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That's right! We should go for it all, or not!
I say go for it stay in rhythm..we've been the best allseason it would suck to lose the top record in the last two games plus it would be good to win. Lakers series 3-1 and hand them their sixth loss in a row.
That's right! We should go for it all, or not!
Agreed
The Spurs have every reason to mail in tomorrow night's game, if only because an LA win assures that they will be either 2 or 3 and keep them out of the 4 spot.
Conceivably, if the Spurs win at Staples tomorrow, LA could end up with 27 losses and, if OKC wins out (@SAC, v. MIL), would drop LAL (v. SA, @SAC) to the 4 spot (assuming no similar swoon for Dallas (@HOU, v. NOH)).
No matter how great your belief in the Spurs' ability to beat LA, you'd have to guess that the Spurs would rather see LA in the Conference Finals and (assuming both can make it there) and not in the WCSF (assuming each would make it there).
Sometimes, when I post, my own genius amazes me.
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there is absolutely no reason why the spurs should play its big 3 against the lakers. spurs can win a coin toss.
Thanks FWD for making my posting SOOOOO easy.
It amazed you so much you pasted the same thing in 2 threads.
Eight threads! Come on....keep up!
( le) Are there any other options?
Something to consider:
Tim Duncan, after the Utah game, made the following statement:
Now, Timmy usually doesn't bring up nagging injuries unless they are actually affecting his play. With the Spurs spiraling out of control without him, I had suspected that they rushed him back into action before they REALLY wanted to.“I feel great. My ankle’s not 100 percent, but other than that, juice-wise I feel pretty good. I feel pretty energized.”
Others have already well do ented the Pro's to winning tomorrow's game. Gain some confidence against the Lakers, sink them deeper into the 2-3 spot (and give them a taste of the O and 6'er), and keep pace with Chicago.
However, we also know that this team is only going as far as Duncan can carry it. If his ankle is still hurting, having an extra three or four days to heal could be a great benefit to him. Not to mention the other injury concerns that come with a late season skirmish with a heated playoff rival that could, or could not, end up being meaningless.
Is having a healthy Tim a bigger concern than seeding?
I assume the doctors have already gauged what an extra few days of rest would do for Tim. If it would genuinely help, I'd imagine they would be resting him. If that were the case though, I doubt he would have played in the last game. Therefore, I expect him to play tomorrow.
The best case scenario is that Pop can limit the starter's minutes while still at least keeping the Lakers within striking distance, but L.A. is going to come out hyped for the win.
They could play all our starters heavy minutes and sub Bonner in for Splitter for the fourth quarter.( le) Are there any other options?
having homecourt advantage in the finals doesn't matter if we don't make it to the finals... you gotta keep the starters in "game shape", but then let them rest and don't risk injury... no matter the score in the regular season
i say sit the big 3 for the final 2 if the bulls and spurs both make it to the finals we about it then
The Spurs are going to try to win tomorrow, they need the momentum going into the playoffs. They've been slumping hard at the worst time in the season to slump. They need a quality win against a powerhouse team in order to bring their confidence back up. I'm hoping they win but I'm betting they don't.....
I love my Spurs, but I don't have a whole lot of confidence in them right now... and honestly it doesn't seem like they have a whole lot of confidence either.
SO SPURS are slumping but LA IS NOT? 5 in a row losses? Go all out to win tomorrow night, but if they do that and lose what does that do for them? NOTHING at all, just more mins on starters legs which we need later and a loss which we tried to win but lost! IF THEY SHALL WIN let them do it with limited MINS! I hope that happens, all I can hope for as we are already #1 seed out West which is what matters IMO.
Can they not 'rest' the big 3 without putting them in street clothes? That way, if the Spurs stay in the game until the 4th quarter and have a decent shot to win it, you throw them in. Otherwise, they take the whole night off.
What cracks me up is that the LAL 5 game streak is with a healthy team in which all of their rotation is contributing to losses.
Umm....Pop, go ahead and mail this one is. We're ready to watch the playoffs.
LA is not losing to Sacramento, IMO.
Conversely, there's an incentive for the Spurs to win: Keeping Dallas as the #2 seed will entice them to play hard in their last game against NOH, keeping NOH in the 8th spot instead of Memphis.
I think a lot of this stuff will be worked out after tomorrow's games.
I actually think Sacto will rally hard to try to win their last game ever in Sacramento. You would think that the Maloof Brother's will want to market to their new area that the Anaheim Royals beat the Lakers in their last game as Kings.
Spurs gotta get Finals HCA vs a very probable Chicago. Spurs need to win @LAL.
i think chicago comes out of the east so i think Spurs need to win.
What a dilemma ... I vote to play the starters very limited minutes against L.A. tonight ... if they still win, so be it. The risk of meeting Chicago in the Finals is not very high, so its better to maybe not have HCA in the Finals than meeting the Lakers already in the 2nd round of the playoffs. Hopefully NO stays at #8.
need to avoid LA until WCFs
Reasons to tank tonight's game vs. LA:
1. Rest the starters and avoid injuries
2. Don't want to chance LA dropping to the 4 seed
3. Bulls aren't winning the East, Miami is
Mail it in, Pop...give the Lakers their hollow victory against Quinn and company.
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