If the playoffs started today...

[teej]

Caveman or Camby... Toronto might attempt a sign and trade with Bosh. Phoenix had thoughts to unload Amare or Shaq (I'd definitely take the former), Jermaine O'Neal? Um.. I'm not too sure
neither of the O'neals, not Camby, (is caveman sheed or al j?), bosh and a'mare yes

[SWedd523]

^
LAC Camby: http://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=csqduf funny how the contracts would've matched up perfectly in a Camby for Mek/May trade...

LAC Kaman: http://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=afx3xw would have worked perfectly with May included from us...

TOR: http://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=aalxqp would work in the offseason I believe? Draft a scoring wing and we're fine

PHO: http://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=b7ehkn draft a scoring 2 and we're fine.



Not saying we should, but these trades did work

[teej]

Camby is 34...we need a youngin. like A'mare or Bosh. I don't like Kaman, but he could work.

[G-Force for MVP]

give me bosh

[teej]

philly, jersey, pacers win, knicks, bulls, bucks lose

decent night i'd say

[RixFan16]

philly, jersey, pacers win, knicks, bulls, bucks lose

decent night i'd say

8. Milwaukee --
Chicago -1
New Jersey -1
New York -2.5
Indiana -3
Charlotte -4
Toronto -4.5
Washington -A Lot

[biz]

Another development: Detroit is on an 8 game losing streak and are now only 1 game ahead of Milwaukee (5 ahead of the Bobcats) -- there may be another spot for the taking besides the Bucks spot.

[ohara831]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/standings?season=2009&group=conference&seasontype=2&standType=standings

Got back ahead of Toronto, and picked up a .5 on a few. Much needed win.

[teej]

We also should be able to beat GS, so if they keep up the losing in front we could do well!

[ohara831]

http://blogs.charlotte.com/inside_the_nba/2009/02/nelson-plans-to-sit-crawford-friday.html

See what I mean about teams "tanking" it! We are like 1.5 or 2 games ahead of GS. We go there tomorrow, and they are going to hold out one of their most potent scorers. Tell me this is not tanking. What a crock of crap! I want to win, and expect we will. And we are still in the Playoff hunt - barely. But I have no respect for tankers. I hope they get what is coming to them!

[TattoodCatswife]

http://blogs.charlotte.com/inside_the_nba/2009/02/nelson-plans-to-sit-crawford-friday.html

See what I mean about teams "tanking" it! We are like 1.5 or 2 games ahead of GS. We go there tomorrow, and they are going to hold out one of their most potent scorers. Tell me this is not tanking. What a crock of crap! I want to win, and expect we will. And we are still in the Playoff hunt - barely. But I have no respect for tankers. I hope they get what is coming to them!

Wow that is totally messed up! They are going to lose as much games as they possibly can so they can get a better chance at the lottery...

[teej]

We dang well better beat them

[TattoodCatswife]

We dang well better beat them

Yeah it'd be pretty pitiful if we don't

[ohara831]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/standings?season=2009&group=conference&seasontype=2&standType=standings

Got losts of help tonight. Back within 3 of the #8 spot.

[SirBobcat]

I think this topic should be pinned. What do you guys think?

[kickazzz2000]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/standings?season=2009&group=conference&seasontype=2&standType=standings

Got losts of help tonight. Back within 3 of the #8 spot.


Only 2 back in the loss column :biggrin:

[playoffs...PLAYOFFS?]

this weekend will be key..

NJ,CHI,NY,IN will play between saturday and sunday, a win tomorrow will put us in a good spot..i'm crossing my fingers for a WAS upset over the Bucks

we also need to execute..im kinda nervous about tomorrow..two back to back games

[teej]

Excellent couple of nights, now we just need to take care of business in the Staples center...easier said than done after the way we play our third quarters :p

[RixFan16]

Ok, so here's the standings after tonight and what different teams gained:
8. Milwaukee -- (0)
New Jersey -0.5 (+0.5)
Chicago -1.0 (0)
New York -2.5 (0)
Indiana -3.0 (0)
Charlotte -3.0 (+1)
Toronto -4.5 (0)
Washington -Still A Lot (?)

Here's who we need to win and lose tomorrow in order of importance:
1. Charlotte Bobcats @ Los Angeles Clippers
2. Washington Wizards @ Milwaukee Bucks
3. Houston Rockets @ Chicago Bulls
4. New York Knicks @ Miami Heat
5. Orlando Magic @ Philadelphia 76ers

And here's what the standings could look like after the games tomorrow:
8. Milwaukee --
New Jersey -0.0
Chicago -1.0
Charlotte -2.0
New York -2.5
Indiana -2.5
Toronto -4.0
Washington -Much

[davcbow]

That will be cool if it happens that way.... :cool:

[TattoodCats4life]

I just say we win whenever we can and hope the others lose whenever possible...let the chips fall as they may.

[teej]

I just say we win whenever we can and hope the others lose whenever possible...let the chips fall as they may.

We're just trying to make it as easy as possible for the Cats...even though it never works like that. :rolleyes:

[Muttley]

I just say we win whenever we can and hope the others lose whenever possible...let the chips fall as they may.
Obviously, we all want the Bobcats to win every game they should and some of the others as well. If they take care of their own schedule and the other teams keep us out of the playoffs, then that is what it is.
I like these updates though as they save me the trouble of figuring out who to root for in various games each night.

[Muttley]

Just around game time...

So far, 76ers and Knicks lose. We're currently tied with the Knicks. We decide vs. the Clippers whether or not we pass them or fall behind them.

Bucks are ahead by 18, which sucks, but Chicago's down 15.

[teej]

We are now 3 games back I believe, and 11th?

[x2pacalypse]

milwaukee has a tougher schedule than us for the rest of the season, we play alot of the teams that are contending for that 8th spot, and we play relatively well against them

[RixFan16]

Ok, so here's the standings after tonight and what different teams gained:
8. Milwaukee -- (0)
Chicago -1.0 (0)
New Jersey -1.0 (-0.5)
Charlotte -3.0 (0)
Indiana -3.5 (-0.5)
New York -3.5 (-1)
Toronto -5.0 (-0.5)
Washington -13.5 (-1)

Here's who we need to win and lose tomorrow in order of importance:
1. Hornets @ Nets
2. Nuggets @ Pacers
3. Pistons @ Celtics
4. Raptors @ Mavericks
5. Cavaliers @ Hawks

And here's what the standings could look like after the games tomorrow:
8. Milwaukee --
Chicago -1.0
New Jersey -1.5
Charlotte -3.0
New York -3.5
Indiana -4.0
Toronto -5.5
Washington -13.5

[teej]

milwaukee has a tougher schedule than us for the rest of the season, we play alot of the teams that are contending for that 8th spot, and we play relatively well against them

We play relatively well against anyone that doesnt have a superstar :cool:

[ohara831]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/standings?season=2009&group=conference&seasontype=2&standType=standings

A good night. A good night.

[SCBobcat]

I am going to go ahead and say it...the east is now better than the west. Sure, you could look at the records of the top teams and see that their 4th-9th ranked teams have more wins than the East's 4th-9th, but then take a look at the 10-15 spots. They have 6 cellar dwellers who would all be next to last place in the east, which means that those top teams records are inflated because they play those terrible teams more often than the east teams do. Then, taking into account the fact that east-west matchups happen at roughly half the pace as intra-conference games, you still see that about half the playoff teams in the west have lost more games against eastern teams than they have western teams. By the way, Boston is the only team in the east to have lost more games to the west than to the east.

Case closed. The East is better.

[TattoodCats4life]

Case closed. The East is better.

The pendulum swings back and forth year to year...but this year is an east year.

[teej]

The pendulum swings back and forth year to year...but this year is an east year.

We're also better at the top end, with bos, cle, and orl.

they have better overall teams n the playoffs, but we're deeper

[ohara831]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/standings?season=2009&group=conference&seasontype=2&standType=standings

Nets lost, but Pacers won and move back ahead of us; Toronto still playing but losing.

[teej]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/standings?season=2009&group=conference&seasontype=2&standType=standings

Nets lost, but Pacers won and move back ahead of us; Toronto still playing but losing.

Overall a good day as long as the Raptors lose

[MilZo]

We currently have the longest winning streak in the east!
:)

Next game (vs Chicago) will be huge and is close to a must-win.

[Chef]

and north carolina was "blanketed" by snow....hell hath frozen over

[teej]

and north carolina was "blanketed" by snow....hell hath frozen over

:o

If we win these next few, then hell will have frozen over. What's our longest winning streak ever anyways?

[Weezy21]

i could of sworn it was only 3 even tho that sounds bad haha...but i might be wrong

[davcbow]

i could of sworn it was only 3 even tho that sounds bad haha...but i might be wrong


Guy's we had 4 in a row in 05-06 and again in 06-07 then we had 5 in a row 07-08 with the FHB and this season only 3 in a row 2 times, if we win tomorrow night it will be 4 in a row and so on....:cool:

[teej]

Guy's we had 4 in a row in 05-06 and again in 06-07 then we had 5 in a row 07-08 with the FHB and this season only 3 in a row 2 times, if we win tomorrow night it will be 4 in a row and so on....:cool:

so we have a realistic shot (6) at the longest streak in franchise history? Because the Bulls game we should win, Hawks is possible, and same for NY...Lets Go Cats!! Gimme that win streak!

[ohara831]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/standings

Sixers and Heat lose tonight. Nice night for help!

[teej]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/standings

Sixers and Heat lose tonight. Nice night for help!

As long as we capitalize on it. Who do the Bucks play over the next few games, anyone know?

[Muttley]

As long as we capitalize on it. Who do the Bucks play over the next few games, anyone know?

We have to compound our opponents losses by winning every game we can.

Tomorrow the Bucks play the Nets. I'm pulling for the Nets there to tighten the pack" ahead of us.

[teej]

We have to compound our opponents losses by winning every game we can.

Tomorrow the Bucks play the Nets. I'm pulling for the Nets there to tighten the pack" ahead of us.

I'd love to see the Nets win, and its more than possible with the way Devin Harris is playing, but other than him there isn't much else to root for in Jersey :cool:

[davcbow]

I'd love to see the Nets win, and its more than possible with the way Devin Harris is playing, but other than him there isn't much else to root for in Jersey :cool:

Im with the rest I want the bucks to lose this game making us only 2 games behind as long as we beat the Bulls. Now if Milw wins and we lose that would be 4 games behind, if we both win we will remain 3 behind... So I want us to win and the bucks to lose. :cool:

[davcbow]

Our Remaining games..... Plain = home : Bold = road

Chicago Bulls W
Atlanta Hawks W
New York Knicks W
San Antonio Spurs L (Not in their house)
Houston Rockets W
Minnesota Timberwolves W
Toronto Rapters W
Sacramento Kings W
Toronto Rapters L (Not sure about this one in their house)
Indiana Pacers W
Washington Wizards W
Philadelphia 76ers L (Not sure about this one in their house)
New York Knicks W
Los Angles Lakers L (They will be out to even up the score)
------------------------- 10 - 4 March
Boston Celtics L (Not in their house)
Miami Heat W
Detroit Pistons W (We can take them)
Philadelphia 76ers W
Oklahoma City Thunder W
Chicago Bulls L (Not sure about this one in their house)
New Jersey Nets L (Not sure about this one in their house)
Orlando Magic L (Makes it their 4th)
-------------------------- 4 - 4 April

39-43 is my prediction... Hoping for better, 4 games could go either way....:cool:

[BETCATS]

to play off the guy above me.

