Propsects to catch GSW for the one seed

[DAF86]

Not a single chance we keep it 'till the end of the season, tbh.

[Uriel]

Before Durant went down, we were 5 games back of the Warriors. Now we're only 2 games back, with 2 more head-to-head matchups against them, both of which will be in San Antonio and on the 2nd night of a back-to-back for the Dubs.

Assuming Durant doesn't come back until the playoffs, it's not a stretch to say at this point that the Spurs are in the driver's seat for the #1 seed.
:wakeup

[r0drig0lac]

http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/images/smilies/smihat.gif

[Ron Swanson]

http://i.imgur.com/w4AGnjb.png

[TampaDude]

http://i.imgur.com/7drHiqr.gif

[sasaint]

http://i.imgur.com/w4AGnjb.png

As this see-saws over the next few weeks, there will be some historic meltdowns here on ST.

[Ron Swanson]

As this see-saws over the next few weeks, there will be some historic meltdowns here on ST.

I wouldn't expect anything less of ST.

[sasaint]

Top seed fellas :hat..

But really, does HC even matter with how this team been getting hosed at home by the refs this year? we literally lost two crucial playoffs games last season on our court due to officials screw jobs..

Fify

[Spurs 4 The Win]

http://i.imgur.com/haimkDf.gif

FIFY

[SpurPadre]

Looking at it closely, do we prefer to have 1 seed with the prospects of facing the Clips in Rd. 2 maybe without LMA or would it be easier to have the 2 seed and face the Rockets, who we consistently beat in Rd. 2? I know the ultimate prize is home court over the Dubs in the WCF but we have 2 potential roadblocks in Rd. 2 we have to take seriously.

[cutewizard]

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F96lemYryXo

[cutewizard]

Homecourt is homecourt, we get homecourt!!!

[cutewizard]

Jazz will beat Clippers in the first round

MARK MY WORDS!

save this,heheheheheh

(im totally sure of it)

[Spurs 4 The Win]

Looking at it closely, do we prefer to have 1 seed with the prospects of facing the Clips in Rd. 2 maybe without LMA or would it be easier to have the 2 seed and face the Rockets, who we consistently beat in Rd. 2? I know the ultimate prize is home court over the Dubs in the WCF but we have 2 potential roadblocks in Rd. 2 we have to take seriously.

We want homecourt over GS... period. Dont overthink it. Only on SpursTalk smh

[GSH]

http://i.imgur.com/w4AGnjb.png


The interesting thing now will be to see how GS handles it - whether Curry and Klay dig in and go on a shooting spree, or if the Finals last year made them feel like mere mortals.

[UZER]

https://media2.giphy.com/media/c5gKu4AQ4Y64g/giphy-facebook_s.jpg?t=1

[cutewizard]

Let us not worry too much about the Clippers....hmmmmmppp

we all know they are cursed, hahahahahahahaha

[emanueldavidginobili]

There's no way we hold on to the number one seed. Warriors remaining schedule is a million times easier. We still have the Grizz 3 times the jazz twice, the Cavs, Thunder, Warriors, Clippers, and a couple other teams that play the Spurs hard

[BillMc]

https://media2.giphy.com/media/c5gKu4AQ4Y64g/giphy-facebook_s.jpg?t=1
:lol

[TampaDude]

https://media2.giphy.com/media/c5gKu4AQ4Y64g/giphy-facebook_s.jpg?t=1

P. Sherman, 42 Wallaby Way, Sydney

[buttsR4rebounding]

Jazz will beat Clippers in the first round

MARK MY WORDS!

save this,heheheheheh

(im totally sure of it)

I agree. Jazz are balling. They have the 4th best +/- in the league behind GS, Spurs and Houston-- ahead of the Cavs.

[SpursIndonesia]

The Sixers are competitive so far tonight, can't ask for more since it's a SEGABABA on the road for them.

[look_at_g_shred]

The Sixers are competitive so far tonight, can't ask for more since it's a SEGABABA on the road for them.
What's SEGABABA?

