2025 Play-In Watch (Insert Vince Carter, It’s Over, meme)

[Split T]

Right now, the 10th seed is right at .500. I think the suns need to get to 41(edited to 39) wins minimum to make the play-in. That means 15-12(I’ve edited to 13-14) over the final 27 games. Here are what I see as the 15(13) most winnable games:

@Chicago 2/22 Win 121-117
@Toronto 2/23Loss 127-109
Home vs Pelicans 2/27Loss 124-116
Home vs Pelicans 2/28Win 125-108
Home vs Minny 3/2Loss 116-98
Home vs LAC 3/4Win 119-117
@Dallas 3/9Win 125-116
Home vs Kings 3/14Win 122-106
Home vs Toronto 3/17Win 129-89
Home vs Chicago 3/19Win 127-121
Home vs Bucks 3/24Win 1108-106
Home vs Houston 3/30Loss 148-109
Home vs Warriors 4/8
Home vs Spurs 4/11
@Kings 4/13

We obviously won’t win all of those, but those are the ones I’m watching. For every game on that list that we lose, we have to win one of the following:

@Memphis 2/25Loss 151-148
@Denver 3/7Loss 149-141
@Memphis 3/10Loss 120-118
@Houston 3/12Loss 111-104
@LAL 3/16 Loss 107-96
Home vs Cavs 3/21Win 123-114
Home vs Boston 3/26Loss 132-102
@Minny 3/28Loss 124-109
@Bucks 4/1Loss 133-123
@Boston 4/4Loss 123-103
@Knicks 4/6Loss 112-98
Home vs Thunder 4/9

Also make your prediction on what we finish record wise, I’ll go:

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My guess is we go 11-16 and finish 37-45.

[Mori Chu]

Nice thread. Here's my prediction for the final 27 games:

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9-18. We will finish 13th in the West, ahead of only Utah and New Orleans.

[JJ Slim]

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6-21

[TOO]

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0-27

[Cap]

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-3 and 30

[TOO]

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-3 and 30

I like your thinking.

[Split T]

Cap and TOO already eliminated…now we need to go 14-12

[Cap]

I’m not eliminated, we just have to go -4 and 30 the rest of the way.

[Mori Chu]

The man has a point.

[Cap]

[Mori Chu]

I don't know if I am going to "consume mass quantities" of Suns games the rest of the year.

[LazarusLong]

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8-18

(late to the party, this is post Chicago win)

[Superbone]

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I will stupidly predict 12-14. Realistically based on what we've seen thus far and strength of schedule: 7-19 (if we're lucky.)

[Split T]

And we lose one of the 15 we needed to win, so I’ve moved @Bucks to the must win group.

[Split T]

Still need 14 more wins…almost stole a win against a team we shouldn’t have beaten. B2B home games against the Pels the next two nights…2 must win games if we want to pretend we still got a shot.

[Cap]

Does it matter? Are we going to look back fondly on this season if we make the play in?

[Superbone]

Does it matter? Are we going to look back fondly on this season if we make the play in?

I'm sure we'll be talking about it for years to come.

[Cap]

Does it matter? Are we going to look back fondly on this season if we make the play in?

I'm sure we'll be talking about it for years to come.

That’s actually true.

[Charlie Smithy!]

Not if we all get Alzheimer's

[TOO]

Not if we all get Alzheimer's

Again?