GT #54: Hornets @ Bullets 7 PM (NBCSW/1500 AM)

[NatP4]

If healthy, I think they go 16-12 or something. One of the easiest remaining schedules in the league. 41 or so wins. 8 seed.

[payitforward]

There are no games you "should have" won.

Describing 14-9 as "a 50-win pace" is like saying 5-3 is a 50-win pace.
Moreover, if we play our remaining home & away games at the same %s as we've played them so far we'll win 38 games.

If we're on any pace at all, we're on a pace to win 38 games.

Over the last 42% of the season, they are playing at a 50 win pace.

That's nothing. Over their last 19 games they are 13-6. That's a 56 win pace.

Plus, if we leave out the 2 games they should have won, it's 13-4 -- that's a 63 win pace! Wow!

But wait a minute... if we include those 2 games as wins (cuz, you know, they "should have" won them), it's a 65 win pace.
Wow. What a great team, huh?

Has it occurred to you that fans of other teams also keep a list of "games they should have won?"

Truth is, this team, like every team in the league, is as good as its record. Its record is 25-29, & that's how good it is. Exactly. No better & No worse.

Believe it or not, a laugh-out-loud emoji doesn't change that fact.

[AFM]

"Over our last 1 games, we are 1-0, an 82-0 pace." - Terd Leonsis

[NatP4]

There are no games you "should have" won.

Describing 14-9 as "a 50-win pace" is like saying 5-3 is a 50-win pace.
Moreover, if we play our remaining home & away games at the same %s as we've played them so far we'll win 38 games.

If we're on any pace at all, we're on a pace to win 38 games.

Over the last 42% of the season, they are playing at a 50 win pace.

That's nothing. Over their last 19 games they are 13-6. That's a 56 win pace.

Plus, if we leave out the 2 games they should have won, it's 13-4 -- that's a 63 win pace! Wow!

But wait a minute... if we include those 2 games as wins (cuz, you know, they "should have" won them), it's a 65 win pace.
Wow. What a great team, huh?

Has it occurred to you that fans of other teams also keep a list of "games they should have won?"

Truth is, this team, like every team in the league, is as good as its record. Its record is 25-29, & that's how good it is. Exactly. No better & No worse.

Believe it or not, a laugh-out-loud emoji doesn't change that fact.

I’m not sure why you keep trying to bring it back to the “should’ve won” subject. I guess just to try and pick and argument or something. 14-9 has nothing to do with that. It’s just a fact.

Actually, I have no idea what you are even talking about. They are 11-8 in the last 19 games not 13-6.

Maybe you are attempting to make the argument that trends don’t matter when evaluating a team?

[NatP4]

Hot take: the Suns (who just acquired Kevin Durant), are a better team than the 30-27 record would indicate.