51-20

[SpursDynasty]

Who's impressed/content/satisfied with 51-20 for now?

[SpursDynasty]

Who's impressed/content/satisfied with 51-20 for now?

:::Hearing a pin drop:::

I thought so...

I will probably be the only one celebrating at the river walk for the championship too.

[RonMexico]

But, but - the Mavs!!! They have 60!!!

whatever.

[BUMP]

Who's impressed/content/satisfied with 51-20 for now?

then you have to be impressed with 60-11.

play fair little boy :nope

[BUMP]

butim impressed how the Spurs have bounced back from their earlier slump. they look much like past teams. hopefully nobody overlooks them

[TDMVPDPOY]

50-20 = :(:(

wew should fukn be 63-7

[T Park]

Realisticly they should be about 55-16.

But, thats life, thats basketball, thats how the ball bounces...

Not the best season ever, but who knows how itll finish in the playoffs.

[SequSpur]

If Bob Hill was coaching, they would be 69 and 1 and Boston would still be looking for their first win against SA in the Duncan era.

[SpursDynasty]

During SA's bumpy 10-10 stretch from January 1-February 11, 7 of those 10 losses were by 5 points or less. Considering the way they play now, able to come back from a deficit, and/or close out close games, let's say they win at least 3 of those 7 5-point-or-less losses, it's a team that realistically can be 54-17.

People don't like to admit it, but there has been improvement since that bumpy 20 game run, and there's no reason why it won't continue heading into the playoffs.

[Kori Ellis]

If Bob Hill was coaching, they would be 69 and 1 and Boston would still be looking for their first win against SA in the Duncan era.

Bob Hills sucks.

The Spurs players wanted him gone.

He has done crap since he left.

After San Antonio, Fordham gave him a 10 year contract. And then somehow he managed to coach them into the worst record in school history (two wins in an entire season? :wtf)

They fired him and gave him the rest of his money to leave.

Then he sat home for two years pretending to be a private coach for players, meanwhile calling around the league begging for assistant jobs, until he finally landed in Seattle.

And some people have the nerve to think he is as good as Pop?

My ass.

[SequSpur]

During SA's bumpy 10-10 stretch from January 1-February 11, 7 of those 10 losses were by 5 points or less. Considering the way they play now, able to come back from a deficit, and/or close out close games, let's say they win at least 3 of those 7 5-point-or-less losses, it's a team that realistically can be 54-17.

People don't like to admit it, but there has been improvement since that bumpy 20 game run, and there's no reason why it won't continue heading into the playoffs.

Broseph.. they are playing lottery teams right now... Name one great win besides Detroit.

[timvp]

Does SpursDynasty really need to start a thread like this after every win?

[SpursDynasty]

Broseph.. they are playing lottery teams right now... Name one great win besides Detroit.

Detroit twice, and Houston supposedly (I don' know why this board considers Houston a good or great team, they are average at best). And there aren't that many great teams in the NBA at all, so even over an 82 game season, there aren't that many great wins.

Great teams in the NBA = 3 teams
Good teams = 6 teams
Average = 7 teams
Bad teams = 14 teams

Utah is coming up Friday. Phoenix next Thursday. The Spurs will show they are for real.

[ShoogarBear]

Does SpursDynasty really need to start a thread like this after every win?I like it. Saves me the time of looking up the current record.

[Kori Ellis]

I like it. Saves me the time of looking up the current record.

:lol

[SpursDynasty]

I do it TO MAKE IT KNOWN: 18-2 over the last 20.

Are they doing anything really really impressive? No. All pretty much lottery teams other than Detroit. Taking care of business? Yes. Which is what they weren't doing before. They were losing to lottery teams, and they've fixed the problem.

If they end up 2-2 vs Dallas and Utah each, they'll get more respect. They'll have the chance to get 2-2 on the season series with Utah on Friday.

[ploto]

March 28, 2006 55-16

[The Admiral]

I'm very impressed with 51-20. We have veteran players who know how to win. I'm expecting nothing less than a western conference finals appearance and I honestly think we can take the Mavs and Suns.

