The Mavs' RIDICULOUSLY EASY Schedule for the rest of the season
by LACK on Mar 18, 2010 6:07 PM MDT
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Although this has been brought up a good deal of times, the Nuggets and the Mavericks are tied in the race for the second seed. It is worth noticing, however, that the Mavericks have an easier end-of-season schedule than the Nuggets. According to Hollinger's Power Rankings over on ESPN, the Nuggets and the Mavericks have had similarly dificult schedules so far, but the Mavericks have the easier finishing stretch. They only have two back-to-backs, while we have four. Both teams have 7 home games and 7 road games remaining, but the Mavericks' don't really have any roadtrips left, while we have a five-game road trip coming up that includes 4 playoff teams: Boston, Orlando, Dallas, and the Craptors Raptors. Here are the Mavericks' schedule and the Nuggets' schedule, with the
Mavericks' one being first.
To the jump!
| Upcoming Games | |||||
| March | Opponent | Time | Local TV | Nat TV | Radio |
| Sat 20 | vs Boston  |
8:00pm | KTXA |  |
KESN / KFLC |
| Mon 22 | @ New Orleans | 7:00pm | KTXA |  |
KESN / KFLC |
| Tue 23 | vs LA Clippers |
7:30pm | FSNSW | |
KESN / KFLC |
| Thu 25 | @ Portland | 9:30pm |  |
KESN / KFLC | |
| Sat 27 | @ Golden State | 9:30pm | KTXA | |
KESN / KFLC |
| Mon 29 | vs Denver |
7:30pm | KTXA | |
KESN / KFLC |
| Wed 31 | @ Memphis | 7:00pm | FSNSW | |
KESN / KFLC |
| April | Opponent | Time | Local TV | Nat TV | Radio |
| Thu 01 | vs Orlando |
7:00pm | |
KESN / KFLC | |
| Sat 03 | vs Oklahoma City |
7:30pm | FSNSW | |
KESN / KFLC |
| Wed 07 | vs Memphis |
7:30pm | KTXA | |
KESN / KFLC |
| Fri 09 | @ Portland | 9:00pm | FSNSW | |
KESN / KFLC |
| Sat 10 | @ Sacramento | 9:00pm | FSNSW | |
KESN / KFLC |
| Mon 12 | @ LA Clippers | 9:30pm | KTXA | |
KESN / KFLC |
| Wed 14 | vs San Antonio |
7:00pm | FSNSW | |
KESN / KFLC |
That was the Mavs' schedule. Easy as cheese, right? (Don't open the link, Thursty)
Here's the Nuggets' schedule. What a bummer...
| March | Opponent | Time | Local TV | Nat TV | Radio |
| Thu 18 | vs New Orleans  |
7:30pm | Altitude | |
KCKK AM 1510 |
| Sat 20 | vs Milwaukee |
7:00pm | Altitude | |
KCKK AM 1510 |
| Tue 23 | @ New York | 5:30pm | Altitude | |
KCKK AM 1510 |
| Wed 24 | @ Boston | 5:00pm | Altitude2 |  |
KCKK AM 1510 |
| Fri 26 | @ Toronto | 5:00pm | Altitude | |
KCKK AM 1510 |
| Sun 28 | @ Orlando | 4:00pm | Altitude | |
KKHI 101.9 FM |
| Mon 29 | @ Dallas | 6:30pm | Altitude | |
KCKK AM 1510 |
| April | Opponent | Time | Local TV | Nat TV | Radio |
| Thu 01 | vs Portland |
8:30pm | |
KCKK AM 1510 | |
| Sat 03 | vs LA Clippers |
7:00pm | Altitude | |
KCKK AM 1510 |
| Wed 07 | @ Oklahoma City | 6:00pm | Altitude2 | |
KKHI 101.9 FM |
| Thu 08 | vs LA Lakers |
8:30pm | |
KCKK AM 1510 | |
| Sat 10 | vs San Antonio |
7:00pm | Altitude | |
KCKK AM 1510 |
| Mon 12 | vs Memphis |
7:00pm | Altitude | |
KCKK AM 1510 |
| Tue 13 | @ Phoenix | 8:30pm | Altitude | |
KCKK AM 1510 |
By my count, that's 10 games against playoff teams, The Mavs only have 7, and 5 of them are at home.
