I placed 1400 on the Lakers, at the beggining of the season. It pays 3.8/1.
I also placed 600 on the Spurs, that back then payed 7.1/1 (payed 3.9 on january end too, dunno how much now).
If the Spurs win it all, I'll get a li'l more than 4k. If the Lakers win it, I'll win +5k.
So, basically, I'm betting on the Western Conf (my GF has 300 on the Mavs at 4.5).
It's not a matter of effort, like say the Lakers in the first half of the season. The Spurs simply don't have the paint presence anymore to keep opponents off the o-glass and protect the perimeter defenders, who are somewhat undersized by their past standards.
Their defense is by no means SSoL Phoenix Sun's level, like some idiots like to claim, but it's not championship level, nor has the potential to be.
What's the matter with you?
wtf this isnt a troll thread from midnight. this is like an eclipse
I think you're have a nervous breakdown, or, a religious conversion.
I'm worried about you.
I don't start troll threads anymore. I only go after specific dumbasses, be it Spurfan (koriwhat) or Lakerfan (history2b, Kool, etc). See my sig.
My "Lakerhating" was getting stale. Needed to change things up. Keep it fresh, like your sig.
I've only seen maybe three or four games this entire year where they showed they have it in them to be championship caliber this year.
The Spurs are on cruise control right now and still closing out games. Winning . . . duh. They are playing shut down D in 4th quarters and controlling the pace of most games. You can see the framework of playoff basketball in glimpses. The switch will get flipped. They will have some games where they lose focus and Pop will white flag it, but they will come back huge in the followng game. It's going to be a fun post season.
The Spurs are a very good defensive team, they're not the elite defensive team they've been in the past. Their offense is much more explosive and versatile, they can get points from a lot of different sources in a lot of different ways, but they don't have the consistent dominant force in Duncan offensively that will sustain you regardless.
They could win it all, but it'd take even more good fortune than a championship team usually has to have. As a Spurs fan, it's just uncharted territory.
They're more balanced than dominant, still very good defensively, but nowhere near where we're accustomed. The Spurs' gains in offense have to offset their losses in defense, which seems like an impossibility - but that's only because it's uncharted territory; Phoenix Suns they ain't.
But I still find it hard to believe this team can get it done without Splitter and Anderson contributing to their playoff rotation. They're the only two players on the team that had the potential of filling the Spurs needs in the frontcourt and on the wing...
The Spurs have Jobu on their side this year. They got this.
Great post.
Wrecker, gettin' his Suns on.
tee, hee.
Spurs just coastin' while every team tries too hard when we enter their establishment.
Or, vice versa last Sunday.
tee, hee.
I like the smell of the Johnson's. It reminds me of when I was 1.
Spurs got the juice in reserves this year. No desert breakdown on the itinerary.
Cully and luva just made this thread uncomfortably uncomfortable. Yikes...
Yeah, really...way too much "twinkness".
When the Spurs play the Lakers it'll be about pace. Whoever controls the pace will win the series. Lakers can't play small with the Spurs as evident with the first head to head game of the regular season. The second game (Mcdyess tip-in) had both teams play their respective styles with the Spurs coming out with a lucky tip in. The third game had the Lakers completely imposing their will on the boards, offensive and defensive paint. If it weren't for the Spurs playing like , the third game would have been a lot closer, but I think the Lakers played a nearly perfect game so the outcome would have been the same.
The fourth meeting of the season won't be important for the Spurs, so the game has no major playoff implications.
If the Spurs impose their will with small ball, they'll run the Lakers right out of the building. Spurs win in seven games
If the Lakers impose their will with an immensely long and athletic line-up, the Lakers will destroy the Spurs. Lakers in six games.
So, it depends.
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