Chicago Bulls W
Atlanta Hawks W
New York Knicks L
San Antonio Spurs L
Houston Rockets L
Minnesota Timberwolves W
Toronto Rapters W
Sacramento Kings W
Toronto Rapters W
Indiana Pacers W
Washington Wizards W
Philadelphia 76ers L
New York Knicks L
Los Angles Lakers L
Boston Celtics L
Miami Heat W
Detroit Pistons W
Philadelphia 76ers W
Oklahoma City Thunder W
Chicago Bulls W
New Jersey Nets W
Orlando Magic L

[BigMike]

*Chicago Bulls W
Atlanta Hawks L -
*New York Knicks W
San Antonio Spurs L
Houston Rockets L
Minnesota Timberwolves W
Toronto Rapters W
Sacramento Kings W
Toronto Rapters W
*Indiana Pacers W
Washington Wizards W
*Philadelphia 76ers L
*New York Knicks W
Los Angles Lakers L
Boston Celtics L
Miami Heat L
*Detroit Pistons L
*Philadelphia 76ers L
Oklahoma City Thunder W
*Chicago Bulls W
*New Jersey Nets W
Orlando Magic L

Red stars are teams we are with in 4 games of...

I have us losing to any team in the top 5 of either conference, winning to any team in the bottom of the west, so teams we SHOULD win or loose to. The only X factor is how we play against the teams we are with in 4 games of, in the east

Best case is 40-42, but figuring some tough losses to Detroit and Philly… 37 – 45 is my prediction

[ohara831]

I see 38 - 42 and we finish 2 games out of 8th. Respectable, but short of our goal. Man, I would love to be wrong.

[Slam]

Bucks lose!!

[teej]

Excellent win tonight, 4 in a row, best of the season and one of the bests in franchise history, also, Bucks lose, but Pistons win and Pacers lead early in Sacramento

[WAM9]

...making a run???

Great win tonight and we have surely put ourselves within striking distance:)

[TheBeagle]

...making a run???

Great win tonight and we have surely put ourselves within striking distance:) It's pretty incomprehensible to me. Barring serious injuries, I'll be damned if we might not at least be playing for a spot going in to the last week of the season......how bloody cool would that be?!?!:hypo:

[ohara831]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/standings

Great win and we got help tonight also. But those pesky Pacers won also. Still, we should get some help Wed also as we can scoreboard watch. The Bucks, Nets, Knicks, Bulls and Pacers all play. Chicago should win, but the others all have a strong chance of a loss.

[Alex]

Now only 2 games back folks! Strap in, this is gonna be a fun ride!

[ohara831]

My biggest concern is going into the last 4 games on the road. I think we have an excellent chance of being anywhere from 7th - 1 game out of 8th as we enter those road games. That is where I fear we may be letting it get away. But perhaps we have a stronger run before and build up a bit of a lead on our competition for the Playoff spots. That, or if OKC, Chicago and NJ feel they are out of it at that time, I wouldn't put it past them to "tank" in the final week. That would be to our benefit. But I kinda see Chicago and NJ hanging around in contention until the end.

[davcbow]

Our Remaining games..... Plain = home : Bold = road : Green = played

Chicago Bulls W
Atlanta Hawks W
New York Knicks W
San Antonio Spurs L (Not in their house)
Houston Rockets W
Minnesota Timberwolves W
Toronto Rapters W
Sacramento Kings W
Toronto Rapters L (Not sure about this one in their house)
Indiana Pacers W
Washington Wizards W
Philadelphia 76ers L (Not sure about this one in their house)
New York Knicks W
Los Angles Lakers L (They will be out to even up the score)
------------------------- 10 - 4 March
Boston Celtics L (Not in their house)
Miami Heat W
Detroit Pistons W (We can take them)
Philadelphia 76ers W
Oklahoma City Thunder W
Chicago Bulls L (Not sure about this one in their house)
New Jersey Nets L (Not sure about this one in their house)
Orlando Magic L (Makes it their 4th)
-------------------------- 4 - 4 April

39-43 is my prediction... Hoping for better, 4 games could go either way....:cool:

[BigMike]

Our Remaining games..... Plain = home : Bold = road : Green = played

Chicago Bulls W
Atlanta Hawks W
New York Knicks W
San Antonio Spurs L (Not in their house)
Houston Rockets W
Minnesota Timberwolves W
Toronto Rapters W
Sacramento Kings W
Toronto Rapters L (Not sure about this one in their house)
Indiana Pacers W
Washington Wizards W
Philadelphia 76ers L (Not sure about this one in their house)
New York Knicks W
Los Angles Lakers L (They will be out to even up the score)
------------------------- 10 - 4 March
Boston Celtics L (Not in their house)
Miami Heat W
Detroit Pistons W (We can take them)
Philadelphia 76ers W
Oklahoma City Thunder W
Chicago Bulls L (Not sure about this one in their house)
New Jersey Nets L (Not sure about this one in their house)
Orlando Magic L (Makes it their 4th)
-------------------------- 4 - 4 April

39-43 is my prediction... Hoping for better, 4 games could go either way....:cool:



Sooooooo.... What made you put a W next to the (4)Hawks and the (3)Rockets... but an L for the (14)Raptors and the (10)Bulls 2nd game?

[davcbow]

Sooooooo.... What made you put a W next to the (4)Hawks and the (3)Rockets... but an L for the (14)Raptors and the (10)Bulls 2nd game?


Well its different in our house as compared to their house...
We want to keep the Hawks from taking a sweep.
We just plain and simple want some payback against the Rockets.
If you read the side notes I wrote "In their house" and Raptures and the Bulls will be trying to get back at us... I could be wrong but thats the way I see it...:cool:

[Muttley]

So, tonight we're looking for wins from

Cavs over Bucks
Suns over Heat
Celtics over Nets
Hawks over Knicks
Warriors over Bulls
Blazers over Pacers

[BigMike]

So, tonight we're looking for wins from

Cavs over Bucks
Suns over Heat
Celtics over Nets
Hawks over Knicks
Warriors over Bulls
Blazers over Pacers

-- Vegas Lines --
Cavs by 13
Heat by 4
Boston by 5
Hawks by 1
Bulls by 7
Blazers by 10

May swing some as MGM has not reported yet

[TattoodCats4life]

Wont it be nice to get within possibly 1.5 games on a night we dont even play. That said we need to tear Atlanta up and start prepping for Cavs, Boston or (unlikely) Magic in the playoffs.

[spectre]

http://proxy.espn.go.com/chat/chatESPN?event_id=25301


Marc, Charlotte: Come on Mr. Thorpe, I've been asking the same question in multiple ways for 30 minutes (at least I'm not copying and pasting the same thing over and over again). What are your thoughts on the Bobcats playoff chances?

http://a.espncdn.com/i/sn2.gif David Thorpe: Sorry Marc, there are 900 questions in this chat as of now. In think they have a shot-I've watched them twice recently and am impressed.

[Stu_Discus]

Should be a a good night for the Cats...
Mo is gonna go off on his former team...

[teej]

Cavs up early, Suns not so much.

Would be awesome to get some help, could we theororetically be in the playoffs by the NY game on saturday?

[BETCATS]

what happens if NY, Indy, Milwaukee, NJ, and Chicago all lose tonight?

[davcbow]

what happens if NY, Indy, Milwaukee, NJ, and Chicago all lose tonight?

We will gain another 1/2 game on them all and only be 1.5 games out of the 8th spot...:cool:

[teej]

what happens if NY, Indy, Milwaukee, NJ, and Chicago all lose tonight?
We're 1.5 games out of the 8th spot, and NJ and Chi-town are barely ahead of us

[davcbow]

Never thought Id pull for the Atlanta Hawks but I am tonight against NY...

[teej]

Bucks and Nets lose, Heat and Knicks win

Bulls winning, but not too big, and Pacers havent tipped off...go Blazers

[Muttley]

Bucks lose!
Nets lose!

Knicks win which isn't terrible since they're still behind us. Bulls are currently ahead of GSW and the Pacers-Blazers game is just getting started.



Your Charlotte Bobcats are currently 1.5 games out of the 8th spot in the Eastern Conference.

[teej]

Bulls ended up winning, heck of a rally by the Blazers to beat the Pacers though!

[Muttley]

Bulls ended up winning, heck of a rally by the Blazers to beat the Pacers though!

Was just watching that, too!
Heck of a game. Glad the Blazers pulled it out.



Your Charlotte Bobcats are currently in 11th place in the East and still 1.5 games out of the 8th spot, behind the Bulls and Nets. FYI, the Cats are also 5 games out of 6th and 4 games out of 7th place in the East.

[davcbow]

Was just watching that, too!
Heck of a game. Glad the Blazers pulled it out.



Your Charlotte Bobcats are currently in 11th place in the East and still 1.5 games out of the 8th spot, behind the Bulls and Nets. FYI, the Cats are also 5 games out of 6th and 4 games out of 7th place in the East.


The cards are lining up for us people..... Go Bobcats Go....:cool:

[millst2]

Wow, I too have been watching the standings pretty die hard. Can't believe that we are actually looking to pull it off this year. As long as we do not take a night off I think we would be looking at a 6th or 7th placing. But even an 8th ( although not wanting is possible) .

With the 8th seed we would play the Cavs which we are 0-3 and avg loss of 23 points)

With the 7th Seed (bos or Orl.. for this purpose we say Bos) we are 1-1 with them an 8 point Victory and a 5 point Loss.

With the 6th seed we would play Orlando. We are 0-3 against them but they haven't beat us down 12pt loss, and 2 5 point losses

Atlanta same thing we have been beat by 5 points per game. Miami we are 1-2 against the 2 losses were 4 pts each.

So the way I see it if we can get ourselves into the 7th or 6th Seed then we have a great chance of making it into the second round. The Cavs just kill us. But we have a chance against Boston, Orlando and Atlanta depending how they shake up it could be either of them.

I would feel real good about us locking up the 6th or 7th , then if the 7th seed and we off Boston we would more than likely meet Orlando in the 2nd round.

The cavs would probably face Atlanta in the 2nd.

[Alex]

GO BOBCATS! We just have to continue our strong play and hope that the guys in front of us falter down the stretch.

[ohara831]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/standings

Yes! Well, a mixed bag, but we'll take it. Damn Hawks! Never trust Atlanta to do what they should do!

[ohara831]

OK. We were right here in late January. We were 1.5 games out of 8th and playing well, and then Crash went down for a couple weeks and DJ missed a couple weeks. And we sunk from 1.5 out to something like 4.5 out and fell to next to last in the East, ahead of only the Wizards.

We are healthy now, and playing well as a team. We have a solid rotation, health and confidence. Now, I also recall we paid a couple eggs at Home in very important games earlier this season and that killed some momentum we had built up. Cannot allow that to happen anymore this season. We must protect our Home. Atlanta must go down Friday.

[Muttley]

No East games tonight, so I started looking at Friday's games.

