Dick Motta’s 10 game set

[SleepingHero]

5-5 in the first ten game set. Already lost against GSW but the next 9 games look like this:

@UTA
vs. SAS
@OKC
vs. NOP
@DEN
@MIA
@ATL
vs. NYK
@UTA

The 3 games vs. the Spurs and Utah are must wins. Pelicans are extremely banged up and should be a must win. So my bare minimum over the next 10 games has to be 4 wins. Atlanta *should* be an easy game based on how they are constructed, but they do have Dyson Daniels who is a top 3 Luka defender in the league imo.

My optimistic stance is 7-3. Pessimistic stance is 5-5.

@UTA
vs. SAS
@OKC
vs. NOP
@DEN
@MIA
@ATL
vs. NYK
@UTA

Mavs managed to hit that 7-3 optimism benchmark I had, except they did it in the weirdest fashion. Beating OKC, DEN, and NYK without Luka and the majority of the rotation is an insane feat. And they were a couple of shots away from being 8-2 in this stretch, and on an 9 game winning streak. Team is clicking. Now to get healthy.

Next 10 game set is as follows: 
@POR
vs. MEM
@WAS
@TOR
vs. LAC
vs. LAC
vs. POR
vs. MIN
@PHX
@POR

They've already beaten Portland to start off this 10 game set. The PHX+POR games are going to be a back to back as well. The baseball style series with the Clippers is going to be hard, but it'd be in the midst of a 4 game homestand.
My super optimistic stance is 8-2, with loses to 1 of the LAC games and probably PHX. My negative nelly stance is 6-4.