Haha. I know buddy. No harm. I did. I was mad after 3 losses in a row. I'm optimistic again. Those are some terrible, terrible teams at the end...even with our inconsistent focus. Don't forget a W against Toronto and a really good close fight against OKC. And most importantly, let us also not forget that in a week's time, my W-L prediction on Rockets, Blazers, Grizzlies, Jazz, and Mavs has played out so closely that my seeding prediction is even stronger now than it was a week ago. Your skepticism from last week looks much weaker now.
Blazers Mar 31 Bos 10:00 PM L Apr 2 Miami 10:00 PM L Apr 3 @GS 8:00 PM L Apr 5 @Sac 10:00 PM W Apr 6 OKC 10:00 PM L Apr 9 Min 10:30 PM W Apr 13 Den 10:30 PM W Adjusted Predicted Final Record: 41-41 (went down 1 W. A good thing) Adjusted Seeding: 5th Rockets 43-39 6th Grizzlies 42-40 7th Blazers 41-41 (haven't looked into who gets the tie breaker here) 8th Jazz 41-41 (haven't looked into who gets the tie breaker here) 9th Mavericks 40-42[/QUOTE] I sure hope you're right, but I don't see the Blazers losing 3 in a row at home down the stretch... I also hope you're right about us going 7-1 in our final 8 games (including our last game)...we'll learn a lot tonight.
Haha cool. It's been such a frustrating season that the only way to deal with it is to lash out on the optimists. Haha Pathetic I know. I really hope it blows up in my face and you're able to say "I told you so"
the bad thing about this thread is that it gets people's hopes up. :grin: Everything just sound so reasonable and so rational and so logical. So optimistic. Just like it did back in November when we weren't playing any real contenders.
how's that prediction track looking now? :grin: and mind you, this was the ONE game I thought we'd steal.
Don't worry, Rockets just lost tonight on purpose because they don't want that 7th seed, they want that 8th seed. They want GS
Five Thirty Eight has dropped us down to a 76% chance of making the playoffs. That's behind the Grizz and Jazz, but at least we're ahead of the Mavs. http://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2016-nba-picks/
No, still just 5. So instead of 43-39, they would be 42-40, which I had the Grizz at. Grizz have 2 Ws against us to our 1 W against them. So then: 5th Grizzlies 42-40 6th Rockets 42-40 7th Blazers 41-41 (haven't looked into who gets the tie breaker here) 8th Jazz 41-41 (haven't looked into who gets the tie breaker here) 9th Mavericks 40-42 Seriously, how crazy is it that we can lose yet again next game against OKC, be deeper in the 9th seed, then when 5 very winnable games and still be 6th. The wacky wacky West.
"Bless your heart"...the biggest insult in the South. Am I dumb to still believe? Fool-hearted, sure. But I still believe!