Lot of interesting stuff going on here. This is what I think we want to happen:
Bobcats over Hawks (clearly)
Magic over Nets
Celtics over Cavs (we probably want the Celtics to regain that #1 spot)
Warriors over Pistons

Then there's this interesting game:

Bucks vs. Bulls

Who do we like here? I'm thinking Bulls since we have the tie-breaker over them. Then again, is one of these teams likely to wilt over the next month and a half more than the other team?

[davcbow]

No East games tonight, so I started looking at Friday's games.

Lot of interesting stuff going on here. This is what I think we want to happen:
Bobcats over Hawks (clearly)
Magic over Nets
Celtics over Cavs (we probably want the Celtics to regain that #1 spot)
Warriors over Pistons

Then there's this interesting game:

Bucks vs. Bulls

Who do we like here? I'm thinking Bulls since we have the tie-breaker over them. Then again, is one of these teams likely to wilt over the next month and a half more than the other team?

I pulling for the Bulls in that one simply because Milwaukee has the tie breaker over us...:cool:

[Muttley]

I pulling for the Bulls in that one simply because Milwaukee has the tie breaker over us...:cool:
Good point, plus we get a chance to hand Chicago a loss later on, and we don't have that option with the Bucks.

[ohara831]

Maybe they play 8 OT's and everyone collapses due to exhaustion and they forfeit the rest of the season!

[teej]

I'm pulling for the Bulls, they looked awful against us and in the first part of the game last night, no way theyre making the playoffs.

[SirBobcat]

Bobcats only a game out of the 8th seed!

[teej]

Bobcats only a game out of the 8th seed!

Until the end of the Bulls-Bucks game :mad:

But the Nets lost, so thats good

[tamburello]

I don't believe the progress we've achieved since the beginning of the season. Although I believe our heavy road schedule would probably make us fall back eventually, even being in playoff race at this stage of the season drives me crazy. Now I just enjoy these moments and 5 game winning streak.

[ohara831]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/standings

There it is my friends. On the doorstep. Can we make it 6 in a row in NY tomorrow and cut into the lead a little more? Will be tough, and it is a back to back, but we are rolling!

[teej]

Nets and Bucks lose, Bulls and Pistons win. Good night for us for sure.

Tomorrow:

Pistons @ Hawks (go Hawks?? I guess?)
Heat @ Cavs (Go Cavs?? I guess?)
Bobcats @ Knicks (Go BOBCATS!!!!)
76ers @ Grizzlies (Go Memphis)
Warriors @ Bucks (Go GS)
Pacers @ Clippers (go LAC)

[davcbow]

So far Im 2 for 2 in my predictions...:g:

Our Remaining games..... Plain = home : Bold = road : Green = played

Chicago Bulls W
Atlanta Hawks W
New York Knicks W
San Antonio Spurs L (Not in their house)
Houston Rockets W
Minnesota Timberwolves W
Toronto Rapters W
Sacramento Kings W
Toronto Rapters L (Not sure about this one in their house)
Indiana Pacers W
Washington Wizards W
Philadelphia 76ers L (Not sure about this one in their house)
New York Knicks W
Los Angles Lakers L (They will be out to even up the score)
------------------------- 10 - 4 March
Boston Celtics L (Not in their house)
Miami Heat W
Detroit Pistons W (We can take them)
Philadelphia 76ers W
Oklahoma City Thunder W
Chicago Bulls L (Not sure about this one in their house)
New Jersey Nets L (Not sure about this one in their house)
Orlando Magic L (Makes it their 4th)
-------------------------- 4 - 4 April

39-43 is my prediction... Hoping for better, 4 games could go either way....:cool:

[Slam]

Great work davcbow - and keep up the good work!!

Hopefully you are right with tomorrow night too. I seem to keep saying it every game, but we REALLY need the W tomorrow night.

[TattoodCats4life]

So far Im 2 for 2 in my predictions...:g:

Our Remaining games..... Plain = home : Bold = road : Green = played

Chicago Bulls W
Atlanta Hawks W
New York Knicks W
San Antonio Spurs L (Not in their house)
Houston Rockets W
Minnesota Timberwolves W
Toronto Rapters W
Sacramento Kings W
Toronto Rapters L (Not sure about this one in their house)
Indiana Pacers W
Washington Wizards W
Philadelphia 76ers L (Not sure about this one in their house)
New York Knicks W
Los Angles Lakers L (They will be out to even up the score)
------------------------- 10 - 4 March
Boston Celtics L (Not in their house)
Miami Heat W
Detroit Pistons W (We can take them)
Philadelphia 76ers W
Oklahoma City Thunder W
Chicago Bulls L (Not sure about this one in their house)
New Jersey Nets L (Not sure about this one in their house)
Orlando Magic L (Makes it their 4th)
-------------------------- 4 - 4 April

39-43 is my prediction... Hoping for better, 4 games could go either way....:cool:


Good, but honestly the celtics at their house, we did it last year with the biscuit at the helm, so certainly a HUNGRY cats team with a not so good KG (if he's back at all) and hell they may even be resting ALL their starters at that point...it's going to be fun... Honestly looking forward to seeing Marbury v. DJ. (I prefer watching DJ versus the better PGs as he seems to out "point gaurd" them better the Ray). Also the Magic last game of the season you know darn well as I do they wont play anyone of their important players as they couldn't risk having a pre-playof injury.

Also, please no one forget we have an awesome group outing planned for hte last friday night home game...4/3 V. Miami. See my thread about it or PM me, it should be a freaking ball if we get enough people to come out.

[millst2]

Pistons @ Hawks ( Hawks )
Heat @ Cavs ( Cavs )
Bobcats @ Knicks ( Bobcats )
76ers @ Grizzlies ( Grizzlies )
Warriors @ Bucks ( Warriors )
Pacers @ Clippers ( Clippers )

Also I think we can take Boston at Boston. I still think if we play hard and don't lay down we could have a 40 win season. Couple of games under 500.

Outside of the last few games being road games we have the easiest closing schedule. I also think we will take orlando at their house. They will be resting their starters since they will be locked in already. Unless it tightens enough to make them need the win for a better seed.

[ohara831]

Tonight is crucial, yet again. On the road, taking our 5 game Win streak into NY. The back end of a back to back. If we pull this win, we are within 1 game of Chicago. And if somehow GSW can take out the Bucks, we would be in 9th place with being only 1 game behind Chicago. Gotta keep up momentum because we next travel to San Antonio and that wont be easy.

[110oldeast]

Tat,

We certainly will need to be full strength when we go up there (Juwan included) to Beantown. I don't know that I agree that DJ is better vs. good pgs than Ray, but I certainly agree that his matchup with Starbury will be very important. With as tight as that race is at the top of the East, I am not certain how much we can count on anyone resting starters for us (Boston or Orlando for that matter). That said, lord knows we played better against the C's "A" squad than "B" squad last year.

I might see if I can work something out for that 4/3 outing v. Miami. That's really cool of you to coordinate that.



Good, but honestly the celtics at their house, we did it last year with the biscuit at the helm, so certainly a HUNGRY cats team with a not so good KG (if he's back at all) and hell they may even be resting ALL their starters at that point...it's going to be fun... Honestly looking forward to seeing Marbury v. DJ. (I prefer watching DJ versus the better PGs as he seems to out "point gaurd" them better the Ray). Also the Magic last game of the season you know darn well as I do they wont play anyone of their important players as they couldn't risk having a pre-playof injury.

Also, please no one forget we have an awesome group outing planned for hte last friday night home game...4/3 V. Miami. See my thread about it or PM me, it should be a freaking ball if we get enough people to come out.

[teej]

Tat,

We certainly will need to be full strength when we go up there (Juwan included) to Beantown. I don't know that I agree that DJ is better vs. good pgs than Ray, but I certainly agree that his matchup with Starbury will be very important. With as tight as that race is at the top of the East, I am not certain how much we can count on anyone resting starters for us (Boston or Orlando for that matter). That said, lord knows we played better against the C's "A" squad than "B" squad last year.

I might see if I can work something out for that 4/3 outing v. Miami. That's really cool of you to coordinate that.

No way Orlando is playing for that much on the last night of the regular season, at least Howard won't play.

I would expect to see a good fight between Rondo/Marbury and DJ/Ray when we play Boston, but I think they are going to be deeper than us and we're going to be tired from playing our asses off all this time. But it will still be good, and we can still win, just like any given night.

Going for number 6 tonight!!

[davcbow]

Wow what a win against NYK tonight, so far Im 3 for 3 in my predictions...:g:

Our Remaining games..... Plain = home : Bold = road : Green = played

Chicago Bulls W
Atlanta Hawks W
New York Knicks W
San Antonio Spurs L (Not in their house) I would love to win this game..
Houston Rockets W
Minnesota Timberwolves W
Toronto Rapters W
Sacramento Kings W
Toronto Rapters L (Not sure about this one in their house)
Indiana Pacers W
Washington Wizards W
Philadelphia 76ers L (Not sure about this one in their house)
New York Knicks W
Los Angles Lakers L (They will be out to even up the score)
------------------------- 10 - 4 March
Boston Celtics L (Not in their house)
Miami Heat W
Detroit Pistons W (We can take them)
Philadelphia 76ers W
Oklahoma City Thunder W
Chicago Bulls L (Not sure about this one in their house)
New Jersey Nets L (Not sure about this one in their house)
Orlando Magic L (Makes it their 4th)
-------------------------- 4 - 4 April

39-43 is my prediction... Hoping for better, 4 games could go either way....:cool:

[Muttley]

Wow what a win against NYK tonight, so far Im 3 for 3 in my predictions...:g:

Our Remaining games..... Plain = home : Bold = road : Green = played

Chicago Bulls W
Atlanta Hawks W
New York Knicks W
San Antonio Spurs L (Not in their house) I would love to win this game..
Houston Rockets W
Minnesota Timberwolves W
Toronto Rapters W
Sacramento Kings W
Toronto Rapters L (Not sure about this one in their house)
Indiana Pacers W
Washington Wizards W
Philadelphia 76ers L (Not sure about this one in their house)
New York Knicks W
Los Angles Lakers L (They will be out to even up the score)
------------------------- 10 - 4 March
Boston Celtics L (Not in their house)
Miami Heat W
Detroit Pistons W (We can take them)
Philadelphia 76ers W
Oklahoma City Thunder W
Chicago Bulls L (Not sure about this one in their house)
New Jersey Nets L (Not sure about this one in their house)
Orlando Magic L (Makes it their 4th)
-------------------------- 4 - 4 April

39-43 is my prediction... Hoping for better, 4 games could go either way....:cool:

Alright, now nobody's perfect. You can go ahead and be wrong on Tuesday.

[teej]

Alright, now nobody's perfect. You can go ahead and be wrong on Tuesday.

Amen to that!

Pistons and Heat lose, but the 76ers win and the Bucks are winning. But I'll take a win any night of the year!

[davcbow]

Alright, now nobody's perfect. You can go ahead and be wrong on Tuesday.

I hope I am wrong on that game...Id love to beat San Antonio in their house...:p

[Muttley]

I hope I am wrong on that game...Id love to beat San Antonio in their house...:p

That will be very tough, but oh so sweet if it happened.

[ohara831]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/standings

OK, here it is! Miami and Detroit lost for us, but the darn Bucks and 76ers eeked out wins. Still, we are right there!