[SpursDynasty]

March 28, 2006 55-16

See. Not bad. The Spurs are "on the decline and old and unathletic", yet are only 4 games behind the pace of their best season in franchise history last year.

[phyzik]

Im just grateful we HAVE a 50+ win team year in and year out... people are fucking spoiled... I want as many championships as possible in the Duncan era but our shit years cant come soon enough so we can lose these fair weather fans, or at least remind them what it used to be like before we lucked out on Drob then ducan.

[Dre_7]

All that matters is the playoffs. Win then, and its all good.

[dirk4mvp]

If the Mavs record isn't impressive, how can this be?

[johngateswhiteley]

then you have to be impressed with 60-11.

play fair little boy :nope

..apparently you didn't get the memo, the mavs suck. sorry dude.

[romain.star]

if the players see themselves as underdogs during playoffs, we have a great chance to celebrate for a fourth ring after a sweep over the first NBA finals appearance of King James

[J.T.]

More than the record, I like how the team is playing now. I had given up hope when we were blowing double digit leads and falling apart at the end of games earlier in the seasons. Aside from those two flukes last week, I think we've been playing some pretty good ball lately. Upcoming games against PHX and UTH will be pretty good barometers of where we are for the playoffs. I'd like to catch PHX for the 2 seed, but I'm content with playing the Los Angeles Kobes in the first round.

I just hate the regular season of any sport. Postseason is so much more fun. If not for 81 point games and 60 foot 3 pointers to force OT, I don't know if I'd even keep up with the NBA until April.

[J.T.]

if the players see themselves as underdogs during playoffs, we have a great chance to celebrate for a fourth ring after a sweep over the first NBA finals appearance of King James

Yeah, I've been saying for a while that being under the radar and underdogs is exactly what this team needs. I think other teams respect us enough to know what we can do to them, but all eyes are on Phoenix and Dallas right now.

[LEONARD]

Who's impressed/content/satisfied with 51-20 for now?


:::Hearing a pin drop:::

I thought so...

I will probably be the only one celebrating at the river walk for the championship too.

LMAO...you waited 3 min's for the "pin drop" reply... :lol


During SA's bumpy 10-10 stretch from January 1-February 11, 7 of those 10 losses were by 5 points or less. Considering the way they play now, able to come back from a deficit, and/or close out close games, let's say they win at least 3 of those 7 5-point-or-less losses, it's a team that realistically can be 54-17.

Interesting...


Does SpursDynasty really need to start a thread like this after every win?

GO SPURSDYNASTY GO!!! :lol

[Jimcs50]

Who cares? :sleep


Spurs will not be a factor at all in playoffs They will be one and done, at best. Pop needs to step down and let PJ take over next year, then TD might have a chance to win the 4th ring before he retires....maybe.

[The Admiral]

Who cares? :sleep


Spurs will not be a factor at all in playoffs They will be one and done, at best. Pop needs to step down and let PJ take over next year, then TD might have a chance to win the 4th ring before he retires....maybe.

You're being sarcastic, right?

[JamStone]

18-2 out of the last 20 is impressive. The two losses being to Milwaukee and Boston is not so impressive.

[ponky]

Yeah, I've been saying for a while that being under the radar and underdogs is exactly what this team needs. I think other teams respect us enough to know what we can do to them, but all eyes are on Phoenix and Dallas right now.

Except that the Spurs are no longer under the radar. Barkley can't say enough about how he thinks the Spurs are going to win it all this season and how the Suns are going to tire out. Hollinger has the Spurs at #1 in his silly rankings and all we ever hear these days when analysts talk about the playoffs is "BUT watch out for the Spurs." That's cool by me though, no reason the Spurs should be considered underdogs.

I think it's more like all eyes are on Nash and Nowitzki because of the MVP race...when it comes to the playoffs, not all eyes are on Phx and Dallas.

[nkdlunch]

Spurs will not be a factor at all in playoffs

I hope this guy is sarcastic. :bang :bang

and I'd say we all should be very satisfied. But not impressed. save that for the playoffs.

