lipoli390 wrote:The Nuggets are about to lose to the Thunder tonight. That will put the Wolves within 2.5 games of 6th place in the West. Looking at the Wolves remaining 19 games, I see 10 games the Wolves should win and 3 more they could realistically win. So I see the Wolves record over the next 19 games at somewhere between 10-9 and 13-6. At 10-9 they'll end up in 7th or 8th place. At 13-6, I think the Wolves will end up 6th.
My guy Isaiah Roby had a nice game to help down the Nuggets. :) It's exciting to be in the legit hunt for a 6th seed.
Some interesting thoughts looking at the scores so far tonight.
Knicks have now lost 6 in a row. And 1-9 in their last 10. They are 12 games under .500 and 4.5 games out of the last playoff spot. Will they look to shake things up this offseason if things continue to be disappointing after a nice season last year?
Meanwhile the Kings a team that's started the year with some nice talent and still has some nice players has just 3 more wins than OKC and 18 games under .500 and are 4 games out of that last playoff spot.
The East final 2 teams currently in the playoffs are a combined 5 games under .500. The final 2 teams in the west are a combined 15 games under .500. Sure one of them is the Lakers and if they can ever get healthy...but has anyone thought that maybe at this point the WC isn't actually the better conference anymore? If feels more even now than I can remember for quite a while.
Also Philly I guess has a new big 3. Harden Embiid and Maxey? Wowzers. That trio had what 78 points tonight? They all got to the FT line for a combined 31 trips to the line.
