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    Which team would be a worse matchup in the second round the rockets or the clippers I could also see the jazz facing us in the second round but I wouldn't mind that

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    Rather face the Rockets: 1 better matchup for Spurs 2: less travel 3: good prep for Dubs in the WCF.

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    Hasn't this question already been asked earlier this season? I thought a similar thread was started already?

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    lol Clippers..not even close..they are like 4-4 in their last 8 games against us on our in home court..Watch them obliterate us again without Blake on Thursday ..

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    Clippers won't get past round one, unless they play the Thunder. Rockets and Grizzlies are better.

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    Avoid Clippers. They kill us. Would rather play the Rockets, who are a tough-ass regular season matchup but might be easier to gameplan in a seven game series.

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    The Clippers answer is obvious, however, this Rockets team is actually very good. They shoot light out from 3 - better than even GS and their offense is so good ( 2nd in eFG% and TS% ) it'd be demanding of the Spurs to score at a very high rate consistently, which they haven't always been able to this season. On top of this they're surprisingly good rebounding the ball and their defense is better than you might think - 14th best in DefRtg, which is better than the Cavs currently.

    Spurs play them next so they'll get a taste of their 50 threes per game. Hopefully Pop won't switch bigs on Harden all the time like in the last meetings.

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    Avoid Clippers. They kill us. Would rather play the Rockets, who are a tough-ass regular season matchup but might be easier to gameplan in a seven game series.
    This. I trust D'Antoni to get out coached by Pop in the playoffs. He always has before.

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    Rockets and Jazz are better teams, but SAS seems to be the only team that can not defend the cp3 / Blake pnr, so ..

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    Rockets are easier to beat, but we could lose to both of them in the PO

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    Don't forget the Jazz ! The french connection Diaw and Gobert is terrible actually. With a lot of injuries I think they play very fine with a very good defense !!
    R Gobert > M Gasol >> P Gasol

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    R Gobert > M Gasol >> P Gasol
    not yet ... Marc Gasol is a beast this season ... Gobert is too limited offensively to put him above Marc Gasol right now.

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    not yet ... Marc Gasol is a beast this season ... Gobert is too limited offensively to put him above Marc Gasol right now.
    Except yesterday !!

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    Except yesterday !!
    you are right in that regard

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    Rockets is easier to beat than the clippers..it seems all clippers players can't miss everytime they play against us..gone are the days when we were dominating them..

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    Spurs play them next so they'll get a taste of their 50 threes per game. Hopefully Pop won't switch bigs on Harden all the time like in the last meetings.
    It's not a bad strategy actually if it makes him become single minded on scoring rather than orchestrating the 3pt bombing offense.

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    Until the Spurs show they can defend the CP3/Blake high PNR and also the double screen set above the 3pt line, I want no part of the Clips.

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    Avoid the rockets. Gordon's on pace to obliterate Curry's 3 record.

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    Avoid the rockets. Gordon's on pace to obliterate Curry's 3 record.
    Its funny that 4years ago were dominating the clippers and all Spurs fans here in spurstalk always say the clippers are choke artist in the playoffs!! But now all of a sudden they are scared of the clippers?!
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    Until the Spurs show they can defend the CP3/Blake high PNR and also the double screen set above the 3pt line, I want no part of the Clips.
    TBH

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    Both are bad match ups. Spurs will struggle in all home games going into "scoring.exe has crashed" mode.

    Clippers will chuck and make long 2s to no end, or else Harden will break Spurs defense in half in his slow motion as a joke on Kyle Anderson's best skill.

    Enjoy the RS.

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    Rockets

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    Both are bad match ups. Spurs will struggle in all home games going into "scoring.exe has crashed" mode.

    Clippers will chuck and make long 2s to no end, or else Harden will break Spurs defense in half in his slow motion as a joke on Kyle Anderson's best skill.

    Enjoy the RS.
    That's what I thought until the last handful of games. To my eyes, the Spurs are playing much better as of late. They have moved away from the Iso-intensive offensive they were running the first +/- 20 games of the season. Both the ball movement and player movement have increased/improved greatly and the % of isolation plays for Kawhi and LMA has been reduced a lot. (I am not sure I even remember a Kawhiso play against the Pelicans.) That brand of basketball is not only more fun/exciting for the fans, but it also offers the team a better chance of success in the playoffs.

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    Clippers are the worse match up. The Rockets are entirely dependent on Harden and he'll tire out by the end of the season. Plus Harden is turnover prone and the Spurs defense can take advantage of that.

    Spurs still have no one to guard the Paul - Blake pick and roll. They'll get slaughtered again and again.

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    Rockets have a top 5 player and top 5 coach, but neither has a proven track record in the playoffs, of course..they are so reliant on Harden, it wouldn't be surprising if he got burnt out, despite his game not being reliant on athleticism(not to mention Harden's inconsistencies in the playoffs, mostly due to his style of play not translating well as a #1 option)..

    They're always a bad matchup for the Spurs during the RS, though..

    As for the 1st round, the only team to avoid is Utah..I'd love to play Memphis or Portland..

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