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Pretty good info here man, thanks for this. I hope nobody tries to get you banned from making threads for "jinxing" the team.
Standings-
-The Lakers have won 5 straight games, and are still 6 1/2 back of the spurs
-The Clippers have won 13 straight and are only tied for 1st with Thunder, both are only 1 game ahead of the spurs
-The Spurs have the 2nd best road record in the league (11-6) and are one of only 6 teams with only 2 home losses (Miami, Knicks, OKC, Memphis, & Utah)
Health-
-Manu is healthy,for the time being.
-Kawhi Leonard & Stephen Jackson are back after both missed at least 15 games.
-Duncan and Parker have yet to miss games with injuries
-Splitter & Diaw are the only Spurs to appear in every game
Tony Parker-
-Parker has outperformed his 5th place MVP season by averaging 19pts, 7 asts, 50% FG & 40pt% 3pt)
-He is on pace to make the most 3 pointers since he was 22 (9 seasons ago) he needs two more to surpass his total in 60 games last season
-He is averaging a career low in turnovers and a career high in free-throw percentage
A Resurgent Tim Duncan
-Duncan is averaging his most blocks per game since he was 28, and currently has the highest defensive rating in the league. He is averaging more blocks per game than last season (1.5 to 2.5) and needs 18 blocks to surpass his total from last season (likely within the next 6 games).
-His scoring is at a 4 year high, & his free throw shooting is the best of his career (nearly 80%).
His rebounding percentage ,19.2%, and his per 36 rebounds per game (12.1) are the best in his 16 year career.
Schedule-
-After a brutal schedule early on, the spurs are 21-8 and have a much easier schedule ahead, the next 10 opponents have an average winning percentage of .493.
5 of those next 10 are at home, where the toughest opponent is 14-13 and 5-6 on the road (Brooklyn) 4 teams are below .500 and 3 more are no more than 3 games above .500.
Last edited by cd021; 12-26-2012 at 09:54 PM.
Pretty good info here man, thanks for this. I hope nobody tries to get you banned from making threads for "jinxing" the team.
Great stuff
I actually thought about leaving Manu off of this, I can't take him getting injured again...
It would suck if he really did get injured again, but at least they'd give Nando more minutes and we'd see more of what he could do with those minutes, then they'd probably call Anderson back up for a few more games.
think you mean average-After a brutal schedule early on, the spurs are 21-8 and have a much easier schedule ahead, the next 10 opponents have a combined winning percentage of .493.
Thanks for the infos.
jinx thread
KL is much better this year at influencing the game. Combine that with OKC not having Harden, and I like our chances at making the Finals.
The Clippers have the best road record.
My mistake I looked at the standings wrong
Clippers 9-3
Spurs 11-6
The top 4 seeds in the west are the best 4 teams in the league in my opinion,
It is going to a really difficult run to the le
The spurs will likely have to face one of these teams in the 1st round
Nuggets-currently underachieving, but should give it together sooner rather than later
Lakers-Dwight is still recovering from his back surgery Gasol might actually play more consistent with Nash)
Warriors-They defense is much improved without Bogut, who is one of the better rebounders and shot blockers in the NBA
Jazz-Physical team, who can score in the paint and crashes the glass
We've had to play OKC twice, Boston twice, @ Lakers, Memphis, Clippers twice, @ Miami, 17 of the 1st 29 games on the road
brutal is correct.
Um. Miami?
I didn't forget them, their defense has dropped off 4th to 13th in defense efficiency) and Wade has been inconsistent scoring the ball. I think OKC, Memphis, San Antonio & the Clippers all have legit chances of beating them in a 7 game series.
Miami just beat OKC and has beat them in 6 of their last 7. So Miami isn't a top 4 team in the league?
Thunder is a better team than last season, those 4 finals losses were against a different roster, their 0-1 with Westbrook, Durant & Martin
Miami just beat OKC and has beat them in 6 of their last 7. So Miami isn't a top 4 team in the league?
So because rosters have changed, your argument is that OKC is better now, and your evidence is by the fact that they've lost the only game they've played to Miami?
Okay. Anyway that's more forgivable than saying that Memphis > Miami.
Durant is averaging more points and shooting less, he is also averaging a career high in rebounds, steals, assists FG & FT% & his true shooting percent is up 5% from last season.
Miami just beat OKC and has beat them in 6 of their last 7. So Miami isn't a top 4 team in the league?
Westbrook assists up up by more than 3 per game and his turnovers are down.
no you said this
Houston winning % is higher that .493 so there's no way it could combine with anything to make .493. So you meant averageeasier schedule ahead, the next 10 opponents have a combined winning percentage of .493.
And they haven't played a single playoff game yet. Things change in playoffs. Benches shorten. Big players contribute more.
And they lost to the Heat. You're making arguments like they exist in a vacuum. OKC has shown nothing that says they're going to beat the Heat in a BO7, yet somehow they're better, and the next 3 teams in the West are too? Last year's Finals wasn't that close, and I fail to see what suddenly makes you think that Miami is vulnerable because they're coasting.
Have you actually watched Memphis?, Miami lacks size and struggles rebounding Z BO & Gasol would score at will in the paint, Memphis also is 8th in rebounding while Miami is 30th. they are balanced team 2nd in defensive efficiency and 12th in offensive efficiency they are built for the half court style in the post season when games slow down.
And we all know that Miami isn't built for the post-season, what with their limited success with the current roster and all.
OKC won game 1 by 11, lost game 2 by 4 game 3 by 6 and game 4 by 4 and then got blown out in game 6 by 15 they lost 4 games by 29 points an average of 7 pts. Miami only outscored OKC by 18 pts in the entire series. Durant and Westbrook are playing some of their best basketball and Ibaka has become more of a weapon on offense. Given how close that series was and compared to the heats roster turnover and their struggles and OKC's improvement that could be a very compe ive series
What makes you think they're coasting?, they have had trouble defending and have already been blown out by a twice by the Knicks and nearly lost to a team without out 6 of its top 8 scorers, add another loss to Washington where they were clearly outplayed and Wades inconsistency that has carried over from the playoffs his P.E.R is the lowest in 6 years, he is points per game has dropped from 25.5 to 22.1 to 19.8 this season. He has even worked with a shooting specialist to regain his shooting form
Lebron James "There is a cloud over our team because we're not defending like we know we're capable of defending," James said. "We have some room for improvement. The good thing is we can be great. But right now, we're not good. We're not very good right now as a team and we've got to get to that point."
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