Also looks like the Mavs, Kings, and Clippers all play bottom feeders this entire week. :rolleyes: Pelicans need a perfect road trip for any chance to gain ground.
Hypothetically speaking, let's say the Pels go 3-1 on this roadtrip and 1-2 in the following games against OKC, Milwaukee, and Boston we would have 45 wins with 8 games remaining.
I think we could get 5 wins in those games (Suns twice, Magic, Spurs, Blazers, Kings, Warriors, and Lakers) and 50 wins would definitely keep us out the play in and would almost certainly at least lock up the 5 seed at worst
It would be quite possible that both the Warriors and Lakers would be resting players in those last two games if they know they are going to be in the play-in anyway as they wouldn't really have a break. There is only one day of rest after the last game of the regular season before the play-in so it is almost certain that the Lakers, at least, would want to have that extra day of rest for Lebron and AD