Official Scoreboard Watching/Stretch Run Thread

[Findog]

Moderators, could we possibly sticky this?

Current Playoff Matchups:

1) LA Lakers vs 8) Portland Trailblazers
2) Denver Nuggets vs 7) San Antonio Spurs
3) Dallas Mavericks vs 6) Phoenix Suns
4) Utah Jazz vs 5) Zombie Sonics

1) Cleveland Cavaliers vs 8) Toronto Raptors
2) Orlando Magic vs 7) Miami Heat
3) Atlanta Hawks vs 6) Charlotte Bobcats
4) Boston Celtics vs 5) Milwaukee Bucks

[Findog]

Here's a link to the remaining schedules for all eight West playoff teams:

http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?k..._g&output=html

[Findog]

Los Angeles Lakers:

vs. Minnesota
vs. Washington
at San Antonio
at Zombie Sonics
at Houston (B2B)
at New Orleans
at Atlanta
vs. Utah
vs. San Antonio
at Denver
at Minnesota (B2B)
vs. Portland
vs. Sacramento
at LA Clippers (B2B)

6 Home, 8 Road, 8 vs. +.500 teams, 3 B2Bs

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Denver Nuggets:

vs. New Orleans
vs. Milwaukee
at New York
at Boston (B2B)
at Toronto
at Orlando
at Dallas (B2B)
vs. Portland
vs. LA Clippers
at Zombie Sonics
vs. LA Lakers (B2B)
vs. San Antonio
vs. Memphis
at Phoenix (B2B)

7 Home, 7 Road, 10 vs. +.500 teams, 4 B2Bs

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Dallas Mavericks:

vs. Chicago
vs. Boston
at New Orleans
vs. LA Clippers (B2B)
at Portland
at Golden State
vs. Denver
at Memphis
vs.Orlando (B2B)
vs. Zombie Sonics
vs. Memphis
at Portland
at Sacramento (B2B)
at LA Clippers
vs. San Antonio

8 Home, 7 Road, 9 vs. +.500 teams, 3 B2Bs

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Utah Jazz:

vs. Minnesota
at Phoenix
vs. New Orleans (B2B)
vs. Boston
at Toronto
at Indiana
at Washington (B2B)
vs. New York
vs. Golden State
at LA Lakers
vs. Zombie Sonics
at Houston (B2B)
at New Orleans
at Golden State
vs. Phoenix (B2B)

7 Home, 8 Road, 6 vs. +.500 teams, 4 B2Bs

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Zombie Sonics:

at Charlotte
at Toronto
at Indiana
vs. San Antonio (B2B)
vs. Houston
vs. LA Lakers
vs. Portland
at Philadelphia
at Boston (B2B)
at Dallas
vs. Minnesota
at Utah
vs. Denver (B2B)
vs. Phoenix
at Golden State
at Portland (B2B)
vs. Memphis

8 Home, 9 Road, 12 vs. +.500 teams, 4 B2Bs

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Phoenix Suns:

vs. Utah
vs. Portland
at Golden State (B2B)
vs. New York
at Minnesota
at Chicago
at New Jersey (B2B)
at Detroit
at Milwaukee (B2B)
vs. San Antonio
at Zombie Sonics
vs. Houston
vs. Denver
at Utah (B2B)

6 Home, 8 Road, 8 vs. +.500 teams, 4 B2Bs

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San Antonio:

at Orlando (B2B)
vs. Golden State
at Atlanta
at Zombie Sonics (B2B)
vs. LA Lakers
vs. Cleveland
at Boston
at New Jersey (B2B)
vs. Houston
vs.Orlando
at LA Lakers
at Sacramento
at Phoenix (B2B)
vs. Memphis
at Denver (B2B)
vs. Minnesota
at Dallas

7 Home, 10 Road, 13 vs. +.500 teams, 5 B2Bs

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Portland:

vs. Washington
at Phoenix
vs. Dallas
at Zombie Sonics (B2B)
vs. New York
at Denver (B2B)
at Sacramento
at LA Clippers
vs. Dallas
at LA Lakers
vs. Zombie Sonics (B2B)
vs. Golden State

6 Home, 6 Road, 7 vs. +.500 teams, 3 B2Bs

[Dex]

Spurs have a pretty tough stretch run, but nobody exactly has it easy.

Utah probably has the cakiest walk out of those list.

[Findog]

The Spurs have a most brutal closing stretch.

[Findog]

Spurs have a pretty tough stretch run, but nobody exactly has it easy.

Utah probably has the cakiest walk out of those list.

Portland has only 12 games and 3 B2Bs left.

