Isn't the solution getting better on the road. The reason the Spurs have been so bad on the road is their defense hasn't been that great. That's the only way you give yourself a chance to win a road game in the playoffs. Not by trying to outscore the home team.
If healthy, the Spurs have the advantage with a home heavy final stretch. Hopefully we are getting our injury problems out of the way early like last year and finish strong.
Spurs will snatch up the #1 spot as long as they play as consistent as they did tonight.
Great defense CAN'T beat strong team + fantastic superstar equipped with FT food stamps + refs home cooking. I'd rather get the home court advantage, thank you.
One factor you aren't considering...
Which coach is more likely to rest his stars the last week of the season?
We beat two +500 teams on the road with out Duncan or Manu. The Bulls game had no big 3 and Jackson against a top 5 defense. I think its safe to say we should be alright without the big 3 in the final week if Pop decides to just rest all 3 across the board.
Pop knows we need the one seed, and we will get it, barring injury
OKC seems to be cracking. They are getting absolutely butt ed by Miami tonight. I'm wondering if they are starting to see the Heat as unbeatable. Miami is a horrible matchup for them. They are as athletic, or perhaps more athletic than OKC, AND they are better basketball players.
Its not like most of those games were blowouts. The Spuns series was fairly compe ive on the road. The Mavs series didn't have Manu and Duncan Parker looked gassed for entire 2nd halfs of games. We were a top 10 defense last year and still lost in the WFC. We were however, 2-0 at Utah generally a great home team. Also went 2-0 vs.The Clippers including a massive comeback in game 3.
Going into all star break with 2 game lead over the Thunder and a 4 or 5 game lead over the Clips? I take it.
Clips are now irrelevant. They are not gonna get the 1/2 seed. The 3 seed is their roof. This is a two horse race for the #1 seed and the spurs have the definite edge
KL has alot to do with that.
Prove it.
Can't prove it, but there is just a feel about that team that they are not that serious of contenders... And they are way back of us in the standings, barring a collapse from us or the thunder, they wont pass either team. They are not a legit contender, they are a potential playoff spoiler with 0 shot at winning a le this season
It doesn't matter. Either we'll be good enough that we can win a road series or we won't.
Champions don't need homecourt advantage. Gotta learn to get defensive stops on the road or take your ass home and that's the way things should be.
We have not won an NBA finals series without homecourt and it was definitely huge vs the pistons in 05 so I think you are wrong. If pistons had homecourt we may very well have lost. Homecourt is huge, especially for an aging team like ours. No homecourt advantage= no le
They just got Chris Paul back from injury a couple of games ago (and they're 4-1 since he's been back). They were on a tear before he went down. I think it's a little premature to say they aren't in the running for the 1 seed.
Have we even beaten them this season? What makes you so confident that they wont' get past us? They're clearly a different team from last year, if only in added experience.
It matters a lot actually. This isn't a "bottom line" thing. If the Spurs don't have home court advantage, we're not beating teams like OKC and MIA in a 7 game series. It's that simple.
Having fair and impartial reffing is probably more important than home court against OKC. The only way we can beat OKC is if the refs call the game fairly or if we hit an absurdly high percentage from 3 (like going 12-20 or something). Neither is likely to happen so I'm not holding my breath.
i like the cushion but its not like our schedule is hunky dory. its a lot of home games, and while we are DAMN good at home, we have a LOT of tough opponents in that home stretch
Impartial reffing has much to do with home court as refs seem to act more in favor of the home team ... Spurs will get less calls in OKC or Miami or L.A.
They are not in the running for the one seed. Sorry. And we wont be playing them cuz we will get the one seed. The only way we see them is in the WCF and Im not scared of a team that has ty free throw shooting and an unreliable offense come playoff time
Another thing to consider is that OKC has played more games vs. the West than the Spurs have.
The Spurs had an 8 game lead evaporate to 2 games with a unprecedented 6 game losing streak. The 10-11 season with the Lakers as a 2 seed. Clearly you're wrong about that, with the Clippers 4 games back with 2 games remaining against the Spurs.
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