Postseason Watch

[shrink]

8th seed as of 1/8/2022. Gonna make a prediction and say we aren't falling lower than that for the rest of the season.

I think we'll be 5th or 6th by the time the reg season ends IF IF IF we stay healthy

Just gonna say it, we dropped to 9th after the clippers win. Now a win by us puts us back to 8th so no harm no foul, but just a friendly gotcha .

Clippers might become a seller, and wait until next year without rushing back Paul George and Kawhi.

With Dame out 5-6 weeks, lots of rumors they will be sellers as well.

If those two teams drop, we are still four full games ahead of SAC (17-27) for the 8th seed.

[theGreatRC]

50 games played, currently the 7th seed at 25-25.

32 more games to go and the schedule gets pretty light after Denver tomorrow.

[winforlose]

50 games played, currently the 7th seed at 25-25.

32 more games to go and the schedule gets pretty light after Denver tomorrow.

We are 1 and 1 against Denver this season. Two wins against them gets us a tie breaker which can be worth 3 wins in the right circumstances. A loss in both those games could end up being 3 losses. Tomorrow is a MUST win.

[theGreatRC]

50 games played, currently the 7th seed at 25-25.

32 more games to go and the schedule gets pretty light after Denver tomorrow.

We are 1 and 1 against Denver this season. Two wins against them gets us a tie breaker which can be worth 3 wins in the right circumstances. A loss in both those games could end up being 3 losses. Tomorrow is a MUST win.

Need to lock in on defense, especially with how well Denver players move without the ball

Jokic is on a completely different level this season.

[winforlose]

8th seed as of 1/8/2022. Gonna make a prediction and say we aren't falling lower than that for the rest of the season.

I think we'll be 5th or 6th by the time the reg season ends IF IF IF we stay healthy

Just gonna say it, we dropped to 9th after the clippers win. Now a win by us puts us back to 8th so no harm no foul, but just a friendly gotcha .

Clippers might become a seller, and wait until next year without rushing back Paul George and Kawhi.

With Dame out 5-6 weeks, lots of rumors they will be sellers as well.

If those two teams drop, we are still four full games ahead of SAC (17-27) for the 8th seed.

Possible, but with Lebron and Dame out for a while 8 is very doable for the clippers. Might be worth it to them financially to hang tough try and win 7th or 8th in the playin and get the extra revenue from the 1st round elimination.

[winforlose]

50 games played, currently the 7th seed at 25-25.

32 more games to go and the schedule gets pretty light after Denver tomorrow.

We are 1 and 1 against Denver this season. Two wins against them gets us a tie breaker which can be worth 3 wins in the right circumstances. A loss in both those games could end up being 3 losses. Tomorrow is a MUST win.

Need to lock in on defense, especially with how well Denver players move without the ball

Jokic is on a completely different level this season.

Jokic is questionable with a sore toe. His missing the game would be huge.

[shrink]

Just gonna say it, we dropped to 9th after the clippers win. Now a win by us puts us back to 8th so no harm no foul, but just a friendly gotcha .

Clippers might become a seller, and wait until next year without rushing back Paul George and Kawhi.

With Dame out 5-6 weeks, lots of rumors they will be sellers as well.

If those two teams drop, we are still four full games ahead of SAC (17-27) for the 8th seed.

Possible, but with Lebron and Dame out for a while 8 is very doable for the clippers. Might be worth it to them financially to hang tough try and win 7th or 8th in the playin and get the extra revenue from the 1st round elimination.

My post is 2.5 weeks old, and the standings change so fast these days. Every single team seems to have winning and losing streaks. Dor example, DAL is just flying up the standings lately.

[Klomp]

4 of our last 32 games are against teams currently below .300 (3 total teams in group)
7 of our last 32 games are against teams currently between .300 and .399 (5 total teams in group)
4 of our last 32 games are against teams currently between .400 and .499 (6 total teams in group)
9 of our last 32 games are against teams currently between .500 and .599 (8 total teams in group)
6 of our last 32 games are against teams currently between .600 and .699 (5 total teams in group)
2 of our last 32 games are against teams currently above .700 (2 total teams in group)

[Slim Tubby]

We are 1 and 1 against Denver this season. Two wins against them gets us a tie breaker which can be worth 3 wins in the right circumstances. A loss in both those games could end up being 3 losses. Tomorrow is a MUST win.

Need to lock in on defense, especially with how well Denver players move without the ball

Jokic is on a completely different level this season.

Jokic is questionable with a sore toe. His missing the game would be huge.

