Final Prediction - Spurs vs. Clippers Playoff Preview

Clippers-Spurs Key Notes

- The team that wins Game 1 of a seven-game series goes on to win 78.2 percent of the time (337-94, including the 1st Round this year).

- This is their first-ever meeting in the postseason.

- The Spurs are 26-2 at home against the Clippers since drafting Tim Duncan. The .929 win percentage is tied for their third-best at home against any team over that span (27-0 vs Golden State Warriors; 14-0 vs Atlanta Hawks).

- To say these teams have differing levels of success in the postseason would be a drastic understatement. Despite being in the NBA for six fewer seasons, the Spurs have more NBA titles (four) than the Clippers have series wins (three). The Spurs have more than four times as many series wins (34) as the Clippers have playoff appearances (eight).

- Much of the focus will be on the matchup between Chris Paul (third in MVP voting) and Tony Parker (fifth in MVP voting). The two have faced off seven times in the postseason, with Parker winning four times. Paul has enjoyed the statistical advantage, averaging 23.7 points per game and 10.7 assists per game (19.4 PPG, 5.7 APG for Parker).

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Originally Posted by CavsSuperFan

Spurs fans are taking the Clips too lightly…No way Stern allows the Clips to get swept…They could easily win one or two games in this series…

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Did you not read OPs take?

Clippers and Grizzlies was more like watching WWE Smackdown than BB. I really thought the Grizzlies would win that battle because they looked like the tougher of the two teams. It wa the great play of the Clipper bench in the last 4 minutes of game 7 that won the series for them.

But their bench was playing against the Memphis starters so you have to give the Clipper depth and quality some decent props and respect.

We play very smart basketball and should be able to prevail. In 6.

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Originally Posted by Keepin' it real

Tough and physical defense can lead to inept offense. Sorry you can't realize that.

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Yes, it CAN, but inept offense doesn't automatically mean good defense. Sorry you can't realize that.

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Originally Posted by TacoCabanaFajitas

You must not watch a lot of basketball. Clippers and Grizzlies ball movement was so stagnant and slow, and it had nothing to do with great defense. I can't even count how many times in that series that a player from either team went 1 on 1 for the entire shot clock, it was really bad offense.

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dude, update your sig.:lol

spurs in 6

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Originally Posted by TheSullyMonster

dude, update your sig.:lol

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just caught that :rollin

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Originally Posted by TheSullyMonster

dude, update your sig.:lol

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I only post like twice a year tbh

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Originally Posted by dougp

Honestly, the Clippers / Grizzlies series was one of the worst I've seen in awhile - neither team could score very consistently, and felt very underwhelming.

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I had the same impression when I watching parts of a few games out of that series. I won't say it's the worst series I've seen in a while, there are always bad and boring series, but overall I thought neither team executed very well, something the Spurs surely do. Both teams often looked very sloppy, horrible shot selection and timing, dumb decision-making, etc. Just bad, inexperienced basketball imo.

I didn't care who won, either team is gonna get handled by the Spurs.

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lol they all have the same white hands