[dabom]

What's SEGABABA?

second game of a back to back. Some pound the rock shit.

[dabom]

Lets not use shitty terms guys...

[jehawk81]

second game of a back to back. Some pound the rock shit.


Lets not use shitty terms guys...

:bobo

[TheDoctor]

Lets not use shitty terms guys...

lol so corny. Those weirdos are the Gasoft of Spurs blogs/forums. Old and Soft.

[will_spurs]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMRrNY0pxfM (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMRrNY0pxfM)

[spursistan]

Aldridge coming back this soon with seemingly nothing serious about his heart condition is huge for the Spurs making push at it..

If both teams current play stand SA should get Top seed with games to spare..

[spursistan]

This game might have lost them the top seed..Fuckin Portland on B2B...

[TD 21]

This game might have lost them the top seed..Fuckin Portland on B2B...

As I said, they were never getting it. Might as well have pissed it away with enough time left that they don't run key players into the ground in pursuit.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Aldridge coming back this soon with seemingly nothing serious about his heart condition is huge for the Spurs making push at it..

If both teams current play stand SA should get Top seed with games to spare..

Or a disaster.

[Budkin]

This game might have lost them the top seed..Fuckin Portland on B2B...

No way. It's March 15th.

[spursistan]

842837139259883521

That Blazers loss is going to be killer..Warriors have the easier schedule down the stretch....

Let's hope the Bucks can do us a solid tomorrow..

[spurs10]

842837139259883521

That Blazers loss is going to be killer..Warriors have the easier schedule down the stretch....

Let's hope the Bucks can do us a solid tomorrow.. Yeah Go Bucks and Go Spurs on 3/29. It's still within reach.

[bklynspursfan]

No way. It's March 15th.

Yup. And GS could still drop a winnable game or 2 themselves , sans KD. Definitely still up for grabs

[DAF86]

As I was saying. No chance at all.

[timtonymanu]

#2 it is. Also lol Pop throwing away winnable games earlier in the season when the team is close to taking the 1st seed

[spursistan]

CROFL.. like it would have mattered with the way they are playing right now :lol

[spurs1990]

Right as interesting as it would've been to pursue the top seed, with the way they've played the last 3 weeks the Spurs have bigger issues at hand.

They gotta get their act together for whoever they matchup with.

[Budkin]

Any chance we drop to the 3 seed?

[$pursDynasty]

Thunder loss brought back the narrative of blitzing the Spurs early and go at them hard and they will fold because they are an intellectual euro finesse type team.

[$pursDynasty]

Any chance we drop to the 3 seed?
Nope, the likelihood of that is zero as well

[Ditty]

As long as they're playing they're playing their best basketball of the season that's all that matters.

Green, Mills and Parker I'm looking at y'all...

[SpurPadre]

The Sixers chokejob gave the emotionally dependant Dubs all the momentum they needed and so 2 games back might as well be 20 games back, tbh. We're 2nd seed and we'll have to deal with it.

[playbonner15]

Pop giving ST blue balls :lol

[spursistan]

Spurs haven't won a series without HCA since 2010 vs the Mavs...In fact they have been upset with it 3 times (Memphis '11, OKC'12, OKC'16)..

[SAGirl]

Right as interesting as it would've been to pursue the top seed, with the way they've played the last 3 weeks the Spurs have bigger issues at hand.

They gotta get their act together for whoever they matchup with.
:tu
Pretty much. The season is almost over and they have guys out of rhythm and others just coming back from injury. They aren't playing well as a team so that's what's worrying.

I gave up on the 1st seed frankly. The past couple of games were about getting Lamarcus going. I expect Pop to try to get Tony going as well and for an assortment of sightings in games bc Pop also has other young players who he needs to see in certain events and matchups.

[SAGirl]

Spurs haven't won a series without HCA since 2010 vs the Mavs...In fact they have been upset with it 3 times (Memphis '11, OKC'12, OKC'16)..
Kiwi is going to have to build his own legacy. This is definitely his team now, the ball is his and hopefully he can deliver.

