The Official We're Talking Playoffs Thread
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In the last 18 games they are 5-13. That's .277 basketball and the worst winning % of the season. I understand they "mostly" competed hard and were in a number of those games and got some bad calls but the record is what the record is. Generally teams that make the playoffs find a way to squeak some of those close games out. Unfortunately the Kings haven't found out how to do that. And as far as the month getting easier the Kings have been notorious for letting their guard down when it's supposed to be easy.
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Its the 12th best road record in the league. It would be the 5th best road record in the East. And its absolutely superior to the road records of all of our competitors. Who BTW have played fewer road games than us and so have more games to play at very low win %s for them.
Our problem is at home. If our home win% was the same as our competitors' for the #8 spot, we'd be looking at them all in the rear view mirror.
Our problem is at home. If our home win% was the same as our competitors' for the #8 spot, we'd be looking at them all in the rear view mirror.
Notice you didn't bother to list the Eastern conference teams in your original post. And you're throwing around the word superior. The Kings are not superior to anyone in anything in the NBA right now save the Nets. Yes, they're better than Phoenix and the Lakers too (right now).
I was refering to the WC....I think that was pretty evident from my criticism. The WC teams are whom the Kings are directly competing against for a playoff spot.
I was refering to the WC....I think that was pretty evident from my criticism. The WC teams are whom the Kings are directly competing against for a playoff spot.
There is also this. Here are our home opponents, and their records, both up to this point, and from this point forward:
So far:
SAS 37-11
MIN 19-30
NOH 19-31
LAL 17-34
SAS 37-11
LAC 30-18
TOR 30-19
OKC 28-21
HOU 36-16
NYK 22-29 (although winning team when they hit town)
LAL 17-34
POR 22-28
PHI 18-29 (playing better since this game)
MEM 29-21
MIA 20-30
LAC 30-18
GSW 41-7
DET 22-27
CLE 33-15
OKC 28-21
IND 26-22
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Tot: 561-472 .543
Rest of the season:
PHX 15-33
GSW 41-7
CHI 24-25
BOS 30-18
ATL 28-21
NOH 19-31
CHA 23-26
DEN 21-26
MIN 19-30
BKN 9-40
UTH 30-19
WSH 28-20 (and rem they are a terrible 8-14 road team)
DEN 21-26
ORL 19-32
MIL 21-26
MEM 29-21
UTH 30-19
DAL 18-30
HOU 36-16
PHX 15-33
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Tot : 476-489 .493
Hardly seems fair of course but that's playing in the West. Nonetheless, by record our home opponents so far have been nearly .50 points stronger than our home opponents for the rest of the season. Our home stands are longer, there are more of them, and we will be playing weaker teams. Unfortunately we are beginning to lose key personnel so we'll have to see how it plays out, but the opportunity remains to make up ground.
So far:
SAS 37-11
MIN 19-30
NOH 19-31
LAL 17-34
SAS 37-11
LAC 30-18
TOR 30-19
OKC 28-21
HOU 36-16
NYK 22-29 (although winning team when they hit town)
LAL 17-34
POR 22-28
PHI 18-29 (playing better since this game)
MEM 29-21
MIA 20-30
LAC 30-18
GSW 41-7
DET 22-27
CLE 33-15
OKC 28-21
IND 26-22
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Tot: 561-472 .543
Rest of the season:
PHX 15-33
GSW 41-7
CHI 24-25
BOS 30-18
ATL 28-21
NOH 19-31
CHA 23-26
DEN 21-26
MIN 19-30
BKN 9-40
UTH 30-19
WSH 28-20 (and rem they are a terrible 8-14 road team)
DEN 21-26
ORL 19-32
MIL 21-26
MEM 29-21
UTH 30-19
DAL 18-30
HOU 36-16
PHX 15-33
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Tot : 476-489 .493
Hardly seems fair of course but that's playing in the West. Nonetheless, by record our home opponents so far have been nearly .50 points stronger than our home opponents for the rest of the season. Our home stands are longer, there are more of them, and we will be playing weaker teams. Unfortunately we are beginning to lose key personnel so we'll have to see how it plays out, but the opportunity remains to make up ground.
And we are SUPERIOR on the road to all of our competitors for the #8 spot.
Let me help:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/superior
Let me help:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/superior
I've always taken superior to mean much better, not merely higher or better -- I think of it first in this definition: Of great value or excellence; extraordinary. That's what I usually hear in conversation.
When I say a team is superior, I define it in context of MUCH BETTER than another team. And the same connotation flies with its antithesis word, inferior. These
When I say a team is superior, I define it in context of MUCH BETTER than another team. And the same connotation flies with its antithesis word, inferior. These
No I'm referring to how great a team we are with those proven winning vets and top-notch defense and that point differential. Oo boy that point differential. We're a lock for the playoffs given the tight race - even if we end up 3 games behind we just have to play our "Dave Joerger - add 10 wins to the team" card.
Your assumption that a fan of a team can't be negative about the team that they support is also a very flawed one.
Your assumption that a fan of a team can't be negative about the team that they support is also a very flawed one.
Reasonable fans are negative and criticize the team because they don't think that the way the team is going is the right way. I am far less optimistic about the "culture change" and whatnot that making the playoffs this year with this roster would actually bring about. Ultimately we are lacking in talent, and squeezing into the playoffs with 35 wins isn't going to change that. But such arguments have been well detailed by those far more intelligent and eloquent than myself, so I shall leave it at that.
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