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The playoff cluster-f### continues! We have 6 teams sitting at 37 losses fighting for the 4 play-in spots, which includes the Wolves. The 6th seed Warriors at 36 losses will likely join the c-f with a loss tonight. The Wolves have a few days off and several of those 37-loss teams will lose another game.

The Wolves at Warriors game on Sunday has huge implications as to whether the Wolves are battling for the 5th/6th seed, or jockeying for play-in position.

Sadly, I have all three games on this next road trip as "assumed losses". If they can pull out one win - I'll be very happy with that result.

The good news is after we get that trip out of the way, the remaining 5 games look "winnable" other than possibly Brooklyn.

I'm still predicting .500 end result. But it might be up and down (or down and up).

Carlos Danger wrote:Sadly, I have all three games on this next road trip as "assumed losses". If they can pull out one win - I'll be very happy with that result.

The good news is after we get that trip out of the way, the remaining 5 games look "winnable" other than possibly Brooklyn.

I'm still predicting .500 end result. But it might be up and down (or down and up).

Brooklyn is on a 5-game losing streak and is 7 - 14 over the past 21 games.

I'm not saying the Wolves will win... but if we're worried about matching up against teams like that, why even bother with the playoffs or play-in.

AbeVigodaLive wrote:

Carlos Danger wrote:Sadly, I have all three games on this next road trip as "assumed losses". If they can pull out one win - I'll be very happy with that result.

The good news is after we get that trip out of the way, the remaining 5 games look "winnable" other than possibly Brooklyn.

I'm still predicting .500 end result. But it might be up and down (or down and up).

Brooklyn is on a 5-game losing streak and is 7 - 14 over the past 21 games.

I'm not saying the Wolves will win... but if we're worried about matching up against teams like that, why even bother with the playoffs or play-in.

IMHO other than 4 bad teams and a handful that are at the top (although Boston and Denver have been struggling a bit lately) I don't see a big difference between the around 20 teams left in the middle. Injuries, inconsistency, acclamation of players, or whatever (Wolves have all these things and they are not alone) so many teams you don't know what you are gonna get on any given night even more than a typical NBA season. Part of that is that only a couple teams actually kinda suck and even a couple of those bad teams do actually have talent.

Big time klunker from the Mavs tonight, dropping them out of the 37-loss club. Jazz are well on their way to dropping out, as well. And the loser of the Thunder/Laker game will also drop out. A good night for the Wolves!

Yeah, just a crushing loss for the Mavs, losing to a hornets team with only 7 players on the back end of a back to back...and Irving and doncik were something like 3-17 on threes! Imagine the despair in Dallas right now!

The loss drops Dallas into a 3-way tie for 7th with the wolves and lakers on my sheet...and we have the tiebreaker. A tough 3 games coming up for us, but it's also good to have anti klunker potential in all 3. A win in GS combined with a clippers loss to the pels would put us in a tie with them for 6th on my sheet.

Dallas was favored by 16 in that game by the way...tough to bounce back from a loss like that

FNG wrote:Dallas was favored by 16 in that game by the way...tough to bounce back from a loss like that

I believe they are 8-12 since the Kyrie trade.

FNG wrote:Dallas was favored by 16 in that game by the way...tough to bounce back from a loss like that

Just saying I called the Mavs collapse 4 weeks ago it's only going to get worse there.

The Pelicans are trying to make a last push for the playoffs! The Suns and Warriors (2 of our next 3 opponents) seem to be getting their act together. The Mavs and Clippers are stumbling. And LeBron James is closer to returning.

The Wolves are currently slated for the play-in. They will likely need an anti-klunker or two to avoid the play-in. Fortunately, they have three anti-klunker opportunities on this road trip starting tonight. But more importantly, this team needs to figure out their chemistry with KAT and ANT in the lineup before the playoffs begin.

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