Thought this should have it's own thread for reference though there is already some discussion in the optimism thread on it. Click to enlarge.
Notables: Easy start, easy finish 9 of 14 games @ home to start, Utah, Clips and Spurs being the standouts, no other contenders or close to contenders. Nov 22 through Dec 19: "the month of roadies" 12 of 15 on the road & 2 B2Bs. Jan 18 to Jan 25: 5 games all on the road within 7 days, far distances & 1 B2B. Mar 21 to Mar 30: 6 game roadie but mostly an Eastern beatdown session. Then it's home for the last 8 games 6 @ Staples, with only 1 game (GSW) being a good contention-type matchup. Some big games: Oct. 22 @LAC Nov. 13 vs. GSW Nov. 27 @NOP Feb. 23 vs. BOS March 12 vs. HOU Jan 26 vs. 76rs My big thing to watch for this season is if Vogel & Co can get our (playoff) squad out to big leads early so we can bring in the 2nd unit and scrubs to burn the minutes our playoff squad does not need to.
Clips will be minus George (shoulder) more worried about Utah. Spurs, always a danger but I think it's a return to the spankin' the Spurs days.
Excellent schedule. We won the lottery this season. It’s going to help so much if we can get off to a good start
We could win every of these games...but we can also lose some of these games... chances of everything going in our favor is very small. I'd be very happy if we can manage an 8-2 start. I'd also be ok with 7-3... 6-4 is the minimum requirement from me. Anything below raises a few red flags.
There is no way to be worse than 6-4. 7-3 is realistic and I’d be perfectly happy with that while the team is gelling. 8-2 would be amazing, but I am not expecting that.
Very favorable schedule on the front and back end. Was expecting a much more difficult schedule. Another nice little nugget...
NBA must have been feeling sorry for our puny Lakers team having to be in the same city competing against the juggler knot Clippers.