[teej]

I really, really, really, really don't like Don Nelson, because unless Biedrins is hurt, that jerk let Milwaukee win...but I guess it worked for us too...tankers, can't live with them or without them

[dnbman]

Last five games:

[Ghost Kat]

Next 3 games

Chi: Heat, Magic , 76er's
Bucks:Knicks, Hornets, Celtics
Pacers: Jazz, Hawks, Raptors

Cats: Spurs, Rockets , T- Wolves

The first two look to be tough games, But we have play'd both well this season. Chi-town has a chance to lose three in a row. Bucks atleast two out of there next three should be lose's. Pacer's probably two. If we can win two of the next three we should jump into the 8th spot.

Our next 10 games: Spurs, Rockets, Wolves, Raptors, Kings, Raptors, Pacers, Wizards, 76'ers, Knicks

We should get 8 out of the next 10

[BigMike]

Our next 10 games: Spurs, Rockets, Wolves, Raptors, Kings, Raptors, Pacers, Wizards, 76'ers, Knicks

We should get 8 out of the next 10

Don't forget we get 2 days off before the Spurs and then 2 more off before the Rockets so we will be rested and have had good practices for them specifically. I wasn't sure how you called those two in your 8-10 prediction {smile}

[ohara831]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/standings

76ers and Raptors lost, but Knicks lost to NJ. NJ jumped us, but we can make it up. Within 3 of #7 spot! Maybe more help coming soon!

[Slam]

Next 3 games

Chi: Heat, Magic , 76er's
Bucks:Knicks, Hornets, Celtics
Pacers: Jazz, Hawks, Raptors

Cats: Spurs, Rockets , T- Wolves

The first two look to be tough games, But we have play'd both well this season. Chi-town has a chance to lose three in a row. Bucks atleast two out of there next three should be lose's. Pacer's probably two. If we can win two of the next three we should jump into the 8th spot.

Our next 10 games: Spurs, Rockets, Wolves, Raptors, Kings, Raptors, Pacers, Wizards, 76'ers, Knicks

We should get 8 out of the next 10

If we could steal one against the Spurs or the Rockets it would be HUGE for us.

[TheBeagle]

If we could steal one against the Spurs or the Rockets it would be HUGE for us. Absolutely. It's not that I'm trying to not set myself up for disappointment, but the Spurs are the Spurs after all and it's in SA, so lots of things have to go right for a win down there, but the last thing we need to do is follow an historic win streak with consecutive losses. Since T-Bag is out, the Rockets are consequently a much better team, so that one won't be easy either, but I think a legit playoff team can/should find a way to do it. We'll see....

God, I salivate looking at the last 8 of the next 10 games, but I just have to calm down and take it a game at a time. But seriously, we owe the Raptors a pair of severe thrashings they way they've owned us of late.

[WarioVsMooChicken]

If we manage to win the next 2 games (Maybe a 5% chance), I'm just gonna go ahead and say we shouldnt count this team out of winning it all (Maybe a .05% chance but I can dream)

[millst2]

I agree wario.

I think all of our cards would have to fall right for the win in San An. The rockets could be doable.

it should be noted also that the team that never gets any love ( us) we have the longest winning streak at the moment in the East.

How damn good does that make us loyal fans feel.. not the cavs, celts, orlando

The Bobcats have the biggest streak :) 2nd is the Magic with 4 in a row.

I love timmy d, but damn if we could get the 7th in a row in their house,, woot

[Muttley]

Games for Monday 3/9:

Go Magic! (vs. Pistons, 7pm)

and most importantly,

Go Heat! (vs. Bulls, 7:30pm)

[JamieMcNeill]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/powerranking?season=2009&week=19

We are now rated as the 6th best team in the east.

RESPECT BITCHES

[davcbow]

I counted 7th, but thats still love coming from ESPN....

1 Celts
2 Cavs
3 Magic
4 Hawks
5 Heat
6 Pistons
7 BOBCATS

Go Bobcats go.....:cool:

[spectre]

We repeat: Larry Brown is doing in Charlotte what we all expected him to do in New York. The underdog Bobcats are having their best season ever ... with only seven guys from training camp still on the roster.

Just wait...when we make the playoffs every idiot sports writer out there will swear they knew it'd happen all along.

[davcbow]

Just wait...when we make the playoffs every idiot sports writer out there will swear they knew it'd happen all along.

Oh yeah I can see it already, lol...:p

[Muttley]

Just wait...when we make the playoffs every idiot sports writer out there will swear they knew it'd happen all along.

That's probably the surest thing in all of this! I know we all have seen that coming for a while. No one beside Hollinger, not even Bonnell, gave us that chance at the beginning of the season.

[BETCATS]

That's probably the surest thing in all of this! I know we all have seen that coming for a while. No one beside Hollinger, not even Bonnell, gave us that chance at the beginning of the season.


Lang Whitaker at SLAM had us as his 'surprise team' of the year. It was in their Season Preview issue

[Muttley]

Lang Whitaker at SLAM had us as his 'surprise team' of the year. It was in their Season Preview issue
Ah, I should really subscribe to that magazine. I've heard it's solid.

[BETCATS]

Ah, I should really subscribe to that magazine. I've heard it's solid.

It really is the best bball magizine out their.

DO NOT subscribe to DIME, that is just GQ for basketball players, no real substince, Athlons Sports is decent too. And NBA Hoops is solid.

[davcbow]

Only a half game out of the 8th spot guys since Chicago lost to the Heat. They are now tied with Milwaukee and we are still tied with NJ....:p

[ohara831]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/standings

Wow! Wade did us right tonight and baled Miami out against Chicago. Gets us to within .5 of 8th. Too bad Detroit won tonight, but still a good night with Chicago losing!

[CTownSC]

Wade jsut got us a 1/2 game closer to #8

[Muttley]

That's what I like to see!! Let's do our part and beat the Spurs tomorrow.

Also, I think I'm coming down with a case of the pro-Jazz and Knicks. I think it's just a 24-hour bug, though.

[eleaf14]

D.Wade--->making amazing happen.

That has to be in his top 5 all time highlights. I am glad we get to benefit from that awesomeness.

[kickazzz2000]

Neat little trick on Dish Network...if a game goes overtime, the blackout doesn't realize the game is still on...usually displays the postgame show or something like that. So I saw that magnificent piece of work by D Wade...awesome. :biggrin:

[teej]

Thank you D-Wade, now we need to do our part against the Spurs...as crazy as that is. Cmon guys, LETS GO CATS!!! :D

[RixFan16]

Here's who we want to win tomorrow:

Jazz @ Pacers
Knicks @ Bucks
Bobcats @ Spurs
Cavaliers @ Clippers

And here's what the standing would look like if those wins happen: (WE WOULD BE IN!)

Cleveland ------
Boston -0.5
Orlando -3.0
Atlanta -13.5
Miami -15.0
Detroit -16.5
Philadelphia -18.0
Charlotte -20.5
--------------------------------
Chicago -20.5
Milwaukee -21.0
New Jersey -21.0
Indiana -22.5
New York -23.0
Toronto -26.5
Washington -34.5

[millst2]

Was just reading the writeup for tomorrows game and found a bit of it very informative.

--the Bobcats have since become the East's hottest team

Charlotte's surge has been due in large part to excellent shooting. The Bobcats are averaging 51.3 percent from the field and 47.6 percent from 3-point range during the winning streak.

When they hosted the Spurs (42-20) on Jan. 19. Bell had a game-high 25 points, but Charlotte shot 36.3 percent and lost 86-84 after leading by five going into the final quarter.

Ginobli played that game, and will not play tonight!

Parker was 3-for-11 for 13 points in the Spurs' January visit to Charlotte, but he did have 10 assists, typically a good sign for Popovich's team. San Antonio is 16-2 when Parker has at least eight assists.

The Bobcats' lone victory against the Spurs in nine tries came at San Antonio on Nov. 15, 2006 - a 95-92 overtime win despite Duncan and Parker combining for 49 points.
==============

So in short I know you guys can go and read it just as I did, I just highlighted the good facts. We are shooting a lot better than we did in jan, and we still led by 5 going into the 4th, with Ginobli in the lineup. And we have beat the spurs at home before. And we have a deeper team now than we did then.

I think THE EAST's HOTTEST TEAM will make it 7 in a Row.

Jazz will beat the Pacers
Bucks vs Knicks is a scary one, the Bucks lose we gain a game, but at the same time the Knicks stay on our asses.

As long as we get the win we keep a step ahead of them,

Lets go Cats

[ohara831]

Here's who we want to win tomorrow:

Jazz @ Pacers
Knicks @ Bucks
Bobcats @ Spurs
Cavaliers @ Clippers

And here's what the standing would look like if those wins happen: (WE WOULD BE IN!)

Cleveland ------
Boston -0.5
Orlando -3.0
Atlanta -13.5
Miami -15.0
Detroit -16.5
Philadelphia -18.0
Charlotte -20.5
--------------------------------
Chicago -20.5
Milwaukee -21.0
New Jersey -21.0
Indiana -22.5
New York -23.0
Toronto -26.5
Washington -34.5



True. But it sucks to have to pull for the Knicks - ever. But tonight we have to pull for them.

[TattoodCats4life]

I think we need to not think about how far out of 8th we are, or who is on our tail. How about we start thinking that "we're only 4.5 out of 6th" That is the attitude we need. We also need to lose less than 4 games from here out ;)

[davcbow]

I think we need to not think about how far out of 8th we are, or who is on our tail. How about we start thinking that "we're only 4.5 out of 6th" That is the attitude we need. We also need to lose less than 4 games from here out ;)

I agree tat, why not go for 6th. Shoot for the stars! :cool:

[bing!]

The bigger they are, the harder they fall... (applies to giants, edifices, hopes & aspirations)

Shoot for the 8th spot!

:)

[teej]

I want to play the CELTICS! So bring on 8th!

[ohara831]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/standings

Crap. Oh well, let's see if we can rebound and start a new streak.

[teej]

after houston we have an easy schedule, and the bucks and pacers lost as well. not an awful day, not good but not awful

[davcbow]

Hated being right on my prediction in this game, I pray Im correct in the next game....

Our Remaining games..... Plain = home : Bold = road : Green = played

Chicago Bulls W
Atlanta Hawks W
New York Knicks W
San Antonio Spurs L (Not in their house)
Houston Rockets W (Lets get them boys)
Minnesota Timberwolves W
Toronto Rapters W
Sacramento Kings W
Toronto Rapters L (Not sure about this one in their house)
Indiana Pacers W
Washington Wizards W
Philadelphia 76ers L (Not sure about this one in their house)
New York Knicks W
Los Angles Lakers L (They will be out to even up the score)
------------------------- 10 - 4 March
Boston Celtics L (Not in their house)
Miami Heat W
Detroit Pistons W (We can take them)
Philadelphia 76ers W
Oklahoma City Thunder W
Chicago Bulls L (Not sure about this one in their house)
New Jersey Nets L (Not sure about this one in their house)
Orlando Magic L (Makes it their 4th)
-------------------------- 4 - 4 April

39-43 is my prediction... Hoping for better, 4 games could go either way....:cool:

[ohara831]

For scoreboard watching tonight, the following play and we need them to lose:
Atlanta, Chicago, 76ers, NY, Miami and NJ.

