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Spurs will win the le. So let it be written, so let it be done.
If you want to look at trends and history, it is huge that Phil Jackson will fall short of 60 wins now that LA has lost 3 straight.
Phil Jackson has gone on to win the NBA championship every time his teams had won at least 60 games in a season.
Yes, he has won championships without 60 wins, but in betting, you look at trends, and this 60 win/championship correlation is a strong trend, so I like it that Lakers can not reach that 60 win milestone.
Spurs will win the le. So let it be written, so let it be done.
If our guys play to their potential, no one is stopping us.
so... he HAS won championships without 60 wins? in other words just don't matter? ah, I see your point now.
Weren't the last two Laker le teams sub 60 wins as well? I know one had 57 wins. Either way, it's pretty irrelevant.
I don't agree with the math part.
I think we're ed as well.
Out of the Spurs 4 les, only 1 was won after a 60+ win season.
Also, out of the previous three 60+ win seasons, the Spurs have not won the le twice.
That being said, when the Spurs win exactly 60 games, they have won the NBA championshihp 100% of the time.
So we need to probably lose out from here and stay at 60.
regular season smack talk.
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The Spurs have never won the le without the #1 seed -- except for the 2 times that they have.
Last night, the commentators kept saying LA struggles with quick backcourts. How the are they going to handle a healthy TP and Manu for 7 games
Two sides to that coin. If (and that is a big if) both LA and Spurs play to their potential, then its a no brainer LA 3peats. It would not matter what the Spurs do. LA simply has a better team but I question their desire and heart. The Spurs need a couple of things to happen in addition to playing at their full potential to beat the Lakers in a 7 game series- 1-HCA (which they already have, 2-No injuries to their big three, and finally 3-The Lakers need to cooperate and not play at their full potential. However, we are truely jumping the gun assuming these two teams will meet. There are some really good teams out West that can derail either of these two teams if overlooked. Regardless, if these two teams were to meet, there is a chance that it might go down as one of the all time great series. It will be the showdown between last decade's two most dominate teams. I would not mind to see Duncan getting one more before he retires. He has been one of my favorite players since the college days. You got it love it if you are a Bball fan. That being said, go Lakeshow.
Last edited by 15 and counting; 04-07-2011 at 11:02 AM.
After O & 6 Fest it's nice to see the Spurs Bandwaggon full again.
Phil's championship teams never lost more than 4 consecutive games which this Lakers squad has done already and are on the verge of doing so again @ Portland.
The Gasol-era Lakers have never won a playoffs series on the road either if I remember correctly.
That doesn't mean a goddamn thing. The Lakers are the team to beat in the playoffs, hands down.
As I said, he has won without 60 wins, but he has never lost when he has had 60 wins....so it follows I like our chances a lot more this way
If you're looking for a trend to give you hope, this might be the one. The Lakers haven't won a series without HCA since the 2004 WCF against the Timberwolves.
Of course, they've also won 11 of their last 12 playoff series and have only played 3 series without HCA since 2004. So, basically, since 2004, they're 0-3 when they don't have HCA and two of those were instances in which they were the 7th seed facing a #2 seed in round one.
And they're 15-17 on the road in the playoffs since 2008 and 11-11 since 2009; those are actually good road numbers (by comparison, Boston is 10-17 on the road in the playoffs since 2008 and 8-10 since 2009).
But the fact holds.
Here's one:
The Spurs have never won a championship when there defense was this spotty.
I can still see Pierce in California bellowin' at 1-1 that he ain't comin' back to Los Angeles.
I can also see Pierce back in California, on his heels for a millisecond & Artest takin' his life.
There's so many "Phil Jackson" stats that they really dont mean if you ask me...
Phil Jackson has never only won two les in a row.There's so many "Phil Jackson" stats that they really dont mean if you ask me...
Though Phils's donning of that X Cap in '09 caused some consternation & rolling about in the Auerbach crypt I'll betcha.There's so many "Phil Jackson" stats that they really dont mean if you ask me...
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