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44 games into the season and we have 38 left as we have won 18 to 26 losses. We are currently in 7th place for worst record in the league and the tank is still on. I think if we beat everyone remotely near us in the standings we win another 13 of the next 38 and that was good for 8th place for the worst record in the league last season but we may not beat all those 13 teams who are near us in the standings.

We have one stretch of 3 games against IND BRK and SAC then 2 games each against ATL MEM CHA LAC and one each against MIL and against NOP. The coming game against GSW may be a bit more interesting because Butler is out for the season with an injury so we may be facing a team that wants to get a start on tanking because they will be desperate to get their tank on now that Jimmy is down.

If we limit our winning to just 8 games more and finish at 26 and 56 that was good for a tie for 6th worst record last season. That might get us the 6th spot but we have serious competition in the tank and MIL and MEM could turn it up to lose even more but CHA has been 5-5 for their last 10 games, if only we were not 6 and 4 over our last 10 games.

Race for last place
1. NOP 10-35
2. IND 10-34
3. WAS 10-32
4. SAC 12-31
5. BKN 12-29
6. UTA 14-29
7. CHA 16-27
8. DAL 18-26
9. MIL 18-24
10 MEM 18-23