Something left to play for: 50 wins

[chazley]

Of all the incredible streaks the Spurs organization has had over the years, fans of the team no doubt take the most pride in the streak of consecutive 50 win seasons that ranks as one of the most impressive feats in NBA regular season history. It shows a sustained excellence by our organization that can't be topped in any of the four major North American sports.

If we win our last two, the list of consecutive 50 win seasons will look like this:

San Antonio: 13
Chicago: 2 (if they win their last two)

That's it.

Remaining games:

At PHX
At GS

Phoenix is coming off a deflating loss against the Jazz that should take the wind out of their sails for their regular season finale. I could see them coming home and Steve Nash giving the crowd one last hoorah as a Sun, but as a whole our team should be favored to win this, considering we know some, if not all, of the big three will get limited minutes in order to keep their rhythm for playoffs

GS is tanking hard. Even against our backups, we should be heavily favored.

Let's get these last two guys.

[FkLA]

Theyll probably give the Spurs this season regardless, just with an asterisk signifying the shortened season. Would be pretty cool if that 50 win streak was kept alive without a need for the asterisk though. Hopefully our bench can get it done. :tu

[Fireball]

Spurs can do this without giving the Big Three much minutes ... lets do it

[therealtruth]

Suns are playing for a winning season.

[Sense]

Suns are playing for a winning season.

They might play all out to show Steve the team still has promise, although it's obvious they don't. Also a last goodbye to the fans for the season and maybe permanently for Nash, so they will go all out.

[elemento]

If the Suns had anything to show, they should have showed last night against the Jazz. I don't think they give a shit about the game against the Spurs.

If we can play the BIG 3 limited minutes both games and try to win it all, i would be ok with it.

[Russo21]

Strive for 50 motherfuckers!!! Would love to nail down another 50 win season for the record books.

[Blake]

50 wins is nothing for the Spurs to play for. It's only something for fans to slobber over.

[Jimcs50]

Remember it would have been 14 but they played only 50 games in 99, but had 70% winning percentage, which is close to 60 wins in 82 game slate.

[Mugen]

If one of the worst posters in the forum thinks the Spurs should go for 50, then you know the right move is to rest the Big 3.

[Jimcs50]

If one of the worst posters in the forum thinks the Spurs should go for 50, then you know the right move is to rest the Big 3.


Think about this:

50 wins

5 rings.

There is something almost zen like there.


:p:

[FromWayDowntown]

I don't know that the streak is the thing that Spurs fans take the most pride in ("fans of the team no doubt take the most pride in the streak of consecutive 50 win seasons"), but the streak is a tell-tale of the sustained success that we've enjoyed. And with that, even if the number isn't 50 this year, they've clinched still another season winning 60% of their games -- that's part of the significance of winning 50; if you win 49, your winning percentage is under .600.

Part of me would love to see them get to 50, but I can't see any way that chasing that number for the sake of getting that number isn't a silly decision.

[SA210]

Strive for 50 motherfuckers!!! Would love to nail down another 50 win season for the record books.

[Mugen]

Think about this:

50 wins

5 rings.

There is something almost zen like there.


:p:

I don't i could possibly care less about 50 wins. All I care about is 5 rings.

And if any one of the Big 3 suffers an injury tonight, then you can kiss that goodbye as well.

[MannyIsGod]

I don't want to see the Big 3 play the last 2 games but if the bench can get us to 50 thats great.

[boutons_deux]

The injury fear is chickenshit.

An injury could occur in the first qtr of Game1.

Big3 can't be tired.

They've not been pushed to play intensely in the last few days, and their minutes are way down.

If Bulls lose @IND (IND = 8-2 in Last10), then Spurs have a chance for HCA in the Finals by winning these last 2 games vs weak teams.

[bklynspursfan]

The injury fear is chickenshit.

An injury could occur in the first qtr of Game1.

Big3 can't be tired.

They've not been pushed to play intensely in the last few days, and their minutes are way down.

If Bulls lose @IND (IND = 8-2 in Last10), then Spurs have a chance for HCA in the Finals by winning these last 2 games vs weak teams.

Exactly...

[Mugen]

I don't want to see the Big 3 play the last 2 games but if the bench can get us to 50 thats great.

I'm glad you learned from last year.

[ffadicted]

I don't give a shit about 50, and I barely give a shit about beating out the Bulls cuz there's no way they make it to the finals, but imo you always play to win, and if they lose against indy tonight you might as well go for it against GS

[SA210]

The injury fear is chickenshit.

An injury could occur in the first qtr of Game1.

Big3 can't be tired.

They've not been pushed to play intensely in the last few days, and their minutes are way down.

If Bulls lose @IND (IND = 8-2 in Last10), then Spurs have a chance for HCA in the Finals by winning these last 2 games vs weak teams.

[cheguevara]

what a stupid worthless fucking streak that 50 win shit.

hope that streak dies ASAP

[Mugen]

The injury fear is chickenshit.

An injury could occur in the first qtr of Game1.

Big3 can't be tired.

They've not been pushed to play intensely in the last few days, and their minutes are way down.

If Bulls lose @IND (IND = 8-2 in Last10), then Spurs have a chance for HCA in the Finals by winning these last 2 games vs weak teams.

