Tales from the front office

[daltontr]

2022-2023 SEASON - JANUARY

Injuries, injuries, injuries. Kyrie Irving, Zach LaVine, Rui Hachimura and Daniel Gafford were all injured at some point during the month of January and that definitely had a detrimental impact on our success. However, despite all the injuries we managed a 9-6 record and are on pace to have our best regular season since I took over as GM. I'm confident we will get that fifty win season I've been looking for.

JANUARY SCHEDULE

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    GAME   |  SCORE  | W-L |
 DEN @ CHI | 118-99  |  L  |
 TOR @ CHI | 102-92  |  L  |
 CHI @ DAL | 121-116 |  W  |
 CHI @ IND | 121-114 |  W  |
 HOU @ CHI | 110-125 |  W  |
 CHI @ BKN |  99-93  |  W  |
 MIL @ CHI | 108-132 |  W  |
 ATL @ CHI | 130-109 |  L  |
 SAC @ CHI | 110-125 |  W  |
 CHI @ CHA |  96-115 |  L  |
 CHI @ NOP |  91-107 |  L  |
 CHI @ BOS | 111-100 |  W  |
 GSW @ CHI | 127-134 |  W  |
 CLE @ CHI | 101-103 |  W  |
 CHI @ DEN |  93-115 |  L  |

RECORD     W-L
OVERALL | 34-17 |
MONTH   |  9-6  |

CONFERENCE STANDINGS

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  EASTERN | WESTERN
ATL 37-14 | POR 34-17
CHI 34-17 | PHO 32-20
CHA 34-17 | UTA 33-21
BOS 31-17 | SAC 31-20
ORL 32-18 | MEM 29-21
MIL 28-21 | LAL 29-21
PHI 29-23 | DEN 29-22
TOR 24-25 | NOP 28-22
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IND 23-29 | GSW 27-23
DET 21-29 | LAC 26-24
MIA 17-33 | OKC 25-26
NYK 14-38 | DAL 25-27
CLE 13-36 | MIN 23-27
BKN  9-43 | HOU 19-30
WAS  8-42 | SAS 16-37

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2022-2023 SEASON - FEBRUARY

More injuries, with Derrick Favors, DeAndre Jordan and Marcus Donovan missing significant time. Donovan's injury was a little more serious, as he won't return until mid-April at the earliest, due to a broken arm.

FEBRUARY SCHEDULE

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    GAME   |  SCORE  | W-L |
 CHI @ LAC | 100-111 |  L  |
 CHI @ LAL | 109-132 |  L  |
 UTA @ CHI | 102-97  |  L  |
 WAS @ CHI |  95-121 |  W  |
 MIA @ CHI |  99-120 |  W  |
 TOR @ CHI | 105-111 |  W  |
 BOS @ CHI | 111-123 |  W  |
 CHI @ UTA | 112-102 |  W  |
 CHI @ PHI | 102-86  |  W  |
 CHI @ ORL |  86-89  |  L  |

RECORD     W-L
OVERALL | 40-21 |
MONTH   |  6-4  |

CONFERENCE STANDINGS

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  EASTERN | WESTERN
CHA 45-17 | UTA 42-22
ATL 43-18 | PHO 41-22
CHI 40-21 | POR 39-24
BOS 37-22 | LAL 37-24
ORL 36-26 | NOP 36-26
PHI 34-28 | MEM 34-26
MIL 33-28 | SAC 35-27
TOR 31-29 | DEN 33-28
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IND 27-35 | OKC 33-28
DET 24-26 | GSW 31-29
MIA 23-38 | LAC 31-29
NYK 19-44 | MIN 30-31
CLE 17-44 | DAL 29-33
BKN 11-51 | HOU 21-40
WAS 11-51 | SAS 18-44

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[daltontr]

2022-2023 SEASON - MARCH

Pretty much injury free for the month of March and if not for losing three of the last four games, we would have reached our goal of fifty wins. However, with six games remaining on the schedule, I'm certain we will easily reach our goal, which is great, but this is one of those years where you know your better, but so is your competition.

