Sleepy51 wrote:Getting into the crucial stretch here.
Feb
Fri 29 vs Philadelphia (W) Can't be losing these kinds of games W
March
Sun 02 vs Portland (L) - Aldridge goes 20/15 W
Tue 04 @ Atlanta (W) - Revenge win. Josh Smith will bump his head on the arena ceiling trying to get a payback Jam on Wright. High5 will talk trash, but it's only 2 points. W
Wed 05 @ Charlotte (W) Will the helmet impact Gerald Wallace's court vision? L WTF???
Fri 07 @ Miami (W) Baron recruits Matrix to sign a league min deal next year in exchange for an introduction to Alba W
Sat 08 @ Orlando (?) Dre day? If so, we win. if not, Dwight scores 100. W
Wed 12 vs Toronto (W) Wright will victimize Bosh with another inspector gadget dunk on his way to his first double double
Thu 13 @ Phoenix (L) Nellie will overuse Webb thinking Shaq is the right mathcup to feature him. Those two will have a nice conversation on the opposite end of the court from whatever is happenning, and Pheonix will capitalize on Baron's frustration.
Sat 15 vs Memphis (W) lol
Tue 18 @ Sacramento (W) ROFL
Wed 19 @ LA Clippers (L) We can't win in LA
Fri 21 vs Houston (W) Must win, and Jack will have healthy feet by then
Sun 23 @ LA Lakers (L) Can't win in LA
Mon 24 vs LA Lakers (L) Can't beat the Lakers
Thu 27 vs Portland (W) Not losing 3 in a row
Sat 29 @ Denver (W) fDenver
Sun 30 vs Dallas (L) letdown game after beating Denver.
5-1 so far. Very impressive run with Dre having missed games. P.S. Andris Biedrins does his own appendectomy with a rusty spoon and then punches Chuck Norris in the snatch.
Updates to predictions:
Thu 13 @ Phoenix (L) I'm changing this one to a win.
If Webb does not play in Phoenix, he's must be done and we have a better chance to win that one without him anyway. Step 1) Harrington needs to have an "on" night. Pull shaq out of the paint, let Brandan play and run Shaq off the floor. Step 2) Barnes or Pete have to have a good shooting night. The floor must be spread. The primary objective needs to be to put Amare on and island when Shaq is out, and collect fouls on Stat.
Step 3) No team with Amare "protecting" Nash should be able to stop us in the paint. Baron, Monta an Jack should can carve up the lane.
Step 4) Kosta has 6 fouls. Use them.
Take Shaq out of the game and it's smallball FTW!
Wed 19 @ LA Clippers (L) - Gotta be a win. Can't lose this kind of a game anymore, even in LA. The clips are crap, no Cassell. Just keep Baron far away from Quinton Ross, and we should be fine.
Fri 21 vs Houston (W) - If houston still hasn't lost, then I would expect us to break their streak just because we win those kinds of games. But if they've already had their streakbreaker and are just down to business? I dunno . . . Mutombo has sex'ed up that team bigtime, and Tmac is playing MVP ball and Landry/Scola will be troublesome for our frontline. I'm preparing myself for a loss here.
Sun 23 @ LA Lakers (L) Can't win in LA
Mon 24 vs LA Lakers (L) Can't beat the Lakers
Not sure which one, but we will take one of these laker games. Jack will have healthy feet by then
and turn in a career defining defensive performance, frustrating Kobe into an ejection resulting scuffle. Jack will maturely stay above of the fray, but Al will unleash his Tae-bo skills on the Mamba. Stage set for 1st round playoff drama.
We are set us up for a STRONG march, possibly winning as many as 12 or 13 games this month. Realistic prospects of 47-26 month's end is damn exciting. We're defintiely going to take some lumps in April, but 50 wins well withing reach. That and driving a stake through Denver's heart on the 29th will make for quite a successful season.