[MajorMike]

I would just like to say, that in the thread Just For Comparison (http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=58743) back on 25 Jan, people jumped all over me for comparing our record to past years' records and saying how i was dumb and this is the worst Spurs team of the Duncan era and on and on.

I posted the following records by year:

Records before end of Jan:

1997-1998 30-14
1998-1999 32-13 (after like number of games)
1999-2000 28-16
2000-2001 29-15
2001-2002 29-15
2002-2003 29-16
2003-2004 29-16
2004-2005 34-10
2005-2006 31-10
2006-2007 30-14

End of March:

1997-1998 50-23 (.685) 4th seed - tied with Suns
1998-1999 Strike year
1999-2000 47-25 (.653) 5th seed - tied with Suns
2000-2001 51-22 (.699) #1 seed
2001-2002 49-24 (.671) 2nd seed
2002-2003 53-20 (.726) #1 seed - tied with mavs
2003-2004 50-25 (.667) 3rd seed - 2nd best record
2004-2005 53-18 (.747) 2nd seed
2005-2006 56-16 (.778) #1 seed
2006-2007 51-20 (.718) 3rd seed? *1 game to go

Yes, means nothing, but seeds also can be overcome and record is very comperable to other good seasons. Don't give up.

[Jimcs50]

I would just like to say, that in the thread Just For Comparison (http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=58743) back on 25 Jan, people jumped all over me for comparing our record to past years' records and saying how i was dumb and this is the worst Spurs team of the Duncan era and on and on.

I posted the following records by year:


End of March:

1997-1998 50-23 (.685) 4th seed - tied with Suns
1998-1999 Strike year
1999-2000 47-25 (.653) 5th seed - tied with Suns
2000-2001 51-22 (.699) #1 seed
2001-2002 49-24 (.671) 2nd seed
2002-2003 53-20 (.726) #1 seed - tied with mavs
2003-2004 50-25 (.667) 3rd seed - 2nd best record
2004-2005 53-18 (.747) 2nd seed
2005-2006 56-16 (.778) #1 seed
2006-2007 51-20 (.718) 3rd seed? *1 game to go

Yes, means nothing, but seeds also can be overcome and record is very comperable to other good seasons. Don't give up.



Only 5 games difference, but Dallas is so far in front that it seems like a million games behind last year

[Jimcs50]

You're being sarcastic, right?


No, sardonic

[ManuMagic]

Aggies... Acie Law blows a game in the tourney and they're all ready to jump every ship they're on.

[boutons_]

On Dec 20, the Spurs were 20 - 6.

On Feb 11, were 34 - 18,

In that period, the Spurs were 14 - 12, a season rate of 44 - 38, with no excuses of injuries, as we had last year with Tim and Manu.

Now that the Spurs are playing better, the only explanation for 14 - 12 is mental. Teams will always have off-nights, but 14 - 12 over 6 weeks is a lot more than an off night.

The crazy thing is, if the Spurs can finish 9-2, they will still end up with 60W season.


Utah *
at Indiana
Seattle
Phoenix *
Golden State
Portland
Sacramento
at Minnesota
at Dallas *
at Memphis
Denver *

"*" is WC playoff team.

It's gonna be hard to get 9-2 facing Mavs, Jazz, Suns, but it's do-able.

[ducks]

will dallas even play starters against spurs?

[jaespur21]

Another good regular season for the Spurs. Some of our losses were bad and drove me crazy but i guess any loss would do that. Too bad we didnt go undefeated

[ManuMagic]

On Dec 20, the Spurs were 20 - 6.

On Feb 11, were 34 - 18,

In that period, the Spurs were 14 - 12, a season rate of 44 - 38, with no excuses of injuries, as we had last year with Tim and Manu.

Now that the Spurs are playing better, the only explanation for 14 - 12 is mental. Teams will always have off-nights, but 14 - 12 over 6 weeks is a lot more than an off night.

The crazy thing is, if the Spurs can finish 9-2, they will still end up with 60W season.


Utah *
at Indiana
Seattle
Phoenix *
Golden State
Portland
Sacramento
at Minnesota
at Dallas *
at Memphis
Denver *

"*" is WC playoff team.

