Blazers On Pace To Win 66 Games. How Many Will They Really Win?

I think 55 was my original prediction, but I think we can win more. We have the mojo this year. That Dallas game would have been a blow out, but we almost won it. I don't think we will ever have a 4-6 moment all season. 5-5, 6-4 and 7-3, with a couple 8-10 game win streaks.

 

In your opinion why wasn't it a blowout?

 

I think it was mainly do to Lopez and his teamwork and offensive boards. He gobbled a ton of offensive boards. Then I would say dame and Aldridge worked really well.

 

So you're saying you think Dallas could have blown them out?

 

I'm with you Nik. I said 46 I think in October and refuse to deviate from my original prediction. I have too much hoop knowledge to be that wrong.

 

62.

 

I think I said something like 42 originally, but they're better than I figured they'd be early - mostly with so many new faces I assumed they'd need time to gel; how quickly that happened was a genuine surprise.

What concerns me is that there's some important guys with a history of injury shortened seasons, due to lower extremity issues (Matthews, LA, Lopez, etc.). If any of them miss "significant" time I don't think the depth is quite there to weather the storm. Who knows, maybe they'll enjoy an outlier season and no one important will miss time and they'll win 50-ish games or so?

Lotta variables to resolve between now and April.

 

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