TORONTO RAPTORS
BEST HOME WINNING PERCENTAGE
2009-10 .769 (20-6)
2006-07 .732 (30-11) *
2000-01 .659 (27-14) *
1999-00 .634 (26-15) *
2007-08 .610 (25-16) *
2001-02 .585 (24-17) *
*made playoffs
W-L AFTER FIRST 20 GAMES OF THE SEASON
1. CLE 27-6
2. LAL 24-10
3. TOR 22-10
4. UTA 20-11
T5. DEN 20-12
T5. OKC 20-12
Other records of note:
CHI 18-12
BOS 16-14
PHX 16-17
DISCUSSION
- The Raptors were 9 games back of Boston after the first quarter of the season. They're now 4 games back
- Schedules matter... yes, the Raptors are beating good and bad teams of late, but playing bad teams helps build your confidence, as opposed to continually playing good teams (which hurts it)... for further evidence of this point, see the record of the Suns, who had a creampuff schedule early on, and have crashed back to earth
5 comments:
Schedule Matters!
A very salient point I have been thinking about lately. Yes the Raptors are playing well right now but they have also had the 6th easiest schedule in the last 25% of their games(from John Hollinger's Power Rankings). If the Raptors take a Suns like dive in March when the schedule gets tougher are people going to assume this team is now underachieving? Currently I would think that the team is playing to their abilities but the schedule has been soft for an extended period of time. It will be interesting to see if the team does start to struggle whether people begin to wonder if the team "lost a step"; while they are likely still playing at the same level, only against tougher competition.
your second list makes no sense, that or i'm the one not makin' any sense
Suns didn't have a "creampuff" schedule early on. 10 road games in first month of season alone, many against good teams, and with three back-to-backs.
Jaime
Someone correct me if i'm wrong but I believe the list is indicating team records ignoring the first 20 games of the season.
Farkas,
Thanks for clearing that up. Like Jaime, I didn't understand that stat either. The Raptors have played 52 games up to the all-star break.
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