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We all know that the Suns are in the midst of their hardest schedule in the Season. Today's games versus the Rockets is a must win game! I started doing some research on the Suns opponets schedule. The Rockets and Mavs have a hard strech coming in the next couple of weeks. The Mavs loss yesterday versus the Hornets gave the Suns some hope even if they lose today.

Here's the Suns opponets schedule...


Mavs current record: 37-25
Date Opponents
7-Mar Wizards
10-Mar @ Suns
11-Mar @ Blazers
13-Mar @ Warriors
15-Mar @ Lakers
17-Mar Pistons
19-Mar @ Hawks
20-Mar @ Pacers
25-Mar Warriors
27-Mar Nuggets
31-Mar T-Wolves
1-Apr Heat
3-Apr @ Grizzlies
5-Apr Suns
8-Apr Jazz
8-Apr Hornets
10-Apr @ Hornets
13-Apr T-Wolves
15-Apr Rockets


Blazers Current Record: 38-23 Blazers road record with teams over .500... 1-12...
Date Opponents
7-Mar T-Wolves
9-Mar Lakers
11-Mar Mavs
13-Mar Nets
15-Mar @ Hawks
16-Mar @ Grizzlies
18-Mar @ Pacers
19-Mar @ Cavs
21-Mar @ Bucks
23-Mar 76ers
26-Mar Suns
28-Mar Grizzlies
31-Mar Jazz
3-Apr @ Thunder
5-Apr @ Rockets
7-Apr @ Grizzlies
8-Apr @ Spurs
10-Apr Lakers
11-Apr @ Clippers
13-Apr Thunder
15-Apr Nuggets

Rockets current record: 39-23
Date Opponents
6-Mar Suns
8-Mar Grizzlies
9-Mar @ Nuggets
11-Mar Lakers
13-Mar @ Bobcats
14-Mar Spurs
16-Mar @ Hornets
18-Mar Pistons
20-Mar T-Wolves
22-Mar @ Spurs
24-Mar @ Jazz
28-Mar Clippers
1-Apr @ Suns
3-Apr @ Lakers
5-Apr Blazers
7-Apr Magic
9-Apr @ Kings
10-Apr @Warriors
13-Apr Hornets
15-Apr @ Mavs

Jazz current record: 38-23 Jazz road record: 11-19
Date Opponents
6-Mar Nuggets
8-Mar @ Raptors
10-Mar @ Pacers
11-Mar @ Hawks
14-Mar @ Heat
15-Mar @ Magic
17-Mar Wizards
20-Mar @ Thunder
24-Mar Rockets
25-Mar @ Suns
28-Mar Suns
30-Mar Knicks
31-Mar @ Blazers
2-Apr @ Nuggets
3-Apr T-Wolves
5-Apr @ Hornets
8-Apr @ Mavs
10-Apr @ Spurs
11-Apr Warriors
13-Apr Clippers
14-Apr @ Lakers

Nuggets current record: 40-22
Date Opponents
5-Mar Blazers
6-Mar @ Jazz
8-Mar @ Kings
9-Mar Rockets
11-Mar Thunder
14-Mar Clippers
16-Mar Nets
18-Mar @ Grizzlies
20-Mar Wizards
23-Mar @Suns
25-Mar @ Hornets
27-Mar @ Mavs
28-Mar Warriors
31-Mar Knicks
2-Apr Jazz
4-Apr Clippers
5-Apr @ Wolves
8-Apr Thunder
9-Apr @ Lakers
13-Apr Kings
15-Apr @Blazers


So what do you guys think about the Suns chances in making the playoffs?? Give me their projection win and losses and what their record is going to be.

Here's the Suns schedule Current record: 34-27
Date Opponents
6-Mar @ Rockets
8-Mar @Spurs
10-Mar Mavs
12-Mar Cavs
14-Mar Thunder
15-Mar @ Warriors
18-Mar 76ers
21-Mar Wizards
23-Mar Nuggets
25-Mar Jazz
26-Mar @ Blazers
28-Mar @ Jazz
29-Mar @ Kings
1-Apr Rockets
3-Apr Kings
5-Apr @ Mavs
8-Apr @ Hornets
10-Apr @ Grizzlies
11-Apr @ Wolves
13-Apr Grizzlies
15-Apr Warriors

Mavs current record: 37-25
Date Opponents
7-Mar Wizards
10-Mar @ Suns
11-Mar @ Blazers
13-Mar @ Warriors
15-Mar @ Lakers
17-Mar Pistons
19-Mar @ Hawks
20-Mar @ Pacers
25-Mar Warriors
27-Mar Nuggets
31-Mar T-Wolves
1-Apr Heat
3-Apr @ Grizzlies
5-Apr Suns
8-Apr Jazz
8-Apr Hornets
10-Apr @ Hornets
13-Apr T-Wolves
15-Apr Rockets

Looking and quoting only the Mavs record because i just don't see the likes of the Blazers, Jazz and Rockets falling off the playoff picture. Maybe Houston but Dallas is the nearest opponent that the Suns can reach... That said, the Mavs have

*2 games against the Suns
*7 games against west playoff contenders

11-Mar @ Blazers
15-Mar @ Lakers
27-Mar Nuggets
8-Apr Jazz
8-Apr Hornets
10-Apr @ Hornets
15-Apr Rockets

* 2games vs. east playoff contenders
17-Mar Pistons
19-Mar @ Hawks

That should be a tough stretch for them and i don't think they can win half of those. Of course the Suns own strength of schedule is another matter... So yeah, just win and not worry about other opponents' games...

