Over Under 55 wins?

[Rummpd]

Going Under:

1. Injuries
2. Complacency
3. Strong competition in the West
4. Popovich at some point will settle for health and low minutes of stars over wins (even more than now).
5. "Deviation to the Mean" Last year many things broke the right way for the Spurs, so far they are not.

[dabom]

Higher than cleveland.

[Sean Cagney]

57 wins I think they can get...

[benefactor]

Sup Rummpd...how's the wife?

[Old School 44]

I think it's going to be close. I'm guessing 54-58 wins. Even though the conference has improved, they still play the East 30 games.
If they go 25-5 against the East, they would have to win about 61% of their games against the West to get to 57.

[Robz4000]

Under. As long as they have HC over the Thunder should they make it it'll be enough.

[exstatic]

Over. This will be a fun thread to bump in April.

[TXstbobcat]

Over. I still think they win 58 games this season.

[Mikeanaro]

60 sounds fine to me, yeah some teams have hot starts like phoenix 2 years ago and then what happened?
It's a long road
when you're on your own
And it hurts when
they tear your dreams apart
Just saying.

[Rummpd]

Over. This will be a fun thread to bump in April.


Be glad if I am wrong!

[Andthentherewas21]

Under. I still think they win over 50 but I don't see them being healthy enough to do much more than that.

Mills isn't coming back until Feb. (probably after the AS break), and there is no way Splitter stays healthy for the rest of the season even after he returns from this injury. In both the wins and losses during the first 5 games, the Spurs have shown how much they need those two (Mills for his O, Splitter for his D). Then you have to take into account the inevitable ankle injury Parker will suffer, hamstring strain for Manu, and rest for Duncan. Kawhi may still be getting back into a groove after the eye infections, so its hard to extrapolate too much from his performance so far, but he has still only been able to show brief flashes of being "the guy" to step up and lead when the others are out/struggling.

[Cry Havoc]

This team can reel off 15 wins in a row with ease even without Patty.

I still say over.

[tlongII]

Under. Way under.

[spurs10]

Under. Way under. :lol Okay, that was funny! Move Over Rover and let Timmy take over...

[Splits]

Under. Way under.

Question was Spurs o/u, not Guests...

[EVAY]

Over.

[Malik Hairston]

What "broke the right way" for the Spurs during the season last year?..

Didn't Kawhi miss a bunch of games, and didn't Pop sit TP for a few weeks?..

I don't get it, tbh..

[exstatic]

What "broke the right way" for the Spurs during the season last year?..

Didn't Kawhi miss a bunch of games, and didn't Pop sit TP for a few weeks?..

I don't get it, tbh..

Kawhi (hand fracture) AND Danny (hand fracture) AND Manu (hammy) each missed 2-4 weeks, and they overlapped. For like 3 weeks, our wing rotation was Beli, DeColo, and a 10 day contract. We won 62 games.

[Malik Hairston]

Ya, I don't know what OP is referring to:lol..

[DPG21920]

Ya, I don't know what OP is referring to:lol..

I may be remembering incorrectly, but only thing I can think of was the Spurs winning an inordinate amount of close games a la the Mavs.

[r0drig0lac]

52

[Arcadian]

Push, they win exactly 55 games.

These teams make the playoffs (no particular order):

Spurs
Rockets
Mavs
Grizzlies
Pelicans (so every team from the SW division)
Blazers
Warriors
Clippers

[Bambililos]

Over.

They don't look good right now, but they're the champs, they're proven season champs too, they basically have the same roster (or will have soon enough), they will peak at the right time. I would bet on 58-64 wins.

[hater]

they'll be lucky to hit 38 wins. good enough for 9th seed in the west

[apalisoc_9]

over...

doesn't really matter though...

Just waiting for the playoffs again.

[Hoops Czar]

Under. As long as they have HC over the Thunder should they make it it'll be enough.

I love how Spursfans handicap the season two weeks in. Teams are getting ever so closer to being on par with the Spurs. We can skip the typical yearly "Thunder are the only competition" nonsense because you don't know that.

[ViceCity86]

53 wins

This looks like the 2000 Spurs.Fat and complacent,hopefully Duncan doesn't tear his knee at seasons end.

[Spurs 4 The Win]

We will be possibly 2-5 in two nights time and then we will have a stretch of bad opponents and have shot at winning 10 straight games or more. We will figure it out, its just the tough games came at the start with some of our key contributors missing, no big deal, we will figure it out like always

[Robz4000]

I love how Spursfans handicap the season two weeks in. Teams are getting ever so closer to being on par with the Spurs. We can skip the typical yearly "Thunder are the only competition" nonsense because you don't know that.

They are tbh. Dubs have a better coach but the Spurs have Curry and Thompson figured out, Portland is the same as last year, Houston runs a gimmicky offense, Dallas has no perimeter D/terrible PGs while the Spurs have Splitter to throw on Dirk, and the Clippers have no SFs/terrible D outside Jordan/bad coach. Only team that worries me is NO but they're a year away.

