Race to #1 Seed, San Antonio or Oklahoma City?

[cd021]

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.

I don't recall many 5-8 seeds making it to far in the post season. Maybe home court could have helped some.

[cd021]

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

I can't put stock in a team that has Griffin, Jordan, Hollins and Odom as a big man rotation. Only Odom can consistently space the floor but his having another horrid season. Griffin & Jordan still struggle with shooting FT's. They're about as much as a contender as the Grizzlies, which is not so much.

[cd021]

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

This.

[Spurs 4 The Win]

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.

Im saying they wont though, its an opinion. The clippers arent good enough to play 4 loss ball for the remainder of the schedule imo. And we are too good to play 10 loss ball so it doesnt matter. And we wont lose six straight lol. Book it

[therealtruth]

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

I doubt that. The Spurs probably wouldn't have won that year if they couldn't win on the road. Yet they did win on the road in game 5. Which emphasize my point that you're not going to win a championship if you can't win on the road. If you can't win on the road there's a good chance the other team will be able to and then there goes your homecourt advantage.

[cd021]

Im saying they wont though, its an opinion. The clippers arent good enough to play 4 loss ball for the remainder of the schedule imo. And we are too good to play 10 loss ball so it doesnt matter. And we wont lose six straight lol. Book it

The point was that their is precedent because it happened 2 seasons ago, when we won 61 games. The Clippers are much closer than the Lakers were and have two games remaining against us. Its foolish to discount them. The Thunder have a difficult coming in march The Clippers could slide into the #2 seed fairly easily.

[cd021]

I doubt that. The Spurs probably wouldn't have won that year if they couldn't win on the road. Yet they did win on the road in game 5. Which emphasize my point that you're not going to win a championship if you can't win on the road. If you can't win on the road there's a good chance the other team will be able to and then there goes your homecourt advantage.

We were also 3-0 ,on the road, against the team with the best home record (and overall record) in the WCF.

[Spurs 4 The Win]

The point was that their is precedent because it happened 2 seasons ago, when we won 61 games. The Clippers are much closer than the Lakers were and have two games remaining against us. Its foolish to discount them. The Thunder have a difficult coming in march The Clippers could slide into the #2 seed fairly easily.

We had a six game losing streak that season? Wow, if true

[Spurs 4 The Win]

I doubt that. The Spurs probably wouldn't have won that year if they couldn't win on the road. Yet they did win on the road in game 5. Which emphasize my point that you're not going to win a championship if you can't win on the road. If you can't win on the road there's a good chance the other team will be able to and then there goes your homecourt advantage.

They won because of homecourt that season (2005) and we have to have it this season. You are delusional if you think we will can take two on the road against OKC or Miami, because they will certainly beat us once at home.

[cd021]

We had a six game losing streak that season? Wow, if true

Duncan rolled his ankle against GSW. Missed 4 games. We also lost because of a alley oop from Batum in Portland and horrid late game executionin Houston. That got pop the most angry i've ever seen him (slamming his play board on the court in disgust. Rondo also hit like 8 jumpers in a home loss vs Boston. It was a dark time in Spursnation. The Nuggets also ran us out of the gym in Denver.

[Spurs 4 The Win]

Duncan rolled his ankle against GSW. Missed 4 games. We also lost because of a alley oop from Batum in Portland and horrid late game executionin Houston. That got pop the most angry i've ever seen him (slamming his play board on the court in disgust. Rondo also hit like 8 jumpers in a home loss vs Boston. It was a dark time in Spursnation. The Nuggets also ran us out of the gym in Denver.

I guess I suppressed those memories lol

[TJastal]

I don't really now. But what I'm sure is that OKC doesn't look as scary as before

Good god no. Kevin Martin is not in the same league as Harden as an impact player. Harden was the OKC version of Manu in his prime.

[racm]

Good god no. Kevin Martin is not in the same league as Harden as an impact player. Harden was the OKC version of Manu in his prime.

