Team you do not want to see in the 1st round

[crc21209]

So everybody, as we come down the stretch and assuming we keep a top-3 seed we would face either the 6 or 7 seed. Who is the ONE team you would NOT want to see in the 1st round?

A. Utah Jazz
B. Dallas Mavericks
C. Phoenix Suns
D. Portland Trailblazers
E. Houston Rockets
F. New Orleans Hornets
G. Denver Nuggets

I personally would hate to see the Utah Jazz. They're finally getting healthy and theyre a physical defensive team who would give us a good series. And a physical series is the LAST thing I would want Manu to go through in the 1st round. Do I think we would beat them? Yes. But I think it would take a toll on us and could affect the team through the 2nd round and on should we face them first.

[td4mvp21]

Hornets or the Jazz. Both would be very physical.

[sa_butta]

So everybody, as we come down the stretch and assuming we keep a top-3 seed we would face either the 6 or 7 seed. Who is the ONE team you would NOT want to see in the 1st round?

A. Utah Jazz
B. Dallas Mavericks
C. Phoenix Suns
D. Portland Trailblazers
E. Houston Rockets
F. New Orleans Hornets
G. Denver Nuggets

I personally would hate to see the Utah Jazz. They're finally getting healthy and theyre a physical defensive team who would give us a good series. And a physical series is the LAST thing I would want Manu to go through in the 1st round. Do I think we would beat them? Yes. But I think it would take a toll on us and could affect the team through the 2nd round and on should we face them first.

if your talking about not going through a physical series in the first round then you don't want to face Denver either. We always come out of that series black and blue. I would think Portland could also be scary just because they are young and atheletic. Im confident we can beat them in a series, but they could wear us a out a bit.

[Bartleby]

Teams I would prefer the Spurs not play in the first round, in order of preference:

1. Utah
2. Denver
3. NO
4. Portland
5. Houston
6. Phoenix
7. Dallas

[Solid D]

Rockets

[hater]

Dallas. Let's be honest, they always play out of their minds vs. Spurs. why would we want to fight so hard on round 1?

other teams I don't wanna see: Lakers, Utah, New Orleans

[BUMP]

in order to beat San Antonio in the 1st round u will most likely have to beat them multiple times in the AT&T Center, and there is only 1 team that isnt intimidated to go in there and come out victorios.

the Dallas Mavericks. the last team to beat the Spurs in the playoffs besides LA. we might not be able to beat anyone else in the 1st round, but if there's one team i would love to face in the 1st round its the Spurs

[Texas_Ranger]

We can defeat all of them, so I don't care who we face.

[hater]

in order to beat San Antonio in the 1st round u will most likely have to beat them multiple times in the AT&T Center, and there is only 1 team that isnt intimidated to go in there and come out victorios.

the Dallas Mavericks. the last team to beat the Spurs in the playoffs besides LA. we might not be able to beat anyone else in the 1st round, but if there's one team i would love to face in the 1st round its the Spurs

Let's face it. Spurs would win that round 1 vs. Dallas 99 out of 100 times. BUT it might take 6 or 7 hard fought games to do it. IMO I don't wanna do that in round 1

[Agloco]

So everybody, as we come down the stretch and assuming we keep a top-3 seed we would face either the 6 or 7 seed. Who is the ONE team you would NOT want to see in the 1st round?

A. Utah Jazz
B. Dallas Mavericks
C. Phoenix Suns
D. Portland Trailblazers
E. Houston Rockets
F. New Orleans Hornets
G. Denver Nuggets

I personally would hate to see the Utah Jazz. They're finally getting healthy and theyre a physical defensive team who would give us a good series. And a physical series is the LAST thing I would want Manu to go through in the 1st round. Do I think we would beat them? Yes. But I think it would take a toll on us and could affect the team through the 2nd round and on should we face them first.

[Ditty]

no jazz, no rockets, no hornets

[MaNu4Tres]

I would love to see us getting the 3rd or 2nd seed with Jazz and NO getting 4th and 5th then facing LA in the 2nd round....but as long as we are healthy I dont give a damn.

[Manufan909]

Jazz or Hornets. I'd want the Nuggets, facing them in round 1 tends to bode well.

Or the Rockets, we all know they won't make it out of 1st round.

[EJK5032]

No team in the NBA is beating the Spurs in a 7 Game series this year.......no one.

[MaNu4Tres]

No team in the NBA is beating the Spurs in a 7 Game series this year.......no one.

I can see that argument if the Spurs were healthy. Fact is they haven't been healthy since a year ago. Lets cross our fingers.

[urunobili]

Dallas. Let's be honest, they always play out of their minds vs. Spurs. why would we want to fight so hard on round 1?

other teams I don't wanna see: Lakers, Utah, New Orleans

couldn't agree more...

Perfect case scenario would be Portland...

[Ariel]

no jazz, no rockets, no hornets

Ditto. I think we would come on top over any of them, but I'd like to avoid potentially long and grueling series, mainly because of Manu and a potential rematch against the Lakers. Provided the Spurs field a full strength team (mainly Manu), I have a lot of confidence this time around things will go our way.

[hater]

couldn't agree more...

Perfect case scenario would be Portland...

Portland, Phoenix, Houston. why are ppl scared of Houston?? when is the last time they came out of the 1st round??

[timvp]

Mavs.

[TwelveGs210]

fear joey crawford..that is the real threat to the spurs playoff hopes

[EJK5032]

I can see that argument if the Spurs were healthy. Fact is they haven't been healthy since a year ago. Lets cross our fingers.

we'll be healthy just in the nick of time........hopefully !

[smeagol]

Rockets.

If Scola eliminates us, whottt would be in suicidal watch . . .

[Ariel]

Portland, Phoenix, Houston. why are ppl scared of Houston?? when is the last time they came out of the 1st round??

Personally I have no doubt we'd take the series, but I don't want to see Artest and Battier wearing out Manu. Plus, he has a habit of crashing into Yao. A healthy Manu is the key, so I would want to maximize those chances.

[Please_dont_ban_me]

Phoenix, New Orleans and of course the Lakers.

[G-Nob]

Josh Howard