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Yes, we have the Lakers twice (once home, then away), Boston once, San Antone once, @ Phoenix once, Utah once, and to close out the season New Orleans once. As you can see, all but two of these games are at home.

We also have only two back-2-back games left -

@ Golden State 3/30, @ LA Clippers 3/31
@ Portland 4/12, @ OKC 4/13

On Thurs, Mar 20, we will play our final regular season game against the East when we host Boston. Our current record against the East is one of the worst in years, 18-11.

We have been swept by the Wiz, lost to teams such as: Atlanta, Indiana, Milwaukee, New Jersey, Philadelphia; while succumbing to Eastern powers such as: Boston, Detroit, Cleveland, and Toronto... Boston wraps up our tour of the Leastern Conference...

All of our Eastern Conference losses came with Devin Harris running the point. We have yet to lose to the East with Jason Kidd running the point.

Edit: Updated after Pacers victory...
Edit: Updated after @ Miami victory...

Good thing we arent going to lose any more games this season

^^ NO kidding dfp, no kidding! We're going 17-0 throughout and to infinity and beyond!!

NO in the last game should be resting starters, so I wouldn't count that one.

I don't care who we play just win.

Dentor wrote:NO in the last game should be resting starters, so I wouldn't count that one.

Oh no Dentor, we went down that road last year, and we ain't doin' that again! NO need for rest! We'll have 3 days off prior to that last game!

Like mavsfoty said, just win!

We need to stay healthy. I believe our offense and defense will come together before the playoffs.

I also think our collective size is coming together too... Dirk, Damp, Bass, Mags, Allen, and even Juwan Howard are contributing to the Biggs campaign... I think our collective size is going to be underrated in the playoffs. We will have 18 fouls at least for Shaq if not 24 with our personnel. But the more one shoots free throws, the better they get potentially...

It doesn't matter. Denver, Golden States, Portland ain't anywhere better than us. They're playing mostly Western teams for the remaining games.

I am really interested to see how Greg Oden plays. He's now practicing with the team.

I meant New Orleans would be resting starters.

I would consider not facing higher-seeded teams could actually be viewed as a disadvantage.

For a team as good as the Mavs, and coming together like they are, it could be argued that the best chance of moving up in the standings is to be knocking off those higher-seeded teams.

kz1m9w wrote:I would consider not facing higher-seeded teams could actually be viewed as a disadvantage.

For a team as good as the Mavs, and coming together like they are, it could be argued that the best chance of moving up in the standings is to be knocking off those higher-seeded teams.

Point taken. With just 2.5 games seperating 1st & 7th, our games against each other can potentially raise us from playing the #2 and being the #2. If we don't play them, we could play just as good and just keep pace with them.

http://lakers.freedomblogging.com/2008/03/14/gasol-might-miss-two-weeks/

Gasol might miss two weeks
March 14th, 2008