So much for 82-0.

Bluefintuna wrote:
> "Ken Cheng" <kencheng.TakeThisOut@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
> news:02a14ef4-1026-4be1-9232-e2f31a134fcf@v16g2000prc.googlegroups.com...
>> 81-1, anyone?
>>
>
> Prehap 67-15 or 73-9
>
> Bluefintuna

HCA throughout the playoffs is all anyone ought to hope for. An impressive
regular-season record doesn't get you any more than that. The Mavericks were
67-15 and lost in the first round.
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Alson Wong wrote:
> Bluefintuna wrote:
>> "Ken Cheng" <kencheng.RemoveThis@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
>> news:02a14ef4-1026-4be1-9232-e2f31a134fcf@v16g2000prc.googlegroups.com...
>>> 81-1, anyone?
>>>
>>
>> Prehap 67-15 or 73-9
>>
>> Bluefintuna
>
> HCA throughout the playoffs is all anyone ought to hope for. An
> impressive regular-season record doesn't get you any more than that. The
> Mavericks were 67-15 and lost in the first round.

And ti should be an attainable goal, given how much weaker the West is than
the East and thus how much easier our schedule should be compared to Bahstan.

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Losing last nite convincingly was probably good- ya don't wanna peak too
soon, nor get cocky...Pistons did expose a couple of lakers potential
weaknesses-Fish as much as I love the guy-is no longer a very quick
guard, and won't get any quicker after a long grueling season into the
playoffs, and Gasol and Odom can get muscled...but, there's not much you
can do about it.
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Ken Cheng wrote:
> 81-1, anyone?

6 out of 7 translates into a 70-12 season - I'll take it.
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lakerswin2009 DeleteThis @yahoo.com wrote:
> On Nov 14, 10:00 pm, Ken Cheng <kench... DeleteThis @worldnet.att.net> wrote:
>> 81-1, anyone?
>
> id be happy with 70 wins. theyre not going to win every game and they
> shouldnt try to kill themselves to get a huge record but at least
> enough to get home court advantage all through the playoffs.
>
> watching the boston team this year i doubt if they will even make it
> to the finals although with the eastern conf being so weak they might
> squeak it out.

Repeat after me: the East is stronger than the West. By a lot.

It had to end some time, and it has, in spades.

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"Gary Collard" <SarcastiPundit.73822275.TakeThisOut@bloglines.com> wrote in message
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> lakerswin2009.TakeThisOut@yahoo.com wrote:
>> On Nov 14, 10:00 pm, Ken Cheng <kench....TakeThisOut@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
>>> 81-1, anyone?
>>
>> id be happy with 70 wins. theyre not going to win every game and they
>> shouldnt try to kill themselves to get a huge record but at least
>> enough to get home court advantage all through the playoffs.
>>
>> watching the boston team this year i doubt if they will even make it
>> to the finals although with the eastern conf being so weak they might
>> squeak it out.
>
> Repeat after me: the East is stronger than the West. By a lot.
>
> It had to end some time, and it has, in spades.

It's still really, really early and of the 9 key impact players out of
commission around the league (Manu, Parker, Deron Williams, Josh Smith,
Oden, Jason Richardson, Monta Ellis, Shane Battier, Arenas) only 3 come from
the East.

I expect the East to likely finish as the stronger conference this year with
the start they've had but I'd be surprised to see it "in spades" and in fact
would not be at all surprised to see the trend revert to WC supremacy,
although slight, this season. This hinges more on what the bad teams like
Minny, OKC, and the Clips do than what the top teams do.

Believe me, I'd be delighted for the West to be the easier conference this
year, it could be the edge LA needs to HCA through the POs, which would be a
big leg up come money time...

brink
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brink wrote:
> "Gary Collard" <SarcastiPundit.73822275.RemoveThis@bloglines.com> wrote in
> message news:gfshmi$6p2$1@news.motzarella.org...
>> lakerswin2009.RemoveThis@yahoo.com wrote:
>>> On Nov 14, 10:00 pm, Ken Cheng <kench....RemoveThis@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
>>>> 81-1, anyone?
>>>
>>> id be happy with 70 wins. theyre not going to win every game and
>>> they shouldnt try to kill themselves to get a huge record but at
>>> least enough to get home court advantage all through the playoffs.
>>>
>>> watching the boston team this year i doubt if they will even make it
>>> to the finals although with the eastern conf being so weak they
>>> might squeak it out.
>>
>> Repeat after me: the East is stronger than the West. By a lot.
>>
>> It had to end some time, and it has, in spades.
>
> It's still really, really early and of the 9 key impact players out of
> commission around the league (Manu, Parker, Deron Williams, Josh
> Smith, Oden, Jason Richardson, Monta Ellis, Shane Battier, Arenas)
> only 3 come from the East.

I don't know what's going on out West, but apparently it's catchy... Yao,
McGrady, and Artest all go down tonight... looks like 1 or more of them
could easily miss more time, too...

brink
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