The Official Race To The Playoffs thread

5. Nuggets 44-29
6. Blazers 43-31
7. Hornets 42-32
8. Grizzlies 41-33
11. Rockets 38-35
12. Suns 36-36
11. Jazz 36-38

EDIT through March 28th

 

What makes it official?

 

Well that race was short.

 

Yeah what a waste of a season if we only get to play in 82 games ... however, playing in 86 would make all the difference in the world.

 

I just saw the Blazers' new car for this race ... I'm a little worried.

 

grizz are getting in. our only hope is a melo trade.

 

So you would trade Denver assets to get a 3 month rental in an attempt to get a low seed and likely quick exit from the playoffs and weaken the franchise even more for the coming years than it already is?

Awesome.

 

im saying our only hope to make the playoffs is melo being dealt.

 

Well ... you have a good point there.

 

Blazers back in 8th. Warriors making move.

 

i will say it again... if denver deals. i think we get in.

grizz 7

blazers 8

with GS right on our ass

 

I'll start to care about daily wins and losses at the end of March.

 

If we don't win games now, then it may not matter at the end of March. Start caring now!

Blazers with 1.5 game separation. Go Blazers!

 

No.

 

buzz kill.

maxie entered the forum

 

5. New Orleans 11.5
6. Utah 12.5
7. Denver 13.0
8. Portland 15.0
9. Memphis 16.5
10. Phoenix 17.5
11. Houston 18.5


Talk about a playoff race. We are as close to 6 as we are 10.

Roy and Camby coming back, I like our chances . . . at 5th.

 

6 days later:

5. New Orleans 33-23
6. Utah 31-24
7. Denver 31-24
8. Portland 30-24

9. Memphis 30-26
10. Phoenix 26-26
11. Houston 25-30
12. Golden State 24-29

It was a good week for us.

 

Same record as the Blazers had at this point last season, which is amazing given all of the injuries.

Now all they have to do is finish with a 20-8 stretch run to equal last season's win total. Should be a piece of cake...right?

 

Predicted wins: Instead of last night's .1 and .1 difference, it's now a .3 and .3 difference.

44.7 Portland
44.4 Memphis
44.1 Utah

Like I said elsewhere, Utah is out of here. Their wins depended on "Effort" Sloan even more than ours on our coach. Tyrone Corbin is more than 1.3 wins (out of 28 games remaining) worse than Sloan. The moment Sloan quit, we (and Memphis) made the playoffs.

http://www.coolstandings.com/basket...sn=2010&col=expw&sort=desc&run=1047&sim=s&v=c

 

We should start a pool for when Camby and Roy actually return.

Despite the chatter, I'm expecting Roy to be out at least until after the trade deadline. With Camby, I have no clue what to think.