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RsxPiimp
02-19-2011, 02:40 PM
Quote:

According to ESPN, teams that have gone 45-9 during the season has won the championship for that season.

San Antonio Spurs are currently 46-9


Any doubters? chime in...
InRareForm
02-19-2011, 02:42 PM
Jinx much?
in2deep
02-19-2011, 02:44 PM
spurs are 46-10

and no, they are not a lock to anything
Fpoonsie
02-19-2011, 02:45 PM
Yeah, I saw that stat similar to that a week or so ago. I hate it, though.

If SA wins, then "meh. It was to be expected", but if they lose, all hell breaks loose. It's akin to going into a game playing a team missing one or two of their star players...
in2deep
02-19-2011, 02:45 PM
Yeah, I saw that stat similar to that a week or so ago. I hate it, though.

If SA wins, then "meh. It was to be expected",

lol what?

meh????

I'll be partying for about 2 straight weeks if spurs win

:lobt2:


imagine this would be the toughest road, going through 2 peat lakers, 60 win mavs, and lebron/wade or 60 win celtics.

crazy
DMC
02-19-2011, 02:47 PM
Quote:

According to ESPN, teams that have gone 45-9 during the season has won the championship for that season.

San Antonio Spurs are currently 46-9


Any doubters? chime in...

I am a doubter that you know what the hell you are talking about. The Spurs are 46-10.

Best regular season record has a poor history of winning the Finals. How's that jive with the BSPN "oh yeah" stats?
DMC
02-19-2011, 02:51 PM
lol what?

meh????

I'll be partying for about 2 straight weeks if spurs win

:lobt2:


imagine this would be the toughest road, going through 2 peat lakers, 60 win mavs, and lebron/wade or 60 win celtics.

crazy
Winning teams have to have some good fortune along the way. If the Mavs were eliminated by another team, the Spurs might get a 5 and rest series out of it. That could give the Spurs the time they need to gear up for the next series. The Lakers could be pushed to the limit or be ousted early as well.

It would be hard, and most teams haven't had to do it, to go through the best teams in your conference on the road to the ring. That's why seeding is so important.
ChumpDumper
02-19-2011, 02:51 PM
Did anyone outside San Antonio predict a Spurs championship at this point in any year they won?

No.

Still, no guarantees.
Fpoonsie
02-19-2011, 02:53 PM
lol it's not expected at all..not even trolling when i say this, but outside of SA no one expects them to win..they're like 5th in the list of contenders real talk. i'd be surprised as fuck if you guys won it all

No, so would I, but given the current regular season record and THAT specific stat, some COULD argue that history dictated such an outcome.
in2deep
02-19-2011, 02:54 PM
lol it's not expected at all..not even trolling when i say this, but outside of SA no one expects them to win..they're like 5th in the list of contenders real talk. i'd be surprised as fuck if you guys won it all

whose list is this one you are talking about? can you please provide a link?
thanks :tu
Fpoonsie
02-19-2011, 02:54 PM
lol what?

meh????

I'll be partying for about 2 straight weeks if spurs win

:lobt2:


imagine this would be the toughest road, going through 2 peat lakers, 60 win mavs, and lebron/wade or 60 win celtics.

crazy

I'm mostly (if not completely) referring to statisticians outside of SA.
in2deep
02-19-2011, 02:56 PM
I'm mostly (if not completely) referring to statisticians outside of SA.

agree about if Spurs win all non spurs fans will be like meh.

but that is true for any team winning it. non fans always like meh whatever

that is the main problem with the NBA. winning a championship doesn't really mean much.
rayjayjohnson
02-19-2011, 02:56 PM
Bulls or Cs have what it takes to beat SA in a 7 game series
DesignatedT
02-19-2011, 03:00 PM
its over. we already locked up the trophy. useless to play the season out tbh.
Fpoonsie
02-19-2011, 03:01 PM
agree about if Spurs win all non spurs fans will be like meh.

but that is true for any team winning it. non fans always like meh whatever

that is the main problem with the NBA. winning a championship doesn't really mean much.

Yeah, no, I agree. Again, I was simply arguing that that particular stat makes me uneasy, not that people outside of SA will/won't care if the Spurs take it.
in2deep
02-19-2011, 03:48 PM
Yeah, no, I agree. Again, I was simply arguing that that particular stat makes me uneasy, not that people outside of SA will/won't care if the Spurs take it.

I see. you mean because of the pressure. With Pop at the helm I don't see any issue with that.

He even said yesterday, he does not care for fancy records. It's the championship he cares about.
baseline bum
02-19-2011, 04:03 PM
Did anyone outside San Antonio predict a Spurs championship at this point in any year they won?

No.

Still, no guarantees.

