Predict the final 9 games…. W-Jazz W-Suns L-Lakers (back to back for us) W-Jazz L-OKC W-Warriors W-Clippers (back to back for Clippers) W-Lakers L-Nuggets I think we can win 6 of the 9 remaining games. 53 win (.646) season 2nd Seed 1st round against the Clippers.
All 9 Wins, with our All-Scrub Lineup torching Denver , who's trying their hardest in a must-win -for- them-yet-meaningless-for-us game, on a Reed buzzerbeater over Murray, to knock the Denvers into the play-in, which they win and face us as the #7, when we promptly sweep them......ORRRR......4 w's 5 L's, but only slip to 3rd thanks to the general lack of cohesion in the chase pack....
The most important challenges ....6 out of 9 - Phoenix game I would put at average expectation OKC 2x Lakers 1x @Clippers 1x @GSW 1x Denver (last game: either full starters or full bench)
The MUST win games imo are: The 2 games vs. Jazz - because we are just not allowed to lose these couple of games 1 of the 2 matches vs. Lakers - so we have tie-breaker as we currently lead 1-0 The match vs. Warriors - so they won’t threat to pass or tie to our record (currently they lead 3-1so they have the tie-breaker no matter what) + because we suffered enough from this f*****s. Give me these 4 wins and I’ll be more than happy. Generally speaking, it’s a rough schedule and if we get 4-5 wins that would be great and probably enough to secure top-6 spot. I don’t really care for the 2nd seed or for HCA, just wish we can avoid the play-in.
If we go 6-3 it will be really hard to not be 2nd seed! I think we lose the b2b vs LAL, the Warriors game and another. DEN hasn't got the hardest schedule home, so it might come down to a final round shoot out for the 2nd seed.