I'm going to predict the result of each of the games for both teams while being as impartial as possible. I know that I haven't added enough pictures yet, but I'll do that later on when I have more time.
Let's start with the Mavs!
Saturday, March 20 vs. Boston: Win
Monday, March 22 at New Orleans: Win
Tuesday, March 23 vs. The Crappy LA Team: Win
Thursday, March 25 at Portland: Loss, because the Rose Garden is a hard place to play
Saturday, March 27 at Golden State: Blowout win
Monday, March 29 vs. Denver: Overtime loss
Wednesday, March 31 at Memphis: Win
Thursday, April 1 vs. Orlando: Loss
Saturday, April 3 vs. OKC: Loss
Tuesday, April 7 vs. Memphis: Win
Friday, April 9 at Portland: Win
Last three games of the season against SacTown, The Crappy LA Team, and the Spurs: Win, Win, Win.
That adds up to a 10-4 closing stretch for the Mavericks, which puts them at 56-26
Let's go on to the Nuggets!
Thursday, March 18 vs. NOLA: Win
Saturday March 20 vs. Milwaukee: Very close win
Tuesday March 23 at New York: Win
Wednesday, March 24 at Boston: Loss
Friday March 26 at Toronto: Win
Sunday, March 28 at Orlando: Loss
Monday, March 29 at Dallas: OT Win (wishful thinking)
Thursday April 1 vs. Portland: Win
Saturday April 3 vs. The Crappy LA Team: Win
Wednesday April 7 at OKC: Loss, because they want to save energy for the next game...
Thursday April 8 vs. LA: Win. That's right.
Saturday, April 10 vs. SAntonio: Win
Monday, April 12 vs. Memphis: Win
Tuesday, April 13 at Phoenix: Definite loss.
Which leads in to my next point: The game against the Mavericks will probably decide the second seed. The Mavs definitely have the advantage, as it is at Dallas and on the second night of a back-to-back for the Nuggets but not for the Mavs. Also, we won't have Kenyon Martin on Nowitzki, and George Karl will definitely not be there. Hopefully, the Nuggets fight through adversity to post a win and thus win the tiebreaker for the second seed (here's also hoping that OKC falls to the seventh seed).
Again, I'm sorry for not including more pictures. I will when I have more time.
I have tried to add some of pictures, but they always shift to the very top of the post even when I use that small image button on the Inserts section of the FanPost-making page. Also, about a third of my post was deleted when I tried to add a picture to the end of the line, as somehow the HTML tags didn't automatically close. It also deleted all the rest of my pictures.
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I honestly don't understand why you marked a win in Dallas and a loss in Boston
Also you gave the Mavs three home losses…any particular reasoning?
Other than that, another nice Fanpost. Good work LACK
Homerism
To tell the truth, the Nuggets will probably finish one game behind the Mavericks…
"Left hand, right hand, it doesn't matter. I'm amphibious." - Charles Shackleford
""He’s a stiff." - The Legendary Doug Moe
"We have a great bunch of outside shooters. Unfortunately, all our games are played indoors." - Weldon Drew
"I really didn't want it, but now that I've won it, it's nice. It's an honor. It's nice to know people don't think you're a total idiot. ... It must have been a poor year for coaches." - Doug Moe...talking about winning 1987-88 Coach of the Year award.
"We're just tough, man" - Chauncey Billups
It will hurt the Nuggets more if Karl
misses games in the playoffs and that is a very distinct possibility.
The Mavs are overrated
Yes its true the trade they made with the Wiz made them much better, but I have a feeling that they will stumble at the end of the season just like they always do. Here’s hoping the Dallas ends up 52-30.
Golden State
I’m hoping the Warriors can give Dallas some real trouble. They gave the l*kers a good scare the other night. If Monta Ellis’s last-second 3-point attempt hadn’t rattled out, it would’ve gone to overtime.
The Warriors truly stink, but especially at home they can really get their opponents into some ridiculous shootouts sometimes.
If anything....the Knicks' beating the Mavs this week
proved that, while they upgraded, the Mavs are still the Mavs.
The Nuggets seem to only get up for great teams…so that should be to their benefit right? lol
"Groovy" Ash from Evil Dead 2
"No one came from miles around / and said man your music is really hot" No One Came...Deep Purple
Only team I'm worried about is the Nuggets.
Screw the Mavs. If the Nuggets do what they are supposed to then they get the number 2 seed(could 1 be a possibility?). Dallas and LA games will be huge!