[Muttley]

Hated being right on my prediction in this game, I pray Im correct in the next game....


You're forgiven. The loss last night was not a shock. Gotta take care of home on Friday. I know we can. Oak needs to find a way to handle (in some fashion) Yao, and the Wallace/Artest match-up will be fun to watch.

The Nets really need to go ahead and start losing so that we can go ahead and stop mentioning them.

[teej]

The Nets really need to go ahead and start losing so that we can go ahead and stop mentioning them.

And Mark Cuban's phone stops ringing with taunting phone calls :o

[ohara831]

For scoreboard watching tonight, the following play and we need them to lose:
Atlanta, Chicago, 76ers, NY, Miami and NJ.

Actually, NY is playing Detroit. NY is 2 games behind us, but Detroit is 3 ahead. So I guess we come out OK if either wins. Get closer to Detroit or put more space between us and NY. I think, if we are being ambitious, we probably want NY to beat Detroit.

OMG, that would be back to back games I have to pull for the NY Knicks. I think I just vomited in my mouth.

[CaptainCrunch]

Chicago lost! and the Knicks are losing. It's better if the Knicks lose because the Pistons are going to make the playoffs regardless. They are starting to play better and I see them turning it on the last couple of games this year. We are now 1/2 game out and hopefully NJ will lose later (and we actually go ahead of them in the standings) or if they win we will be 1 game back again.

And the Heat, 76ers, and Hawks are so far ahead of us we don't even need to worry about them. The Pistons are in reach but I don't see any of the teams battling for 8th to pass the Pistons.

[spectre]

And the Heat, 76ers, and Hawks are so far ahead of us we don't even need to worry about them. The Pistons are in reach but I don't see any of the teams battling for 8th to pass the Pistons.

We're going to take Philly's 7th spot, then we'll beat the Celtics in 7 games and push Orlando to 6.

Heard it here first. :cool:

[millst2]

I agree our best chance to get to the second round is through Boston and Miami.

I think as I said before we get Boston in the first, gain national attention for knocking out the defending champs in the 1st round, and where I differ i think we would beat orlando. :) in 7

[ohara831]

Chicago lost! and the Knicks are losing. It's better if the Knicks lose because the Pistons are going to make the playoffs regardless. They are starting to play better and I see them turning it on the last couple of games this year. We are now 1/2 game out and hopefully NJ will lose later (and we actually go ahead of them in the standings) or if they win we will be 1 game back again.

And the Heat, 76ers, and Hawks are so far ahead of us we don't even need to worry about them. The Pistons are in reach but I don't see any of the teams battling for 8th to pass the Pistons.

I hear what you're saying about Detroit, and I know the Knicks are on our butts. But I'm not ready to write off 6th yet. With Detroit losing, we are 4.5 out of 6th to them, 4 out of 7th to Philly (who won) and we are right there with whoever holds 8th tonight. It changes daily. But I think in a few days, Charlotte will be in 8th. And I bet we will be only 2-3 behind 7th and 8th a few games after that. With the favorable schedule we have following Houston's game, it would not shock me if we were within 1 game of 6th place with 10 games to go. Dont give up 6th place just yet.

[TheBeagle]

We're going to take Philly's 7th spot, then we'll beat the Celtics in 7 games and push Orlando to 6.

Heard it here first. :cool: I love it, man! +1 (if it lets me give it to you...if not, raincheck +1!)


EDIT...It let me.

[b-nukle]

yes bulls and nets lose

[ohara831]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/standings

Got a little help! Yea! Now, after a night off tonight, we have a big game Friday. If we protect our home court vs Houston (wont be easy), and the #8, #9 and #10 teams lose as they very well should, we are sitting at #8.

[davcbow]

Tomorrow night Chi@Phi - Det@Tor - HOUSTON@CHARLOTTE - IND@ATL - NYK@MIN - NOH@MIL - NJN@POR are the games to keep an eye on...

I want to win: Philly - (want Toronto) - (tough game BOBCATS) - Atlanta - (want Minnesota) - Hornets - Portland.

If it works out this way we are in the 8th spot...:cool:

[polarcat]

juwan howard came in the bar last night and i asked him if they were ready to get some revenge on friday. he responded very adamantly "hell yeah we are." i feel like these days of rest between games is helping us a lot. we held our own with san antonio in their house all game, so i feel confident about our chances tomorrow night. to think that when we go to bed friday night, we could be in the #8 slot....
:rock:

[Muttley]

juwan howard came in the bar last night and i asked him if they were ready to get some revenge on friday. he responded very adamantly "hell yeah we are." i feel like these days of rest between games is helping us a lot. we held our own with san antonio in their house all game, so i feel confident about our chances tomorrow night. to think that when we go to bed friday night, we could be in the #8 slot....
:rock:
That's awesome to hear! I hope they own on Friday. A friend of mine is letting me and the lady have tickets to his company's box for the game. I'm psyched, to say the least.

Also, I'm hoping the Celtics win their game vs. the Grizz on Friday. I know we can hit that 8th spot, and I think we can make 7th, but that's a good ways off at the moment. Don't really care which way it walls (7 vs. 8), but the bottom line is I want Boston in round one.

[ELEVATION]

I found this article while surfing the net
http://realgm.com/src_feature_pieces/752/20090311/the_race_to_a_first_round_exit/
11. Charlotte Bobcats (http://bobcats.realgm.com/) (28-36), 1 back of 8th
John Hollinger's Playoff Odds: 30.0%
Record in 2009: 17-15
Schedule – Home: 8, Road: 10
Games Against Teams 6th-14th: 9

Charlotte is playing great basketball right now, but their inexperience could surface in the coming weeks. Five of their nine games against fellow contenders will be on the road, where they are a dreadful 10-21 this season. With that said, Boris Diaw (http://www.realgm.com/src_playerfile/850/boris_diaw/) and Raja Bell (http://www.realgm.com/src_playerfile/380/raja_bell/) have really taken care of this young team.
Games To Watch Down The Stretch: (http://www.realgm.com/src_schedule/)
March 11: Toronto @ Philadelphia, New York @ Detroit
March 13: Chicago @ Philadelphia, Detroit @ Toronto
March 15: Indiana @ Toronto
March 16: Toronto @ Charlotte
March 18: New Jersey @ New York
March 20: Charlotte @ Toronto
March 21: Indiana @ Charlotte
March 24: Detroit @ Chicago
March 25: Milwaukee @ Toronto
March 27: Charlotte @ Philadelphia
March 28: Indiana @ Chicago, New York @ Charlotte
March 29: Chicago @ Toronto, Philadelphia @ Detroit
March 30: Milwaukee @ New Jersey
March 31: Chicago @ Indiana
April 1: Detroit @ New Jersey
April 2: Milwaukee @ Philadelphia
April 4: Toronto @ New York, New Jersey @ Chicago, Detroit @ Philadelphia
April 5: Charlotte @ Detroit, New York @ Toronto
April 7: Philadelphia @ Charlotte, New York @ Chicago
April 8: Toronto @ Indiana, Detroit @ New York
April 9: Philadelphia @ Chicago
April 10: New Jersey @ Detroit
April 11: Detroit @ Indiana, Charlotte @ Chicago
April 12: Philadelphia @ Toronto
April 13: Chicago @ Detroit, Charlotte @ New Jersey
April 15: Toronto @ Chicago, Milwaukee @ Indiana, New Jersey @ New York

[Weezy21]

but the bottom line is I want Boston in round one.

i think we all do...chance for us to show the world charlotte has a basketball team that can win

[millst2]

Well looking at the remaining schedule we could literally go .500 for the rest of the stretch and make it comfortably.

All of the charlotte credit givers now ( espn, nba.com etc) claim we have the best looking schedule as a lot of our games are against sub 500 teams.

I do not know who out of NJ, MIL and Chicago has the worst schedule but the likelihood of them dropping a few games more than us makes our chances even better.

Playoffs here we come.

[cltblkhscoach]

I just bought an Okafor jersey today for $20. If anyone has ever wanted a Bobcats jersey, Foot Locker in Concord Mills is having an awesome $20 sale on jerseys. I wanted Felton or Wallace, but being a larger guy, Okafor was the only thing they had in my size, lol.

But I digress, this game tonight is huge! If I didn't agree to work these extra hours, I would be there raising the roof for sure. But, I'm hoping for a sellout and a rowdy crowd for the Rockets, who for some reason I just don't like, I don't know why though. I'm like everyone else too, I want Boston just because I think in 1992 or 1993 a Charlotte team made the playoffs, playing an iconic Boston Celtics team that no one gave them a chance to beat, and I believe the four short games later the Charlotte Hornets were deemed the new up and coming team of the 90's. Of course, we know how that ended, but anyways, the parallels are there, lol.

Actually saw a Hornets Playbook edition of when they made the playoffs that year on WFNZ.com with Jim Celania hosting. Talk about another day and time.....lol

[BigMike]

Well looking at the remaining schedule we could literally go .500 for the rest of the stretch and make it comfortably.


Hollinger has us going 9-9 and the bulls going 9-8 and they take the 8th spot by 1 game.

[TattoodCats4life]

I just bought an Okafor jersey today for $20. If anyone has ever wanted a Bobcats jersey, Foot Locker in Concord Mills is having an awesome $20 sale on jerseys. I wanted Felton or Wallace, but being a larger guy, Okafor was the only thing they had in my size, lol.

Its a good deal, but I was there a few weeks ago, they were all Reebok jerseys, which is why they are so cheap and why you wont find any of the newer guys, just Okafor, May, Felton and Wallace. Just figured I'd let everyone know.

[spectre]

Just got an email saying you can get a Felton replica thru shopbobcats.com for 15 dollars...today only.

I want a Bell jersey. If anyone sees that on sale let me know.

[BigMike]

For the score board watchers,

Tonight’s matchups between the 8 - 11 seeds, only the Bulls are playing a team that is not already at 40+ wins, but they are playing Philly. Do we root against the 7th seed in hopes of getting that spot in the future or do we root against the 9th seed so we can leap frog them now?

New Orleans @ Milwaukee(8.)
Bulls(9) @ Philly(7)
Jersey(10) @ Portland
Huston @ Bobcats(11)
Indiana(12) @ Hawks
NY(13) @ Minnesota

[G-Force for MVP]

Its a good deal, but I was there a few weeks ago, they were all Reebok jerseys, which is why they are so cheap and why you wont find any of the newer guys, just Okafor, May, Felton and Wallace. Just figured I'd let everyone know.



I got an okafor jersey today originally $75 for $20 they are not reebok they are addidas. The addidas jersey's are basically the same that the players have

[teej]

Heh, in Hickory we have a sports store that sells the jerseys for $10...but they only have Felton and May in my size. And thats a normal size. Shows how popular they are.

[rsxnova]

I got an okafor jersey today originally $75 for $20 they are not reebok they are addidas. The addidas jersey's are basically the same that the players have

What colors and sizes did they have? I want to get a blue wallace.

[G-Force for MVP]

they had blue and white ones but the sizes were really big i got a normal medium but i didnt see many larges.

[rsxnova]

they had blue and white ones but the sizes were really big i got a normal medium but i didnt see many larges.

