http://www.nba.com/knicks/schedule/results_2007.html

Not a bad first month

Fri 2 @ Cleveland
Sun 4 Minnesota
Tue 6 Denver
Fri 9 Orlando
Sun 11 Miami
Tue 13 @ Phoenix
Wed 14 @ L.A. Clippers
Fri 16 @ Sacramento
Sat 17 @ Denver
Tue 20 Golden State
Wed 21 @ Detroit
Sat 24 Chicago
Mon 26 Utah
Thu 29 @ Boston
Fri 30 Milwaukee

December

Sun 2 Phoenix
Wed 5 @ New Jersey
Fri 7 @ Philadelphia
Sat 8 Philadelphia
Mon 10 Dallas
Wed 12 Seattle
Fri 14 @ Chicago
Sat 15 New Jersey
Mon 17 Indiana
Wed 19 Cleveland
Fri 21 @ Charlotte
Sun 23 L.A. Lakers
Wed 26 @ Orlando
Sun 30 Chicago

But look at January!

Wed 2 Sacramento
Fri 4 @ San Antonio
Sat 5 @ Houston
Tue 8 @ Chicago
Wed 9 Houston
Fri 11 Toronto
Sun 13 Detroit
Tue 15 Washington
Wed 16 @ New Jersey
Fri 18 @ Washington
Sat 19 @ Miami 7:30pm
Mon 21 Boston 1:00pm
Fri 25 Philadelphia
Sun 27 @ Golden State
Tue 29 @ L.A. Lakers
Wed 30 @ Utah

February

Fri 1 @ Portland 10:30pm
Sat 2 @ Seattle 10:00pm
Mon 4 L.A. Clippers
Wed 6 Indiana
Fri 8 San Antonio
Sat 9 @ Milwaukee
Wed 13 @ Boston
Tue 19 @ Washington
Wed 20 @ Philadelphia
Fri 22 Toronto
Sun 24 @ Toronto
Wed 27 Charlotte
Fri 29 @ Atlanta

March

Sat 1 @ Orlando
Mon 3 New Orleans
Wed 5 Cleveland
Fri 7 Detroit
Sat 8 Portland
Mon 10 @ Dallas
Wed 12 @ Miami
Sun 16 Atlanta
Mon 17 @ Indiana
Fri 21 Memphis
Sat 22 @ Minnesota
Mon 24 New Jersey
Wed 26 Miami 7:00pm
Fri 28 @ Toronto
Sun 30 @ Atlanta

April

Tue 1 @ Milwaukee
Wed 2 @ Memphis
Fri 4 @ New Orleans
Sun 6 Orlando
Tue 8 @ Detroit
Wed 9 Charlotte
Fri 11 Atlanta
Mon 14 Boston
Wed 16 @ Indiana

[Edited by - bishop on 08-02-2007 12:09 PM]

I dunno man. Just looking at it, the first month looks hard.

Fri 2 @ Cleveland L
Sun 4 Minnesota W
Tue 6 Denver W
Fri 9 Orlando W
Sun 11 Miami L
Tue 13 @ Phoenix L
Wed 14 @ L.A. Clippers W
Fri 16 @ Sacramento W
Sat 17 @ Denver L
Tue 20 Golden State W
Wed 21 @ Detroit L
Sat 24 Chicago L
Mon 26 Utah L
Thu 29 @ Boston L
Fri 30 Milwaukee W

I got 7-8



[Edited by - nyk4ever on 08-02-2007 12:02 PM]

We really don't have any easy months.

The schedule overall is tough.

I agree but I find January hard to look at. With the exception of Philadelphia and Sacramento all other 14 games are against potential .500+ teams with 9 of them on the road.

If you're going off the evidence we have from the last few years, every game will be tough for the NY Knicks. Its patches like the extended road trip to the west coast in late Jan/early Feb where we play a lot of games in a few days that you can point to now as cause for concern.

I find it weird that they are natioanlly televising the portland game at the rose garden instead of the one at MSG. I guess they think more people want to see Zachs return to portland as opposed to Oden's first game at the mecca of basketball.

Just glazing over the schedule, I think the west coast trip in the first month can set us under 500 going into December.

Despite having 9 home games in December, this month will really be telling in terms of did we really turn the corner. Handling Chicago, NJ, (two teams we always struggle to beat) Cleve and even Dallas at home will prove alot. Even though we are facing teams we usually lose to, we should finish above 500 (again if we turned the corner)this month with 9 home games to 5 road games.

January will be brutal. Feb can go either way. Lots of road games, but other than Boston and perhaps Toronto, none of the other road games are impossible. March and April are pretty tough as well.

Posted by Michael6835:

Posted by bishop:

I agree but I find January hard to look at. With the exception of Philadelphia and Sacramento all other 14 games are against potential .500+ teams with 9 of them on the road.

Agreed, but we have to make the assumption that these guys will also be a +.500 team

Lets hope so! They haven't proven they can be in the last few years but hopefully this year they turn it around. I can see them starting something like 17-12 over the first two months but then hitting .500 in january and dropping slightly below in february. I dont know right now i see 38 wins. The homer in me wants to say 42 and my "isles vision" wants me to say 30.

Posted by bishop:

I find it weird that they are natioanlly televising the portland game at the rose garden instead of the one at MSG. I guess they think more people want to see Zachs return to portland as opposed to Oden's first game at the mecca of basketball.

Hey Bishop do you hail from anywhere around etobicoke?

Fri 2 @ Cleveland
Sun 4 Minnesota W
Tue 6 Denver
Fri 9 Orlando
Sun 11 Miami
Tue 13 @ Phoenix L
Wed 14 @ L.A. Clippers
Fri 16 @ Sacramento W
Sat 17 @ Denver L
Tue 20 Golden State
Wed 21 @ Detroit L
Sat 24 Chicago
Mon 26 Utah
Thu 29 @ Boston L
Fri 30 Milwaukee W

These cames are going to be pretty unpredictable.
I can only really pin down 3 wins and 4 losses that I feel good about having expectations.
The rest will be really winnable or lose-able.