Upcoming Schedule The schedule through the rest of the year is significantly softer than the hellish stretch we've just gone through. Plus, we'll probably get McGrady back in one to two weeks (hopefully, he comes back at full strength). We're 3-9 right now. Pretty horrible, but I think we can get back over 500 by the end of the year. Homecourt advantage in the playoffs at this point looks like wishful thinking, but we're arguably a better road team anyways. We're not going to run the table obviously (I think San Antonio and Detroit are the two teams who are very capable of doing that with these opponents). But going 11-5 is well within our reach, again assuming we get McGrady back at full health in a couple weeks. The number to the right is days rest. I marked + for teams we should be favored to win, ? for questionable wins, and - for probable losses. 9 probable wins, 5 questionable games, and 2 probable losses. at Memphis 1 - Chicago 0 ? Atlanta 2 + Memphis 3 + Boston 2 + at Sacramento 1 ? at Portland 2 + at Golden State 2 + at Seattle 0 ? at LA Clippers 1 ? at LA Lakers 0 ? Toronto 2 + at Denver 1 - Utah 3 + at NO/Oklahoma City 0 + Golden State 2 + I'll be optimistic and say we'll be at 15-13. That requires us to go 12-4 over these games. What's your prediction for where we'll be by the end of the year?
at Memphis - Loss Chicago - Win Atlanta - Win Memphis - Win Boston - Win at Sacramento - Loss at Portland - Win at Golden State - Loss at Seattle - Win at LA Clippers - Loss at LA Lakers - Win Toronto - Win at Denver - Win Utah - Win at NO/Oklahoma City - Win Golden State - Win I see a lot of win streaks in my predictions. On paper, it looks about reasonable to me but even with the schedule we've had, who'd think that we'd be anywhere near 3-9 now? I guess we'll have to see the results materialize.
at Memphis - win(5+) Chicago - win(10+) Atlanta - Win(10+) Memphis - Win(2+) Boston - loss(5-) at Sacramento - loss(5-) at Portland - Win(10+) at Golden State - win(50+) at Seattle - loss(5-) at LA Clippers - win(5+) at LA Lakers - loss(2-) Toronto - Win(yeah, but i hope Raps will make a miracle) at Denver - loss(5-) Utah - Win(10+) at NO/Oklahoma City - loss(5+) Golden State - Win(50+) Hypothesis: T-mac will return.
already lost at memphis and chicago... so does that mean we will lose to everyone else besides atlanta and toronto?
I expected us to lose to Memphis, and I thought the Chicago game was questionable. I think we'll win the next three.
Phew! The toughest schedule for the month is finally over. We finished November 4-11. December looks a looooot better. I believe we can make it through the month with only one loss. That loss being LAC, and hey we might beat them to. The Rockets are ready to roll with McGrady, and we all know its time to go on runs and get wins. I strongly believe the Rockets can finish December 11-2, and maybe 12-1. That would make us 15-13 or 14-14. At or above the 500. Anyone else think this could happen? Even w/ a long road trip, the only trouble will be LAC. I seriously don't think it's unrealistic if we are a serious WCF team.
13-15 Clippers are the only tough team? Golden State and Memphis will be very tough for Houston to beat. They are playing at a much higher confidence than HOU. Also Utah is never a pushover. There are about 6 or 7 games they should win. Then they're probably take 2 of the tougher games. That would put them at 13-15 at the end of the month which is not bad at all considering the terrible start.
This thread already discusses the upcoming schedule: http://www.justbball.com/forums/showthread.php?t=46525
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting durvasa:</div><div class="quote_post">This thread already discusses the upcoming schedule: http://www.justbball.com/forums/showthread.php?t=46525</div> Threads merged. Same thing guys, look around first to see if there are similar threads already.
I guess at least the rockets could get 5 win streaks, since T-mac is back. Yao alleviates his burden in offence a lot due to the effort of T-MAC. Anyways, Rockets are gonna restart the season from now on.