I hope i can find a large one. Bigger than that and i feel like a child again.

[teej]

Chicago and Indy LOSE

NYK winning, but not by too much, and MIL losing, but not by too much

[RixFan16]

Bucks lose, 0.5 back!

[ohara831]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/standings

Temporary update. Bulls, Bucks, Pacers and Bobcats lose. Knicks win and pass Bobcats in standings. NJ winning in the first half, but I'll be asleep before the game ends.

Regardless of he losses of some other teams, this Friday the 13th was a dark Friday. We let one slip away again, when it could have been special. And even tho we are playing Minn next, and they aren't very good, it is on the road and it's a back end of a back to back. Cannot be over confident about winning that game.

[Keetch]

no worries.....

[teej]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/standings

Temporary update. Bulls, Bucks, Pacers and Bobcats lose. Knicks win and pass Bobcats in standings. NJ winning in the first half, but I'll be asleep before the game ends.

Regardless of he losses of some other teams, this Friday the 13th was a dark Friday. We let one slip away again, when it could have been special. And even tho we are playing Minn next, and they aren't very good, it is on the road and it's a back end of a back to back. Cannot be over confident about winning that game.

we can't be overconfident about winning any game, exactly right. McHale wants to prove he can do the job, and that he isnt tanking. But we werent hurt too much by our loss, and we need to be optimistically cautious going forward into each game. But we can do this. I feel really good about this team, and I hope I get to see them a few more times before and during the playoffs. The playoffs arent starting today, bu after seeing the crowd tonight, the city of Charlotte just realized that they start soon :biggrin:

[G-Force for MVP]

huuuuuge game tommorow

[ohara831]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/standings

Man, what could have been! Everything fell just right last night...except for Charlotte losing to Houston. We would be in 8th right this second if we won. Instead, we get passed by New York. CRAP!!! OK, we can still do some leapfrogging tonight with a win over Minn. But please Cats, get it together tonight for all 4 qtrs. Solid defense, good passing and shot selection, and you can win.

[davcbow]

Well I think we should have won, our poor poor shooting cost us the game. I mean "hell" Mek 3/11, Felts 6/18, Raja 6/19 shooting sucks in anybodies book, how can you predict that?....

Our Remaining games..... Plain = home : Bold = road : Green = played: Red = Missed:

Chicago Bulls W
Atlanta Hawks W
New York Knicks W
San Antonio Spurs L (Not in their house)
Houston Rockets W We beat ourselves!!
Minnesota Timberwolves W
Toronto Rapters W
Sacramento Kings W
Toronto Rapters L (Not sure about this one in their house)
Indiana Pacers W
Washington Wizards W
Philadelphia 76ers L (Not sure about this one in their house)
New York Knicks W
Los Angles Lakers L (They will be out to even up the score)
------------------------- 10 - 4 March
Boston Celtics L (Not in their house)
Miami Heat W
Detroit Pistons W (We can take them)
Philadelphia 76ers W
Oklahoma City Thunder W
Chicago Bulls L (Not sure about this one in their house)
New Jersey Nets L (Not sure about this one in their house)
Orlando Magic L (Makes it their 4th)
-------------------------- 4 - 4 April

My prediction record 4-1 so far....

39-43 is my prediction... Hoping for better, 4 games could go either way....:cool:

[ohara831]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/standings

And this is before the Bulls put away the Hornets and drop us back 1.5 games.

Sunday is my birthday. And what do the Cats give me? A 3 game losing streak. I think I'll give it back to them.

[teej]

Not a good day...we shoulda won this game, and NO shoulda beat Chi-town

but it was the other way around. Somebody tell me I just had a nightmare

[davcbow]

I give up, no more predictions from me... The cats have let us all down... I could see us losing the last 2 games but not this one against Minnesota, its unforgivable.... I love this team but Im so pissed off right now I dont give a damn no more about this season....>:(

[millst2]

Well it sucks we come off a franchise high 6 wins and being the hottest team in the east to this 3 game slide. But we have to remember also other teams have to win for us to be out.

Tonight if NJ, MIL, Knicks lose it puts all 4 of us in a tie for 9th.

Tonight Tor beats Indy ( making them 28-40)
if Memphis upsets the Pistons they drop to 7th
Boston beats Bucks ( making them 30-39)
Miami beats Philly ( making them 32-32)
Cavs will def beat the knicks ( making them 28-38)
Can the clippers beat the nets ( making them 28-38 )

Would put us in tie for 1.5 back. With our next game against the raptors ( should be a win, with the Nets losing to denver)

Then on Tues,, we could be half a game out.. with Boston beating the Bulls. Would make several teams at that 8th-9th spot.

Then on weds if portland can knock off Indy, We will beat Sac, The game that sucks is the nets/knicks as both of them are on our asses, Orlando will beat the bucks, maybe the thunder can beat the bulls, rockets beat pistons and the suns beat philly
---
I guess what I am trying to say we just need to get 2 wins this week and the other clubs with us battling for 8th are facing tougher opponents. We should have 8th by Weds.

Then we just need to win a few more to build a cushion before we hit the road at the end. 8th is doable. March 31st and April1st is the bastard dates. We play Lakers and Boston back to Back then Miami on the 3d,, ending the season with Orlando. And a lot of must wins against the bulls, knicks, philly etc. This is getting exciting as they all have a harder closing schedule than us ( in regards to over under .500 teams)

[ohara831]

Well it sucks we come off a franchise high 6 wins and being the hottest team in the east to this 3 game slide. But we have to remember also other teams have to win for us to be out.

Tonight if NJ, MIL, Knicks lose it puts all 4 of us in a tie for 9th.

Tonight Tor beats Indy ( making them 28-40)
if Memphis upsets the Pistons they drop to 7th
Boston beats Bucks ( making them 30-39)
Miami beats Philly ( making them 32-32)
Cavs will def beat the knicks ( making them 28-38)
Can the clippers beat the nets ( making them 28-38 )

Would put us in tie for 1.5 back. With our next game against the raptors ( should be a win, with the Nets losing to denver)

Then on Tues,, we could be half a game out.. with Boston beating the Bulls. Would make several teams at that 8th-9th spot.

Then on weds if portland can knock off Indy, We will beat Sac, The game that sucks is the nets/knicks as both of them are on our asses, Orlando will beat the bucks, maybe the thunder can beat the bulls, rockets beat pistons and the suns beat philly
---
I guess what I am trying to say we just need to get 2 wins this week and the other clubs with us battling for 8th are facing tougher opponents. We should have 8th by Weds.

Then we just need to win a few more to build a cushion before we hit the road at the end. 8th is doable. March 31st and April1st is the bastard dates. We play Lakers and Boston back to Back then Miami on the 3d,, ending the season with Orlando. And a lot of must wins against the bulls, knicks, philly etc. This is getting exciting as they all have a harder closing schedule than us ( in regards to over under .500 teams)


I love the confidence. But honestly, my heart has been ripped out by their play and this 3 game lsing streak. I'm afraid to get hopeful again. That's sad.

[ohara831]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/standings

So sad. It just hurts. Try to keep up hope, but the fear of a letdown is strong. What to do, what to do.

[Keetch]

...root for them on Monday.

Come on, they just had a classic let down against an under estimated opponent...walked thru one.

It's the NBA, it happens to nearly every team now and then, and the Bobcats aren't exactly extraordinary. We're better than every team we're competing against for the eight seed, but otherwise still a pretty mediocre team. That's still a huge improvement over where we've been.

It's a process, and there's a lot left to do for this team to contend; whether we make the playoffs or not.

[Keetch]

It'll be interesting to see if the guys toughen up after this one and start a closing run. Hopefully, they're as angry as we are over the game. Though sometimes when I have a bad day all I do is eat a cheese burger and watch tv.

[bing!]

Though sometimes when I have a bad day all I do is eat a cheese burger and watch tv.
^ note, keep Sean May jovial. :rim:

[davcbow]

It'll be interesting to see if the guys toughen up after this one and start a closing run. Hopefully, they're as angry as we are over the game. Though sometimes when I have a bad day all I do is eat a cheese burger and watch tv.

Oh no dont tell May that...:p

[teej]

Indy and Detroit lost, Atlanta, Milwaukee and Philly won

Exact opposite of what you'd think, right? But then again, thats what happened yesterday, too

[x2pacalypse]

...our season is going down the drain fast

[millst2]

Holy shit,, Bucks beat the celtics,, Miami lost to philly, Knicks are hanging in tight wit the Cavs, Atl beat Portland.

I am in shock, so much for my early morning breakdown. I figured it would have all tightened up. Crazy

Ain't looking good now.

[polarcat]

seriously..... 1.5 games out of a playoff spot with about 15 games to go. 5 of the next 8 at home and several against teams that we are battling it out with for that last slot.

come in off the ledge, it will be ok. we can't win 'em all.

[millst2]

Hahaha

I am not on the ledge. I agree we have a chance,, but when we lose a game we should win and the other teams that should lose pull out a win,, widens that gap. If you look on page 43 I was ecstatic, and said we could hold our own and let others team lose and we could be in the 8th seed by weds. But the a few upsets today. Which improves their position ahead of us.

Chris Webber thinks we will get the 8th,, Chuck thinks the Bulls, and Kenny said the Nets. But He also said it was going to come down against series record. As he thinks several teams will be in their at the same record.

So who do we hold a series win over? Out of the 4 possible Charlotte vs Bulls, Knicks and Nets??

[ohara831]

...our season is going down the drain fast

Yep. And LB better find a way to plug the drain real quick, or we will be gone in another 2 weeks.

[Raleigh_Cats_Fan]

seriously..... 1.5 games out of a playoff spot with about 15 games to go. 5 of the next 8 at home and several against teams that we are battling it out with for that last slot.

come in off the ledge, it will be ok. we can't win 'em all.

I agree. We are right in the thick of it...Let's win tomorrow and just move forward.

[TheBeagle]

seriously..... 1.5 games out of a playoff spot with about 15 games to go. 5 of the next 8 at home and several against teams that we are battling it out with for that last slot.


Yeah, if we can't win these upcoming games, or at least a good bulk of them, the team doesn't even need to sniff playoffs. "God helps those who help themselves" or something ;)

[ohara831]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/standings

Both Toronto and NJ played yesterday, so they should be a little tired. If theings go right, we can leap over NJ and NY with a win tonight.

[Slam]

come in off the ledge, it will be ok. we can't win 'em all.
No, but we HAVE to win the ones we are meant to and the ones that we are in.

It's not like we are a 45+ win team right now and can afford to slip on a game like the Wolves one or not close on the Rockets one.

We can't afford to relax at all. It would be great to be able to, but we don't have that luxury.

[davcbow]

No, but we HAVE to win the ones we are meant to and the ones that we are in.

It's not like we are a 45+ win team right now and can afford to slip on a game like the Wolves one or not close on the Rockets one.

We can't afford to relax at all. It would be great to be able to, but we don't have that luxury.

