Remaining Schedule:Knicks, Celitcs, and Sixers

Which schedule seems to be the easiest?

  • Knicks

    Votes: 3 12.5%

  • Celtics

    Votes: 1 4.2%

  • Sixers

    Votes: 2 8.3%

  • Bucks

    Votes: 18 75.0%
  • Total voters
    24
  • Poll closed .
Weissenberg

Weissenberg

Grid or Riot
That was a rhetorical question, right? With Woody demanding D and our mobb deep bench MSG's going to gangbang the C's without vaseline.
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Weissenberg

Weissenberg

Grid or Riot
I'm watching MIA @ BOS right now and Rondo is litterally raping Heat defense... 7 points, 3 offensive rebounds and an assist within just under 4 minutes of play. WOW.
 
petescud

petescud

Starter
we'll see what we're made of over the next 5 games...Indiana (going to want revenge)- Magic (the same) 2 with the Bulls (we'll split) and Milwaukee (we'll beat)...hopefully we'll go 3-2 in this stretch and finish stronger
 
CoolRunnings

CoolRunnings

Benchwarmer
Okay fellas, 9 of our 13 remaining games are against teams with a winning record.

**Philly plays Miami in a couple days in Miami.

***Next seven games for Boston include: Heat, Spurs, Bulls, Pacers, Philly, Heat and Hawks.

This next week we can truly make moves up the standings.
 
knicksgreece

knicksgreece

Benchwarmer
On the bright side watching the two games today made me more optimistic about going past the first round of the play offs.
 
smokes

smokes

Huge Member
80-55 damn the Heat are hitting some hard times lately. The loss to OKC was a beat down too. Even though OKC just blew out the Bulls... Seriously D Rose should be turning over in his grave sitting there with a tweaked groin for 10 games while his team gets embarrassed by their finals opponents. SMH Rose.
 
c0leworld

c0leworld

Benchwarmer
realsitically we're either 7th or 8th seed.


if we win 2 playoff games against the bulls/heat ill be happy. maybe even one
 
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groundpilot

Benchwarmer
Miami didnt show up to play in boston. I hate both teams but wanted Miami to win today and they didnt come to play. Now i hate them even more.
But dont forget, that this is not how they will play come playoff time. I still think they are the team to beat in the east and predict Heat-OKC final.
 
KingCharles34

KingCharles34

All Star
At least its just about impossible for us to play the celtics in the playoffs this year, so when we get swept this time it wont be by them.
 
Crazy⑧s

Crazy⑧s

Evacuee
The Milwaukee Bucks are currently two and a half games behind the New York Knicks for the final spot in the Eastern Conference Playoffs, but Scott Skiles’ team may have an inside track to the postseason.

The Knicks are looking at up to four weeks without Amar’e Stoudemire (bulging disc) and Jared Jeffries (knee) and up to six weeks without Jeremy Lin (torn meniscus in his left knee). But even more significant than that, the Bucks are confusing the heck out of opponents, one Western Conference source told HOOPSWORLD.

“That will be an interesting team as an eighth seed since they added Monta Ellis,” the source said.

The team is just 6-4 since they added Ellis and Ekpe Udoh from Golden State and both players have looked lost at times. Still, the offense they’re currently running is a big departure from Skiles’ usual program.

They’re playing without any post player (“Drew Gooden is playing facing the basket, but that wouldn’t be the case normally”) and the pace has picked up considerably. That means less “programmed plays” and far less movement offensively, which has been replaced with more urgency.

“The last coach to run this kind of a thing was Jim O’Brien in Indiana, but his was run more from the elbow,” the source said. “Skiles has taken it to a better level this time.

“Give Skiles credit,” he continued. “He’s a set-play kind of guy and he moved to this style pretty seamlessly.”

The player who may be benefitting the most is point guard Brandon Jennings, who averaged 20.5 points and 5.9 assists per game in March while shooting over 43% from the field (he’s a career 38.8% shooter, so yes, that’s an improvement). Furthermore, Jennings has turned the ball over only five times over his last three games, which is a sign he’s adjusting to the changes.

What makes the Bucks particularly dangerous is the volume of good shooters they have on their rosters. Jennings, Ellis, Mike Dunleavy, Carlos Delfino, Beno Udrih and even 6-10 bigs Ersan Ilyasova (“he’s played so well”) and Jon Leuer can shoot from the perimeter.

Milwaukee also has a versatile roster featuring no less than 10 players that can serve in multiple positions. Shaun Livingston, for instance, has moonlighted at point guard, shooting guard and small forward.

The only real concern for Milwaukee—and this was never a problem when Andrew Bogut was on the team and healthy—is defense. This is a team that gave up 99 points to the Memphis Grizzlies on Saturday after yielding 125 points to the Indiana Pacers one week earlier.

“They’re not as good defensively,” the source said. “There’s more possessions per game, so they’re probably giving up more points. Skiles is a good defensive coach, but they don’t have the inside presence that they had in the past.

“(Udoh) doesn’t have a crazy effect,” he continued. “I think he’s a good player who adds to their depth, but I don’t think he really changes them defensively.”

You may believe that the Knicks are more talented than the Bucks, but you can’t argue with their respective schedules. While New York prepares to face the Indiana Pacers, Orlando Magic and Chicago Bulls this week, Milwaukee gets the Washington Wizards, Cleveland Cavaliers and the league’s worst team, the Charlotte Bobcats.

The Knicks are still in control of their own destiny for now, but the Bucks’ exotic new offense could be coming together at just the wrong time for New York fans.
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