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Originally Posted by frankinho
Nice read. Where is this 18 NBA roster attainable?  |
Thanks! Look in the DDSPB 2019 Mods forum - the NBA Mod thread there.
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The Raptors have come a long way since their sluggish start and are just 4 games under .500 when they come to DC. They leave 5 under. Shooting efficiency continues to be a problem, even though
John Wall and
Robert Covington both scored 21. IMO
JaMychal Green got jobbed - 13 points, 15 boards, a steal, and a block on great shooting should have earned him PotG honors over Wall. Imagine my shock when we stun Indiana by 7. I'll just post the box score for that one:
Massive victory to show we can hang with the best in the East.
Even better, the Pacers do us the favor of thoroughly humiliating the Bucks the next night.
John Wall scores 38 of our 97 points and that's enough to beat the Heat by 10 in a grindfest.
Jeremy Lin fouls out after just 11 minutes of play, which allows a massive 13 point upset of the Pelicans in New Orleans!
Evan Fournier goes off for 37 points and
Mo Bamba cobbles together a 10 point, 12 rebound, 2 steal, 1 block outing. Off the bench,
D.J. Augustin scores 16 and
Robert Covington chips in 11. And of course we follow that up by losing on the back end in Miami the next night, snapping our win streak at 4.
Then we lose to the suddenly 36-33 Timberwolves on our own turf. Guess they were right not to trade me
Jimmy Buckets, who has somehow found co-existence with
KAT. 40 wins continue to elude us, our third straight loss coming in Boston. Make that 4 Ls, as we can't reprise the Indiana miracle. From 4-0 March opening to 4-4. We've gone from lion to lamb.
Evan Fournier's 32 points,
John Wall's 21/9/3 line,
Robert Covington's 20 bench points, and
Mohamed Bamba's 10 points, 13 rebounds, 3 blocks, and 3 steals just get us over the line in a 4 point nail-biter in San Antonio to staunch the bleeding. We take advantage of the chance to put the Nuggets under .500 on the back of
John Wall's 40 points, 10 assists, and 7 rebounds.
JaMychal Green bulls his way to 23 points and 12 boards, and
Ed Davis is a bench hero with 10 points, 10 boards, and 3 blocks in a 3 point thriller.
With the Bucks losing at home to San Antonio and us taking care of business against the Knicks on
John Wall's 27 points, 12 assists, 8 rebounds, 2 blocks, and a steal;
JaMychal Green's 24 points and 8 points; and
Mohamed Bamba's finest Wizards hour - 21 points, 19 rebounds, and 4 blocks while forcing Enes Kanter into a 3 of 13 night, we're officially tied for the HCA seed!!!!
Ricky Rubio scores 29 out of nowhere,
D.J. Augustin is a perfect 6/6, 3/3 for 17 bench points, and 6 of
Robert Covington's 11 shots (all from 3 point range), drop in 18 of his own sub step-in scores as we edge the Spurs in the nation's capital. Bucks lose out in LA to the Clippers, and we've pulled a game ahead!
Make that 2 games as Golden State beats down Milwaukee on the continued West swing, whilst we down Detroit in Motown. 19/11 with 4 blocks for
John Wall, 10/9 with 5 blocks for
Mohamed Bamba, an ugly 18 and 10 for
Evan Fournier, and
Robert Covington lighting it up from the bench for 17. The margin's 2.5, the Bucks 0-3 after losing to the Lakers. And it takes every damn last one of
John Wall's 26 points, 12 assists, 7 rebounds, 2 steals, and 4 blocks to nip the Hornets by a single effing point on our own court. 11 and 13 second string points respectively from
Robert Covington and
Kelly Oubre Jr, too.
10-4 March means we're not only up by 3 in the HCA race for the 4v5 game, but we clinched the sucky Southeast a few games ago.
We're also 5 games back of the #3 seed 76ers with 6 games left to play. Very small margin there, but we've managed to at least give ourselves a faint, faint hope of being a Top 3 team in the East. 45-31 never looked so pretty.
Okay, so
John Wall has been with this team his whole career. He came aboard in 2010-11. Three years of suckitude, then 2013-14 started a run of 5 straight winning seasons (bar a 41-41 record in the middle). Never reached 50 - the high was 49 a couple years ago (where they lost in the second round). 2014-15 was the second highest at 46 wins, and 1-5 during the last frame would tie that (also a second round playoff exit, as was the 44-38 campaign the year before). In fact,
you have to go all the way back to the late '70s to find a 50 win Washington team, the year they lost in the Finals and failed to defend the title won by a 44-38 squad). That 1977-78 team is still the lone NBA championship in franchise history.
We'd have to go 5-1 to do it (and probably still end up with a second round loss at best), but we could be the first 50 win DC team in 40 years.
28 and 11 from
John Wall, 15 and 14 bench points from
D.J. Augustin and
Robert Covington, and 11 bench boards by
Ed Davis equals a 4 point win in Chitown. Milwaukee finally gets a road win on their West trip, dropping Denver. Charlotte does us a solid by blowing out Philly. But then the 76ers win to shut out the pipe dream, Milwaukee upsets Boston, aaaand we come out on top in Houston. Thanks,
Evan Fournier (32 points),
JaMychal Green (23 points, 7 rebounds), and
D.J. Augustin (12 bench points).
How the (expletive) do we keep losing to sorry ass Cleveland?!?! I swear, like half their wins have come from us. Bucks handle Brooklyn easily. Lead cut to 2 games. 3 left to play. We need to win out to reach 50 now.
Ugly 3 point win vs the Hawks, but I'll take it. 24 points, 16 rebounds by
JaMychal Green, 27 points, 13 assists, 3 steals by
John Wall, and 12 bench points from
Robert Covington. Bucks over Knicks. 2 to play.
Milwaukee keeps the pressure on by beating Orlando and of course we get ramshambeaued by Boston on our home court. Bye, bye 50 wins. 1 game lead. 1 left to play.
We promptly get our asses handed to us by the Magic, but the 76ers of all teams bail us out by shutting down the Bucks in Philly.
East Playoff Seeding
1. Indiana Pacers (62-20)
2. Boston Celtics (62-20)
3. Philadelphia 76ers (55-27)
4. Washington Wizards (48-34)
5. Milwaukee Bucks (47-35)
6. Atlanta Hawks (37-45)
7. Orlando Magic (35-47)
8. Toronto Raptors (34-48)
Gee, you think the East sucked hobbit snot this year? JHRC.
West Playoff Seeding
1. Golden State Warriors (72-10)
2. New Orleans Pelicans (56-26)
3. Oklahoma City Thunder (54-28)
4. Los Angeles Lakers (54-28)
5. San Antonio Spurs (50-32)
6. Minnesota Timberwolves (46-36) (Should have traded us Jimmy, damn it)
7. Los Angeles Clippers (45-37)
8. Houston Rockets (44-38)