Like I said in a earlier post, these are the times that separate the men from the boys, everyone is responcible for doing their part in order to win these games... So far its not happening. Felts and the rest have to hit their shots and they have to play great defense... They have to hit their free throws and they ALL have to stop with the @#!$*&^ turn overs and terrible passing.... Do these things we will win and make the playoffs, dont and we will have a spot in the lotto.....:cool:

[millst2]

Well we knew it was going to be a long shot to beat the Spurs in their house. Rockets was a coin flip. But the Bucks we should have beat, by us losing games we should have won and others winning games they shouldnt it makes the chase for the 8th even more tough. I still think we could be in the 8th by weeks end, but we have to beat Toronto and Sacramento weds, and Toronto again Friday and then Indy. That would be 4 wins for us with our 3 way tie right now for 10th. 1.5 games out.

If we can win the 4 games we should win this week and then take the below into consideration we could be in the 8th at ( 32-38)

Nets ( 28-38 ) Play Denver and Miami and Knicks ( 1-2) 29-40 at weeks end
Bulls ( 30-37 ) Play Boston, Thunder and Lakers ( 1-2 ) 31-39 at weeks end
Detroit ( 33-32 ) Play Dallas, Rockets, Clips and Miami ( 2-2) 35-34 at weeks end
Philly ( 33-31 ) Play Lakers , Suns, Sac ( 1-2) 34-33 at weeks end
Indy ( 28-40 ) Play Blazers, Mavs, Cats ( 0-3 ) 28-43 at weeks end
Knicks (28-38 ) Play Nets, Sac, Orlando and Cavs ( 1-3) 29-41 at weeks end
Bucks ( 31-38 ) Play orlando, blazers, (0-2 ) 31-40 at weeks end

If that plays out we will be solo for the 8th

[Ghost Kat]

A three game losing streak right now doesn't rule this team out but it doesn't put as much pressure on the teams ahead of us. We need to play everygame now like it's the NCAA championship...one and done....Now i have to say i have a beef with LB and him not using his bench. I know the bench is stronger then it was but still a little shanky. DJ for one hasn't been looking to score lately. It was good to see him get 18 in the last game but he needs to do that more. Radamir, Well , He's better then Morrison and I'll leave it at that. But other then them... who else add's anything other then Diop but thats one end of the court.

[ohara831]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/standings

Now, this looks good. And if NJ will fall to the Nuggets, it will at least stay this way for a day! Yeah!

[BETCATS]

Great news!

Devin Harris is injured!
http://slamonline.com/online/nba/2009/03/devin-harris-sprained-shoulder/

I am going straight to hell for calling this great news, but it is!:biggrin::biggrin::biggrin:

[biz]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/standings

Now, this looks good. And if NJ will fall to the Nuggets, it will at least stay this way for a day! Yeah!

Only behind the Bucks and the Bulls. The Bulls play the Celtics on Tuesday, and the Bucks play the Magic on Wednesday. As long as we take care of business and beat Sacramento on Wednesday, its looking like we have a good chance to be tied for the 8th spot after Wednesday.

[ohara831]

I hope the Harris injury is nothing serious. Kid is a great young player. Maybe just be out 1-2 weeks with no lasting effects. We've had out share of injuries for sure!

[teej]

Great news!

Devin Harris is injured!
http://slamonline.com/online/nba/2009/03/devin-harris-sprained-shoulder/

I am going straight to hell for calling this great news, but it is!:biggrin::biggrin::biggrin:

I know exactly what you mean. :biggrin:

Good win tonight, but it was expected so I'm not too excited. nets need to lose, down 7 right now

[davcbow]

Denver up by 12 in the 3rd over NJ... Makes things interesting...:cool:

[ohara831]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/standings

Thank you Denver!

[playoffs...PLAYOFFS?]

If you look at the ESPN standings..under the L10 column we are the only team with a winning record, at 7-3 of the teams fighting for the 8th spot..doesn't mean much, but makes me feel good about the season thus far

[CTownSC]

By the way, I'm thinking this is the 1st time we have ever been 7-3 in a 10 game stretch.

Man, if we can take care of business this week, things will get very interesting.

[biz]

Well that is rather unfortunate. Bulls beat the Celtics...

[ohara831]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/standings

Damn Celtics, you guys SUCK!

Edit: I think they messed up. They have the Bucks in 8th, but Bulls have a better %. I think the Bulls are in 8th now by .5 game.

[teej]

Celts dont have KG. or a few others, theyre REALLY banged up. I talked to Leon Powe the other day, and he said even when the get them back it still takes time to recover oncourt with the stuff they had.

Detroit did lose, so thats good. And Philly should lose to LAL, but I hope to be in bed by then

[TattoodCats4life]

Philly should lose to LAL, but I hope to be in bed by then

Why sleep so early :)

[teej]

Why sleep so early :)

I have a chemistry test tomorrow. and its already midnight and its only halftime

[TattoodCats4life]

I have a chemistry test tomorrow. and its already midnight and its only halftime

Good point, study hard or you wont make the money to enjoy the bobcats for years to come ;) hehehe, night.

[CTownSC]

Son of a bitch. There've been a few games lately in which teams we need to loose end up beating top tier teams.

I for one am sick of it. And fu*k dook too while we're at it.

[Ghost Kat]

Anyone the cheers for Duke is a Satan worshiper. Their mascot is a devil can it be more clear?

Anyway, We have a nice schdule of losing teams coming up. I dont know whats happened the last few games other then Okafor and Diaw sitting out pretty much all the 2nd qrt in all three loses. They need to stay out of foul trouble and the Ref's need to stop hatin :mad:

[ohara831]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/standings

Great. Both the Bulls and 76ers pull upsets. Damn Celtics and Lakers!

[playoffs...PLAYOFFS?]

@#$$%*#$(
can't believe it..worst is that when we play the celtics again, they will be fully healthy.

there's still plenty of basketball left..but it's clear that the bulls are on the driver seat right now

[polarcat]

personally, i'd rather battle it out with chicago and have the other teams fade. we own the tiebreaker against the bulls and iirc, we play them one more time this season. i wish all the teams would hit losing skids and we just take a playoff spot, but if we had one team to battle with, i choose chicago.

[davcbow]

By the way, I'm thinking this is the 1st time we have ever been 7-3 in a 10 game stretch.

Man, if we can take care of business this week, things will get very interesting.

Its the 2nd time we have done a 7-3 on a 10 game stretch, we did it at the end of 2006-07 game 71 -81 .....:cool:

[ohara831]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/standings

Well, got a little help tonight. But give the Bulls credit. They are hanging tough and winning. Beat the Celtics at home and the next night go on the road and take out OKC. Winning when they have to and they stay 1.5 ahead of us.

[davcbow]

Miami, Ind, NY, Milw, all lose

The Bobcats, Boston, NJ, Chic, orl all win

Phi is leading Phx by 2 in the 1st quarter... Det losing by 3 in 2nd quarter...

we are tied with milw 1.5 games behind chicago....:cool:

[ohara831]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/standings

Boy, is it getting close!

[BRNC]

I'd feel better if we'd stop the TOs (especially against bad teams) but any win is a good win at this point...and with a game against the 5,6,7, and 8 seed in the East still coming up we have our fate in our hands...this is the time to play our best and take control...not back into the playoffs but make whoever we face hate the idea of having to play us...just stop the turn overs....

[b-nukle]

It's going to be tough, trying to pass the bulls. The most of their games are at home. Hope we can get lucky and the bulls start losing.

[BigMike]

*Chicago Bulls W
Atlanta Hawks L -
*New York Knicks W
San Antonio Spurs L
Houston Rockets L
Minnesota Timberwolves W
Toronto Rapters W
Sacramento Kings W
Toronto Rapters W
*Indiana Pacers W
Washington Wizards W
*Philadelphia 76ers L
*New York Knicks W
Los Angles Lakers L
Boston Celtics L
Miami Heat L
*Detroit Pistons L
*Philadelphia 76ers L
Oklahoma City Thunder W
*Chicago Bulls W
*New Jersey Nets W
Orlando Magic L

Red stars are teams we are with in 4 games of...

I have us losing to any team in the top 5 of either conference, winning to any team in the bottom of the west, so teams we SHOULD win or loose to. The only X factor is how we play against the teams we are with in 4 games of, in the east

Best case is 40-42, but figuring some tough losses to Detroit and Philly… 37 – 45 is my prediction

I posted that on 3-3-09, it seams to be holding up so far 1 odd win vs 1 odd loss, but i have 3 L's that I think are the true SWING games, 2 to the 76rs and 1 to the Pistons. if we win 2 of thoes 3 I think we tie the 8th spot with the Bulls... and we allready have the tiebreaker.

[ohara831]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/standings

Will update after a couple of the other games end. But just liked the look of us in 9th and making our charge! Had to put it in now!

[spectre]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/standings

Will update after a couple of the other games end. But just liked the look of us in 9th and making our charge! Had to put it in now!

Hey, I didn't realize...if we win tomorrow and the Bulls lose to the Lakers we'll have 8th place due to the tiebreaker!

How awesome is that!

[teej]

Hey, I didn't realize...if we win tomorrow and the Bulls lose to the Lakers we'll have 8th place due to the tiebreaker!

How awesome is that!

Thats super awesome! Is it in chiTown or LA though?

[spectre]

Chicago...but I think Kobe tries to bring his "A" game whenever he plays there. If I remember right from reading the Bulls' board they haven't played LAL well at all.

Freaking Jarvis Hayes is trying to piss on our night.

[ohara831]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/standings

Well, Detroit and NJ both won also. Still, 1 game out of 8th and 3.5 from 7th. Gotta make hay now, cause the road gets tougher soon. Gonna have to play outta our minds to win a couple of the tougher ones.

[millst2]

Yea we will be in a tie with Chicago tomorrow night for the 8th.

Then the bulls play the wizards and detroit back to back. then Miami on thursday,then Indy then toronto

We play Washington and Philly and NY through Sunday.

So they may go 2-3 or 3-2, while we could only at best go 3-0, or 2-1, so our 3 games to their 5

Gonna be awesome , as long as " like i said earlier" we have to get the bench involved more or down the stretch our 8 man rotation will get burnt the hell out. even if we can just get them 5 mins or so a half or rest. Worries me.

[teej]

Philly will also end up losing, not official but they are down by 20 in the 4th

[ohara831]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/standings

With Philly losing, we are now 1 out of 8th, 3.5 from 7th and 4 from 6th. Getting better than 8th wont be easy, but it is not impossible. We have something else going for us too that our competition doesn't. We have the momentum right now! Dont discount that for importance in the race for the Playoffs. You know Chicago, Detroit and Philly are taking notice. Now, we just have to continue escorting "Big Mo" around to our games and we will be seeing the post season for our first time!

[ohara831]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/standings

We would have had it. We would have had it.

[teej]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/standings

We would have had it. We would have had it.

If we gave a damn. Maybe to teach these guys a lesson Sean and Cartier should start against the wizards since they gave effort...and raja is obviously hurt and gerald. start cartier at the 2, sean at the 3, and boris at the 4. we'd be unstoppable!

[Robertpel9]

That was honestly the worst half of basketball i have ever seen an NBA team play in 20 years of watching it.

I would not have believed it if i was not there in person it was absolutely pathetic, i am not even going to write more as i ma just too pissed off. I refused to boo the team when the crowd started to at the arena but they did deserve it.

