December schedule

[Spicoli]

The good teams are the easy ones.

Haha...TP. Couldn't have said it better myself. Strangely enough, i feel more confident about a win against the better teams than the bad ones.

[Kane3387]

The good teams are the easy ones.

Haha...TP. Couldn't have said it better myself. Strangely enough, i feel more confident about a win against the better teams than the bad ones.

That's because you know we take those games seriously and bring (almost always) 100% focus like against Atlanta on the road.

All I have to say is OKC at home without Durant and Toronto the following night. That's how it goes. So can we? Of course! Will we? Doubtful. I think we lose in Indiana, and that is our only loss of the month.

[guava_wrench]

Also, the Knicks don't suck anymore.

Yes they do in their last 10 games they've only played two good teams, NOH/ATL, they're going through a rather soft part of the schedule. (and the Hornets are slumping hard now)

The Knicks are going to come crashing down pretty hard starting on December 12th. Tough stretch for a full month:

Denver
Boston
Miami
@Cleveland
OKC
Chicago
@Miami
@Orlando
Indiana
San Antonio
@Phoenix
@Lakers
@Portland
@Jazz

What is your definition of suck? If they are a .500 team, do they suck? For example, I wouldn't agree that a team with a 42-40 record sucks, regardless of whom they beat.

Obviously there are a bunch of teams they are playing better than. Even if those teams suck, that puts them in the middle of the league. There are multiple teams out there who will be lucky to get 30 wins.

Incidentally, I didn't really take NOH's great start too seriously. Seemed like peaking early to me, so that makes NY's accomplishment even less impressive. But that doesn't mean that they aren't going to have a winning record at the end of the season. The season is full of games against bad teams.

[barefacedmonk]

way to jinx it

[Fafnir]

Also, the Knicks don't suck anymore.

Yes they do in their last 10 games they've only played two good teams, NOH/ATL, they're going through a rather soft part of the schedule. (and the Hornets are slumping hard now)

The Knicks are going to come crashing down pretty hard starting on December 12th. Tough stretch for a full month:

Denver
Boston
Miami
@Cleveland
OKC
Chicago
@Miami
@Orlando
Indiana
San Antonio
@Phoenix
@Lakers
@Portland
@Jazz

What is your definition of suck? If they are a .500 team, do they suck? For example, I wouldn't agree that a team with a 42-40 record sucks, regardless of whom they beat.

Obviously there are a bunch of teams they are playing better than. Even if those teams suck, that puts them in the middle of the league. There are multiple teams out there who will be lucky to get 30 wins.

Incidentally, I didn't really take NOH's great start too seriously. Seemed like peaking early to me, so that makes NY's accomplishment even less impressive. But that doesn't mean that they aren't going to have a winning record at the end of the season. The season is full of games against bad teams.

I think the Knicks will end up in the 30's for wins, and if you're below .500 I think that makes you a crappy team.

They've feasted on a soft schedule of late and I don't think they'll keep it up once their competition gets tougher.

[PosImpos]

I'm guessing of the remaining 11 games the Celtics will win 7 or 8.  Maybe as many as 9.

[youcanthandlethetruth113]

The good teams are the easy ones.

Agreed.....easy because the C's "get up" for those games against better teams, while they have a knack for playing down to lesser opponents which can result in a very disappointing loss (see: Raptors, Toronto).

[billysan]

We are not healthy enough now to win them all for December.

The fact that Harangody is working out at the 5 now, the likelihood we could lose Shaq and Semih for an extended period are all making me think we are on a razors edge. If we get Rondo healthy and BBD is only a day or two with his fever then we have slim chance.

Hope I am wrong, because that means we have an awesome bench.

[mzepol]

God don't let this be a jinx thread.