Spurs would match up better against Lakers.........IMHO

[Chubby_Love]

Mavs would be a better matchup

LOL! Just like You were suppose to be a great Matchup against The Spurs! You would have been doing just as bad as The Suns are doing right now.

[Amarelooms]

LOL! Just like You were suppose to be a great Matchup against The Spurs! You would have been doing just as bad as The Suns are doing right now.

Sweep?

[Chubby_Love]

Sweep?

Mavs 2010 Champions? LOL!

[Allanon]

Mavs, Blazers and Nuggets matched up best in the West against the Lakers. But they matched up poorly with their 1st round opponent.

Suns, Jazz, Spurs match up better with the Celtics/Magic than they ever did with the Lakers. I don't doubt that those 3 teams could have beaten Boston or Orlando.

This year was all about matchups. Lakers matched up poorly against the Cavs but match up very well against the Celtics.

[ShoogarBear]

The Spurs would have had a shot against the Lakers in the first round, probably the best shot of anyone in the West.

Once the Lakers got out of the first round, though, the Conference was done.

[ILUVSA]

The Spurs would have had a shot against the Lakers in the first round, probably the best shot of anyone in the West.

Once the Lakers got out of the first round, though, the Conference was done.

I agree!

[ILUVSA]

Mavs 2010 Champions? LOL!

Yep a sweep for sure!!

[dav4463]

Suns had an out of body three point shooting experience for four games against the Spurs. They have since come back to earth.

[LakerLanny]

Exactly, by time Orlando adjusts, it will be too late. I can see the Lakers losing game 1 and home court will be very important in the finals.

See if you can locate your balls.

The Lakers are 27-3 in the last three years at Staples during the playoffs.

15 of the 27 have been by double digits.

Lakers over Celtics in 6, maybe 5.

[Srupsog]

Spurs would probably be a better match-up, but they probably still go down in 4 or 5 games because Bonner

[21_Blessings]

While it's true the Spurs do match up better with the Lakers the series in question would not have lasted any longer than 4 games. So it's moot.

[UV Ray]

While it's true the Spurs do match up better with the Lakers the series in question would not have lasted any longer than 4 games. So it's moot.

Do you really believe that?

[Capt Bringdown]

Spurs don't match up well with anyone anymore, and if the Mavs had a proper coach, we would have been summarily dismissed instead of pulling off an improbable 1st round win.

The Duncan run is over, it's time to look to the future and rebuild.

[21_Blessings]

Do you really believe that?

As much as I believed the Lakers could sweep Utah.

[UV Ray]

While it's true the Spurs do match up better with the Lakers the series in question would not have lasted any longer than 4 games. So it's moot.

As much as I believed the Lakers could sweep Utah.

At least you are honest.

[Muser]

You mean the same Bynum who is only averaging 8.5 points and a whooping 5.5 rebounds against the worst defender of all time Amare?


The Spurs would still lose but it wouldn't be because of Bynum.

He still beats anyone the Spurs could throw at him.

[LakeShow]

See if you can locate your balls.

The Lakers are 27-3 in the last three years at Staples during the playoffs.

15 of the 27 have been by double digits.

Lakers over Celtics in 6, maybe 5.

I assure you that Lakeshow has no trouble locating his balls.

Those stats you threw out there are meaningless. Do you realize that one of those losses was to the Celtics in 2008?

Playing a soft team is a concern LakerFanny. I have no doubts that the lakers can and will adjust but it may not be the first game. I have confidence that the lakers will win the series. If they were matched up against a tougher opponent, I might agree with you that they win in 5 or 6 games. The way things stand now, I like the Lakers in 7.

Dok posted a thread last night that addresses my concerns that I posted yesterday afternoon. Check it out.

http://spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=154850

[BadMotorscooter]

No way. Why do people want to think about matchups when their team is out? The Suns schooled us...and now you want to think we would match up with the Lakers better? LOL. Its over. We lost. The Suns whipped our ass. Quit trying to find comfort in thinking we woulodm give the Lakers a better challenge.

[Chillen]

They got swept by Phoenix, look what the Lakers are doing to the Suns. Same result either way, the Spurs now have to focus on trying to get Duncan an athletic bigman like Chris Bosh, which probably won't happen but if the Spurs had a Pau Gasol or Andrew Bynum with Tim Duncan they would be a much,much better team. They also have to get bigger and better rebounders which despite Blair and McDyess at time Jefferson couldn't cut it. They still could make another run but not without help for Duncan.

[rascal]

Now you have turned to imaginary win scenarios against the lakers.

[florige]

Good point. The soft play Orlando faced has really hurt them in their preparation for Boston.

I am so glad that Boston is beating the crap out of that overrated Orlando team. The only reason they barely beat them last year was because of Garnett. I don't think Boston will sweep though since it seems every series their star players are always due for a 4-36 shooting night or something ridiculous.

[rascal]

The Spurs would have had a shot against the Lakers in the first round, probably the best shot of anyone in the West.

Once the Lakers got out of the first round, though, the Conference was done.

No way. The spurs were not beating the lakers in any round. Until the spurs get some real help on the frontline and push Bonner deep to nothing more than a few minutes a game role player and push McDyess to the 4th or 5th best big they don't stand a chance against the current lakers.