PLAYOFFS WATCH (All in for 7th seed!!!)

[TyCobb]

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[Slava]

I'm hoping Utah realize they got nothing to do with making the playoffs and trade Al Jeff & Millsap for draft picks.

[minifang]

We have 27 games left and Houston is up 3.5 in the standings. Can't say I'm the most confident of our chances right now. Every time they lose, we lose. Every time we win, they win...

[AdonisDeMarion]

I like the way the Laker won the game tonite

[BlackBerry]

Can someone post up the Lakers next 20 or how many games left. So we can predict which games they will win/lose. I want to see the Lakers in the Play Offs, cause I know this will make Kobe and D12 go ham. I really want to see Kobe vs LeBron.

[GeneralNash]

Golden state is also in turmoil at the moment. So even if houston does get hot golden state may continue to crumble. Just gotta keep winning and get over that .500 mark. Good thing is lakers are 9th seed finally passing portland. 1 more seed up to go.

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[Kobe System]

9th seed in the West now but still 3.5 games outside the 8th seed. 27 more games. Too bad HOU also won today. Trade deadline coming in a few hours. Should be interesting.



Standings updated.

[The Boot Room]

if lakers want to make the playoffs, houston are suposed to lose games like the one the won last night. if the win those, there is no option for the lakers. they woke up too late.

[BlackBerry]

9th seed in the West now but still 3.5 games outside the 8th seed. 27 more games. Too bad HOU also won today. Trade deadline coming in a few hours. Should be interesting.



Standings updated.

When are the teams official as in what time can players not be traded? I am assuming as of midnight, or am I wrong?

[Kobe System]

9th seed in the West now but still 3.5 games outside the 8th seed. 27 more games. Too bad HOU also won today. Trade deadline coming in a few hours. Should be interesting.



Standings updated.

When are the teams official as in what time can players not be traded? I am assuming as of midnight, or am I wrong?

I think it's after 3PM EST. I could be wrong though.

[AdonisDeMarion]

3pm eastern time, your right


It's 1045 out west

[Kobe System]

SAS kicking LAC's ass -- IN LOS ANGELES! Man, this SAS team is scary. Props to Pops.

[StatAintLie]

The trade deadline passed and there is no trade associated with Lakers and for Rockets there is only a little change.

The most feasible plan for Lakers to make playoff is to beat Rockets and the next 10 games for each are essential.

For Rockets: the next 10 consists of 4 homes and 6 aways. The danger is on the away game against Nets and away game against Warriors. Other games are against Suns, Mavericks, Timberwolves, Wizards and Magic, which are relatively easy as those teams are falling this season. Personal predict: 7W3L or 5W5L.

For Lakers: the next 10 are tough. The toughest are away game against Thunders and Nuggets. Then for the home games against Hawks and Bulls and away game against Mavericks are also not 100% sure to win. Best prediction will be 8W2L or 5W5L.

If both teams get 5W5L, Lakers are still 1 behind Rockets. But after the 10 there are a bunch of home games for Rockets but a bunch of away game for Lakers. And the possible outcome is that Rockets win the most and Lakers win a few.

Or, HOU loses some games that are supposed to win, like the game against Magic and Wizards while LAL wins some of the games supposed to be lose, like the game against OKC.

So, based on the average performance of Lakers, Rockets and other Western teams, I dont think Lakers are able to make playoff.

[Kobe System]

The next 4 games will be vs.Portland, @Dallas, @Denver and vs.T'wolves. We don't have a choice but to go 3-1 or 4-0.

[Kobe System]

Just saw Houston's schedule. It's VERY easy. If we wanna go to the playoffs, we need to win tough tough games.

[supaflash]

That game in Denver will be rough. but 3-1 is doable and necessary.

Houston still has to play a lot of games against the top of the west towards the end of the season which they haven't played real well against and they just changed their PF rotation, which may jack up that spacing they had. Harden and Lin have to play near perfect for them to win, I think they will struggle.

Utah is playing well and is deeper, their schedule is mixed, I don't know what to think of them right now. I was hoping they'd trade Millsap or Al Jeff and screw up their momentum but it didn't happen. I think we can catch them though

Golden State though is going to be in this fight too. 23 losses right now and they have a brutal stretch coming right now. They could easily loose 4 of the next 5.

If there are 3-4 teams all within like 2 games down the last 10 game stretch or so I'm confident that we will be able to pull it out.

[Beethoven]

Kobe and Co. needs to see how URGENT this is....


27 games left for lakers Utah and Houston

Currently utah and Houston winning at a .55-.6 clip.

Which means mathematically they will lose 11 out of 27 approx.

Now, we are 3 games back of Houston; 5 games back of Utah.

We need to lose 3 or 5 less than their 11 projected losses.

Which means we need to NOT lose more than SIX GAMES going rest of the way.


Mathematically this is a tough out.
We have a tough schedule (I don't care what others say). We are going to face
Portland
Denver on road
Dallas on road
Atlanta
Okc on road
Chicago
Atlanta on road
Indiana on road
Memphis
Clippers on road
Portland on road
San Antonio
Houston

These are all tough games.
Not even mentioning the fact that all the other teams we have to play like golden state and sacremento and new Orleans et al can be a loss if we don't come out right.



CAN WE DO THIS????



