Projecting the rest of our schedule

[Arizona_Sting]

Just doing this for fun to get an idea of where we might end up.

We have 48 games remaining and I predict that it will take 45 wins to make it as the 8th seed in the West which means we need to finish the year at least 24-24 to make it which is actually do-able.

@ Memphis- W
@ Detroit- W
@ New York- L
vs. Los Angeles Lakers- W
vs. Dallas- W
vs. Denver- L
vs. Indiana- L
vs. Washington- W
@ Cleveland- W
@ Philadelphia- W
@ Milwaukee- W
@ Indiana- L
vs. Charlotte- W
vs. Chicago- W
@ Houston- L
vs. Golden State- L
vs. Miami- L
@ Denver- L
vs. Boston- W
vs. San Antonio- L
vs. Houston- L
vs. Minnesota- W
@ Utah- W
vs. New Orleans- W
vs. Atlanta- W
vs. Los Angeles Clippers- L
vs. Oklahoma City- L
@ Golden State- L
@ Los Angeles Clippers- L
vs. Cleveland- W
@ Boston- W
@ Toronto- W
@ Brooklyn- L
vs. Orlando- W
vs. Detroit- W
@ Minnesota- W
@ Atlanta- L
@ Washington- L
vs. New York- W
@ Los Angeles Lakers- W
vs. Los Angeles Clippers- L
@ Portland- L
vs. Oklahoma City- L
@ New Orleans- W
@ San Antonio- L
@ Dallas- L
vs. Memphis- W
@ Sacramento- W

So after going through and making these predictions I have us winning 26 games and losing 22 games which would put us at 47-35 and that's good enough to be a 7-8 seed in the West. Obviously we will lose some of the "winnable" games and win some that we're not supposed to, but this is what I got. I also will say I can see us going 28-20 at best and 20-28 at worst.

 

[Orange602]

That seems reasonable. Having a large number of games left against Eastern Conference teams will definitely help.

 

[johnson]

A respectable set of predictions...but what makes you think we beat Memphis the next two times we play them? Suns match up horribly against them. Their first loss against Memphis the Grizz rolled out the B squad and still won...and the next time they smacked the Suns down too.

I'm not confident about Memphis coming up on the road without Bledsoe.

 

[UA_Stapler]

It's painfully obvious that without Bledsoe we are going to finish 10th in the West and win the NBA Lottery and draft Julius Randle with the #1 pick!

I'm calling it right now.

 

[JahiiCarson_SqodGeneral]

With Bledsoe we lost by 15 to Grizz. He's good but he's not a god like you guys make em our to be. Grizz have been a team we have never matched up againts. Pistons will be the same were good againts teams like the Rockets who don't have a big rebound machine like Z bo. Howard's good but we don't play well vs physical teams. Expected to lose this one and we did....

 

[Arizona_Sting]

Bledsoe is now expected to return in mid-to-late February.

@Johnson- Yep. I already fucked up on my predictions. I get that we matchup poorly with the Grizz but I honestly thought we'd win this one. Dammit.

 

[BPNAZ]

With Bledsoe we lost by 15 to Grizz. He's good but he's not a god like you guys make em our to be. Grizz have been a team we have never matched up againts. Pistons will be the same were good againts teams like the Rockets who don't have a big rebound machine like Z bo. Howard's good but we don't play well vs physical teams. Expected to lose this one and we did....

and how did we do without a player like Bledsoe last year?


Bledsoe, along with a better coach, is number 1 reason why the Suns are fun to watch again. Without that trade, the suns are 14-21 at this point in season, and not 21-14

 

[Arizona_Sting]

Looks like I was WAY too optimistic for this team. 20-28 it is!

 

[JahiiCarson_SqodGeneral]

This prediction is so bias!