For the love of the game 56 Report post Posted December 11, 2012 I say we end up somewhere around .500. No way we make the playoffs, but our team isn't as horrible as I thought it was going to be. Even so, I wouldn't be surprised if we only won 30 games. Somewhere around .500 makes the playoffs in the East most years I thought. I doubt we get that close though. I predicted 20 wins early in the season. IF Nelson stays healthy, this team could scrape 30 wins out of the season, which would likely be good enough to get 2 or 3 ping pong balls. However, since we all know Nelson will miss some more games, I am going with 20 to 25 wins. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ThisIsTheYear 241 Report post Posted December 11, 2012 We're barely a quarter of the way through... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Drain-O 369 Report post Posted December 11, 2012 I predict unpredictability. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Secretly Space Jesus 670 Report post Posted December 11, 2012 The team will play a whole lot more games. That's my prediction, and by god, I'll stick to it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Neighborhood Bully 266 Report post Posted December 11, 2012 http://espn.go.com/n...ger/playoffodds Hollinger predicts 36-46 based on the first 20 games. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
blueandwhiteunite 0 Report post Posted December 11, 2012 That prediction of Hollinger's is a little different to the 16 wins he predicted before the season... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CTMagicUK 1,491 Report post Posted December 12, 2012 http://espn.go.com/n...ger/playoffodds Hollinger predicts 36-46 based on the first 20 games. That's not a firm prediction. It's a computer generated set of results based on a huge number of simulations averaged out. The computer recalculates every night meaning that even though we haven't played a game since you posted this, the prediction is now 35-47 and, seeing as how it works on Hollinger's Power Rankings could change at any time. Hollinger's power rankings seem affected greatly by average scoring margin hence why the 7-13 Bobcats are predicted to finish last overall again. (Huge losses to OKC etc) And the Lakers still have nearly a 50% chance of making the playoffs. The computer currently gives us a 30% chance of making the playoffs and a 0.4% chance of making the finals which is interesting. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
random 19 Report post Posted December 21, 2012 That's not a firm prediction. It's a computer generated set of results based on a huge number of simulations averaged out. The computer recalculates every night meaning that even though we haven't played a game since you posted this, the prediction is now 35-47 and, seeing as how it works on Hollinger's Power Rankings could change at any time. Hollinger's power rankings seem affected greatly by average scoring margin hence why the 7-13 Bobcats are predicted to finish last overall again. (Huge losses to OKC etc) And the Lakers still have nearly a 50% chance of making the playoffs. The computer currently gives us a 30% chance of making the playoffs and a 0.4% chance of making the finals which is interesting. Things are looking even better lately. Updated rankings by Hollinger: Magic get 8 spot in east: 41W - 41 L Making playoffs: 71% http://espn.go.com/nba/hollinger/playoffodds Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheUKMagic 0 Report post Posted December 21, 2012 Things are looking even better lately. Updated rankings by Hollinger: Magic get 8 spot in east: 41W - 41 L Making playoffs: 71% http://espn.go.com/nba/hollinger/playoffodds If we can get playoffs that would be amazing be such an achievement for Jacque and the rookies... Likelyhood is that we miss out by one place... Tied 2nd best last 10 record in the east id take that... Next 5 games before heat we could easily get 3 or 4 wins on that... Just going to be interesting to see what happens when Turk comes back and how that will affect the team Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