Probably in 2005.
baseline bum
02-19-2011, 04:09 PM
As for the record, it's nice and I think homecourt will be critical for a matchup against LA, Boston, or Dallas, but there's not a lot of difference between winning 57 and winning 67 IMO. The 09 Lakers, 07 Mavs, 06 Pistons, 06 Spurs, 00 Lakers, 98 Jazz... these teams all looked pretty mortal in the playoffs despite crazy regular seasons.
Johnny RIngo
02-19-2011, 04:11 PM
According to ESPN, teams that have gone 45-9 during the season has won the championship for that season.

Pretty sure the Mavs were 45-9 at one point during the '07 season.
jjktkk
02-19-2011, 04:13 PM
Spurs are in the mix, along with LA, Dal, Celts, Heat, and Bulls.
Chillen
02-19-2011, 04:36 PM
Any team in the playoffs out West has to beat the Los Angeles Lakers in a 7 game series before asking themselves can I win it all yet. They are still the defending NBA champs and are going for a 3peat, they will not just fold for any team. The Spurs have an amazing record going into the all-star break at 46-10, but they have to finish the second half of the season strong and try and secure homecourt advantage throughout the playoffs. I know the Lakers haven't played up to expectations so far but when the playoffs roll around they will turn it on. As for the East playoffs, it's shaping up to be a huge battle of the titans. The four best being Miami, Boston, Orlando, Chicago, man that's alot of strong teams to get through to make it to the NBA finals.
Hoops Czar
02-19-2011, 04:39 PM
Pretty sure the Mavs were 45-9 at one point during the '07 season.

They were actually 50-9.
Fpoonsie
02-19-2011, 04:41 PM
They were actually 50-9.

Yeah, I think the stat I saw a week or two ago had less losses.

[shrug]
BlackSwordsMan
02-19-2011, 06:05 PM
2011 spurs- first team to not win championship with a 45-9 record
Ashy Larry
02-19-2011, 08:20 PM
Spurs are playing great ... more importantly, they're healthy.....
DazedAndConfused
02-19-2011, 08:21 PM
SA is not expected to win by any means.

3pt chuckers that play slightly better D than PHX Suns of old. Not a recipe for playoff success, but definitely a way to win a lot of regular season games.
rayjayjohnson
02-19-2011, 08:31 PM
Nice win against the cavs, lakerfan.

Oh, wait...
ChrisRichards
02-19-2011, 08:52 PM
Pretty sure the Mavs were 45-9 at one point during the '07 season.
This^


Mavs actually went 52-9 before they registered their 10th loss.




ESPN fail
ChrisRichards
02-19-2011, 08:53 PM
SA is not expected to win by any means.

3pt chuckers that play slightly better D than PHX Suns of old. Not a recipe for playoff success, but definitely a way to win a lot of regular season games.
Pretty sure having Popovich as a coach makes a difference.
Ashy Larry
02-19-2011, 08:55 PM
Nice win against the cavs, lakerfan.

Oh, wait...


:depressed
mikeschy55
02-19-2011, 09:36 PM
Doubts? There hasn't been a team with a 6-7 center to win a championship in 40 years....but hey you never know, it could happen.... i guess
rascal
02-19-2011, 09:39 PM
I am a doubter that you know what the hell you are talking about. The Spurs are 46-10.

Best regular season record has a poor history of winning the Finals. How's that jive with the BSPN "oh yeah" stats?

They were 46-9 at one point.
DMC
02-19-2011, 09:42 PM
They were 46-9 at one point.
The thread was started today at 1:40PM. It says "San Antonio Spurs are currently 46-9".

Put that goalpost over there.
Seventyniner
02-19-2011, 11:04 PM
SA is not expected to win by any means.

3pt chuckers that play slightly better D than PHX Suns of old. Not a recipe for playoff success, but definitely a way to win a lot of regular season games.

Spurs are #9 in 3-point attempts per game. Being #1 in 3-point shooting makes shooting many of them a good thing, I would think.

Spurs D-Rating (according to basketball-reference.com): 103.6, 7th in the NBA. The Lakers D-Rating in the last two seasons: 103.7 (4th) last year, and 104.6 (6th) the year before. I hardly see a difference.

Just for reference, the Lakers current D-Rating is 105.3 (10th in the league). The Spurs play better defense than anyone in the West, and the numbers back it up.

For the Suns:


Season D-Rating Rank
07-08 108.1 16
06-07 106.4 13
05-06 105.8 16
04-05 107.1 17
03-04 105.5 24
I guess I'll just lump you in with the other ignorant fans who looked at the Suns' high PPG allowed during those seasons and concluded that their defense was awful. Their D was merely average, unlike the truly awful defenses of the last few years fielded by the Raptors and Warriors.