Kevin Martin is a more efficient Stackhouse tbh...

[therealtruth]

Manu in his prime co-carried the Spurs to a ring in 2005 and was the real MVP of that season's finals. Last year Harden choked in the finals

Manu at best was co-MVP.

[DesignatedT]

Manu in his prime co-carried the Spurs to a ring in 2005 and was the real MVP of that season's finals. Last year Harden choked in the finals

Nobody said Harden > Prime Ginobili. Harden coming off the bench in OKC was about as close as you can get though. Martin isn't near the player Harden is. That's what the point was.

[rmt]

Spurs need HCA and every advantage they can muster (calls more likely to go their way at home). Duncan and Manu are old - they'll wear down as the playoffs go deeper and they're playing more minutes than the RG. It is essential that OKC/LAC battle it out before meeting SAS. Don't think SAS can beat both in successive series. Hopefully LAC doesn't slip down to 4 - they are a deep and their bench has outscored ours (not usually the case). Even if they make it to the Finals, MIA will go small with Lebron at PF and take Splitter out of the picture (except as a backup for TD). They'll probably put Lebron on TP too and throw SAS' offense all out of whack.

I'll pray for NYC (too old) or IND (too young) to take them out - VERY UNLIKELY.

[therealtruth]

Spurs need HCA and every advantage they can muster (calls more likely to go their way at home). Duncan and Manu are old - they'll wear down as the playoffs go deeper and they're playing more minutes than the RG. It is essential that OKC/LAC battle it out before meeting SAS. Don't think SAS can beat both in successive series. Hopefully LAC doesn't slip down to 4 - they are a deep and their bench has outscored ours (not usually the case). Even if they make it to the Finals, MIA will go small with Lebron at PF and take Splitter out of the picture (except as a backup for TD). They'll probably put Lebron on TP too and throw SAS' offense all out of whack.

I'll pray for NYC (too old) or IND (too young) to take them out - VERY UNLIKELY.

LAC is going to run into the same problem we did. Depth is less effective in the playoffs. The Spurs really need to get the majority of minutes out of their top 8 and get them playing well.

[cd021]

LAC is going to run into the same problem we did. Depth is less effective in the playoffs. The Spurs really need to get the majority of minutes out of their top 8 and get them playing well.

Who is the last 3?

Jackson
Diaw
Neal
De Colo

I think we would at least go 4 deep off the bench, We normally play 10 or 11 in a game which is surprisingly high.

[spurraider21]

Looking better and better

[Man In Black]

Durant 13 FGA
Westbrook 20 FGA

Exactly...in 4th quarter situations LAST YEAR, OKC thrived with Harden as main playmaker and Westbrook off the ball. The fact that some press has reported that Eric Maynor is on the block means that they don't have a capable playmaker like they did when Harden was around. I have been saying that last year is last year. This year, OKC is different. The real battle will be against the Clippers and then the Heat.

[racm]

Real contenders also don't lose 3 in a row.

[bklynspursfan]

Totally didn't notice this and maybe someone pointed this out, but every single game against OKC is on a B2B this year Either the first or 2nd game... How ironic

[cd021]

45-13 baring THE Suns getting back into its. 24 games remaining with a 3 game cushion and only 1 team legitimately standing in our way of having the best record in the league outright (last 2 seasons Bulls got it).

[SpursIndonesia]

At the moment, the Heat seems to be the more menacing compe or for that ultimate home advantage in the playoffs, hopefully they will blow most of their wad now and flatlining into the playoffs (imagining that LeBron still has a few gears to rev up to is such a horrible thought to linger on).

[racm]

At the moment, the Heat seems to be the more menacing compe or for that ultimate home advantage in the playoffs, hopefully they will blow most of their wad now and flatlining into the playoffs (imagining that LeBron still has a few gears to rev up to is such a horrible thought to linger on).

Their schedule in terms of home/road splits and number of b2bs will get tougher, while the Spurs get 17 of their last 24 at the AT&T.