Understanding where the Raptors are headed
As was indicated yesterday, in this space, just might be the case today, if the Raptors were to make a series of mistakes in judgment against a much-improved group of Sacramento Kings [22-43] last night …
This is what the current standings look like in the Eastern Conference:
|
2009-2010 Regular Season Standings |
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|
Eastern Conference |
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|
Team |
W |
L |
PCT |
GB |
CONF |
DIV |
HOME |
ROAD |
L 10 |
STREAK |
|
50 |
15 |
0.769 |
0.0 |
29-9 |
7-2 |
28-4 |
22-11 |
7-3 |
W 1 |
|
|
45 |
20 |
0.692 |
5.0 |
30-11 |
7-4 |
26-6 |
19-14 |
8-2 |
W 6 |
|
|
40 |
23 |
0.635 |
9.0 |
27-14 |
11-2 |
18-12 |
22-11 |
5-5 |
L 2 |
|
|
40 |
23 |
0.635 |
9.0 |
21-14 |
4-7 |
25-7 |
15-16 |
6-4 |
L 2 |
|
|
34 |
29 |
0.540 |
15.0 |
25-15 |
8-5 |
21-9 |
13-20 |
9-1 |
W 4 |
|
|
32 |
31 |
0.508 |
17.0 |
23-18 |
8-4 |
22-10 |
10-21 |
3-7 |
L 3 |
|
|
32 |
31 |
0.508 |
17.0 |
19-19 |
6-4 |
23-8 |
9-23 |
5-5 |
W 4 |
|
|
33 |
32 |
0.508 |
17.0 |
19-18 |
8-6 |
18-14 |
15-18 |
5-5 |
W 1 |
|
|
31 |
32 |
0.492 |
18.0 |
19-18 |
8-4 |
19-13 |
12-19 |
4-6 |
L 5 |
|
|
23 |
41 |
0.359 |
26.5 |
11-25 |
6-6 |
10-20 |
13-21 |
2-8 |
L 2 |
|
|
21 |
40 |
0.344 |
27.0 |
15-24 |
3-7 |
12-20 |
9-20 |
3-7 |
L 4 |
|
|
22 |
42 |
0.344 |
27.5 |
16-27 |
3-8 |
14-21 |
8-21 |
3-7 |
L 1 |
|
|
22 |
42 |
0.344 |
27.5 |
14-22 |
2-9 |
15-18 |
7-24 |
3-7 |
L 1 |
|
|
21 |
43 |
0.328 |
28.5 |
16-22 |
3-8 |
14-16 |
7-27 |
3-7 |
W 1 |
|
|
7 |
57 |
0.109 |
42.5 |
6-34 |
3-11 |
3-28 |
4-29 |
2-8 |
L 2 |
|
following Toronto’s loss and the wins by Charlotte [at Philadelphia] and Miami [vs the LA Clippers].
If the rest of the regular season schedule should, in fact, play out in a way that approximates the following results for each of these 5 contending teams:
|
Place |
No. 5 |
No. 6 |
No. 7 |
No. 8 |
No. 9 |
|
Team |
MIL |
TOR |
CHA |
MIA |
CHI |
|
W-L |
34-29 |
32-31 |
32-31 |
33-32 |
31-32 |
|
% |
.540 |
.508 |
.508 |
.508 |
.492 |
|
G 63 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
G 64 |
vs UTA,W |
@ GSW,W |
vs LAC,W |
- |
@ ORL,L |
|
G 65 |
vs IND,W |
@ POR,L |
@ ORL,L |
- |
@ MIA,L |
|
G 66 |
@ LAC,L |
vs ATL,W |
@ IND,W |
Vs CHI,W |
@ MEM,L |
|
G 67 |
@ SAC,L |
Vs OKC,W |
vs OKC,W |
Vs PHI,W |
@ DAL,L |
|
G 68 |
@ DEN,L |
@ NJN,W |
@ ATL,L |
Vs SAS,W |
vs CLE,L |
|
G 69 |
Vs ATL,W |
@ MIN,W |
@ MIA,L |
Vs ORL,L |
@ PHI,L |
|
G 70 |
Vs PHI,W |
Vs UTA,L |
@ WAS,W |
Vs CHA,W |
vs HOU,W |
|
G 71 |
Vs MIA,W |
Vs DEN,L |
vs MIN,W |
@ NJN,W |
vs MIA,W |
|
G 72 |
Vs MEM,W |
@ MIA,L |
vs WAS,W |
@ CHI,L |
vs NJN,W |
|
G 73 |
Vs LAC,W |
@ CHA,L |
vs TOR,W |
@ MIL,L |
@ DET,W |
|
G 74 |
@ CLE,L |
Vs LAC,W |
vs PHI,W |
Vs TOR,W |
vs PHO,L |
|
G 75 |
@ CHA,L |
@ PHI,L |
vs MIL,W |
@ DET,W |
@ WAS,W |
|
G 76 |
Vs PHO,W |
Vs GSW,W |
@ CHI,L |
@ IND,W |
vs CHA,W |
|
G 77 |
@ CHI,L |
@ CLE,L |
vs ATL,W |
@ MIN,W |
vs MIL,W |
|
G 78 |
Vs NJN,W |
Vs BOS,L |
@ NOH,W |
Vs PHI,W |
vs CLE,L |
|
G 79 |
@ PHI,W |
@ ATL,L |
@ HOU,W |
Vs DET,W |
@ NJN,W |
|
G 80 |
Vs BOS,L |
Vs CHI,W |
vs DET,W |
@ NYK,W |
@ TOR,L |
|
G 81 |
Vs ATL,W |
@ DET,W |
@ NJN,W |
@ PHI,W |
vs BOS,L |
|
G 82 |
@ BOS,L |
Vs NYK,W |
vs CHI,W |
Vs NJN,W |
@ CHA,L |
|
Streak |
11-8 |
10-9 |
15-4 |
14-3 |
8-11 |
|
W-L |
45-37 |
42-40 |
47-35 |
47-35 |
39-43 |
|
% |
.415 |
.488 |
.561 |
.524 |
.500 |
|
Place |
7th |
8th |
5th |
6th |
9th |
there is now a fairly good possibility that the 8th and final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference will only be determined by the outcomes of the last 3 games for the Raptors and the Bulls.
Given the complete overhaul of their roster which the Raptors made last summer:
- Trading for Reggie Evans [#1]
- Selecting DeMar DeRozan [#2], No. 9 [overall] in the 2009 NBA Draft
- Signing Jarrett Jack [#3], as a restricted free agent
- Trading for Amir Johnson [#4] and Sonny Weems [#5]
- Trading for Marco Belinelli [#6]
- Trading for Hedo Turkoglu [#7] and Antoine Wright [#8]
in hopes of significantly upgrading the talent level of the players around Chris Bosh, Jose Calderon and Andrea Bargnani, it is difficult to believe that this is the type of final result which Toronto’s basketball braintrust was expecting from this season.
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