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We've only played them 3 times
Not that I truly believe that San Antonio will have a decisive edge over LAL, but this is a good idea just to debunk myths.
1) Home-field advantage. The Spurs have it; the Lakers don't and won't.
2) Chances are (and I mean chances), the Lakers will have emerged from a more prolonged, tiring, WCSF with Dallas that will stretch to 6 or maybe even 7 games, while the Spurs may dispatch of their own WCSF opponent slightly more quickly.
In fact, if the Spurs play OKC and the Lakers play Dallas, that's a tiny bit less travel and distance for the Spurs than the Lakers, who would also have to fly back to San Antonio after closing out their series against Dallas at Staples Center (if things unfolded that way).
3) If one is going to trump up the Lakers' recent beating of the Spurs for maximum value, then it's only statistically fair to take into consideration the immediate preceding history of the Spurs' victories over LA as well. Yes, the Lakers won 99-83. The Spurs won 97-82 too, didn't they? The Spurs won 89-88 too, didn't they? Hasn't San Antonio won 3 out of the last 4 in this rivalry?
If the Celtics beat the Magic 3 times in a row, and then the Magic finally came back and had a very good game at the green garden at TD Banknorth, would we declare that the previous 3 Celtics wins over ORL were suddenly moot?
4) If "size is everything," they why hasn't LAL been 4-0 against SAS in the last four meetings instead of 1-3?
We've only played them 3 times
The spurs manhandled the lakers at staples last season in march or april...
so the last four meetings are 3-1 spurs.
It's over guys...stop prolongong your anguish
And just remind me again what last year has to do with this year?
oh...and good luck having this thread be as successful as mine
John, I trust your abs more than I trust you.
These abs never lie
The question is, how old is John Basedow?
Need approval much?
Needs to juice up that turkey neck of his.Need approval much?
Tiago Splitter.
Splitter's gonna need to attend Popavich boot camp over the summer. He's nowhere near ready to step into Dice's shoes next year.
Why does he need to step into Dice's shoes when Dice isn't going anywhere?
http://blog.mysanantonio.com/spursna...mcdyess-plans/
I agree he needs to play the post with more sheer physicality, but it's not like he's Chuck Nevitt or Travis Knight.
It came up after the Pistons game that maybe Dice is done after this year. Haven't seen anything else about it since.
http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=172848
Duncan228 beat me to it. It seems like he is planning to retire at seasons end. Wishful thinking hopes he stays but not likely. IMO, Splitters not ready to take on the starters minutes yet. Maybe in due time. I guess Blair would go back to starter for the time being unless the Spurs make a move in the offseason which is also pretty unlikely.
Last year's Lakers team is the same as this year's Lakers team, and they got handled by a Spurs team that had to work to win 50 games.
The fallacy is your comparing regular season games to playoff games. Its an entirly different scenario when the playoffs start with teams playing at the top level of their intensity, no catching teams playing uninspired or coming off back to back games.
Why did the lakers lose their last two times? Why did the Spurs get spanked so soundly last game? It looks like the last game the lakers lenght and size was a big problem for the spurs. And it looks like Pop also believes this by the benching of Blair. He knows Blair is a poor matchup against LA and Dyess needs to get used to playing more minutes.
You have to look at the rosters and matchups and see how one team can overcome deficiencies and maximise their strenghts as compared to the other team.
lololololololololol Spuds fans in denial
right now the way LA is playing they're unstoppable. These guys are a machine, Cleveland may have done a very bad thing.
Because the Spurs won't be in the WCF ...
All kidding aside, Spurs and their fans should be confident you have HCA. you have been consistently good all year. Why shouldnt you have faith in your team?
2 things we worry about (other than injuries of course):
- Laker's frontline (if Bynum stays healthy)
- Popovich turning into a mental midget vs Jackson in the playoffs
Was late in season and essentially the same key personnel on both teams. Has quite a lot to do, actually.
I agree, at the same time I expect much better focus from the Spurs part, including more minutes for guys like TD and Manu.
The reality is that the last game was an aberration as far as what the Spurs normally shot, and what the Lakeshow normally shot.
If you talk about matchups and fret only about size inside, you're overlooking the fact that on perimeter and bench play the Spurs have been much superior and consistent than the Lakers counterpart, something that wasn't necessarily the case in years past (the Spurs always had problems with depth on the bench, forcing Manu to be moved there).
Ultimately you also need a bit of luck too. The luck we had for Dice to be on the right place at the right time for the tip-in win, and the luck the Lakeshow had to make everything in the 1st quarter of last game while the Spurs couldn't hit the side of a barn.
I think any Spurs vs Lakeshow series will be compe ive. I think the Spurs have a much better shot than seasons past, from a personnel standpoint. I also think this Lakeshow team is not what it was on seasons past.
I just won't bother fretting about the potential matchup since they both have to make it there first.
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