Back to the Jazz, looking at the slate of 19 games I posted, if we have Gobert back for that stretch and Hood plays solidly (not great, solidly), is there a reason to think we can't go 14-5 over that stretch? 15-4 even?
And yet we're still this close to the 6th seed. That's my point. Listen, I won't lie, the next five are tough. But if we can go 2-3 over that span, we then have a set of games that are very, very winnable. No elite team. They go Lakers, Blazers, Kings, Lakers, Hornets, Knicks, Nets, Wiz, Pistons, Hornets, Wolves, Bulls, Nuggets, Bucks, Suns, Mavs, Pels, Celtics, Blazers. That's a 19 game stretch. If we can get Favors and Gobert back for that most of or even that whole stretch which starts January 10th and can gut out a nice 13-6 or better record, we'll be on our way.
To further clarify this those 19 games go:
@ Lakers 1/10
@ Blazers 1/13
v. Kings 1/14
v. Lakers 1/16
@ Hornets 1/18
@ Knicks 1/20
@ Nets 1/22
@ Wiz 1/23
v. Pistons 1/25
v. Hornets 1/27
v. Wolves 1/29
v. Bulls 2/1
v. Nuggets 2/3
v. Bucks 2/5
@ Suns 2/6
@ Mavs 2/9
@ Pelicans 2/10
v. Celtics 2/19
@ Portland 2/21
The bolded games worry me the most. Let's say we lose them all. That is 15-4. Pretty damn good.
Ya, @Blazers ain't that scary. @Portland however, that's another story.
It's amazing that after all that's said and done we're still comfortably the 8th seed with 14-17.
The next team is POR in 9th with 14-21.
We would have to lose 4 more games to drop out of the 8th right? Wow that's pretty good with Gobert, Burks, and Favors out.
2. Because while we are losing Portland could be winning. Each differnce in win and losses (for example from 8 wins to 9 wins) is worth 1/2 a game.
It's amazing that after all that's said and done we're still comfortably the 8th seed with 14-17.
The next team is POR in 9th with 14-21.
We would have to lose 4 more games to drop out of the 8th right? Wow that's pretty good with Gobert, Burks, and Favors out.
amazing?
Well 3 of our top 6 players are out injured and we're still 8th in the West... yeah I'd say that's pretty amazing.
this isn't the same Western conference you're assuming it is when you get AMAZED.
You really believe they'll win 14 out of 15 to start that stretch?To further clarify this those 19 games go:
@ Lakers 1/10
@ Blazers 1/13
v. Kings 1/14
v. Lakers 1/16
@ Hornets 1/18
@ Knicks 1/20
@ Nets 1/22
@ Wiz 1/23
v. Pistons 1/25
v. Hornets 1/27
v. Wolves 1/29
v. Bulls 2/1
v. Nuggets 2/3
v. Bucks 2/5
@ Suns 2/6
@ Mavs 2/9
@ Pelicans 2/10
v. Celtics 2/19
@ Portland 2/21
The bolded games worry me the most. Let's say we lose them all. That is 15-4. Pretty damn good.
To further clarify this those 19 games go:
@ Pelicans 2/10
The bolded games worry me the most. Let's say we lose them all. That is 15-4. Pretty damn good.
You really believe they'll win 14 out of 15 to start that stretch?
You really believe they'll win 14 out of 15 to start that stretch?