The Official Race To The Playoffs thread

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  1. maxiep

    maxiep RIP Dr. Jack

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    A big time rep. Freaking amazing. You missed one game (GSW/UTA). My advice: go buy some lottery tickets, go to Vegas, start picking stocks, whatever. You're on a streak.
     
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  2. PtldPlatypus

    PtldPlatypus Let's go Baby Blazers! Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    Many thanks--I was pretty happy with that post. I think I will have to retire as a prognosticator though--you know, go out on a high note like Costanza would.

    [video=youtube;O27RzZEOkeA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O27RzZEOkeA[/video]
     
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  3. KingSpeed

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    Magic number is 4 (Portland wins or Houston losses) to make the playoffs.

    5. Nuggets 44-29
    6. Blazers 43-31
    7. Hornets 42-32
    8. Grizzlies 41-33
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    9. Rockets 38-35
    10. Suns 36-36
    11. Jazz 36-38

    Actually, if Houston loses out and we lose out too, Suns could pass us both. So right now, it's just wins. 4 Blazer wins and we're in.
     
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  4. illmatic99

    illmatic99 formerly yuyuza1

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    We gotta stay at 6 or move down to 8. Not that I see us winning or anything, but we'd actually give SA and DAL a nice series that could go 6-7 games. No matter what Magic believes, I don't like us matching up with LA.
     
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  5. KingSpeed

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    Honestly, we've a had a great season and we have a good solid team but I don't see us beating any of the top four seeds in a best of 7 series without home court advantage. It's sad.
     
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    Can you believe we haven't won a playoff series since we blew game 7 in L.A. 11 years ago?
     
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    Don't remind me. I began watching basketball since like 96-97. I haven't seen my fav team get much success in the playoffs in my life.
     
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    Darkwebs Awakened to emptiness Staff Member Moderator

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    We'll have to beat the odds to move into the 2nd round since we don't have HCA. I don't like our chances, but anything could happen. I hope we can at least win 3 games in the post-season.
     
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    PtldPlatypus Let's go Baby Blazers! Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    If SA keeps losing, LA may end up passing them for the top spot (only 3 games back in the loss column). In that case, we may have a shot at reaching the WCF. Call me a foolish optimist, but here's to hoping.
     
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    I don't want to face LA in the first round, but I think we have a good chance against SA/DAL/OKC. I really don't have much of a preference, would like to see us play well and get a good grove going into the postseason.
     
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