It’s crunch time. The Jazz only have 11 regular season games left. That means they have 11 games to try and push themselves to the top of the Western Conference and secure home-court advantage for the playoffs. Here is my expert analysis of the situation :
Things that could help the Jazz:
- 7 of their remaining games are home games, and the Jazz have the best home record in the NBA (29-4).
- 4 of their remaining games are against Sub-500 teams.
- Dirk Nowitzki suffered a major injury against San Antonio last night. Dallas being one of our tougher road games, this might give the Jazz an edge.
- Their schedule is spread out – they will only play one more “back-to-back”. All other games will have at least one day of rest between them.
Things that could hurt the Jazz:
- The Jazz still have to play the San Antonio Spurs twice. Their last game of the regular season is against the Spurs and will be played at San Antonio.
- The Jazz’ last 6 games are against Western playoff contenders.
- 4 of their remaining games are against Sub-500 teams (notice how this one made both lists…)
Here’s another random fact… The LA Lakers are in position to end up as the number one seed in the West (darn Lakers... I hate those guys!). The Golden State Warriors are in position to finish at number 8. If that happens, the Lakers will play the Warriors in the first round. Why is this significant? Because the Warriors seem to be one team that has the Lakers number this year. They have won all three matches so far, and they will play again tonight. Could the Warriors end up doing everyone a favor by eliminating the Lakers in the first round? Hey, they did it to the Mavs last year… We’ll have to wait and see. In the words of our beloved broadcaster, Craig Bolerjack, "BUCKLE UP!!"
Good luck Jazz! Here’s hoping we finish off the season 11-0!
2 comments:
that would be great if golden state could take out the lakers in the first round... oh man, that would make me happy!
go jazz, here is to winning the next 11 games! :D
I think it's going to be a crazy finish. If you look at remaining schedules of the top western conferences teams, there are a lot of head to head games. For example, I think Golden State has to play Denver twice still and they are battling for the 8th spot right now. Unfortunately, like you said the last 6 games for the Jazz are against playoff teams, so I would wager that they are probably going to end up in 4th, but the fan in me still hopes that they can end up number 1.
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