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Toronto [7-13/.350] played its 20th game of the season last night.

Toronto Raptors 115
ATLANTA HAWKS 146
Complete Game Info

 

For those of you keeping track, these were the suggested outcomes that were listed here, in September [approximately 1 month in advance], for the team’s first 20 games this season, from the perspective of an astute NBA observer:

October	Opponent	Expected	Actual	Accuracy
G1 Wed 28	vs Cle	L, 0-1	W, 1-0	Wrong, 0-1
G2 Fri 30	@ Mem	L, 0-2	L, 1-1	Right, 1-1
November	Opponent	Expected	Actual	Accuracy
G3 Sun 01	vs Orl	W, 1-2	L, 1-2	Wrong, 1-2
G4 Wed 04	vs Det	W, 2-2	W, 2-2	Right, 2-2
G5 Fri 06	@ Noh	L, 2-3	W, 3-2	Wrong, 2-3
G6 Sat 07	@ Dal	L, 2-4	L, 3-3	Right, 3-3
G7 Mon 09	@ Sas	L, 2-5	L, 3-4	Right, 4-3
G8 Wed 11	vs Chi	W, 3-5	W, 4-4	Right, 5-3
G9 Fri 13	@ Lac	W, 4-5	W, 5-4	Right, 6-3
G10 Sun 15	@ Pho	L, 4-6	L, 5-5	Right, 7-3
G11 Tue 17	@ Den	L, 4-7	L, 5-6	Right, 8-3
G12 Wed 18	@ Uta	L, 4-8	L, 5-7	Right, 9-3
G13 Fri 20	vs Mia	W, 5-8	W, 6-7	Right, 10-3
G14 Sun 22	vs Orl	L, 5-9	L, 6-8	Right, 11-3
G15 Tue 24	vs Ind	W, 6-9	W, 7-8	Right, 12-3
G16 Wed 25	@ Cha	L, 6-10	L, 7-9	Right, 13-3
G17 Fri 27	@ Bos	L, 6-11	L, 7-10	Right, 14-3
G18 Sun 29	vs Pho	L, 6-12	L, 7-11	Right, 15-3
December	Opponent	Expected	Actual	Accuracy
G19 Tue 01	vs Was	W, 7-12	L, 7-12	Wrong, 15-4
G20 Wed 02	@ Atl	L, 7-13	L, 7-13	Right, 16-4

 

SUMMARY OF GAME RESULTS

1. 7-13 is the Raptors’ precise W-L Record at the 20 game mark.

2. 16-4 is an 80% accuracy rate, for this set of games, posted 1 month in advance.

3. Those who might try to suggest that what’s written here, on occasion, that pertains to the outcome of future sporting events, in terms of “Rights” and “Wrongs”, actually lacks a high degree of accuracy, might need to re-think their position, based on the facts at-hand.

At the 10 game mark, the Eastern Conference Standings looked like this:

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Eastern Conference [as of Sun Nov 15 2009]
Team	W	L	PCT	GB	CONF	DIV	HOME	ROAD	L 10	STREAK
Atlanta1	8	2	0.800	0.0	4-1	1-1	4-0	4-2	8-2	W 4
Miami2	7	2	0.778	0.5	6-1	2-0	5-2	2-0	7-2	W 1
Boston3	8	3	0.727	0.5	5-2	2-0	4-2	4-1	7-3	L 2
Milwaukee4	5	2	0.714	1.5	2-2	1-1	4-0	1-2	5-2	W 4
Cleveland5	7	3	0.700	1.0	5-3	0-1	3-2	4-1	7-3	W 4
Orlando6	7	3	0.700	1.0	6-2	1-0	4-1	3-2	7-3	W 1
Indiana7	4	3	0.571	2.5	3-2	0-0	3-2	1-1	4-3	W 4
Chicago8	5	4	0.556	2.5	4-3	2-0	4-1	1-3	5-4	W 1
Toronto	5	5	0.500	3.0	3-1	0-0	3-1	2-4	5-5	L 1
Detroit	5	5	0.500	3.0	4-3	0-1	3-2	2-3	5-5	L 1
Philadelphia	4	6	0.400	4.0	4-4	3-1	2-3	2-3	4-6	L 2
Charlotte	3	6	0.333	4.5	3-5	1-1	3-2	0-4	3-6	L 4
Washington	2	7	0.222	5.5	1-6	0-3	1-3	1-4	2-7	L 6
New York	1	9	0.100	7.0	0-7	0-1	1-6	0-3	1-9	L 6
New Jersey	0	10	0.000	8.0	0-8	0-3	0-4	0-6	0-10	L 10

