Predict the season finish (final 10 games)

[erudite23]

As most already probably know, the remaining schedule is like an exercise in contrast through the comparison of extremes. We have four bunnies in a row coming up:

vs. LAC
@ Min
vs. Was
vs. Min

Followed by as tough a six game gauntlet as you will ever see:

vs. SA
@ NO
@ Dal
vs. Hou
vs. Den
@ SA

Luckily for us, the San Antonio game might be a rest-your-starters game....or it could be the difference between having or not having home court in round 1. Since it's our personal house of horrors, I hope its the first of the two.

So here's my take, I see us taking care of business with the bunnies, and winning all 4 (though the washington game might be tough now that they have Butler back). I just can't see us losing to Minny TWICE in one season. It can't happen......can it?

So that is 4 wins. We should obviously blow out Denver, like we always do out our house. That's 5. Houston has been exposed as a team without enough scoring to sustain it through the tough stretches in games, and since its in our gym, I'm going to throw that in as a guaranteed W, too.

That's 6. That leaves SA, @NO, @Dal and @SA as the big question marks. I think we lose a minimum of one of the 4, without a doubt. But past that, I can see us winning as many as 3 of them. We've had success against SA at our house both this year and last, so that has a great shot at being a W.

Dallas is without Dirk now, and likely will be by then as well. Throw in the fact that they have lost more games at home since they got JKidd than they did ALL SEASON before acquiring him, and you have to think that's a pretty good shot there, too.

The NO game.....is kinda tough. On one hand you have them playing as an elite level team. Their chemistry has been very good, they have almost every element that you need for your team to be successful, and they have a player who can take over any game at any time who is playing out of his mind this year. On the other, the Jazz have kind of owned them each of the last two years. Really, of the 3 games that we have played this year, the Jazz have outplayed them handily except for the 1st quarter of the game in NO. Speaking of which, you have to think that the Jazz will want to make a statement about that, and respond to the embarrasment they recieved on national TV from that 23-0 run. Should be a very good game, and I'm thinking its a 50-50 shot that we take it.

As for the game IN San Antonio.....wow. When you have been owned that thoroughly by someone for so long, all you can do is assume that it is going to continue until someone has the balls to stand up and put an end to it. Maybe this will be the time, but I'm not going to predict it. Like I said before, our best hope is that its a throw away game for them, but one that we still need for placement purposes. Even then it could get ugly.


Overall, I'm saying we win either @ Dal or @NO, but not both. I do think we'll beat SA at our place, but I'm not taking us at theirs until further notice. So I say: 8-2.....and a 55-27 final record.

I would be more than happy with that.

[Pai Gow]

I'm thinkin 8-2 as well.

Losses @ San Antonio and Dallas

That record should get us homecourt, but we'll see.

[schneiderjazz]

8-2 would be awesome. But since this team has yet to show us consistency on the road, I guess 6-4 with losses at NO, Dallas and SA and a stupid loss vs Washington or @ Minny.

[sendai91]

My picks:

vs. LAC - 15+ pt win
@ Min - 6-8 pt win
vs. Was no interior presence for the Wiz, I say a 10-14 pt win
vs. Min 12 + pt win
vs. SA 5-7 pt win
@ NO 8-10 pt loss
@ Dal Dirk is likely to be back, but Jazz still pull out a 3-5 pt win
vs. Hou 6-8 pt win
vs. Den 10 + pt win (Denver will have likely clinched the 8th spot in the West with nothing to gain or lose besides prider, 3rd place in the conference on the line for the Jazz, home court advantage seals it for Utah)
@ SA having clinched third place in the West after an 8-1 win, Jazz close out the season with another loss in SA by 6-8

8-2

[Duiz]

I am sticking to my initial prediction.. 9-1 with the last game of the season a loss to the SAS.


I don't think Dirk will be back just yet, I just don't think he will.

[Lava Rock Kid]

My Pic 6-4
28 Clippers Win
30 at wolves win
31 bulletts win
2 wolves win
4 Spurs loss
8 at Hornets loss
10 at mavs win
12 nuggets loss ( i will be at the game and they always lose when I am there.)
14 rockets win
16 at spurs loss

6-4 We end up with the division title and 4th seed but start away from home. We end up playing New Orleans in first round and win in 7

[xstockholmsyndromex]

8-2 with losses coming @ San Antonio and against San Antonio.

[Neon Black]

9-1, loss to New Orleans. I've been saying for a while that this is the year we break the losing streak in San Antonio.

[pink22]

My Pic 6-4
28 Clippers Win
30 at wolves win
31 bulletts win
2 wolves win
4 Spurs loss
8 at Hornets loss
10 at mavs win
12 nuggets loss ( i will be at the game and they always lose when I am there.)14 rockets win
16 at spurs loss

6-4 We end up with the division title and 4th seed but start away from home. We end up playing New Orleans in first round and win in 7

Then PLEASE don't go.

[idajazz]

I have had a nagging little fear about them going in the tank like they have done last year and december this year

If they do that they could be out of the post season.

Best case................8-2
worst.......................3-7

I'm going to predict 7-3

[babyjax13]

I say that 7-3 is the most likely scenario, but I like them for 10-0....

[KZ]

vs. LAC
appears to be an easy one, but had they not choked in the last 3 minutes of the game, SA would have gotten a surprise L at home. A win nevertheless, but I do not expect a blowout W

@ Min
a gimme for sure, which is why we lose L

vs. Was
they are good, but this is the last game of their 5 game west coast trip on a back-to-back after playing the Lakers. W

vs. Min
no doubt W

vs. SA
they play us well rested, so this is a scary one. they can always win just buy playing hard nosed defense when they struggle on offense - they also match up quite good against us. i do not see us winning this one, in fact we should do anything possible to lose against them L

@ NO
statement game, even possible blowout. our greatest chance is to win against them, hoping that they lose some other games as well, so they end up with the 5th seed while SA and Hou move up to 1st and 3rd W

@ Dal
by this time the Mavericks will be fighting for the eighth spot having played against Denver, Warriors twice, Lakers, Suns, Seattle and Clippers. ouch L

vs. Hou
10 games remaining for them, only 3 against +0.500 teams. I do not think there is a chance for us to move up to 3rd seed, so Houston can well prepare for the playoffs and rest their starters. Depending on the Hornets' position in the standings we might be better off losing this one W

vs. Den
huge game for them, if they win they are in the playoffs L

@ SA
in the worst case scenario, Hornets are still 1st seed and the Rockets are 3rd, meaning we meet the 5th seed Spurs in the 1st round of the playoffs and no homecourt. just to make a statement the Jazz will pull this one out W

6-4

[edfmx86]

10-0, maybe 9-1 loss to t-wolves....j/k

im guessing 7-3 with losses to @SA, @NO and @Dal, but id rather have 10-0

[Lava Rock Kid]

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Then PLEASE don't go.

I have to go, my kid is doing some cheerleading thing before the game. I hate to watch in person a loss to the nuggs though.