:lol this is pretty much verbatim of what people were saying last year before the final regular season game.

The circumstances are eerily similar tbh:

-Spurs resting guys all year long but still have the 1st seed.
-HCA wrapped up against everybody except the Bulls, which is moot because CHI isn't getting past Miami.
-Playing @ PHX against a Suns team that has nothing to play for
-Pop managing minutes all season long and stressing health > everything.

Only to risk it all on a meaningless regular season game. Please no injuries.

[Jimcs50]

:lol this is pretty much verbatim of what people were saying last year before the final regular season game.

The circumstances are eerily similar tbh:

-Spurs resting guys all year long but still have the 1st seed.
-HCA wrapped up against everybody except the Bulls, which is moot because CHI isn't getting past Miami.
-Playing @ PHX against a Suns team that has nothing to play for
-Pop managing minutes all season long and stressing health > everything.

Only to risk it all on a meaningless regular season game. Please no injuries.



Last year was totally different. The Spurs were stinking up the gym the last 3 weeks of the season and they needed to finish with a big win their last game to try to get some kind of mojo back before game 1 of the playoffs. That was why Pop had Manu in a "meaningless" game.

This year, the team is clicking on all cylinders and they can afford to cruise into playoffs. I do not think TD needs to play in either game, but Manu needs to, because he is rounding into shape and needs the extra PT.

[Venti Quattro]

they're going to get it easily even without the big 3. The Suns are already destroyed from their recent result at Utah. GS is tanking beyond recognition

[TimmehC]

The only reason to play the big 3 is to maintain rhythm going into the playoffs.

[Spurtacus]

HCA throughout is what the Spurs should be playing for. Spurs are currently tied with the Bulls but the Bullsh have a tough game against the Pacers tonight.

[chazley]

One more.

[mkurts]

Something to play for but not at the expense of team health.

Big 3 will not play at GS tomorrow so the bench are getting some really good practice ahead of the playoffs.

[Kuestmaster]

Let's do it! Just one more.
Also, if I'm not wrong, we are the only team this season to hit a 10-game winning streak.
And we can do it again for a third time! Not bad in a lockout season. Props to the team and the coaching staff. :toast

[Wild Cobra Kai]

Thank you Telfair and Warrick for the technical and two unchallenged rim check dunk attempts, negative 5 points for Phoenix in a 4 point win. :lol

[Jimcs50]

Thank you Telfair and Warrick for the technical and two unchallenged rim check dunk attempts, negative 5 points for Phoenix in a 4 point win. :lol


I thanks you too, because I bet on Spurs -2.5 pts. :toast

[Obstructed_View]

Annoyed by all the 50-win-streak talk, since the Spurs won the equivalent of 68 games in 1999 and about 64 this year.

[tmtcsc]

Reaching the 50 win milestone with our bench guys would be fantastic and fitting. They've been a huge part of our success.

One win left to go with absolutely no pressure. I wonder if Chicago would dare rest their star(s) tonight. They play Cleveland in Chicago. That should be a gimme but with the added pressure that we could steal HCA for the playoffs, they might get a little tight.

[Dr Cox]

Lets get this b*tch tonight!

50 wins baby!

[LobCity]

The Warriors have to lose. They currently have 23 wins which puts them at 8th worst. However, New Jersey (22 wins) and Toronto (22 wins) go head to head tonight so somebody will get 23 wins to tie GS in the win column as 7th worst team. Not sure what happens in a tie but a loss probably gives GS a chance.

[Blake]

I thanks you too, because I bet on Spurs -2.5 pts. :toast

The Spurs were favored on the road, we were unsure of the status of the big 3 playing and you still bet on the Spurs to cover?

Ballsy bet. :lol

[FromWayDowntown]

Annoyed by all the 50-win-streak talk

You certainly do get the feeling that if the Celtics or Lakers were approaching a record for most 50 win seasons, there would be a lot more buzz about looking at this as a streak of 50+ win seasons or the equivalent. /broken record

Being nit-picky about that, though:


since the Spurs won the equivalent of 68 games in 1999

They won the equivalent of 61 in 1999.

37 wins/50 games = .740

.740 * 82 games = 60.68 wins


and about 64 this year.

Assuming a win tonight, they'll have won the equivalent of about a 62 win season:

50 wins/66 games = .758

.758 * 82 games = 62.156

[Obstructed_View]

They won the equivalent of 61 in 1999.

37 wins/50 games = .740

.740 * 82 games = 60.68 wins


The Spurs started out 6-8 and went on a tear after the Utah loss. The win pace after that point was .861, which is 59-9 in a normal season. It's only 65 wins, not 68 (poor estimation on my part). It was a 71 win pace over the remainder of that season.

[Jimcs50]

The Spurs were favored on the road, we were unsure of the status of the big 3 playing and you still bet on the Spurs to cover?

Ballsy bet. :lol



Not that ballsy, I just be $77 to win $70, the farm was safe.

:)

[Jimcs50]

The Spurs started out 6-8 and went on a tear after the Utah loss. The win pace after that point was .861, which is 59-9 in a normal season. It's only 65 wins, not 68 (poor estimation on my part). It was a 71 win pace over the remainder of that season.


Remind me not to allow you to do my bookkeeping.

:p: