02-20-2023, 01:56 AM
(This post was last modified: 02-20-2023, 11:32 PM by SleepingHero.)
With the All-Star break now over, I figured now would a good discussion over the Mavs end of season goals. I'm stealing from the Discord here cause it was just too good to pass up.
According to several prediction websites, Mavs are pegged to have the easiest remaining strength of schedule. 538 thinks the Mavs end 3rd, BBref has the Mavs 5th.
There are 12 home games, 10 road games, 5 games against the Spurs and Hornets, on top of a 6 game home-stand coming out of the All-Star Break with a 3 game home-stand to end the season.
There are 3 B2B's left, with all of the second nights ending with a road game (@NOP 3/9, @IND 3/27, and @ATL 4/2).
So what do you guys think the record will be? What are some of the hardest games? Do you think Luka taking the week off in Cabo will help rejuvenate him or is he going to play himself into shape heading into the playoffs? Does Maxi's return help the defense become serious again?
To lead it off, as much as I want to say 18+ wins I still think this team is going to have some growing pains after the break. I think the 2nd night of back to backs, especially on the road, are scheduled losses so that's 3 of them right there.
The toughest games to me is PHI on March 2nd, PHX on March 5th , the MEM mini series where we play them 3 times in 9 days (@MEM 3/11, @DAL 3/13, @MEM 3/20), GSW on March 22nd, @PHI 3/29, and finally vs. SAC on 4/5.
If the Mavs can go 5-3 on this stretch that'd be great.
Tallying up what we have so far with the B2Bs and assuming they go 5-0 against the Spurs+Hornets, we're at 10-6. That means I'm hoping they can go 5-1 against the new look Lakers (2 times), IND (2 times), ATL and CHI.
Definitely interesting to see how this plays out.
According to several prediction websites, Mavs are pegged to have the easiest remaining strength of schedule. 538 thinks the Mavs end 3rd, BBref has the Mavs 5th.
There are 12 home games, 10 road games, 5 games against the Spurs and Hornets, on top of a 6 game home-stand coming out of the All-Star Break with a 3 game home-stand to end the season.
There are 3 B2B's left, with all of the second nights ending with a road game (@NOP 3/9, @IND 3/27, and @ATL 4/2).
So what do you guys think the record will be? What are some of the hardest games? Do you think Luka taking the week off in Cabo will help rejuvenate him or is he going to play himself into shape heading into the playoffs? Does Maxi's return help the defense become serious again?
To lead it off, as much as I want to say 18+ wins I still think this team is going to have some growing pains after the break. I think the 2nd night of back to backs, especially on the road, are scheduled losses so that's 3 of them right there.
The toughest games to me is PHI on March 2nd, PHX on March 5th , the MEM mini series where we play them 3 times in 9 days (@MEM 3/11, @DAL 3/13, @MEM 3/20), GSW on March 22nd, @PHI 3/29, and finally vs. SAC on 4/5.
If the Mavs can go 5-3 on this stretch that'd be great.
Tallying up what we have so far with the B2Bs and assuming they go 5-0 against the Spurs+Hornets, we're at 10-6. That means I'm hoping they can go 5-1 against the new look Lakers (2 times), IND (2 times), ATL and CHI.
Definitely interesting to see how this plays out.
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