6-game Central/East road trip and 3 back-to-backs. Granted, some of the East teams are not top-tier, but still, this should certainly test the mettle/poise/endurance of this team: Sunday vs. Cleveland Tuesday vs. LAC Wednesday vs. Orlando Friday @ San Antonio Saturday @ Houston Monday (16th) @ New Orleans Wednesday(18th) @ Atlanta Friday(20th) @ Toronto Saturday(21st) @ Detroit
Yep we should really get a good view of how this team is going to handle this season based on what happens in those games.
that first one is going to be real real real rough..... a 730 game in LA that doesn't end till probably about 10-1030 then take a 5 hour flight to Orlando makes them arrive in orlando around 630 and then have a 4-430 game? fuuuuuck thats gnarly don't expect to win that one
Atlanta has been giving us fits the last few years. We need to start that game off strong or they're going to run away from us. Although they don't have a certain sixth man of the year anymore.
Well, let's see. They're on a four game win streak and have beaten: 1. A New Orleans team at home playing without Eric Gordon 2. A Milwaukee team at home that's devoid of any stars 3. A Memphis team at home playing without Darrell Arthur or Zach Randolph. 4. A Golden State team on the road playing without Steph Curry Not exactly world beaters, in my opinion. We'll see what they're made of over the next 10 days when the face the Lakers, Denver, Clippers and Dallas. Don't see the Jazz winning any of those games.
Shouldn't we mention our b2b2b which follows immediately after this road trip? Monday (23rd) vs. Sacramento Tuesday (24th) vs. Memphis Wednesday (25th) @ Golden State and then for good measure Friday (27th) vs. Phoenix Starting tomorrow, that's 12 games in 18 days, with about 8,000 miles of travel. And I have a feeling that many won't be satisfied with anything less than 8-4 over this stretch.
The way that this team plays when they are playing well I could see them going on a run and winning a lot of those games but the way we play on the road sometimes and wear of travel and b2b's is going to hurt and I think that 6-6 or 7-5 sounds pretty nice considering. I wish I wasnt so lazy that I willing to take the time to see how many of those opponents are on b2b's and such. We will get caught sleeping in at least one of those road games that we "should" win.
If the Blazers beat the Clippers tomorrow night (I'm anticipating that they will), then they will have defeated 3 current division leaders.
We're going to need the crowd to show for these next two games. The Clips and Orlando are both good teams.
Orlando Played last night at Sac and will not play til us! Must be nice. After the game D12 had against the Kings, I expect him to put 20 and 20 on us at least.
If you want a lengthy report from LaMarcus' cousin on how teams have changed their methods to cope with the short season, scroll down to "Nobody Asked Me, But..." http://www.nba.com/2012/news/featur...ubio-minnesota-timberwolves-future/index.html
