockets being 13-5 At Least by the end of march giving us a 34-19 record before heading into a 16 game April.(Featuring the likes of MIA/IND/CHI/Dallas a few times). Best Case with a few wins in bold the Rockets go 16-2 by sneaking wins against DAL at home against LAC and at home Versus LAL giving us a cushion to loose at LAC and at DAL. This would give HOU a 36-16 Record, which according to Hollinger is enough wins to make 8th seed. If we can keep our heads up this Month we will should be fine. On a Side Note: I have included a poll of who you would NOT want to face in the first round of play-offs?
Wow, poll is sort of lame, because who makes a poll about not wanting to do something???? I voted OKC coz I figure the sooner we get crushed the sooner Les realizes that this middling bullcrap is not going to bring Houston a championship.
I think a more conservative option is to predict we go 9-8 over these 17 games. You've highlighted 6 games that we "should lose", and budgeted a 4 game road win streak in a period we play 4 games in 6 nights. Yet you somehow think we'll only lose 5 games in the entire month Anything better than 9-8 will stand us in very good stead heading into the final month. 8 wins in April is not a very optimistic projection - so we're looking at about 17 more wins (38 altogether) without an overly positive view of our chances.
I would rather not face Minnesota. Seriously, I dont think we match up badly against the Thunder. Their 2 best players are at positions where we have our 2 best defenders. The Lakers are a bad matchup for us. We have no one to guard Bynum, Gasol, or Bryant.
I think the more relevant period is between now the the March 15th trade deadline: @Utah 2-29 Den 3-2 Lac 3-4 @Bos 3-6 @Tor 3-7 @NJN 3-10 @CLE 3-11 @OKC 3-13 CHA 3-14 I think a more impressive showing during the upcoming stretch will increase the trade value of the pieces that the Rockets have a better record than all but 2 of those teams, but of course we are talking about 6 road games and 3 home and 4 games at the back end of back-to-backs, so they'll probably have one or more stumbles against the "worse" teams (tonight at Utah will be a challenge, for example). So, I am thinking maybe winning 5 or 6 out of the next 9 will be a good result.
Cleveland,New Jersey,Boston and Toronto are all Winnable games (if anything we should go 3-1 on that trip)
I'd take 3-1, just saying that you're budgeting 4-0. Unwise in basketball, and often leads to disappointment/rage! A road trip is a road trip, regardless of who you play. Players tend to get tired towards the end of it, and stumbles are always possible.
The Rockets' narrow-body glorified cargo-hauler 727 jet will likely cause additional travel-fatigue and cost them another game.
Hypothetically I based my opinion on matchups. Of the opponents listed above I wouldnt want to face the Lakers assume Bynum is healthy. However, this team is going to look completely different after the March 15th deadline so Ill have to come back to that in a few weeks.
NONE we would just be a easy out for any and all. - (we are a jump shooting team that cannot score inside at all) I want the standard 14th pick instead. We got nothing out of T-Will - We give nothing for T-Will, thank you Nets BUT it didn't work-out for us.
