New York Knicks and Denver loss tracker for 2016 Lottery Pick surprise (thanks, Masai)

[Demographic Shift]

Several key games on the schedule tonight:

New York VS Portland - a loss would drop the Knicks a full game behind the Bucks, with Milwaukee holding 2 games in-hand

Orlando @ Dallas - the Magic seem to be creating separation from NY already, but a win would be nice (they hold 3 games in-hand over NY)

Brooklyn @ LAL - they couldn't possibly catch the Knicks, could they??

Great night so far.. Knicks get crushed by Portland
Could Booklyn catch the Knicks ?
Of their next 10... 7 could be considered winnable games...see below and yeah the Bulls could now be a winnable game for the Nets....
If the Knicks quit on Rambis and Phil and start mailing them in... it could get interesting.

Tue, Mar 1
@
Los Angeles

Fri, Mar 4
@
Denver

Sat, Mar 5
@
Minnesota

Tue, Mar 8
@
Toronto

Fri, Mar 11
@
Philadelphia

Sun, Mar 13
vs
Milwaukee

Tue, Mar 15
vs
Philadelphia

Thu, Mar 17
@
Chicago

Sat, Mar 19
@
Detroit

Tue, Mar 22
vs.
Charlotte

[tonious35]

psssst... I don't think Orlando got better with their trade

[tonious35]

Brooklyn @ LAL - they couldn't possibly catch the Knicks, could they??

Letting go of "deadweight in Brooklyn" JJ and spreading their wings? They might....They Might

[KeonClark]

Calderon was booed badly. Poor guy

He's basically become at best a spot up shooting 8th or 9th man, a maaybe average backup guard, and the new York knicks with no first rounder anyways this year have him starting. It's ridiculous

[OldSkoolCool]

psssst... I don't think Orlando got better with their trade

I think their trade is a precursor to trading Oladipo in the offseason

Their Payton/Hezonja/Gordon trio is a good start for building a franchise

He's basically become at best a spot up shooting 8th or 9th man, a maaybe average backup guard, and the new York knicks with no first rounder anyways this year have him starting. It's ridiculous

He has been a career backup...

[Carlos Rogers]

Oh man. Knicks starting to fall apart, Gallo hurt. Raps on pace for 56 wins. Can this season get any better?

[CalgaryRapsFan]

Several key games on the schedule tonight:

New York VS Portland - a loss would drop the Knicks a full game behind the Bucks, with Milwaukee holding 2 games in-hand

Orlando @ Dallas - the Magic seem to be creating separation from NY already, but a win would be nice (they hold 3 games in-hand over NY)

Brooklyn @ LAL - they couldn't possibly catch the Knicks, could they??

Portland won, and that was really the only critical game last night.

Several more on tap tonight:


Orlando VS Chicago - good opportunity for the Magic to take advantage of the wounded Bulls

Charlotte @ Philadelphia - the Hornets are pulling away from NY and this should be an easy win

New Orleans @ Houston - the Pelicans are ahead of Denver, but they need some wins to get ahead of NY overall

Sacramento @ Memphis - good opportunity for the Kings to take advantage of the wounded Grizzlies

Milwaukee VS Indiana - this is one of the 2 games in-hand that the Bucks have over NY; a win would be fantastic

Washington @ Minnesota - this game will help regardless; a Washington win helps immediately, but a Minnesota win could wind up helping Denver drop to the bottom-5 overall

Denver VS LA Lakers - a Nuggets loss could mark their demise; coupled with a Minnesota win, they'd be just 3 games ahead of the Timberwolves

[rocwell]

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[JimiCliff]

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Now there's a move I can recreate on the court!

[slaw]

I think their trade is a precursor to trading Oladipo in the offseason

Their Payton/Hezonja/Gordon trio is a good start for building a franchise

Yeah, except they've been rebuilding for 4 years already and are just now competitive (barely). Building with a new core is going to put them another 2-3 years away again, at least. That's a lot of rebuilding without any reward....

[007]

If New York continues falling apart and AD can carry Nee Orleans to a few more wins this pick could be awesome

[big red]

Brooklyn @ LAL - they couldn't possibly catch the Knicks, could they??

If NYK go 0-20 down the stretch, they finish with 25 wins. For the Nets to catch them, they'd have to go 8-13 (0.381). That's about what they've been doing in their last ten games (4-6), but I'm not sure who has the tiebreaker, so they might actually need to go 9-12 (0.429). Regardless, I wouldn't bet on it.

[DanH]

If NYK go 0-20 down the stretch, they finish with 25 wins. For the Nets to catch them, they'd have to go 8-13 (0.381). That's about what they've been doing in their last ten games (4-6), but I'm not sure who has the tiebreaker, so they might actually need to go 9-12 (0.429). Regardless, I wouldn't bet on it.

FYI, no tie-breakers for picks. Teams split the lotto balls assigned to the two lotto positions they might occupy, and a coin flip is done to determine order and who gets the extra lotto ball if the two lotto slots add up to an odd number of balls.

[DanH]

Yeah, BKN looks way out of the race - but if Minny kicks it in gear (and gets a few wins against playoff teams resting against them late in the season) and NOP can clear the Knicks, in theory the DEN/NYK picks could sit 5/6.

Good news, Minny and NOP are both .500 over their last 10 games. So is DEN (4-6) but they just lost Gallo. And NYK are 2-8. So 5 and 6 (ie the 6th pick overall) is very much still in play, even if 6/7 or 6/8 is still more likely.

[KeonClark]

Yeah, BKN looks way out of the race - but if Minny kicks it in gear (and gets a few wins against playoff teams resting against them late in the season) and NOP can clear the Knicks, in theory the DEN/NYK picks could sit 5/6.

Good news, Minny and NOP are both .500 over their last 10 games. So is DEN (4-6) but they just lost Gallo. And NYK are 2-8. So 5 and 6 (ie the 6th pick overall) is very much still in play, even if 6/7 or 6/8 is still more likely.

I think pellies pass the Knicks. I do not think the wolves have enough time