22 to go

[Mal]

Spurs with 40-20 are 2nd in the Western Conference. 22 game left till end of regular season. It is very important to stay at 2nd place, to have HCA in early rounds, not to get tired before Lakers clinch

Spurs will play 13 at home. Tougher will be with Celtics, Lakers, New Orleans, Portland, Houston, Phoenix and Utah. I`m almost sure that 11 of them will be wins. I`m not saying which, because it`s tough to say.

9 roads games. It will be difficult to win @New Orleans, @Cleveland, @Houston and @Atlanta. I predict 6 win at road.

So that will be 17-5, so it is easy to remain at 2nd place. :lobt2:

What are yours thoughts ?


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Complete schedule here http://www.nba.com/schedules/index.html?team=spurs

[BG_Spurs_Fan]

I think it'd be something like 14-8.

Still good enough for 2nd and hopefully fresh and ready for the real season.

[TDMVPDPOY]

22-0

[Agloco]

I think it'd be something like 14-8.

Still good enough for 2nd and hopefully fresh and ready for the real season.

Unfortunately I don't think that going to be good enough for second place. Most every team behind the Spurs has 22 or 23 losses.

14-8 gives the Spurs 28 losses. It's not unreasonable to assume that NO or Utah might go 18-4 the rest of the way. I'll point out that Utah is undefeated since the AS Break.

16-6 makes certain we stay in second. Anything less and doubt starts to creep in.

[2Cleva]

SA likely wins 9 of those games at home, 6 on the road.

15-7 is about right. (.681 for last 20 games compared to .667 for the season so far). That would finish SA at 55-27 - which would be only the 2nd time in the past 10 years (not counting lockout year) that SA failed to win 56+.

[Agloco]

SA likely wins 9 of those games at home, 6 on the road.

15-7 is about right. (.681 for last 20 games compared to .667 for the season so far). That would finish SA at 55-27 - which would be only the 2nd time in the past 10 years (not counting lockout year) that SA failed to win 56+.

That's an amazing stat.

It's also the reason I think so many haters stick around (see Spork Killer, etc.). They can't wait for the Spurs demise to begin.

[DrHouse]

That's an amazing stat.

It's also the reason I think so many haters stick around (see Spork Killer, etc.). They can't wait for the Spurs demise to begin.

It started last season.

[I. Hustle]

No no no I read at the beginning of the season that Spurs would not get 50 wins :lol

[diego]

i read someone else's idea about dropping to 8th and I kind of like it. There's no way we're getting HCA from the Lakers, but that way we go straight to the most important match up without the injury/fatigue issues we had last year. It might not be the best way to win a championship, but it is probably the best way to beat the lakers, and i weigh both goals about equal.

OTOH i think the team still doesnt have good set rotations and they could probably use more games to work it out but.. it would be pretty sweet to take out the lakers as an 8th seed. And it would net us a better draft pick too.

[I. Hustle]

Where does the better draft pick come into play?

[diego]

from having a worse record... anyways thats my fantasy, its not like pop is going to tank for the 8th seed.

[Gutter92]

We were predicted not to make the playoffs...haha...

[jack sommerset]

11-11

[Agloco]

It started last season.

One could argue that. But didn't these sorts of scenarios play out in 2004 and 2006? They were done then also. But I'd jut as soon wait until the Spurs are no longer considered contenders. You can't make a case for that right now IMO.

[1Parker1]

It all depends on when Manu comes back and how healthy he is and how he plays. Yesterday's game against Dallas, and even the game before against Portland I felt were both winnable games had Ginobili been healthy and playing.

For some odd reason, I feel like Ginobili hasn't played at all this season. In the grand scheme of things, he has played in more games than he's missed, but it just feels like even in those games, since he was always recovering from an injury he wasn't himself. It's hard to get a read on how this team will finish out without knowing how and which Ginobili the Spurs will have to play with.

[ElNono]

One could argue that. But didn't these sorts of scenarios play out in 2004 and 2006? They were done then also. But I'd jut as soon wait until the Spurs are no longer considered contenders. You can't make a case for that right now IMO.

Of course he can't...

[alchemist]

People need to keep an eye on New Orleans. They have a real chance of passing up the Spurs this month with the easiest schedule in March.