Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Game 41 - Um....

...so much for the team that "plays much better on the road"...

Margin of loss on this road trip:
LAC - 13 (in OT!!)
PHX - 24
SAC - 34

The Nets have just lost 7 of 8 after winning 7 of 8.

Sum of point differential in winning 7 of 8:
+9 (Avg margin of victory - 1.2)

Sum of point differential in losing 7 of 8:
-117 (Avg margin of loss - 14.7)

Losing streaks in the JKidd era:

Lost 6 or more Longest losing streak Losing record?
2002 0 4 N
2003 0 4 N
2004 0 5 N
2005 1 9 (with Jkidd out) N
2006 0 4 N
2007 1 6 N (.500)
2008 2 6 (so far) ???

The Nets are now 9-9 on the road, facing Golden State (25-18, 11-8 at home, 6-4 last 10) and Denver (24-16, 17-5 at home, 6-4 last 10) next before Minnesota, a team that has managed only 6 victories all season, 4 of them at home, and now on a 2-8 skein.

They will come back for ONE game vs Milwaukee who, bad as they are playing, could have a better record than the Nets on that date.

OH - did I mention? ONE HALF OF THE SEASON IS OVER, and the Nets are 5 games UNDER .500.

2002 +15
2003 +15
2004 +1 (which got Scott fired that day)
2005 -11 (with JKidd out most of the first half, and this is with that 9 game losing streak)
2006 +3
2007 -1
2008 -5

Finally I heard an announcer on the radio (Tony Paige) speculate about Frank's job status.

Ya think?

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