[Hoops Czar]

They are tbh. Dubs have a better coach but the Spurs have Curry and Thompson figured out, Portland is the same as last year, Houston runs a gimmicky offense, Dallas has no perimeter D/terrible PGs while the Spurs have Splitter to throw on Dirk, and the Clippers have no SFs/terrible D outside Jordan/bad coach. Only team that worries me is NO but they're a year away.

You're basing this on one playoff series? Anyways, OKC has a terrible coach and a ball hog at the point. They also don't have much depth outside the starting five. I guess there isn't a threat to 6.

[Robz4000]

You're basing this on one playoff series? Anyways, OKC has a terrible coach and a ball hog at the point. They also don't have much depth outside the starting five. I guess there isn't a threat to 6.

Helps that they haven't lost to them since. Other than health and Duncan/Manu/Parker falling off a cliff, not really.

[Robz4000]

Hoops Czar where you @ bruv?

[ElNono]

:lol

[Rummpd]

Where are people on this at about a 1/4th of the season done? Spurs are an enigma = play the good to great teams fine then lose to scrubs. It is a long season but 55 sounds about right, but I am going with 54 max.

[mclinejr]

I'll second that comment about bumping this stupid thread in April.

[ElNono]

Spurs are on pace to win ~60 games... this is while dealing with injuries to Mills, Tiago, Beli & Parker... on the other hand, the schedule has been relatively accessible so far. I think the worse will be during this month (December). Too many games against too many good teams, plenty of back to backs. If they can survive this stretch at a respectable winning percentage, I think they'll be in good shape to reach 55. Health ultimately is always the big concern.

[TampaDude]

57 or 58 wins, IMHO.

[FuzzyLumpkins]

Over easy.

Tiago coming back and 4-6 weeks for Patty. Tiago is up in the class with Duncan and Claw defensively and Patty was the best shooter on the team last season.

[Venti Quattro]

The Spurs are on pace for 60 but they'll win 56-58

[Rummpd]

Take 18 and 4 to do it, not impossible way playing last couple of games, but 52 wins more like it.

[ohmwrecker]

I'd be happy with 55 wins tbh

[SASdynasty!]

I'd be happy with 55 wins tbh
On pace for 51...gotta keep that 50 (60%) streak alive.

[daslicer]

They have to go 13-9 the rest of the way to keep the 50 win streak going. I think that's very doable. I think they might need 55 wins to get HCA in the first round. Going 18-4 the rest of the way will be difficult.

[Robz4000]

Looking like 48-49 wins unless they start rolling. The remaining schedule is brutal.

[Spurs 4 The Win]

inb4 19-3 to close season out

[Shastafarian]

Spurs still have 2 games each with Dallas (1 H, 1 A), Houston (1 H, 1 A), and OKC (1 H, 1 A). Add to that they also play Cleveland (H), Memphis (H), GSW (H), and ATL (A). 18-4 isn't gonna happen.

[Hoops Czar]

Hoops Czar (http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=18859) where you @ bruv?

Where I at bruv? No, no, no, Where you at? :lol

[Robz4000]

Where I at bruv? No, no, no, Where you at? :lol

:lmao waiting four months to respond. Spurs still match up well with WC contenders outside Meth, NO, and maybe Houston.

[Hoops Czar]

:lmao waiting four months to respond. Spurs still match up well with WC contenders outside Meth, NO, and maybe Houston.

:lmao Better late than ever. Without looking, let me guess you bumped this thread after the GS game? It's going to take more than 2 wins against Sacramento and a win against Phoenix before I start talking about match ups. Just about any WC playoff team could take the Spurs in a series right now. The entire team needs to play better and more consistent. But keep in mind, the Spurs go as far as MVParker takes them.

[Robz4000]

:lmao Better late than ever. Without looking, let me guess you bumped this thread after the GS game? It's going to take more than 2 wins against Sacramento and a win against Phoenix before I start talking about match ups. Just about any WC playoff team could take the Spurs in a series right now. The entire team needs to play better and more consistent. But keep in mind, the Spurs go as far as MVParker takes them.

:lol No, waiting this long to respond is feminine behavior.

Just because the Spurs play like shit doesn't mean they don't match up well with most WC playoff teams; it just means some of their players (Enrique) have declined to the point other teams can overcome the match up disadvantage.

[Uriel]

Under. I'm guessing around 52-53, which will hopefully enough to be nab a top 4 seed.

[Hoops Czar]

:lol No, waiting this long to respond is feminine behavior.

Just because the Spurs play like shit doesn't mean they don't match up well with most WC playoff teams; it just means some of their players (Enrique) have declined to the point other teams can overcome the match up disadvantage.

:lol More shallow to bump a thread after one "meaningless" regular season November game than it is to watch a full season play out. Sounds more like you're playing the role of Barbie, not me. Anyways, this was my original post....