Why would you want OKC to drop to 7th?
Unless you’re placing the Mavs at number two?
The only two teams I DON’T want to see in the first round are OKC and Phoenix.
The team I most want to see in the first round? San Antonio. Finally put those guys to sleep after so many years of knocking us out in the first round.
I'd love to see San Antonion for that reason, too
But I’m not that worried if we see OKC. Durant and Westbrook might hold that team together, but their lack of post season experience should ultimately prevail. (I hope I haven’t jinxed this…)
by Artimus Mangilord on Mar 19, 2010 10:10 AM MDT up reply actions
*Antonio
Not Antonion, though now that I think of it, the Spurs stink like onions this year. I for one, however, am not shedding tears over their fall from grace.
by Artimus Mangilord on Mar 19, 2010 4:28 PM MDT up reply actions
OKC
are playoff rookies. Remember when everyone was on Portland last year, then playoffs hit and they showed their inexperience? I feel Nuggs are a veteran team and would handle OKC fairly easy in the first round. OKC reminds me of the nuggets the first couple years we made the playoffs w/ Melo. It’s a different story being a good regular season team vs playoff winners.
Remember when no one gave the warriors a chance
It can go both ways
Why live life on the edge, when you can jump off?
That was great when the Dubs tore things up as the 8th seed
And who was the #1 seed they beat? ….DALLAS
by Artimus Mangilord on Mar 22, 2010 10:50 AM MDT up reply actions
Yeah but then who do you want?
Phoenix?
Spurs?
Thunder?
Blazers have been playing themselves deeper into the 8th seed
"Left hand, right hand, it doesn't matter. I'm amphibious." - Charles Shackleford
""He’s a stiff." - The Legendary Doug Moe
"We have a great bunch of outside shooters. Unfortunately, all our games are played indoors." - Weldon Drew
"I really didn't want it, but now that I've won it, it's nice. It's an honor. It's nice to know people don't think you're a total idiot. ... It must have been a poor year for coaches." - Doug Moe...talking about winning 1987-88 Coach of the Year award.
"We're just tough, man" - Chauncey Billups
I'd want
Blazers (too injured to go much in the postseason)
Spurs (revenge factor)
Thunder (rising but no playoff experience)
Phoenix (the Suns burn us this season, pun intended)
In that order
by Artimus Mangilord on Mar 22, 2010 4:32 PM MDT up reply actions
AAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGHHHHHH
I still can’t insert pictures without having to shift them around and re-type text. So I guess y’all are gonna have to be satisfied with Bradstreet’s poem.
"Left hand, right hand, it doesn't matter. I'm amphibious." - Charles Shackleford
""He’s a stiff." - The Legendary Doug Moe
"We have a great bunch of outside shooters. Unfortunately, all our games are played indoors." - Weldon Drew
"I really didn't want it, but now that I've won it, it's nice. It's an honor. It's nice to know people don't think you're a total idiot. ... It must have been a poor year for coaches." - Doug Moe...talking about winning 1987-88 Coach of the Year award.
"We're just tough, man" - Chauncey Billups
I'm getting a feeling the Nuggets will end up with 55 or 56 wins this year
"Groovy" Ash from Evil Dead 2
"No one came from miles around / and said man your music is really hot" No One Came...Deep Purple
Don't mean to nitpick,
but according to the Mav’s schedule you listed above they have 3 back-to-backs: Mon 22 @ NO and Tue 23 vs Clips; Wed 31 @ Memphis and Thurs 1 vs Orlando; and Fri 09 @ Portland and Sat 10 @ Sac Town.
I agree with you however that their remaining schedule is pathetic, even their back-to-backs look rather easy, with the exception of Orlando.
"Straight Cash Homey" Moss, Randy
SHHHHH
Nobody was supposed to find out.
"Left hand, right hand, it doesn't matter. I'm amphibious." - Charles Shackleford
""He’s a stiff." - The Legendary Doug Moe
"We have a great bunch of outside shooters. Unfortunately, all our games are played indoors." - Weldon Drew
"I really didn't want it, but now that I've won it, it's nice. It's an honor. It's nice to know people don't think you're a total idiot. ... It must have been a poor year for coaches." - Doug Moe...talking about winning 1987-88 Coach of the Year award.
"We're just tough, man" - Chauncey Billups
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