Over in the Don't Give Up Hope thread I posted the skeds of Suns/Dallas and guesstimate W/L

we have a real shot at Dallas, and if we beat them in our two games we would have the tiebreaker.

JohnVancouver wrote:Over in the Don't Give Up Hope thread I posted the skeds of Suns/Dallas and guesstimate W/L

we have a real shot at Dallas, and if we beat them in our two games we would have the tiebreaker.

I think we have a pretty good shot passing them, they have a few issues going on over there. Cuban just called out his entire team, threatened to trade them all if they continued to play like they had been. Last night the Hornets beat them fairly easily in the second half, so they may be on the verge of imploding.........

Sorry for the double post, but....................
I'm going to put myself out there and say tonite starts at least a 10 game win streak....................

realsunsfan wrote:

JohnVancouver wrote:Over in the Don't Give Up Hope thread I posted the skeds of Suns/Dallas and guesstimate W/L

we have a real shot at Dallas, and if we beat them in our two games we would have the tiebreaker.

I think we have a pretty good shot passing them, they have a few issues going on over there. Cuban just called out his entire team, threatened to trade them all if they continued to play like they had been. Last night the Hornets beat them fairly easily in the second half, so they may be on the verge of imploding.........

yeah i noticed that too the mavs just dont have it either. but i agree with what charles said last night. the suns and mavs are like 2 ugly ladies right now. we just need to see which one of them is wearing an even uglier dress. cuz no lie we have ALOT of problems too!

realsunsfan wrote:Sorry for the double post, but....................
I'm going to put myself out there and say tonite starts at least a 10 game win streak....................

may God hear your prayers.

realsunsfan wrote:

JohnVancouver wrote:Over in the Don't Give Up Hope thread I posted the skeds of Suns/Dallas and guesstimate W/L

we have a real shot at Dallas, and if we beat them in our two games we would have the tiebreaker.

I think we have a pretty good shot passing them, they have a few issues going on over there. Cuban just called out his entire team, threatened to trade them all if they continued to play like they had been. Last night the Hornets beat them fairly easily in the second half, so they may be on the verge of imploding.........

looking at the skeds I think we go around 15-6 and the mavs anywhere from 7-14 to 12 - 9.
If we get a boost form Stro - just an infusion of size and speed and some D/rebounding - and beat who we ought to beat, we can do it. Assuming dallas doesn't overachieve. We're about through our worst stretch of top teams, Dallas is heading into theirs

I think our ability to get into the playoffs relies a lot on how Stro fits into our system and our effective/efficient he'll be. We need that extract energy and hustle that Stro should give and also help defense, something we've lacked since Amare went ballistic in the 2nd half of last season. What makes his signing good is that he's not expected to give us anything in term of scoring and anything he does give would be a bonus since we only need him for hustle, rebounds and help defense. While I'm definitely not saying he will be integral to our success, he will undoubtedly play a big role in achieving a playoff spot.

With Dallas seemingly to be the only playoff contender we could catch up to and with our own schedule, we should really just focus on our own games since we can't really do much if we win 0% of our remaining games and they win 75%. All we can do is win the two games against them and hope we'll have the better record by playoff time.

Strange, though, after the last few years when we only worried about first round matchup and home court - now we're just fighting to even be in the post-season.
The End Times are upon us ...

Well the Mavs are probably going to beat the Wizards tomorrow. If the Suns lose on Sunday at San Antonio and then lose at home to Dallas on Tuesday night, you might as well stick a fork in them because they would be 5 back in the loss column with 18 to play.

The Suns' final 4 games of the season:

10-Apr @ Grizzlies
11-Apr @ Wolves
13-Apr Grizzlies
15-Apr Warriors

They may seem like ass teams. Well, they ARE, actually. But they will be happy to play the
role of a spoiler, if you know what i mean.

dunleavyjr wrote:The Suns' final 4 games of the season:

10-Apr @ Grizzlies
11-Apr @ Wolves
13-Apr Grizzlies
15-Apr Warriors

They may seem like ass teams. Well, they ARE, actually. But they will be happy to play the
role of a spoiler, if you know what i mean.

Ass teams are ass teams. That bodes well for the Suns. They need to be in position to make the playoffs at that point. 2 point loss in the Rockets... and Stromile has room to improve in terms of fitting in.

He needs to gel in fast so the Suns can be at their best.

The Mavs have six potential losses in their next eight games.....so who knows?

BurningHeart wrote:The Mavs have six potential losses in their next eight games.....so who knows?

--- Dallas/Wizards tonight and we have SA tomorrow. By rights, we'll be heading into next week 4 games out.