I love how Spursfans handicap the season two weeks in. Teams are getting ever so closer to being on par with the Spurs. We can skip the typical yearly "Thunder are the only competition" nonsense because you don't know that.

Which is true......

Not sure why you decided to bump the thread to call me out in the first place, another questionable move. Just because a team matches up well against another doesn't guarantee series wins either. And so I've been told, Parker was pretty bad last year and the team won a championship. Must be talking about someone else's decline. Right now, as of 3/5/2015 at 10:34PM ET, the only teams the Spurs match up well against are teams that can't score.

[Robz4000]

:lol More shallow to bump a thread after one "meaningless" regular season November game than it is to watch a full season play out. Sounds more like you're playing the role of Barbie, not me. Anyways, this was my original post....



Which is true......

Not sure why you decided to bump the thread to call me out in the first place, another questionable move. Just because a team matches up well against another doesn't guarantee series wins either. And so I've been told, Parker was pretty bad last year and the team won a championship. Must be talking about someone else's decline. Right now, as of 3/5/2015 at 10:34PM ET, the only teams the Spurs match up well against are teams that can't score.

Bumping a thread on the front page literally two days after it was posted when the argument in question was about the Spurs not being able to beat a team they in fact happened to beat isn't the same as restarting an argument four months later because the Spurs happen to be underachieving. The latter is beta behavior.

The Spurs do match up well with most potential WC playoff teams. As I said, match ups don't guarantee series wins, but that doesn't change the fact a lot of match ups favor the Spurs in a 7-game series in general.

[Hoops Czar]

Bumping a thread on the front page literally two days after it was posted when the argument in question was about the Spurs not being able to beat a team they in fact happened to beat isn't the same as restarting an argument four months later because the Spurs happen to be underachieving. The latter is beta behavior.

The Spurs do match up well with most potential WC playoff teams. As I said, match ups don't guarantee series wins, but that doesn't change the fact a lot of match ups favor the Spurs in a 7-game series in general.

:lol This coming from a professional thread bumper with an apparent hormone imbalance. Did you understand the gist of the conversation? Where did I or anyone else for that matter say the Spurs couldn't beat the Warriors and what are you suppose to take away from a November win?


I love how Spursfans handicap the season two weeks in. Teams are getting ever so closer to being on par with the Spurs. We can skip the typical yearly "Thunder are the only competition" nonsense because you don't know that.

I probably didn't respond to your post because either 1) the post wasn't worth responding to 2) I didn't see your post until this thread was re-bumped. I don't remember and I don't really care.

I can't help that your two day bump turned out to be full of fail. You win some, you lose some and sometimes you badly misinterpret/reinvent an argument that never took place. Regardless, it was a pretty bad bump based on a pretty small sample size.

:lol The irony in the bolded. Neither of us were born yesterday so don't act like posters don't bump 4 month old threads to call others out.

[look_at_g_shred]

Calling 52 wins

[BillMc]

I've been thinking we'll be 53 - 29 for a long time now.

[Sean Cagney]

51 wins this year.

[Rummpd]

going to end up right near this win total thanks to an (another - Spurs have a hx of this) amazing late season run - never count out the Spurs.

[Rummpd]

Unreal the end of year streak of great play. 55-56 wins incredible where they were a few weeks back but never count out the Spurs.

[TampaDude]

When we were struggling earlier, I was worried that we might not get to 50, but now we're at 55 and probably 56 wins on Wednesday to close the regular season. Everyone else is like, "Here come the Spurs, again...AGAIN!" :lol

[Uriel]

Over. This will be a fun thread to bump in April.

[tmtcsc]

Push, they win exactly 55 games.

These teams make the playoffs (no particular order):

Spurs
Rockets
Mavs
Grizzlies
Pelicans (so every team from the SW division)
Blazers
Warriors
Clippers

Props on getting the teams right! Well done!

[Spurs 4 The Win]

inb4 19-3 to close season out

WOW, this call is dead on. Money

[Phenomanul]

Push, they win exactly 55 games.

These teams make the playoffs (no particular order):

Spurs
Rockets
Mavs
Grizzlies
Pelicans (so every team from the SW division)
Blazers
Warriors
Clippers

yeah... Kudos for calling it as of November. :wow

[Arcadian]

Props on getting the teams right! Well done!


yeah... Kudos for calling it as of November. :wow

Thanks, but it wasn't difficult to predict - the only tricky part was choosing between the Pels and the Thunder, and that still has yet to be determined! So I could still be wrong, but I really want NO to make it.

On the other hand, if NO beats us on Wednesday, then my prediction will be exactly right...but of course I don't want that to happen now. :lol

[benefactor]

Sup Rummpd...how's the wife?

[Arcadian]

Push, they win exactly 55 games.

These teams make the playoffs (no particular order):

Spurs
Rockets
Mavs
Grizzlies
Pelicans (so every team from the SW division)
Blazers
Warriors
Clippers

Yeeeeaaaaaaahhhh...

Too bad I didn't bet money on this. :lol