I hope Kobe and or any lakers read this and see the urgency.

[Kobe System]

Kobe and Co. needs to see how URGENT this is....


27 games left for lakers Utah and Houston

Currently utah and Houston winning at a .55-.6 clip.

Which means mathematically they will lose 11 out of 27 approx.

Now, we are 3 games back of Houston; 5 games back of Utah.

We need to lose 3 or 5 less than their 11 projected losses.

Which means we need to NOT lose more than SIX GAMES going rest of the way.


Mathematically this is a tough out.
We have a tough schedule (I don't care what others say). We are going to face
Portland
Denver on road
Dallas on road
Atlanta
Okc on road
Chicago
Atlanta on road
Indiana on road
Memphis
Clippers on road
Portland on road
San Antonio
Houston

These are all tough games.
Not even mentioning the fact that all the other teams we have to play like golden state and sacremento and new Orleans et al can be a loss if we don't come out right.



CAN WE DO THIS????



I hope Kobe and or any lakers read this and see the urgency.

#COUNTONKOBE

[AcecardZ]

Kobe and Co. needs to see how URGENT this is....


27 games left for lakers Utah and Houston

Currently utah and Houston winning at a .55-.6 clip.

Which means mathematically they will lose 11 out of 27 approx.

Now, we are 3 games back of Houston; 5 games back of Utah.

We need to lose 3 or 5 less than their 11 projected losses.

Which means we need to NOT lose more than SIX GAMES going rest of the way.


Mathematically this is a tough out.
We have a tough schedule (I don't care what others say). We are going to face
Portland
Denver on road
Dallas on road
Atlanta
Okc on road
Chicago
Atlanta on road
Indiana on road
Memphis
Clippers on road
Portland on road
San Antonio
Houston

These are all tough games.
Not even mentioning the fact that all the other teams we have to play like golden state and sacremento and new Orleans et al can be a loss if we don't come out right.



CAN WE DO THIS????



I hope Kobe and or any lakers read this and see the urgency.

It's good to see somebody's being realistic. We have 13 tough games left and can only afford to lose half of those max and that's assuming we don't lose any of our "easier" remaining games. It's definitely not going to be easy.

My guess is we'll lose 8 or 9 of out remaining games so hopefully we get a little help in the form of Houston or GS fail down the stretch.

[AdonisDeMarion]

February

22nd vs. Portland
-3 days of rest after a lost to the Suns
24th @ Dallas
-1 days of rest after playing the Hornets on the road
25th @ Denver
-1 day of rest coming off a b2b against the Wizards and Bobcats
28th vs. Minnesota
-1 day of rest after playing the Suns on the road

March

3rd vs. Atlanta
-1 day of rest after playing the Suns, also it will be their 5th game of the trip( Bucks, Pistons, Jazz, Suns and then us followed up by the Nuggets)
5th @ Oklahoma City
- 1 day of rest, they play the Nuggets and Clippers on the road be for this game
6th @ New Orleans
-1 day of rest, they take on the Pistons and Magic at home
8th vs. Toronto
-1 day of rest, they play a b2b Pacers and @Bucks, 1 day of rest then @Golden State, 1 day of rest then @Suns (we're the last of their road trip)
10th vs. Chicago
-1 days of rest, Bulls take on the Nets(H) and Pacers(A) in a b2b, then the Spurs(A) with one day of rest before the Jazz(H)
12th @ Orlando
- 1 day of rest, they play the Heatles(A), Pacers(H) and Sixers(H) with 1 day of rest between these games
13th @ Atlanta
-second nite of a b2b after facing the Heatles on the road( I like that name somewhat) They also play Boston(road) and Brooklyn
15th @ Indiana
-1 day of rest before a b2b, they play the Timberwolves(H)
17th vs. Sacramento
-3 days of rest after play the Bulls(H)
18th @ Phoenix
-b2b for us, could be a trap game for us
-1 day of rest, after playing the Rockets, Hawks and Wizards all on the road( Rockets and Hawks are b2b games)
22nd vs. Washington
-1 day of rest, they play the Bobcats and Suns on the road, we are also the first on a b2b for them, they play the Warrors(A)
25th @ Golden State
-1 day of rest, they play the Wizards(H)
27th @ Minnesota
-second nite of a b2b, they also play the Pistons on th road
28th @ Milwaukee
-second nite of a b2b for us
-second nite of a b2b for the Bucks, they play the Sixer(A)
30th @ Sacramento
-1 day of rest after a b2b with the Warriors and Suns( both road games)

April

2nd vs. Dallas
-2 days of rest after playing the Bulls
5th vs. Memphis
-1 day of rest, second game of a 3 game road, the play the Trail Blazers before us
7th @ LA Clippers
-3 days of rest after they play the Suns(H)
9th vs. New Orleans
-1 day of rest, they play the Wrriors, Jazz and Suns all on the road
10th @ Portland
- 3 days of rest after playing the Mavs @home
12th vs. Golden State
-second nite of a b2b, they play the Thunder(H)
14th vs. San Antonio
-first of a b2b, after 1 day of rest after playing the Kings(H)
17th vs. Houston
-1 day of rest, also this could be our most important game of the year, they play the Suns(A) before facing us


this wont be easy but with a little luck, because we haven't had any all year long we can do this