Looking at the schedule, 16 more games before Christmas. Give me your Blazers record before Xmas. mine is 17-14
15-16 ...a .483 winning percentage. If teams won at the same rate, that would put us in the #10 spot in the West. Granted, that would mean we would play at a .625 pace from now till Christmas when we have been at a .333 pace so far. The schedule does get softer, but to almost double our winning percentage seems optimistic. Perhaps that is a little high....likely more around 13-18. When you are getting trounced by teams like the G-league/rookie fodder the Warriors and Pelicans rolled out, that doesn't bode well for my confidence.
Since some others picked what I would pick, I am going with 11-21. But we should be at around 12 wins anyway.
looking at the schedule, I'm guessing 14-17...and that's applying a little optimism to the current dismal situation