So Spurfan, which first round playoff opponent do you fear the most?

Easy picks for both imo.

Most: Dallas
Least: Utah

I can't believe people prefer to play the Rockets or Suns over a Utah team that we almost beat at their home without the big three.

the most: the spurs (hopefully the run and gun, making shots last throughout the PO)

the least: the other teams

New School Pop vs Old School Pop

Which one will show up

Bring on Dallas. Would love nothing more than to show them just how lucky that title was last year.

I definitely want the Suns. We are better at their game than they are. Dallas while we would beat is just not a good idea because they are playoff tested. Utah has a stable of bigs. But the most important reason to hope for Phoenix is we can almost assume we will win first round (yes I remember last year) and the suns don't take a big physical toll as do other teams. I am confident we can beat any team in a 7 game series but I think this team ideally should avoid rough, physical teams. We can beat Utah and Dallas but they will pound us physically for rebounds. Push parker and manu on drives. Phoenix is finesse. We will beat them and leave with minimal contusions.

I think we can beat Dallas, but they are the scariest, imo.

They are looking for revenge after we beat them in 2010. Terry always goes off against us. And it's simply a rivalry thing and the Mavs don't want to go out so quickly since they are defending champs.

It will be interesting to see how Leonard, Jack, and Diaw play Dirk if the series was to happen.

After the Mavs, it's the Rockets. Dragic, Scola, and Martin will torch us like always. And they have so many Spurs killers on their team.

Jazz have a frontcourt advantage over us, but they don't scare me.

Phoenix :lol

Houston
Utah
Dallas
Phoenix

dont want any part of dallas in rnd 1 other than that ill take phoenix,utah,denve,hou in that order

Maybe "respect" rather than "fear" is the better choice of words.

The biggest challenge in the 1st round would come from Dallas.

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Originally Posted by Spursmania

Fear is not the word to use againts these teams. But Dallas would be the hardest matchup. The rest, ehh....

Memphis scares me.

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Is this answer good enough for you? Because it pretty much sums it up for me. :ihit

Phoenix, bc we would sweep them, but on game 4 Grant Hill would break manus arm again!

Dallas by far. Definitely not the team they were last year with Chandler, but they got hot in the playoffs last year and they could definitely do it again. Plus it's a rivalry, anything could happen. Utah/Houston might give us a few fits, but that's it. Phoenix the least, worst case scenario would be a 5 game series.

I'd be more concerned with who we end up playing in the 2nd round and, if we get there, the WCF. The big elephants in the room are the current state of our frontcourt and our defense. We're not getting to the finals without running into some glaring matchup problems.

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Originally Posted by timtonymanu

I think we can beat Dallas, but they are the scariest, imo.

They are looking for revenge after we beat them in 2010. Terry always goes off against us. And it's simply a rivalry thing and the Mavs don't want to go out so quickly since they are defending champs.

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I agree that Dallas would be the scariest 1st round opponent for the reasons you mentioned.

Phoenix would have to be the least scariest imo based on their roster and the fact that Steve Nash doesn't look 100% and he is the engine that drives that bus.

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Originally Posted by MavDynasty

Yeah we are pretty terrible. Mavs best shot to win a series is vs OKC imho..and that is only with Dirk playin at the level he did past year. Doesnt look like that's gonna happen this year though.

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the mavs are always a pretty scary team tbh. If they can find a way to survive to the first 3 quarters, terry or dirk can take over in the fourth. I've always been impressed by the level of execution in the fourth. Look at the miami serie last year, lebron, wade going on iso offense on every possession while the mavs keep on sharing the ball. The mavs is a danger in PO even without TC.

Nobody wants to get the defending champs in the first round. At the very best, it would be a long, tough series.

Give me any of the others. Houston is the closest, Phoenix is the weakest, and Utah has virtually no playoff experience.

Dallas, no doubt

No fear at all, as long as Duncan keeps well and Parker continues to put up big numbers.

Dirk is no clutch shooter, and the Mavericks are all but a shell of their former selves, so its playoffs time to bring out that Spurs broom and sweep them into the trash can.

It's tricky. If you play a tough opponent it can wear you out but at the same time it forces you to elevate your game. That's what happened with the Mavs against the Blazers. The Blazers were probably the toughest matchup for them and it got them playing good enough to win it all.

Respect all, fear none.

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Originally Posted by DAF86

Easy picks for both imo.

Most: Dallas
Least: Utah

I can't believe people prefer to play the Rockets or Suns over a Utah team that we almost beat at their home without the big three.

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The intensity will obviously pick up in the Playoffs. Jazz wont just let us steam roll them. They will put up a fight. I believe Spurs would still win but they can easily take them to a 6 game series.

The Suns are a joke, apart from us owning them in the playoffs all the time, they are also the weakest. Its the easiet road. We would sweep them imo.

None, we can beat any team.

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Originally Posted by Shadowflames

The intensity will obviously pick up in the Playoffs. Jazz wont just let us steam roll them. They will put up a fight. I believe Spurs would still win but they can easily take them to a 6 game series.

The Suns are a joke, apart from us owning them in the playoffs all the time, they are also the weakest. Its the easiet road. We would sweep them imo.

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You mean like that 0-4 spanking we gave them a couple of years ago with a lot of the same guys in the rosters of both teams?

We should beat all of these teams but to me the easiest would be the Jazz. Their biggest strenghts are undersized bigmen, they suck at shooting and they just lack talent and experience.

Dallas-Houston-Utah-Phx. Meh, I don't fear them.

Utah, Phoenix, Houston and then Dallas. From the team I'd most like to face, to the one I "fear".

Like stated before, Dragic, Martin and Scola always kill us. They have some size now too in Camby and Dalembert. That'd be a somewhat physical series.