This 7-Game Road Trip

[hkphooey]

1-1 now on this trip guys. That's a decent start no matter how you measure it. Two days of rest now before getting after Boston. Here's hoping we can jump on them early like we did to the Nets and keep them on their heels.

EDIT: We definitely need to review game tape of the Wizards-Celtics games, the Wiz know how to play Boston better than anyone.

[Papercut]

Toronto - early start, revenge game, we lose and the margin is in the 8-12 range
NJ - Nets don't have much of a homecourt advantage, and we should be rested because of the Toronto early start, Blazers win

2 for 2 so far. Wish I had seen the game.

[Spykes]

I'm still thinking that 3-4 is a solid road trip with the games we currently have scheduled.

[hkphooey]

1-2 now guys. Hopefully a W in Miami gets us back on an even 2-2. Then we can go into Orlando, Atlanta and New Orleans with a fresh perspective. We need to win in Orlando to break this lose-one-win-one thing that we have going on this trip so far.

[TradeMachine]

We're gonna kill Miami.

[mojomarc]

We're gonna kill Miami.

If this team rebounds like I know they can, and if Miami plays like they have been playing, this will be over by halftime.

[J~Rush]

If wade and shaq both have good games I can see it being close.

[mojomarc]

If wade and shaq both have good games I can see it being close.

For Shaq, I think a 20/10 game would be what he would need to do for it to be good enough to keep the game close, and he's only done that three times this year. The only thing that scares me a bit is that the game against Chicago tonight was one of those. Also, Shaq has had the best average performances with one day rest, which is what he'll have this time.

Still, I think we'll be okay if we can pressure Wade and force Shaq to score 30 to win. I just don't think the big guy has it in him anymore, so I'm thinking this can be a full tilt blowout if we come out with our dander raised.

[UGotThrilled]

I am a little nervous about shaq. The nice thing about games at Boston is that nobody expects you to win, so you almost look good for keeping it close. Miami is different, and with Shaq back, there is potential for them to put up a good fight. It isnt for sure, and we may blow them out, but I dont want to get my expectations going too soon.

[Papercut]

Toronto - early start, revenge game, we lose and the margin is in the 8-12 range
NJ - Nets don't have much of a homecourt advantage, and we should be rested because of the Toronto early start, Blazers win
Boston - we lose, by double digits

I'm now 3/3 in my predictions, but damn I wish I had been wrong about that last one. Tough loss last night, I think we'll beat them when they come to Portland.

[UGotThrilled]

Overall, I am fine with how our road trip is going. Yea, it would have been great to beat Toronto, and it would have been great to beat Boston, but we did blow out a veteran team on the road the second night of a back to back in which our best player played 54 minutes. We cant win every game, but lately we have been winning the games we should win, and winning a few games that we should probably lose (Denver, Utah)

[Milkdud]

I heat team with Shaq is still quite beatable in my mind for the blazers. But it does add a new element should be in intresting game.

[BlackMamba]

well, 1-2 and it's time to go 2-2, there's no need to have consecutive losses.

[hkphooey]

2-2 now with Orlando coming up today. This road trip has been brutal with the back-to-backs. I hope our guys have something left in the tank because the Magic are a very good team but have a penchant for blowing second half leads which is where we excel. Hopefully we can come out of the gates swinging so we don't have to rely on the 4th quarter heroics of Roy and Super Trout.

[Pinot love]

It's going to take a massive effort from Zilla and Aldridge. I just hope A) Zilla doesn't get to many fouls to quickly B) His back is fine C) Nate plays him enough

[Milkdud]

One positive is again Joel didn't play much in the 4th so hopefully that means he has alot in the tank to battle with D-12. Shad is a real concern, hopefully either LA or Outlaw can guard him.

[541Blaza]

Big men have been destroying us lately. I'm really worried about D12 today....

[Papercut]

Toronto - early start, revenge game, we lose and the margin is in the 8-12 range
NJ - Nets don't have much of a homecourt advantage, and we should be rested because of the Toronto early start, Blazers win
Boston - we lose, by double digits
Miami - easy win
Orlando - double digit loss, Joel's gonna have a frustrating night

Well so far this roadtrip has gone exactly as I expected, although it wasn't Howard that killed us in Orlando, it was a bunch of scrubs. As long as we win one of these last two, I don't think this is a bad trip. If we do lose the last two, OUCH, especially with Utah creeping up in the standings.

[Charcoal Filtered]

Was hoping for a win in Orlando. We have to start winning games on the road that we are not expected to.

[Papercut]

Toronto - early start, revenge game, we lose and the margin is in the 8-12 range
NJ - Nets don't have much of a homecourt advantage, and we should be rested because of the Toronto early start, Blazers win
Boston - we lose, by double digits
Atlanta - I honestly haven't seen a single Hawks game in the past 5 or 10 years, so who knows, I'll say we win
Miami - easy win
Orlando - double digit loss, Joel's gonna have a frustrating night
NO - I honestly think we can win this, because NO literally has no homecourt advantage and Byron Scott really isn't much of a coach, but I'll predict a loss because of an exhausted team looking forward to their own beds

This road trip went exactly as I predicted, every single game. I still think it was a successful trip. 3-4 against 7 good teams, 2 back-to-backs, and a ton of travel. Can't complain about that. I think this really bodes well, we've only solidified our position on this trip and I think we're headed for the postseason.