That schedule is pretty easy early on. Portland could/should go 13-5 or 14-4 out of the gate. That is the type of start they need. Then comes a 6-game road trip but against the dysfunctional Rockets, hapless Bulls, legit Bucks, remade 76'ers, lost Knicks, and clueless Hornets, even that trip could/should be at least 3-3. The next 13 are a little tougher and projects to around 7-6. That could/should be 23-14 or maybe a little better over the first half. At that rate, that gets Portland to 44-45 wins for the season. The 2nd half of the schedule might be tougher though.
Wow, I'm thinking just the opposite. I could easily imagine starting the season 2-4. Utah Houston @LAL @LAC @GS @GS
I don't have them much different in that first 6 games...3-3 instead of 2-4. But after that, it gets quite easy for the rest of the 1st half of the schedule.
I'm starting to wonder if i am the only guy that pays for and watches the Blazers through Comcast. Yes it's a little more but i know i can watch every game. I know the quality will be good. I know that i can record any game if need be. I also have stats on the screen as the game is being played. I can open a second window and watch the end of another game. I can also record multiple games if need be like this year when NFL,NBA,NCAA, are all going to be a jumbled mess through make up times. Yeah It's a bit more and we have 3 TV's but i really got tired of working to save a few bucks and not being happy with the quality or availability.
I was thinking DirectTV for a bit but you have to admit when the feed goes down it's frustrating. Also wind and weather take a toll. You also have to make sure that dish is pointing the right direction or you do not get great pictures at all. And i'm guessing you could write off any service you get being you can write off DTV? Oh and not to go all political but how are those new tax codes working? Can you still write that off?
Am I the only one reading this as, him saying a .649 win percentage? He would be happy with a .542 win percentage?
Yeah it is. my mistake. Not my math teachers fault. That was totally on me. When you take 24 as total games you cannot blame the teacher.
So win the first two home games, lose the two in LA, and sweep both road games against the Warriors? We had trouble against their G-Leauge edition last season. I'm crossing my fingers for a split. It we open up 4-2, I'm extatic!
Nah. I screwed the pooch on the math. But yes .542 would still be pretty good and .6487 (which is the actual) would be awesome.
If they hit that 2nd number by the break, I'm guessing we are all taking Mrs HCP to a halftime celebratory dinner.
OK, any help on this? Fucking Comcast is killing me, gets more expensive all the time. I can't ditch it entirely because it's the only internet service where I live but want to cut to lower tier. Problem is that would eliminate NBA TV. I checked all kinds of streaming services (Amazon Prime, which I already have, Peacock, included in Comcast, Disney+, which includes ESPN) and can't find anything that includes NBA TV. Unless I get Blazers NBA League pass (which I might) I lose most Blazers games. So, any way to watch in real time? Don't want to watch on phone, tiny screen OK for a replay but I can't hunch over it for 2-3 hours. Merci.
I just checked and it's 65 dollars a month. But I have to have comcast cable in order to stream anything because we live a little out in the country. Which also means we need to bundle TV-Internet-phone (landline) might save a little by cutting some channels off the comcast TV, but in order to keep HBO?Showtime, I'm not sure Youtube TV will save much money at all and how does it work anyway? They say unlimited DVR, but if you don't have a Youtube device, where is the DVR?