DEPTH CHART

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PLAYER             | POS |  MPG  |  PPG  |  APG  |  RPG  |
Kyrie Irving       |  PG |  34.9 |  28.1 |  6.8  |  4.7  |
Zach Lavine        |  SG |  34.5 |  16.9 |  4.8  |  4.5  |
Rui Hachimura      |  SF |  34.2 |  13.9 |  3.7  |  6.5  |
Jimmy Dixon        |  PF |  34.0 |  13.3 |  1.9  |  6.3  | 
Jason Robertson    |  C  |  33.3 |  18.1 |  1.3  |  10.4 |

BENCH

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PLAYER             | POS |  MPG  |  PPG  |  APG  |  RPG  |
Derrick Favors     |  C  |  21.0 |  7.4  |  0.9  |  5.5  |
Cedi Osman         |  SF |  21.2 |  7.5  |  2.4  |  3.2  |
DeAndre Jordan     |  C  |   9.1 |  2.5  |  0.6  |  3.7  |
Daniel Gafford     |  PF |   6.2 |  2.4  |  0.3  |  1.3  |
Pat Connaughton    |  SG |  15.7 |  3.1  |  1.0  |  2.4  |
Issac Humphries    |  C  |   3.5 |  1.4  |  0.1  |  0.9  |
Wade Baldwin IV    |  PG |   8.3 |  3.3  |  1.2  |  0.7  |
Davis Bertans      |  PF |   9.1 |  3.5  |  0.3  |  1.0  |
Marcus Donovan     |  PG |  13.7 |  7.3  |  2.4  |  1.4  |

INJURIES
Marcus Donovan     | Out 15 Days (Broken Arm) Projected Return 4/16/23

MARCH SCHEDULE

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    GAME   |  SCORE  | W-L |
 DAL @ CHI | 101-123 |  W  |
 NYK @ CHI |  93-117 |  W  |
 MEM @ CHI | 111-125 |  W  |
 CHI @ MIL | 110-113 |  L  |
 CHI @ CHA | 102-120 |  L  |
 LAC @ CHI |  89-115 |  W  |
 CHI @ MEM | 108-100 |  W  |
 DET @ CHI | 127-116 |  L  |
 CHI @ BKN | 115-101 |  W  |
 OKC @ CHI | 102-119 |  W  |
 CLE @ CHI | 139-147 |  W  |
 CHI @ MIL | 103-106 |  L  |
 CHI @ HOU | 127-109 |  W  |
 CHI @ ATL | 117-130 |  L  |
 CHI @ MIA |  96-115 |  L  |

RECORD     W-L
OVERALL | 49-27 |
MONTH   |  9-6  |

CONFERENCE STANDINGS

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  EASTERN | WESTERN
ATL 57-20 | UTA 50-27
CHA 54-22 | PHO 50-27
CHI 49-27 | LAL 48-29
ORL 49-28 | NOP 46-30
BOS 43-32 | POR 46-31
MIL 41-35 | SAC 43-33
TOR 40-36 | MEM 41-35
PHI 39-37 | OKC 41-35
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IND 34-42 | DEN 40-36
MIA 32-43 | LAC 40-36
CLE 30-46 | MIN 36-40
DET 27-49 | GSW 35-40
NYK 20-56 | DAL 32-44
WAS 18-58 | HOU 25-51
BKN 14-64 | SAS 22-54

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[daltontr]

2022-2023 SEASON - APRIL

A six game winning streak is never a bad way to end a season and we finally reached our goal of fifty wins with a 55-27 record! Unfortunately, 55 wins is only good enough to get you seeded 3rd in the Eastern Conference playoffs, where we will face off against the Toronto Raptors in the first round. We are injury free, with the exception of Marcus Donovan, but he will be available for game two against Toronto.

Okay, the fifty win goal is in the bag, now let's go get that third consecutive NBA Title!

APRIL SCHEDULE

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    GAME   |  SCORE  | W-L |
 WAS @ CHI |  94-120 |  W  |
 ORL @ CHI | 126-131 |  W  |
 CHI @ NYK | 122-101 |  W  |
 PHI @ CHI |  93-103 |  W  |
 CHI @ PHI | 112-98  |  W  |
 MIL @ CHI |  99-107 |  W  |

RECORD     W-L
OVERALL | 55-27 |
MONTH   |  6-0  |

CONFERENCE STANDINGS

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  EASTERN | WESTERN
ATL 60-22 | PHO 54-28
CHA 59-23 | UTA 53-29
CHI 55-27 | LAL 50-32
ORL 53-29 | NOP 50-32
BOS 45-37 | POR 49-33
TOR 43-39 | OKC 45-37
MIL 43-39 | SAC 44-38
PHI 40-42 | DEN 43-39
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IND 37-45 | MEM 42-40
MIA 35-47 | LAC 42-40
CLE 33-49 | GSW 41-41
DET 29-53 | MIN 39-43
NYK 23-59 | DAL 35-47
WAS 19-63 | HOU 28-54
BKN 17-65 | SAS 24-58

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2022-2023 PLAYOFFS - FIRST ROUND (GAME #1)

1st RD / GAME 1 (United Center)

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      Q1   Q2   Q3   Q4   OT    F
TOR | 23 | 30 | 20 | 23 | -- |  96
CHI | 25 | 23 | 32 | 38 | -- | 118 


