Tyrese will be reevaluated in 2 weeks, so the absolute best case scenario would be that he’s back in time for our TNT game vs Boston. No idea if that’s actually possible, I know nothing about sports medicine.
We have a lot of tough matchups from the West. How many of the next 10 games can we realistically expect to win? Any upsets we can look forward to?
by JACKlEpaper
17 Comments
Atrocious
5-6. Haliburton will be re-evaluated around the Nuggets game on January 23rd. There is a very real chance he is back for those final three to four games.
Looking at this schedule, we need to at least win against Atlanta, Utah, Portland, and Memphis, because those are the only “gimmies” we will really get. The rest of the games are going to very tough, but not impossible (maybe squeak a win against the Kings or suns). Hope would be to go .500, which is entirely possible. GO PACERS
3-8 wouldn’t be shocking. We probably lose one or two that we should win and win one that we shouldn’t. Only one team as bad as Washington and that game last night wasn’t a gimme.
Pacers may get 3/4 wins at most unfortunately, Ty going down right before this stretch is gonna suck so much but at least we just have to get through this month.
I looked through the list and first glance came up with 3-8 with wins against the hawks, portland, and memphis. I think that could get up to 5-6 with a couple gutsy wins over teams like the suns and maybe the jazz if we catch them napping which seems unlikely considering they’ve been on fire lately. I could also see us dropping one of those easier games to drop it to 2-9. Might be a tough stretch but we’re going to learn a lot about this team over the next couple of weeks. Not saying if we go 2-9 we need to make rash judgement at all but it’ll be interesting to see who rises to the occasion and if we can continue playing like a cohesive unit without our star.
That looks grim lol
Mathurin is going to have to become an anime protagonist to win over 50%
Utah, Portland, Memphis, Atlanta are all winnable. I could see us taking 2 other games if their stars are resting/injured. So best case to me is 6 wins
4-7
5-5
4-7 or 5-6, have to beat ATL, Jazz, and Blazers, have a good chance with Memphis with Morant hurt, and then hope to go 1-1 with the inconsistent and oft-injured Suns? Anything over .500 would be surprising with that schedule and Tyrese out, just hold the line and try not to fall too far in the meantime
9-2 Benn coming out party
If we win 3, it’ll be a huge improvement over last year
I’m going with 2 though
3-8
I’m going bold and saying 7-3. We steal a game against the Suns and beat the 76rs.
I know I’m going to be taking a break from this sub during this run. I can see the knee jerk reactions on how we should blow it all up now.
Memphis without Ja stinks, and they should be all out tanking now. At Denver and and at Boston are locks for Ls. The rest are in play, but it’s a tough stretch. I’d be happy with 4-7 or 5-6.
Atlanta, Portland, & Memphis are the “yeah, this squad is still more than capable to win this” games.
The highest games with “maybe they steal one” potential would be Utah & Sacramento imho. Utah has been the hottest team in the league as of late, so there’s always the possibility of them finally having an off night. Likewise, the Kings have been prone to dropping games against under-manned squads this season.
All that being said, as long as they can take 2 to 3 of these games, that gives the team plenty of headroom to still be above/at .500 when Tyrese comes back, which in this year’s Eastern Conference, is more than enough to still be relevant in the playoff picture.