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… and, this is what was written in this space pertaining to the situations for the Raptors, Wizards and Bobcats, respectively:

“It will be very interesting to see how the next 10 games play out for the Raptors … especially, now that Antawn Jamison is set to return to the line-up [Wed Nov 18 vs Cleveland] for the Wizards [2-7] and Charlotte [3-6]  acquired Stephen Jackson early today.” 

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Today, 10 games later, the EC Standings look like this:

Eastern Conference
Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB	CONF	DIV	HOME	ROAD	L 10	STREAK
Orlando1	15	4	0.789	0.0	13-3	3-1	7-2	8-2	9-1	W 4
Boston2	14	4	0.778	0.5	10-3	5-0	7-3	7-1	7-3	W 5
Cleveland3	13	5	0.722	1.5	8-5	2-1	7-2	6-3	8-2	W 2
Atlanta4	13	5	0.722	1.5	7-3	2-2	8-1	5-4	7-3	W 1
Miami5	10	7	0.588	4.0	7-5	3-2	6-5	4-2	4-6	W 1
Milwaukee6	9	8	0.529	5.0	5-4	2-1	7-2	2-6	4-6	L 1
Chicago7	7	9	0.438	6.5	5-4	3-1	5-1	2-8	3-7	W 1
Charlotte8	7	10	0.412	7.0	7-9	2-2	6-3	1-7	4-6	L 1
Washington	7	10	0.412	7.0	6-7	1-4	4-4	3-6	5-5	W 2
Indiana	6	10	0.375	7.5	4-6	0-1	4-5	2-5	3-7	L 3
Toronto	7	13	0.350	8.5	5-6	0-1	5-4	2-9	2-8	L 5
Detroit	6	12	0.333	8.5	5-5	0-3	4-4	2-8	2-8	L 1
Philadelphia	5	14	0.263	10.0	5-8	3-2	3-5	2-9	1-9	L 8
New York	4	15	0.211	11.0	2-10	1-2	2-8	2-7	3-7	L 1
New Jersey	0	18	0.000	14.5	0-11	0-4	0-7	0-11	0-10	L 18

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In the interview which Bryan Colangelo did with Eric Smith [FAN590], prior to the Raptors’ win vs the Bulls [Nov 11 2009], he said the following words:

“We’ll know what we’ve got by the end of the month.”

The Bosh Factor: Bryan Colangelo Won’t Be Patient With Early Losses

Do you think that …

Bosh lashes out over defensive collapse
Feschuk: Triano criticized by players
Raptors embarrassed in Atlanta
Cold, harsh reality
Raptors criticize Triano after Hawks blowout
Raptors point finger at coach, team pride over defensive woes

Jay Triano – Dec. 2, 2009
Chris Bosh – December 2, 2009
Jarrett Jack – December 2, 2009
Antoine Wright – December 2, 2009
Jose Calderon – Dec. 2, 2009

Bryan Colangelo now knows exactly what sort of team he has on his hands, at the moment and looking ahead to the rest of this season?

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As was first written in this space 11 days ago …

Raptors’ crunch time starts today vs Magic [Nov 22 2009]

… the sad fact is that:

The last 2 weeks have certainly PROVED to be a most interesting time in the 15 year history of the Toronto Raptors franchise.

Unfortunately, as a Raptors fan … since before the actual inception of the franchise … would it were only the case that this specific sequence of events had, in fact, NOT come to pass, at all.

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Related:

What the Raptors SHOULD do right NOW to improve their performance against High End opponents [Dec 02 2009]
Raptors half-way through their first 20 games [Nov 16 2009]
Toronto Raptors Season Preview: Games 1-20 [Oct 20 2009]
Of scorpions, frogs, GMs & faces of the franchise [Mar 25 2009]
What’s really going on here: Part II [Dec 05 2008]
Wait a second … what’s really going on here [Dec 04 2008]
Of scorpions, frogs, GMs & coaches [Apr 30 2008]
Tic toc, tic toc, tic toc … [Apr 11 2008]

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