PLAYOFF RESULTS

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        EASTERN | WESTERN
(1) ATL 129 (1) | (1) PHO 117 (1)
(8) PHI 115 (0) | (8) DEN 108 (0)

(4) ORL 127 (1) | (4) NOP 117 (1)
(5) BOS 120 (0) | (5) POR 109 (0)

(3) CHI 118 (1) | (3) LAL 127 (1)
(6) TOR  96 (0) | (6) OKC 106 (0)

(2) CHA 123 (1) | (2) UTA  92 (1)
(7) MIL  96 (0) | (7) SAC  77 (0)


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2022-2023 PLAYOFFS - FIRST ROUND (GAME #2)

1st RD / GAME 2 (United Center)

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      Q1   Q2   Q3   Q4   OT    F
TOR | 22 | 33 | 33 | 28 | -- | 116
CHI | 22 | 30 | 37 | 22 | -- | 111 


PLAYOFF RESULTS

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        EASTERN | WESTERN
(1) ATL 114 (2) | (1) PHO 129 (2)
(8) PHI 100 (0) | (8) DEN 119 (0)

(4) ORL 112 (2) | (4) NOP 107 (2)
(5) BOS  73 (0) | (5) POR 100 (1)

(3) CHI 111 (1) | (3) LAL 111 (2)
(6) TOR 116 (1) | (6) OKC  90 (0)

(2) CHA 114 (2) | (2) UTA 103 (1)
(7) MIL  82 (0) | (7) SAC 106 (1)


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2022-2023 PLAYOFFS - FIRST ROUND (GAME #3)

1st RD / GAME 3 (Scotiabank Arena)

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      Q1   Q2   Q3   Q4   OT    F
CHI | 22 | 26 | 26 | 30 | -- | 104
TOR | 23 | 19 | 29 | 25 | -- |  96 


PLAYOFF RESULTS

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        EASTERN | WESTERN
(1) ATL 121 (3) | (1) PHO 140 (3)
(8) PHI 116 (0) | (8) DEN 127 (0)

(4) ORL 110 (2) | (4) NOP  98 (2)
(5) BOS 123 (1) | (5) POR 108 (1)

(3) CHI 104 (2) | (3) LAL  89 (2)
(6) TOR  96 (1) | (6) OKC 111 (2)

(2) CHA 109 (3) | (2) UTA  91 (1)
(7) MIL  94 (0) | (7) SAC 100 (2)


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2022-2023 PLAYOFFS - FIRST ROUND (GAME #4)

1st RD / GAME 4 (Scotiabank Arena)

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      Q1   Q2   Q3   Q4   OT    F
CHI | 35 | 21 | 30 | 24 | -- | 110
TOR | 26 | 25 | 15 | 23 | -- |  89 


PLAYOFF RESULTS

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        EASTERN | WESTERN
(1) ATL 112 (4) | (1) PHO 119 (3)
(8) PHI 100 (0) | (8) DEN 122 (1)

(4) ORL 110 (2) | (4) NOP  93 (2)
(5) BOS 118 (2) | (5) POR 102 (2)

(3) CHI 110 (3) | (3) LAL  97 (2)
(6) TOR  89 (1) | (6) OKC 107 (2)

(2) CHA  94 (4) | (2) UTA 113 (2)
(7) MIL  80 (0) | (7) SAC  87 (2)


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2022-2023 PLAYOFFS - FIRST ROUND (GAME #5)

1st RD / GAME 5 (United Center)

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      Q1   Q2   Q3   Q4   OT    F
TOR | 35 | 21 | 30 | 24 | -- |  78
CHI | 26 | 25 | 15 | 23 | -- |  95 


PLAYOFF RESULTS

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        EASTERN | WESTERN
(1) ATL     (4) | (1) PHO 127 (4)
(8) PHI     (0) | (8) DEN 100 (1)

(4) ORL 114 (2) | (4) NOP  94 (2)
(5) BOS 123 (3) | (5) POR 104 (3)

(3) CHI  95 (4) | (3) LAL 119 (3)
(6) TOR  78 (1) | (6) OKC 115 (2)

(2) CHA     (4) | (2) UTA 103 (3)
(7) MIL     (0) | (7) SAC  91 (2)


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2022-2023 PLAYOFFS - FIRST ROUND (GAME #6)

PLAYOFF RESULTS

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        EASTERN | WESTERN
(1) ATL     (4) | (1) PHO     (4)
(8) PHI     (0) | (8) DEN     (1)

(4) ORL  88 (2) | (4) NOP 119 (3)
(5) BOS  99 (4) | (5) POR 105 (3)

(3) CHI     (4) | (3) LAL 104 (3)
(6) TOR     (1) | (6) OKC 112 (3)

(2) CHA     (4) | (2) UTA 112 (4)
(7) MIL     (0) | (7) SAC  94 (2)


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