It's gonna be hard to get 9-2 facing Mavs, Jazz, Suns, but it's do-able.

Pacing yourself for the playoffs, knowing you have a veteran roster??

[Jimcs50]

Aggies... Acie Law blows a game in the tourney and they're all ready to jump every ship they're on.


:depressed


You got that right...I am jinxed, ever since Manu's foul on Dirk.

[boutons_]

"Pacing yourself for the playoffs"

Then WTF have they been doing since 11 Feb?

[SpursDynasty]

7 of 10 losses between January 1 and February 11 were by 5 points or less. Then they went and won 18 of their next 20. Crazy. If they win atleast 3 of those narrow losses (if they played then how they play now), we're talking about a team thats very capable of being 54-17. Wait, make it 4, because Dwight Howard will never win another game on a 0.7 dunk. He won't make it, 99 times out of 100. It's reasonable to say that 55-16 = Spurs' capability but not so.

[ManuMagic]

"Pacing yourself for the playoffs"

Then WTF have they been doing since 11 Feb?

Gearing up for the playoffs.

To quote Carlito Brigante:

"You can't buck it the whole time."

This team was bound to take some time off here and there with the age and wear. If Timmy, TP, and Manu were logging 42 minutes a game like Dirk, JoshHo, and Terry - the record would probably be better, but at what cost?

[ManuMagic]

:depressed


You got that right...I am jinxed, ever since Manu's foul on Dirk.

You know... I think Longhorn Spurs fans would say the same thing. First the football meltdown after a championship season followed by a no-show in the NCAA tourney by a team with the best player in the country on it. Interesting... it all goes back to Manu.

[cornbread]

7 of 10 losses between January 1 and February 11 were by 5 points or less. Then they went and won 18 of their next 20. Crazy. If they win atleast 3 of those narrow losses (if they played then how they play now), we're talking about a team thats very capable of being 54-17. Wait, make it 4, because Dwight Howard will never win another game on a 0.7 dunk. He won't make it, 99 times out of 100. It's reasonable to say that 55-16 = Spurs' capability but not so.
I like your point about the close games but you need to let the excuses about Howard's dunk die already. If you think that's the last spectacular game winner that he'll have in his long NBA career, then you're not giving the guy the credit he deserves.

As long as Howard has team mates who can get the ball anywhere near the basket, he will bury alley-oops 99 out of 100 times.

[LEONARD]

I like your point about the close games but you need to let the excuses about Howard's dunk die already. If you think that's the last spectacular game winner that he'll have in his long NBA career, then you're not giving the guy the credit he deserves.

As long as Howard has team mates who can get the ball anywhere near the basket, he will bury alley-oops 99 out of 100 times.

Take it easy on Jeff...


The Orlando loss was a fluke loss on a fluke dunk by a fluke player.


Just ask the unheard of players before the Spurs series such as Josh Howard and Jason Terry. Who really even knew who those guys were before the Spurs series last year?


The reason I called Howard and his dunk a fluke is because of how much hype he got for making one dunk. He isn't a brilliant or great player right now, at least.

Classics...

[mardigan]

Jeebuz Leonard, those are real quotes arent they? :dizzy

[LEONARD]

Jeebuz Leonard, those are real quotes arent they? :dizzy

Unfortunately for him, they are :lol

http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=60602

[LongBall]

Unfortunately for him, they are :lol

http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=60602

The last sentance of the last quote was right. Dwight Howard isnt a great player. He is a mediocre player for his ability

[td4mvp21]

Take it easy on Jeff...







Classics...


I'm sorry, but you are way too obsessed with SpursDynasty. All you do is respond to his threads and find millions of dumbass quotes by him? Why the fuck are you wasting your time? :lol

[LEONARD]

I'm sorry, but you are way too obsessed with SpursDynasty. All you do is respond to his threads and find millions of dumbass quotes by him? Why the fuck are you wasting your time? :lol

Jeff is my idol...and I love him... :married:

[Pugglekicker_21]

51 and 20 could be better, but the final record that matters is the Finals record.








If the spurs get there, its a 5 gamer