PGT: Mavs 123 - Kings 100

[EricaLubarsky]

Originally Posted by Dirk's Knee

Have you guys looked at the rest of the schedule? Its actually surprisingly soft. 30 games left, we face LAL 2x, LAC 1X, Utah1x, Houston 2x, Denver 2x, Memphis 1X, Spurs 1x, and Thunder 1X. The only top 5 East team we play is Brooklyn 2X (split) and Indiana 1x (home). We'll more than likely loose the Spurs and Thunder games as they've owned us this season. However, I think we have a fighting change against the rest. I think a .500+ record is very much within reach. And the April schedule looks pretty favorable, presuming its going to come down to the end for the 8th spot. Of course that still means facing SA or OKC in the first round...

Not so fast--More than half the remaining games are against playoff teams -- teams we have gone 2-16 against so far this season. We'll need to go 7-9 against playoff teams and win every one of the other 14 games against lottery teams to make the playoffs.

If we lose one game against a bad team, then we need to go 8-8 against teams we are a combined 2-16 against (0-16 against every playoff team we still need to play other than Houston.)

[saclare]

Originally Posted by EricaLubarsky

Not so fast-- -- teams we have gone 2-16 against so far this season. We'll need to go 7-9 against playoff teams and win every one of the other 14 games against lottery teams to make the playoffs.

If we lose one game against a bad team, then we need to go 8-8 against teams we are a combined 2-16 against (0-16 against every playoff team we still need to play other than Houston.)

But what if we lose two games to two bad teams? OH THE MATH

[Dirk's Knee]

Originally Posted by EricaLubarsky

Not so fast--More than half the remaining games are against playoff teams -- teams we have gone 2-16 against so far this season. We'll need to go 7-9 against playoff teams and win every one of the other 14 games against lottery teams to make the playoffs.

If we lose one game against a bad team, then we need to go 8-8 against teams we are a combined 2-16 against (0-16 against every playoff team we still need to play other than Houston.)

No doubt, but its very difficult to project future matchups versus earlier season matchups due to the Mavs really being 3 wholly separate teams this year: No Dirk, Transitional Dirk (December), and with Dirk. I mean, realistically we probably loose to any top 5 west or east teams (though the many of those loses have been pretty darn close). I don't think the December record reflects the potential of this team at all, especially if Collison continues to play at the level he's been playing the past month or so.