The only person who truly played like he cared was Juwan Howard. I know he is old but the guy plays his heart out and gave us solid production in january, he should be in the rotation, the guy still has it. He was the only bright spot for my wife and I tonight, felton played like Sh!t but at least he hustled too. The rest of the team was asleep

I hate to say this as i spend thousands of dollars on this team and want to experience playoff games but we honestly dont deserve it. We went from a bad team to a mid pack team but we are still just simply too inconsistent. The vast majority of our recent wins are all lottery team wins and we just are not ready yet

Also WTF is wrong with Raja, if he is that hurt that he cant hit a damn shot night after night then let him heal

[teej]

That was honestly the worst half of basketball i have ever seen an NBA team play in 20 years of watching it.

you never watched the ham biscuit


I would not have believed it if i was not there in person it was absolutely pathetic, i am not even going to write more as i ma just too pissed off. I refused to boo the team when the crowd started to at the arena but they did deserve it.

damn right they deserved it, you paid to see them not care, and not play worth a diddly doo


The only person who truly played like he cared was Juwan Howard. I know he is old but the guy plays his heart out and gave us solid production in january, he should be in the rotation, the guy still has it. He was the only bright spot for my wife and I tonight, felton played like Sh!t but at least he hustled too. The rest of the team was asleep

Cartier and Fatass played hard off the bench, and I would say Diaw played well. But other than that, you're spot on.


I hate to say this as i spend thousands of dollars on this team and want to experience playoff games but we honestly dont deserve it. We went from a bad team to a mid pack team but we are still just simply too inconsistent. The vast majority of our recent wins are all lottery team wins and we just are not ready yet

We may not deserve it, but that is the joy of the NBA versus other major sports :biggrin:


Also WTF is wrong with Raja, if he is that hurt that he cant hit a damn shot night after night then let him heal

and start Cartier? I'd love it but do you really think LB would do it?

[Robertpel9]

you never watched the ham biscuit



damn right they deserved it, you paid to see them not care, and not play worth a diddly doo



Cartier and Fatass played hard off the bench, and I would say Diaw played well. But other than that, you're spot on.



We may not deserve it, but that is the joy of the NBA versus other major sports :biggrin:



and start Cartier? I'd love it but do you really think LB would do it?


I never was privileged enough to see a FHB game but this was REALLY bad

Diaw had a good Q1 but then was MIA

No way you can start Martin over Bell, but if Bell's shot is off (which it has been for 2 weeks now) then perhaps more DJ / Felton playing 1/2

I dont know i am too tired now to think, it was just a absolutely terrible game. I think the worst part is knowing we are really still mediocre but wanting us and kidding myself into thinking we are more than that

[bing!]

^ Bobcats are still an above-mediocre team with a realistic chance of landing that 8th spot, allow for no more hiccups and they're in. There's nothing wrong with hoping for the best outcome, chin up guys. :)

[TattoodCats4life]

Larry does play the system where those who deserve it get playing time, but that said that starting lineup is 19-14 (before the game the radio guy said it was 19-13), so bad games happen, people lose focus, but you cannot deny the fact that this line works. On that note, I'd love to see them go deeper into the bench, and if a starter is off isn't that one purpose of the bench, so you can let them sit it out. Cartier has been a very good (not great) player since coming here, and I'm sure he'll get the nod to come to training camp. I think that is also partially the purpose of Dontell Jefferson, get them prepped up for training camp by working with the team, I'm sure he'll see at least 1 game before his new 10 day is up. May is just wow...Couldn't play, then too unconditioned (ill stay away from "fat"), played unconditioned and slow, worked his ass off harder than the rest of the team to get conditioned, now plays cleanup minutes and A. is happy to play, and B. is playing DAMN well. I think if Wallace or Diaw (god forbid) were injured that May might get the start over Vladi, if not take vladi's minutes and move Vladi into the injured player's minutes.

We're getting deep, and that's never bad. We just need 2 more pieces I think to be a 50+ wins, 2nd possibly 3rd round team, and that would be a bit better center (although Mek is improving farther away from the rim), and an awesome SG, like J-Rich with better defense who doesnt need 30 attempts to have a good game, but definately an above the rim player who can put up 20/5/5, I don't think anyone that good is available this draft so maybe another trade?

[davcbow]

Could be time for May to play more minutes.... in 5.5 minutes he was 3/3, 1/1 from the 3, 2 rb's, 1 block and 7 points.... I know he was fresh at the end of the game while the rest were tired but hell it is what it is....:cool:

[Ghost Kat]

I understand the anger, But we can't have the world of bobcats land change over night. since this franchise started we've been at the bottom. Thanks to ATL, not the worst, but bottom dwellers still. LB in his 1st year has this team sniffing at the playoffs. We are still not the best team and the bench is lacking some nights. Mainly on back to back games. But you have to agree they are more fun to watch and generally a better team period. Thankfully, the bucks & bulls lost so we didn't lose ground. A win last night would have put us right in the 8th spot. It's not over yet and this team has a reasonable chance of making the playoffs this year.

[ALuhrs704]

I understand the anger, But we can't have the world of bobcats land change over night. since this franchise started we've been at the bottom. Thanks to ATL, not the worst, but bottom dwellers still. LB in his 1st year has this team sniffing at the playoffs. We are still not the best team and the bench is lacking some nights. Mainly on back to back games. But you have to agree they are more fun to watch and generally a better team period. Thankfully, the bucks & bulls lost so we didn't lose ground. A win last night would have put us right in the 8th spot. It's not over yet and this team has a reasonable chance of making the playoffs this year.

thank you. everyone is throwing the season away after one loss. we are still 1 game back. i was just as pissed as the next person after last nights game, but im not giving up.

[ALuhrs704]

and to say that the guys didnt give a damn is just dumb. i watched gerald wallace and the guys on the bench the whole 4th and wallace didnt talk to anyone. and you could tell the guys were hurt by how they played. just because the nba has an image of just playing for money, i dont think that is the case for anyone of the players on the bobcats. and maybe im wrong and just dont want to think that way, but im pretty sure im right. the real fans know.

[playoffs...PLAYOFFS?]

I understand the anger, But we can't have the world of bobcats land change over night. since this franchise started we've been at the bottom. Thanks to ATL, not the worst, but bottom dwellers still. LB in his 1st year has this team sniffing at the playoffs. We are still not the best team and the bench is lacking some nights. Mainly on back to back games. But you have to agree they are more fun to watch and generally a better team period. Thankfully, the bucks & bulls lost so we didn't lose ground. A win last night would have put us right in the 8th spot. It's not over yet and this team has a reasonable chance of making the playoffs this year.

well said..every team has nights like these. it's unfortunate that the lack of success earlier in the season is coming back and biting us in the ass. otherwise, we wouldn't have been so upset about the loss..had we had the same starters when we began the season, we would likely be in the 5-7 spot in the conference standings

[davcbow]

well said..every team has nights like these. it's unfortunate that the lack of success earlier in the season is coming back and biting us in the ass. otherwise, we wouldn't have been so upset about the loss..had we had the same starters when we began the season, we would likely be in the 5-7 spot in the conference standings

Im not upset about the loss, Im upset that we had our asses handed to us by Indiana.....:cool:

[teej]

Miami beat Detriot, Cleveland beats the Nets, all we need is for Sacramento to beat the 76ers :p

[ohara831]

Miami beat Detriot, Cleveland beats the Nets, all we need is for Sacramento to beat the 76ers :p


http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/standings

Yep. But I'm going to bed early. Have to see the standings in the morn.

[TattoodCats4life]

and to say that the guys didnt give a damn is just dumb. i watched gerald wallace and the guys on the bench the whole 4th and wallace didnt talk to anyone. and you could tell the guys were hurt by how they played. just because the nba has an image of just playing for money, i dont think that is the case for anyone of the players on the bobcats. and maybe im wrong and just dont want to think that way, but im pretty sure im right. the real fans know.

Couldn't have putt it better. We're still just as close, just one less game to play. EVERY team has bad nights here and there, that's why the lakers and Cavs don't have 82 wins at the end of a season. And 100% the guys don't play (100%) for the money. Look at Cartier, he just wants to play in the NBA period, and Juwan, 16 years now taking a minimum salary and as I posted before happy to come back again. We may or may not make the playoffs this year, but next year I think we'll have home court advantage, and we'll hit 40 wins before we hit 25 losses.

[spectre]

and to say that the guys didnt give a damn is just dumb. i watched gerald wallace and the guys on the bench the whole 4th and wallace didnt talk to anyone. and you could tell the guys were hurt by how they played. just because the nba has an image of just playing for money, i dont think that is the case for anyone of the players on the bobcats. and maybe im wrong and just dont want to think that way, but im pretty sure im right. the real fans know.

Thanks for quoting that Tat...missed it earlier.

WELL SAID. I saw the exact same thing.

[millst2]

Well my opinion is I am not pissed over the loss so much as the WTF Happens if" of the cats. I agree LB has came in and really worked some magic with the team. I mean a lot of positives so far,, we pull off a 6 game W streak, lose 3 then Win 3. But i said it before and nobody here has really addressed it... LB is rolling night in and night out with a tight 8 man rotation. This doesn't bode well for us in the playoffs ( hell not even in the reg season). We aren't giving our guys enough rest. We have to go deeper into the bench. Cartier can hustle for a few mins to give a team mate some rest, as well as howard and the way may is playing he could easily free up a couple mins a qtr for the starters.

it just concerns me that running a tight rotation like this is not good for 2 reasons. 1 being starters on the court that many minutes get ran down, and the 2nd night of a back to back or even a west coast away to a home game 37 hours later on the east is tough on anyone. 2) is what if one of our starters get injured in the playoffs ( knock on wood). With this tight rotation our other guys are getting rusty

I agree with spectre, teej and a few of the others that have noticed it, if our starters are 0-12 from the field or 2 points on 1-8 shooting and 4 to's , bench their asses for a few minutes and give the bench players time to change the game or atleast try.

We got to get more active people in the rotation or theres no way in hell we can compete at 100% in a 7 game series. I think we will make the 7th or 8th seed. We know a few games we may lose, but I think if the guys see they are this close to the playoffs regardless of who the opponent is they will give that extra 20%. We need LB to go coach pop style, squeeze some rest in for the starters. If we are up by 15 pts 3-5 mins before the half, pull a few of the starters and let them get that extra 5mins rest. If the team starts to lose the lead , put a starter or two back in.

Our bench is worthless not being used and the starters are getting worn out.. We beat Toronto the next night lose to Indy.. next we have @Wash.. off a day then back to back @ philly, vs knicks. philly game somehow need a few mins of rest for the starters. 2mins here 2 mins there.

[BigMike]

I refused to boo the team when the crowd started to at the arena but they did deserve it.

Section 103 ... there was no booing near me... we cheared for every basket in the 4th quarter louder then we did in the first, more beer helped with that though, along with Diops monster break away dunk!!!!

.... people who boo at a home team piss me off.

[spectre]

Section 103 ... there was no booing near me... we cheared for every basket in the 4th quarter louder then we did in the first, more beer helped with that though, along with Diops monster break away dunk!!!!

.... people who boo at a home team piss me off.

It pissed me off too...guys just didn't deserve that after the week they'd had.

And yeah, that Diop DRIVE and dunk was awesome! I was worried when he had to put it on the floor but the big guy made it!

[G-Force for MVP]

i was booing my ass off and then left early