Jazz's Remaining Schedule is the Easiest in the League

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

The Jazz still have remaining on their schedule: T'wolves (2), Rockets, Thunder, Kings (2). They should win at least 5 of those games.
Then the Jazz have: Raptors, Spurs (2), Warriors. They should win 3 of those games.
That leaves: Blazers, Nuggets, Suns. Jazz should win at least 1 of those games, more likely 2.
So that would get the Jazz to 53 or 54 wins.

In order to catch the Jazz, the Suns would then have to finish 11-2 or 12-1. I think they're more likely to finish 9-4 or maybe 10-3.

Right now, I think 53 wins is the magic number to keep the #1 seed.

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

Agreed.
I think they sweep the spurs and either sweep memphis or lose once.

GS, portland, and dallas would be harder series but the jazz would still win.

I would love to get a team that we can finish off quick and easy though so we can be rested and fresh and have more time to game plan for our 2nd round opponent.

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I think the Jazz would beat Portland or Golden State in 5 games. Dallas could go 6 maybe, if Luka is amazing and they shoot well.

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

Okay, so that Minnesota game will have to count as our brain-fart, anomalous loss. The remaining games against the T'wolves, Kings, Rockets and Thunder need to all be wins, or we'll otherwise need to make up the loss vs. Denver or San Antonio.

 

[LogGrad98]

Good thing we have the easiest schedule so we can go 0.500 over these games. If we had a hard schedule we'd be lucky to win half of them.

 

[LogGrad98]

The Jazz still have remaining on their schedule: T'wolves (2), Rockets, Thunder, Kings (2). They should win at least 5 of those games.
Then the Jazz have: Raptors, Spurs (2), Warriors. They should win 3 of those games.
That leaves: Blazers, Nuggets, Suns. Jazz should win at least 1 of those games, more likely 2.
So that would get the Jazz to 53 or 54 wins.

In order to catch the Jazz, the Suns would then have to finish 11-2 or 12-1. I think they're more likely to finish 9-4 or maybe 10-3.

Right now, I think 53 wins is the magic number to keep the #1 seed.

So apparently we can count both remaining wolves games as losses.

 

[NAOS]

When do Joe and Rudy get some time off before the playoffs?

 

[DasJazz]

So, if we win tonight against the Wolves, Phoenix loses to NY and the Clippers lose to New Orleans, I'd say that is a likely wrap on the 1st seed.

We're probably not that lucky to have all 3 dominoes fall into place on the same night but it could happen!

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

If the Jazz can finish 8-4 from here, that should probably do it. The Clippers would have to win all of their remaining 10 games, and the Suns would have to finish 10-2 to get ahead of the Jazz. The Suns still have the Knicks (twice), Clippers and Lakers (likely with Lebron back), plus some other losable games.

Jazz also want the Mavs to get hot and hold off the Lakers for the 5th seed.

 

[Elizah Huge]

You think we can hold on to #1 even doe we have teh Royce O’Neale??

As long as we have Conley and Gobert we will be good. Both guys are in the top-5 in defensive rating.

 

[NAOS]

As long as we have Conley and Gobert we will be good. Both guys are in the top-5 in defensive rating.

I nominate Conley’s resurgence on defense this year as the hardest thing to explain.

 

[LifeOnaPlate]

That Wolves game y'all. Really not feeling good about all the usage Ingles and Conley have to put in to maintain our seed. :/

 

[DasJazz]

I nominate Conley’s resurgence on defense this year as the hardest thing to explain.

Not hard, contract year.