[DUNCANownsKOBE2]

Phoenix Suns:

vs. Utah
vs. Portland
at Golden State (B2B)
vs. New York
at Minnesota
at Chicago
at New Jersey (B2B)
at Detroit
at Milwaukee (B2B)
vs. San Antonio
at Zombie Sonics
vs. Houston
vs. Denver
at Utah (B2B)

6 Home, 8 Road, 8 vs. +.500 teams, 4 B2Bs

No excuse why that's not a 7 game winning streak. Phoenix should do everything they can to get Denver in the 1st round, they don't have the talent to beat Dallas, no way in they steal a game in Utah, and lol them playing LA.

[Dex]

Portland has only 12 games and 3 B2Bs left.

Yeah, I just saw Portland's after posting.

Damn Spurs pissed away their breezy start to the season.

[Findog]

No excuse why that's not a 7 game winning streak. Phoenix should do everything they can to get Denver in the 1st round, they don't have the talent to beat Dallas, no way in they steal a game in Utah, and lol them playing LA.

I don't see them beating the Bucks in Milwaukee on the 2nd of a b2b, but otherwise, that's an easy stretch for them. At Golden State on the 2nd of a b2b could also be tough.

With Amare beasting out of his mind right now, along with Nash always sticking it to the Mavs, I don't want to see Phoenix in the first round. Of the four choices (PHX, SAS, Zombie Sonics and PORT), Phoenix is now my least desirable opponent. They can beat the Mavs.

[j.dizzle]

^ PHX is the only team out of those 4 that can drop 152 pts on any given night lmao...They might not play great D at times but they can run you out of the building fast if they get hot...SA, OkC, & Portland arent as explosive so its easier to stay in games with those 3 if your team isnt shooting that well in a game.

[Findog]

^ PHX is the only team out of those 4 that can drop 152 pts on any given night lmao...They might not play great D at times but they can run you out of the building fast if they get hot...SA, OkC, & Portland arent as explosive so its easier to stay in games with those 3 if your team isnt shooting that well in a game.

And right now Amare is giving a for some reason. When he plays up to his potential, they become a very dangerous team.

[DUNCANownsKOBE2]

I don't see them beating the Bucks in Milwaukee on the 2nd of a b2b, but otherwise, that's an easy stretch for them. At Golden State on the 2nd of a b2b could also be tough.

With Amare beasting out of his mind right now, along with Nash always sticking it to the Mavs, I don't want to see Phoenix in the first round. Of the four choices (PHX, SAS, Zombie Sonics and PORT), Phoenix is now my least desirable opponent. They can beat the Mavs.

You're talking about Nash sticking it to the Mavs like it's still 2007. Since they got Kidd, Nash hasn't been extremely good against Dallas or anything, he's actually had several bad games. Idk why so few coaches have figured this out yet, but Nash has no problem torching defenders who are more athletic than he is, it's the defenders who are noticeably bigger than he is that he struggles against.

[j.dizzle]

You're talking about Nash sticking it to the Mavs like it's still 2007. Since they got Kidd, Nash hasn't been doing too well against Dallas. Idk why so few coaches have figured this out yet, but Nash has no problem torching defenders who are more athletic than he is, it's the defenders who are noticeably bigger than he is that he struggles against.

Fisher probably loves playing Phx..It probably makes him feel all confident n when he plays them

[mavs>spurs2]

it's the defenders who are noticeably bigger than he is that he struggles against.

i know this is comparing apples to oranges since he's a big man and all, but i couldn't help but have a mental picture of nash torching dampier on the switch after a pick and roll time and time again just like back in the day, because the mavs coach whether it be avery or carlisle were always too stupid to learn how to defend the pick and roll

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i know this is comparing apples to oranges since he's a big man and all, but i couldn't help but have a mental picture of nash torching dampier on the switch after a pick and roll time and time again just like back in the day, because the mavs coach whether it be avery or carlisle were always too stupid to learn how to defend the pick and roll

Eh, there's really not too much you can do on the Nash-Amare p'n'r. Pretty much unstoppable. Haven't watched the Suns as much this year, but for years that's been a pretty unguardable play no matter who you are.

[Findog]

I like the fact that Boston is pretty much locked into playing either Charlotte or Milwaukee in the first round. They're looking at a grueling, 6-7 game series with either one.

[DUNCANownsKOBE2]

ROFL I didn't think it was this obvious:

Last game against Dallas w/ Devin "lockdown defender" Harris:
http://www.basketball-reference.com/...712190DAL.html


First game against Dallas w/ Kidd:
http://www.basketball-reference.com/...804060PHO.html

[Allanon]

Los Angeles Lakers:

vs. Minnesota
vs. Washington
at San Antonio
at Zombie Sonics
at Houston (B2B)
at New Orleans
at Atlanta
vs. Utah
vs. San Antonio
at Denver
at Minnesota (B2B)
vs. Portland
vs. Sacramento
at LA Clippers (B2B)

6 Home, 8 Road, 8 vs. +.500 teams, 3 B2Bs

Nice schedule to end the year for the Lakers.