[daslicer]

The Spurs still have a small chance of getting the 1 seed but it will be difficult from this point forward. If they don't get it they have only themselves to blame. We'll see how it goes from this point forward.

[cutewizard]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYogNOkVxEA

[703 Spurz]

The Spurs still have a small chance of getting the 1 seed but it will be difficult from this point forward. If they don't get it they have only themselves to blame. We'll see how it goes from this point forward.

Losing to shit teams like Memphis and Portland = no 1 seed. To win it all they'll have to beat the first round team, Houston, GS, and the East Champ. Good luck with that.

[LakerHater]

Close this thread, Spurs arnt catchin the #1 seed!

[BillMc]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYogNOkVxEA

Nice vid. Thanks for posting.

Didn't know about the wingstop coupon issue. Poor Kawhi. :lol

[bklynspursfan]

Close this thread, Spurs arnt catchin the #1 seed!

Meh. It's not likely, but still possible. GS has a tough stretch coming up, as do we. Plus one more matchup against them, who knows.

[GSH]

If GSW goes 7-6 over their remaining games, the Spurs could get the 1 seed by going 10-4. Neither is out of the question, since GSW has gone 5-5 over their last 10 games. But chances are they get their feet under them and play better than .500 ball to finish the season.

At this point, if the Spurs go 7-7 over their remaining games, they almost certainly wind up with home court against everyone except GSW. Houston or Cleveland could mess that up by running the table, but that's not likely to happen. They ought to be able to manage that, so Pop can use this time to figure out his playoff rotation.

Which one of those scenarios seems more like Pop?

[SpursIndonesia]

This thread is dead i suppose. :depressed

[LakerHater]

Meh. It's not likely, but still possible. GS has a tough stretch coming up, as do we. Plus one more matchup against them, who knows.
Tuffest opp is Hou twice for GSW, as for Spurs, it all depends on how the play! look at Mem game & now how they started against Sac.!
If they had started like that on an above .500 team, Spurs woulda been blown out!

[PopTheGOAT]

Dubs still have - Thunder, Mavs, Kings, Grizz, Rockets, Spurs, Rockets, Wizards, Wolves, Suns, Pels, Jazz, Lakers

Spurs have - Wolves, Grizz, Knicks, Cavs, Dubs, Thunder, Jazz, Grizz, Lakers, Mavs, Clips, Blazers, Jazz


I'd say our schedule is a little tougher, but it is doable. I think Spurs get the next 3, so we could pull within 1 again if the Thunder can pull off the upset tonight

[bklynspursfan]

Tuffest opp is Hou twice for GSW, as for Spurs, it all depends on how the play! look at Mem game & now how they started against Sac.!
If they had started like that on an above .500 team, Spurs woulda been blown out!

Dubs are in OKC tonight and in Dallas tomorrow. Sunday home for Memphis, Tuesday in Houston and Wednesday @ Spurs (b2b) (3 games in 4 nights) also games with Wizards, Jazz left.. Tough games for sure. I know we have some tough game remaining as well, but it's still somewhat possible.

It's annoying how we've been starting slow, but hopefully in these last couple weeks we turn it around. There's still a very slim chance

[NameLess Scrub]

Likely scenario is Spurs will win a couple and pull within 1 or 0.5 games, then will get beaten by the Barbados national team.

[GSH]

Tuffest opp is Hou twice for GSW, as for Spurs, it all depends on how the play! look at Mem game & now how they started against Sac.!
If they had started like that on an above .500 team, Spurs woulda been blown out!

With 14 games left in the season (as of last night) Pop is starting Davis Bertans at C. Pau has obviously benefitted from coming off the bench. But that also means that he was less effective as a starting C.

Our starting PG had 16/7, and that was enough for everyone to get all excited.
In the '14 campaign, Tony had 58 games with double-digit points, and 47 games with 5 or more AST.
This year, Tony has 27 double-digit points games, and 23 with >5 AST.

Whether the Spurs catch GSW or not, those two positions are still the key to the Spurs' success or failure in the post-season.

