6. Dallas 32-28 7. Portland 32-28 8. Houston 29-31 9. Utah 28-31 THREE GAMES ABOVE THE ROCKETS THREE AND A HALF GAMES ABOVE THE JAZZ Wow. We were once 11-20.
Much as I love Wesley Matthews, I think I could get some satisfaction if he woke some morning and looked at the standings and found his old team above his new team.
When was the last time a team had both a 7 game losing streak and a 6 game win streak in the same season? Seems like it would be uncommon.
I want to say the Rockets did something similar during one of their championship years in the 90's. And didn't we have a similar losing and much longer winning streak that year Outlaw had the game winner and Steve Blake through the chair?
It's definitely a "who'd a thunk it?" season. After 60 games... Blazers have a better chance to make the playoffs than Houston and Atlanta. Would be a crazy prediction at the beginning of the year.
Don't we have the tie-breaker against the Jazz (head to head)? That would make the lead 4.5 games. Also, don't we likely have the tie-breaker against the Rockets (record against Western Conference opponents)? Although this one is still up for grabs.
Yeah we're looking good for both those tiebreakers. Once we beat Dallas twice we'll have theirs too. Similar to Houston we should end up with better conference record than Memphis and own tiebreaker with them. We own them all!!!
http://hangtime.blogs.nba.com/2016/03/01/remaining-schedule-breakdown/?ls=iref:nbahpt6d Good update on remaining schedules We definitely have a touch schedule, remaining opponent winning % is .551. But it's also good to note that Dallas's is .552 and Memphis at .540, so the teams were jockeying with for position are also facing tough schedules. Also note Houston's opponent winning % is .493 but they actually face 14 teams over .500 and only 8 under .500. Just mean's they've got a lot of games left against celler dwellers but they still have to face a lot of good teams.
There have been 8 examples in the past 7 years, including 4 just last season. Utah, Indiana, Detroit, and Brooklyn all accomplished the feat. Most notably, the Pistons had a 13 game losing streak along with their 7 game winner, by far the longest example. Also interesting about the Pistons' pair of streaks--they were very close together: lost 13 straight from 11/15/14-12/9/14, then started their 7 game winning streak just 17 days later on 12/26/14--if you recall, immediately after cutting Josh Smith. Strangely enough, the Pistons followed that up with a 10 game losing streak later that same season, from 2/24/15 to 3/14/15.
Utah's schedule is not that easy either. I think playing the Lakers twice is helping their OPCT. (Along with Phoenix) But most of their games could go either way.
