Posted by Queeniepop:
Homers and haters...without personal biases, can you predict the final sixteen games. Remember, its not just about the Knicks, the opposing teams are fighting for playoff positioning or to get in to the playoffs and some are just playing (which can be equally lethal because they have nothing to lose)
Some quick facts:
7 home games (18-16 home record)
9 road games (10-22 road record)
To end March, we play 5 of 6 at home
To start April, we have a 3 game road trip and play 5 of 6 on the road
The final leg of the schedule is 2 home, 2 road
Biggest obstacle (Ides of March)...the final home game of March versus NO followed by @ Cha, @ Utah, @ Denver
Two winnable games...vs LAC amd vs Sacramento (it will be very disappointing if they lose one of these games)
Significant games...vs NJ on Wed., @ Charlotte, @ Chicago, final game of regular season vs NJ (if team is still in it)
It's tough to predict because I feel that this team's success or demise will be predicated on what they did the game before.
The schedule is very tough, maybe tougher than anyone thinks.
My predictions:
vs Nets (W - Devin Harris is out)
vs Sac (W - season is all but done if they lose to this team)
@ Orl (L - too much size and perimeter shooting)
vs Orl (L - see above)
vs LAC (W - or does Zach get revenge - season all but done if they lose)
vs NO (L - CP3 is gonna want to get his shine on at MSG)
@ Charlotte (L - LB and friends know they have to win, we won there once already this year - tough for me to say we can do it again)
@ Utah (L - rough place to pull out a road win)
@ Denver (L - we never win @ Denver except on that crazy Jamal shot that Gus went nuts about)
vs Tor (W - gotta beat the Raps)
@ Tor (L - repeating history plus the early start is killer on a back to back and the Raps love the brunch-time games)
@ Chi (L - the Bullies are gunning for the 8th seed too)
vs Detroit(L - payback is a bitch)
@ Orlando (L - see all the way above)
@ Mia (L - Wade is just too good)
vs NJ (W - let's end with a bang)
Final record: 33-49, no PLAYOFFS, 10th in the Eastern Conf (maybe they'll prove me wrong).
What do you think?
[Edited by - queeniepop on 03-16-2009 7:06 PM]
It's difficult to argue with your picks but I'm certainly hoping for 1 or 2 upsets.
We may catch a break if teams like Orlando, Miami, Detroit, etc. lock up their playoff position and have nothing to play for.