[bklynspursfan]

Stupid WB. Going for assists instead of taking it hard to the rim.

[rastaspur]

Stupid WB. Going for assists instead of taking it hard to the rim.

He is a slave to the stats at this point. Averaging a triple double is a much higher priority to him it seems instead of winning the game and giving the warriors a nice fat shitburger to eat.

[FkLA]

This white scrub missing wide open 3s. Couldn't miss against the Spurs smh.

[LakerHater]

What does this mean??


0:05
http://a1.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nba/500/okc.png&h=100&w=100
Taj Gibson double personal turnover

56 - 39

[Robz4000]

The Dubs are back to ass-reaming the league, time to give up on the one seed and focus on preparing for the playoffs (not that the Spurs have much hope of doing anything).

[rastaspur]

What does this mean??


0:05
http://a1.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nba/500/okc.png&h=100&w=100
Taj Gibson double personal turnover

56 - 39



It must have been a doozy. Shaqin a fool type stuff.

[Hoops Czar]

The Dubs are back to ass-reaming the league, time to give up on the one seed and focus on preparing for the playoffs (not that the Spurs have much hope of doing anything).

Remember when the Warriors were imploding? Good times. Remember when a healthy Spurs team got ass-reamed in OKC, scoring 92 points for the game (though a bunch of that was in garbage time) while GS had 92 after 3 quarters? Better times.

[GSH]

What does this mean??


0:05
http://a1.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nba/500/okc.png&h=100&w=100
Taj Gibson double personal turnover

56 - 39




I wasn't watching it, but the NBA's play-by-play shows that Gibson got blocked on a dunk. Things must have gone to shit, because the refs called a double technical on Curry-Christon, and ANOTHER double technical on Westbrook-Green, and a jump ball. Golden State won the jump ball, and freaking Curry hit a buzzer beating 3 just to twist the knife.

[spursistan]

a surging Blazers + Clippers wasn't going to be a cakewalk anyway ..

They Spurs weren't going to get it the Top seed even if Curry/Thompson stayed shooting below 40%..their own play is of bigger concern right now..

[SpurPadre]

I told you guys this would happen after the Sixers let them off the hook. The emotional high they got off the game has ramped up their game and will carry through the rest of the way. We had a golden opportunity and gave it up by losing to inferior teams.

[UZER]

I told you guys this would happen after the Sixers let them off the hook. The emotional high they got off the game has ramped up their game and will carry through the rest of the way. We had a golden opportunity and gave it up by losing to inferior teams.

Pop doesn't give a shit.

[Hoops Czar]

Pop doesn't give a shit.

Pop doesn't give a shit if they lose in the 1st round either.

[spursgu]

why should seeding even matter when so many people on here are already calling the Spurs doomed for the playoffs? Such hot takes like OKC will beat us in the 1st round.

[UZER]

Pop doesn't give a shit if they lose in the 1st round either.

Agreed, which is why he doesn't give a shit about the first seed.

[Ice009]

CROFL.. like it would have mattered with the way they are playing right now :lol

That is true, but also I think the thing is, I don't think any of the other top contenders care that much if the Spurs got/get a higher seed than them. If Goldenstate had any fear of the Spurs whatsoever with homecourt advantage, they probably wouldn't have rested all their players. IMO, I think the other contenders feel they can beat the Spurs with or without home court.

[MultiTroll]

Originally Posted by Hoops Czar (http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?p=8941954#post8941954) Pop doesn't give a shit if they lose in the 1st round either.


Agreed, which is why he doesn't give a shit about the first seed.
Do you think when Golden was in its semi funk and 5 of 7 loss streak that if the Spurs had continued winning and overtaken them, the meltdown and infighting could have been extended?
Cementhead starting LMA right after the heart arrhythmia and 1st game back having him hork up 24 shots in 32 minutes. Mostly bricks and killed ball movement. I know it's speculation, but do you think if Spurs kept winning and overtook State, the Golden Phaggots funk could have continued?

