Playoff Push: Part 2

Now that the trade deadline is over and there are not as many injuries this time a year (look it up) the teams making that finial playoff push are set. So I’ll give you a game by game look at each teams schedule to see what each team’s finial record should be. I’ll start with the East.

Milwaukee (28-32, 8th) Milwaukee has an average schedule and should finish 8-14. That will put that at 36-46 not enough to make it this year.

Chicago (26-32, 9th) No team added more talent at the trade dead line then did Chicago, but they didn’t upgrade their coach and should finish 13-11. That will put that at 39-43 which would have got them in no problem last season.

New Jersey (26-32, 10th) The Nets have been hot and cold lately, but they seem closer to the hot side right now. They should finish 8-16 which will put them at 34-48 disappointing after a really good start to the season.

New York (24-33, 11th) The Knicks tried to make some trades to make their team better and even though I do like Chris Wilcox, Larry Hughes is just not getting it done. They should finish with a record of 10-15 and they will end up at 34-48. At least they didn’t do worse then Jersey, but still not enough.

Indiana (25-35, 12th) The Pacers just can’t get away from the injuries this season I have to say though Marquis Daniels is playing much better then I ever thought he would in this league, but the injuries it will hurt them to the tune of 9-13 and they’ll end up 34-48, seems like a popular record.

Charlotte (23-35, 13th) They can’t score they’ve never been able to score and if they don’t fix that they’ll never be any good. They have been playing good defense all year and Larry Brown teams usually play their best this time a year so they should finish at 16-8 and overall 39-43. The Bobcats will own the tiebreaker with the Bulls which would give them the right to lose to Cleveland or Boston this year.

Toronto (23-36, 14th) They’re just not as good as they should be and I still just can’t figure out why, but they’re going nowhere fast. They should finish the season at 9-14 and they’ll finish up at 32-50. Not the worse record in the world, but really bad compared to making the playoffs easy last year.

Well there you have it the Bobcats will make the playoffs this year for the first time just beating out the Bulls for the 8th and finial spot.

Tune in next time when I’ll tell you the seeding for both the East and the West.