Samuel

-Out of 41 games-

January

Sun 21 Milwaukee Win
Wed 24 Minnesota
Fri 26 at Houston
Sat 27 at Memphis
Mon 29 at NO/Oklahoma City
Wed 31 Denver

February

Fri 2 at Denver
Sat 3 Chicago
Tue 6 Phoenix
Fri 9 at Charlotte
Sun 11 at Washington
Tue 13 at Miami
Wed 14 at Orlando
Tue 20 Utah
Wed 21 at LA Lakers

**Trading deadline**

Fri 23 Memphis
Mon 26 at Seattle

March

Thu 1 Charlotte
Sat 3 Sacramento
Tue 6 San Antonio
Sun 11 Golden State
Tue 13 at Denver
Wed 14 Detroit
Fri 16 at LA Lakers
Sun 18 Seattle
Tue 20 Washington
Thu 22 at New York
Fri 23 at Atlanta
Sun 25 at Minnesota
Mon 26 at Chicago
Thu 29 Memphis
Sat 31 LA Clippers

April

Wed 4 Utah
Fri 6 at Houston
Sat 7 at Dallas
Mon 9 at San Antonio
Wed 11 Houston
Fri 13 at LA Clippers
Sat 14 Seattle
Mon 16 at Utah
Wed 18 Golden State

Italics indicates the second half of a back-to-back

wastro

I think they'll go 13-27 in the final 40 games.

The Memphis and Golden State games worry me as much as the games against the league's elite. Our style just doesn't hold up in the fast break.

yuyuza1

Harvey says 25 games. I'd say somewhere less than that .500 for the second half hopefully. 20 wins should be reasonable. I want to say that we can win 40+ games for the season, but ~35 seems right.

Samuel

Portland finished the first half with a 15-26 record.

Assuming a trade doesn't get made, or the trade doesn't significantly upgrade the roster, I'd say Portland will finish with a very similar record, probably something like 12-29. That's no knock against the Blazers (indeed, I think Portland will become much more competitive in the second half).

But at some point, probably around mid-March, they're going to hit a slew of teams in playoff contention and who look upon their date with the Blazers as a chance to make up some lost ground. The question of 4th quarter execution will become a tired one on this board. Still, it'll be much more bearable than the dregs of last spring.

Things the team won't have to go through again:

- The loss of Ruben Patterson's production (Potentially losing Magloire will be less hurtful)
- Poor chemistry (Good atmosphere this year)
- Crap players getting minutes (We have Roy now, instead of Dixon manning the SG spot)
- The lack of a backup PF/C
- Ownership drama
- Players who don't give a crap.

Nightfly

I'm gonna say they win 41 of the second half-season games and finish with a record of 57-25.

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Samuel

And when, pray tell, are you going to actually say this?

mgb

I predicted 35 wins and I'm going to stick with that prediction.

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Utherhimo

yup i predicted 30 to 35 wins and i am sticking to it!

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Nightfly

I suppose now would be as good of a time as any.

1 win down, 40 more to go!

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CocaineisaHelluvaDrug

i voted 26-30 wins overall

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mediocre man

I voted for the least amount of wins because that's the best way to improve the franchise. We'll get there in a year or so, but we'll get there quicker and more powerfully with Oden or Durant

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PorterIn2004

So I'm confused. Are we supposed to be voting for what we think is most likely or what we hope happens? I went with the 30 to 35 as the most likely but then as I scrolled down, can't say I disagree with MM about this being a decent time to lose. On yet another hand, though, I think there's value in this current team learning how to win together.

Ultimately I guess that the arguments for winning and losing are kind of wash for me, save that winning is more fun. Who knows, maybe Nightfly's prediction'll hold and they'll go on a 42+ game winning streak. That'd be okay.