[Keepin' it real]

I told you guys this would happen after the Sixers let them off the hook.

http://q.likesuccess.com/106/5267431-nutty-professor-klump.jpg

[spurs10]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYogNOkVxEA Thanks for the video!

[Fireball]

disturbing how small ball jump shooting team annihilates OKC while the Spurs get bullied by OKC all the time ...

[$pursDynasty]

disturbing how small ball jump shooting team annihilates OKC while the Spurs get bullied by OKC all the time ...
NBA is a game of matchups, OKC and Clips always give the Spurs issues, while the Dubs might beat the Spurs at times they aren't the matchup nightmare. Just like typically the Grizz give the Dubs more issues than they usually give the Spurs. Style of play thing, the Cavs are built to stop the Dubs, but would have a worse time against the Spurs. Rock, paper scissors. Great for stopping one but useless against the other.

[Ice009]

Although I do buy into match-ups, I don't think any of the other contenders are even remotely scared of the Spurs. I'm pretty sure most of them probably think they can beat the Spurs with or without home court advantage. The Warriors, for example, when they rested those guys and gave up the tie breaker to the Spurs, I don't think they cared about getting home court over the Spurs. They probably don't even expect the Spurs to get there to face them, whereas, I think if it was another team like Cleveland, the Rockets, or someone else, I think they would have played their guys in the game as they would want home court over those teams.

[bklynspursfan]

Although I do buy into match-ups, I don't think any of the other contenders are even remotely scared of the Spurs. I'm pretty sure most of them probably think they can beat the Spurs with or without home court advantage. The Warriors, for example, when they rested those guys and gave up the tie breaker to the Spurs, I don't think they cared about getting home court over the Spurs. They probably don't even expect the Spurs to get there to face them, whereas, I think if it was another team like Cleveland, the Rockets, or someone else, I think they would have played their guys in the game as they would want home court over those teams.

You may be right. But they don't need to be scared to catch that L.

2014 our record against the other so-called elite teams was not good, + going 7 games with Dallas in Round 1? Surely other contenders weren't scared. We didn't look like the machine we saw come WCF/Finals.

We haven't had a long stretch where enough of our guys play well at the same time, so we haven't looked dominant much this year. All we can hope for is they put it together in some of these games down the stretch and in the playoffs.

[cutewizard]

Thanks for the video!

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Welcome Sir!

[cutewizard]

NBA is a game of matchups, OKC and Clips always give the Spurs issues, while the Dubs might beat the Spurs at times they aren't the matchup nightmare. Just like typically the Grizz give the Dubs more issues than they usually give the Spurs. Style of play thing, the Cavs are built to stop the Dubs, but would have a worse time against the Spurs. Rock, paper scissors. Great for stopping one but useless against the other.

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Agree

[kobyz]

Giving away such easily the #1 seed when we need any advantage we can get just to have a chance against golden state in the playoff, it's pathetic, could cost us like gaving up the #2 seed in 2015 with the pelicans loss...

[Ice009]

You may be right. But they don't need to be scared to catch that L.

2014 our record against the other so-called elite teams was not good, + going 7 games with Dallas in Round 1? Surely other contenders weren't scared. We didn't look like the machine we saw come WCF/Finals.

We haven't had a long stretch where enough of our guys play well at the same time, so we haven't looked dominant much this year. All we can hope for is they put it together in some of these games down the stretch and in the playoffs.

The difference is that the Spurs easily finished 1st in 2014. And IMO teams were much more scared (even if that fear factor wasn't high) of that team coming off of the 2013 finals run than this current Spurs team. Out of the past 3 Spurs teams, and especially after last season, I don't think there is any fear whatsoever against this current squad. It's easily the least intimidating out of the past 3 teams.

I also don't see why Pop doesn't care about home court considering the difference between 2013 and 2014, where home court may have made the difference in the finals. The Spurs clearly pushed for home court in 2014 after having to play games 6 and 7 at Miami in the 2013 finals. I think Pop has mailed it in since then. Clearly that was a priority back then. I don't understand why it hasn't been since then.