I hope he plays. Beat the best to be the best. KAT will need to be at his best.


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[Calinks]

Clippers might become a seller, and wait until next year without rushing back Paul George and Kawhi.

With Dame out 5-6 weeks, lots of rumors they will be sellers as well.

If those two teams drop, we are still four full games ahead of SAC (17-27) for the 8th seed.

Possible, but with Lebron and Dame out for a while 8 is very doable for the clippers. Might be worth it to them financially to hang tough try and win 7th or 8th in the playin and get the extra revenue from the 1st round elimination.

My post is 2.5 weeks old, and the standings change so fast these days. Every single team seems to have winning and losing streaks. Dor example, DAL is just flying up the standings lately.

To start the year I thought Dallas was in trouble, they are running around the best defense right now. Jason Kidd is looking amazing, I thought he would flop.

[Calinks]

We really need to capitalize right now, looking around, we are actually in a very favorable/lucky scenario. Jazz are hurt bad with injuries, Nuggets also totally savaged with injuries. Portland is missing Lillaird. The window is wide open for us to get a solid seeding.

[winforlose]

We really need to capitalize right now, looking around, we are actually in a very favorable/lucky scenario. Jazz are hurt bad with injuries, Nuggets also totally savaged with injuries. Portland is missing Lillaird. The window is wide open for us to get a solid seeding.

With some smart deadline maneuvering and a sustained bench surge we could be home court bound. 4th seed here we come.

[theGreatRC]

We really need to capitalize right now, looking around, we are actually in a very favorable/lucky scenario. Jazz are hurt bad with injuries, Nuggets also totally savaged with injuries. Portland is missing Lillaird. The window is wide open for us to get a solid seeding.

I really want us to avoid the play-in, it'll be the same nervous feeling as us needing to win game 82 the year we made the playoffs...just secure a top 6 spot and breathe until the playoffs start.

Either way, i'd be happy with us being ANY seed, but i'm def the type of fan that would see us win a game by 100 in a boring blowout than having an intense "fun" close game lol...so the play-in would give me a heart attack

[life_saver]

I think introduction of play-in game has definitely made RS more interesting...previously, there really wasn't huge difference between a team finishing 6th and finishing 7th but now, teams definitely want to avoid finishing below 6th place. It just incentivizes the teams to take RS games more seriously and finish as high as possible

[Mamba4Goat]

I was just thinking and the play-in could be very dangerous. There’s a chance Minnesota would have to steal a win from AD/Bron and/or a hopefully healthy Kawhi/PG. Locking in the sixth seed would be a home run.

[Domejandro]

I was just thinking and the play-in could be very dangerous. There’s a chance Minnesota would have to steal a win from AD/Bron and/or a hopefully healthy Kawhi/PG. Locking in the sixth seed would be a home run.

Additionally, a series against Phoenix or the Golden State Warriors is an instant lose button. At least with Memphis, Minnesota would have an opportunity to at least be competitive. Memphis would almost certainly win the series, but at the very least, the games would be competitive.

[winforlose]

OKC upsets Dallas.

[Klomp]

4. Utah may be difficult to overtake. Even though they are slumping, they are four games ahead of us right now and won the season series.
5. Denver is within reach and beatable, as we just showed. We are 2 games back but hold current 2-1 head-to-head tiebreaker. Even if lose on 4/1 though, we have better record against Northwest (7-4 vs. 4-7).
6. Dallas holds 2-game lead in loss column, and we are currently split in series. Play them twice in five day span (3/21 and 3/25).

[winforlose]

4. Utah may be difficult to overtake. Even though they are slumping, they are four games ahead of us right now and won the season series.
5. Denver is within reach and beatable, as we just showed. We are 2 games back but hold current 2-1 head-to-head tiebreaker. Even if lose on 4/1 though, we have better record against Northwest (7-4 vs. 4-7).
6. Dallas holds 2-game lead in loss column, and we are currently split in series. Play them twice in five day span (3/21 and 3/25).

Mitchell just went to a specialist because his concussion symptoms have persisted for two weeks. We don’t know the timetable on Gobert’s return, and Ingles is done for the year. Jazz next game is home to Brooklyn which means Kyrie is playing. Next they play an increasingly desperate Knicks and then the Warriors. I could see them losing tonight and all 3 of the next 3. We could be tied by the beginning of next week if they don’t get their stars back.

Update: Jazz knocked off Denver who was without Jokic. So Utah is 4.5 games ahead of us, but Denver is only 2 games up and as you said we have the tie breaker.

[theGreatRC]

Dallas & Denver both lost..HUGE for us.