atlant has lost 15 of 16 games and blew a 16 pt 2nd half lead only to escape with a 2 point lead..

Other then the lakers we have lost to every team we have left on the schedule, so when ppl start talking about the competiton being below .500 keep in mind that we are 15 games under 500, opposing teams look their schedule and pencil in a W (should win)

BRIGGS wrote:Atlanta won.

If feels like Atlanta have hardly played this week! We need them to start racking up the loses. They only just beat the Bucks, and they only just won the game before that- it's annoying, but I hope it means they are ready to plummet again when they face good teams.

Man, I wish we'd never got ourselves in this situation...

BRIGGS wrote:Atlanta held on again against Denver

dk7th wrote:being 5 games back, really 6 games back, in the loss column with 15 games left is not a hurdle that will be overcome.

i see 5-10 for them, ideally 10-5. 10-5 puts them exactly where the schoene prediction model put them. maybe they end up going 7-8 which puts them at 34-48

even if the knick go 10-5 atlanta can go 7-10 and still get the 8th seed.

how accurate was the schone prediction model for the knicks last year troll?

dk7th wrote:

Marcala12 wrote:

dk7th wrote:being 5 games back, really 6 games back, in the loss column with 15 games left is not a hurdle that will be overcome.

i see 5-10 for them, ideally 10-5. 10-5 puts them exactly where the schoene prediction model put them. maybe they end up going 7-8 which puts them at 34-48

even if the knick go 10-5 atlanta can go 7-10 and still get the 8th seed.

how accurate was the schone prediction model for the knicks last year troll?

how does this make me a troll. i don't know what the schoene model predicted the previous season. provide a jump and we can chat.

dk7th wrote:being 5 games back, really 6 games back, in the loss column with 15 games left is not a hurdle that will be overcome.

i see 5-10 for them, ideally 10-5. 10-5 puts them exactly where the schoene prediction model put them. maybe they end up going 7-8 which puts them at 34-48

even if the knick go 10-5 atlanta can go 7-10 and still get the 8th seed.

We've played more games than them- that makes their lead over us look slightly bigger than it is. It's still a long shot though. Atlanta may stat to play tougher opponents soon, but the killer is our last 7 games- all against playoff teams, most of whom will be vying for seeding so won't be resting players at that point.

The crux of the play off chase is simple: keep playing well and hope the Hawks fold. They almost did to Denver being up big early.

I suspect it's a long shot. Less ping pong balls, though with our luck, this will be the first time a seed in the lotto as low as us wins the top pick.

franco12 wrote:I've looked at the Hawk's schedule and optimistically have them finishing the year with 35 wins. We've just got to win 9. And there are some tough games. The way we were playing earlier in the year, they are games we don't win.

The crux of the play off chase is simple: keep playing well and hope the Hawks fold. They almost did to Denver being up big early.

I suspect it's a long shot. Less ping pong balls, though with our luck, this will be the first time a seed in the lotto as low as us wins the top pick.

Denver had incentive to lose to the Hawks planned losing. Keep the Knicks in Lottery.