New Jersey in 6th/ Discussion for Tomorrows Games

1. z-Detroit 52-29
2. x-Chicago 49-32
3. y-Toronto 47-34
4. y-Miami 44-37
5. x-Cleveland 49-32
6. x-New Jersey 40-41
7. x-Washington 40-41
8. x-Orlando 39-42

For Washington to get sixth:
Here is the deal:

- Washington plays @ Indy tomorrow (18th) they need to win and have New Jersey lose at home against chicago(18th) to get sixth. Thankfully Chicago needs to win to fend off cleveland for second place....

- New Jerseys gets sixth if it wins tomorrow. If both the Wizards and the Nets lose tomorrow - the nets get sixth based on the tiebreak.

Observations:

- Washington should have some incentive to win this game tomorrow because they could possibly drop to eighth if the Magic win (home against the heat 18th) and the Wiz lose. 8th would be a big dissapointment for the Wiz cause there is virtually no hope of upsetting the #1 seeded Pistons.

- The pacers who play the Wiz should have incentive to lose because there 2007 draft pick belongs to the Hawks (Al harrington trade) however the pick is top ten protected so if the Pacers end up in the top ten of the lottery they will keep their pick.

- Chicago @ New Jersey should be a really interesting game. The Bulls need to a win to lockdown second in the east ( especially cause Cleveland has a gimme against Milwaukee). Obviously the Nets are pushing hard for sixth (they want the raptors). Also this might provide an opportunity to see if the Nets are the real deal now that they have Jefferson back - - Chicago is playing great ball of late, moreover the Nets have not had a quality win against a top team during this run... they have just been beating up the lower-echelon eastern conference teams.

- While my heart thinks the Nets series would provide a lot of drama and gather high tv ratings and just be beautiful to watch. My brain is hoping the Wiz secure the 6th seed - - we would walk all over them in 4 or 5.

Anyway here are the games tomorrow that will determine the raptors fate:

7:00 PM ET
Milwaukee (28-53, 10-30 away)
Cleveland (49-32, 29-11 home)

7:00 PM ET
Miami (44-37, 17-23 away)
Orlando (39-42, 24-16 home)

7:30 PM ET
Chicago (49-32, 18-22 away)
New Jersey (40-41, 23-17 home)

-This game is on WGN (superstation) I get the game. but WGN like TBS is one of the few American national channels that is carried in Canada so some of us might be able to watch it. Also hopefully Raptors network will pick it up as of right now there airing courtside live.....

8:00 PM ET
Washington (40-41, 14-26 away)
Indiana (35-46, 22-18 home)

- Notice the late start eg. some of the earlier results might influence Washingtons halftime speech. Hopefully the Raptors network picks up one of these two games.

 

Wow, i just realized that Washington lost tonight, NJ v. Toronto would be an INTENSE series, but I'm worried about the big 3. All signs point to Washington holding onto the 6th spot, but Washington's been on a huge slide, so I don't know.

 

Just realized that Jermain Oneal is out tomorrow so that helps the Wizards.... Im worried about Chicago beating New Jersey though - - Chicago is terrible on the road.

 

Hate to keep replying to this thread but raptors network picked-up the new jersey game.

 

Chicago will beat NJ. The game is too important not to win for them.

I'm still not convinced that the Wizards can beat even a bad Pacers team w/o O'Neal. They've looked awful lately. Jamison also had 48 last night so he's got to be somewhat tired.

 

Thanks for the updates Drunkballer.

 

52-40 Newjersey at Halftime.

 

i'm guessing Chicago would rather play the wizards too.

 

<div class="quote_poster">SoSoDef Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">i'm guessing Chicago would rather play the wizards too.</div>

Cleveland is blowing out Milwaukee right now. Chicago has to win this or else they end up playing Miami in 4th-5th seed battle.

Also it looks like Orlando will beat Miami so if the Wizards lose they drop to 8th.

 

The Score's showing the rest of the Bulls/Nets game too.

Both games are real close. Chicago's gotten back and tied the game at 68. Washington's tied with Indiana at 67.

 

Nets led 87-77 last I checked. Wizards are losing to the Pacers by one, the Magic blew out the Heat, and the Cavs beat the Bucks.

I believe the Nets will win, and the Wizards will lose. This obviously is going to completely restructure the bottom seedings as it's now going to be Toronto vs. NJ, Cleveland vs. Orlando, and Detriot vs. Washington (Sweep with blowouts!).

 

Miami vs. Chicago should be a hell of a series (still pending of course).

 

If the Wizards win against Indy, they'd end up being 7th right?

 

NJ wins, Toronto v. NJ first round.

 

Nightmare come true. I think the Raptors would have a hard time dispatching of the Nets. You've got to think that Carter will be up for the series and the Raptors will have to take a 2-0 lead at home in the first two games or it might be hard once we lose home court advantage.

 

I think Toronto is just to deep and balanced for the Nets
They can't stop Bosh and I think Parker Mo and Graham can do a good job on Carter and Jefferson.
Also it works nicely them having no interior players cause thats our biggest weakness defensively.

Toronto in 6

 

I cannot WAIT for this series to start. Almost everyone on my MSN list has somethin about this series on thier name already

 

is the game saturday or sunday??

 

OH BOYYYYYYYYYY. Can't wait.

 

i think the raps need a huge dramatic series like this just to lay down some foundations as an important team in the league and esp in this city. with the leafs out and vince in, all eyes will be on the raps. hopefully they capitalize on both the canadian and american national media.