Spurs: Yeah! A "win is a win." Spurs notch their 51st victory and are priming themselves for

[racm]

Think it might have less to do with effort and more to do with the Spurs' system getting exposed? I haven't been a true believer in the Spurs' resurgence on D, seeing as most of it has to do with Duncan playing at an elite level even for him, but I always hoped in the back of my head I was just paranoid.

The system works. The problem is that:

the Spurs are facing a lot of teams with jump shooting bigs lately
Parker's perimeter D is an underrated part of his game, as guys simply blow by Ginobili and Green

[Brazil]

Now I'm lost I thought tp sucked at D

[Robz4000]

The system works. The problem is that:

the Spurs are facing a lot of teams with jump shooting bigs lately
Parker's perimeter D is an underrated part of his game, as guys simply blow by Ginobili and Green

Nost teams the Spurs will see in the playoffs have jumpshooting bigs. They'll have to solve that problem sooner or later, and tbh it wasn't that big of an issue earlier in the season. Should it remain an issue, it can be said to be an exploitation of the system, as the midrange jumper hasn't been contested much the last few years. As fot the PG situation, CoJo is a pretty good defender himself and has been doing a good job in TP's stead.

[DMC]

1st round exit (starting to sound like Dale with the repe ion).

[FkLA]

Non-issue. Just playing down to the compe ion tbh. Ill take beating OKC and struggling to beat teams without our best playa.

[spurraider21]

And that's supposed to be encouraging?

No coach worth his salt would encourage his team to "coast" at this point in the season.

Yeah it lets just have our studs play 38 minutes a game to make sure we beat Cleveland by 25 so we can peak in March.

[Sean Cagney]

Just coasting, even Pop doesn't watch the games anymore

They are not just coasting, they are not playing that well. Tim is for sure, Leonard too, but ehhhhhh outside of that.

[timaios]

it remains unclear where the lakers will end up at, provided that they still have a chance at the playoffs. spurs want to keep the lead in the west but they don't wanna leave OKC too far behind so that they will have the privillege to choose their opponent for the first round. spurs have lost quite some games this season which they could've won with ease, and i seriously believe they wouldve won just as many games as we have if they wanted tbh

The Spurs have won 51 games and the Heat 50... The Spurs prefer to win more games than the Heat tbh.

[Thebesteva]

Pulp...if Spurs beat the Lakers do you think that somehow further enhances Tim Duncan's legacy over Kobe's?

[midnightpulp]

Pulp...if Spurs beat the Lakers do you think that somehow further enhances Tim Duncan's legacy over Kobe's?

Not at all.

Head-to-head playoff record shouldn't be considered in a player comparison, since it's the result of factors outside an individual player's control. For example, Lebron James destroyed the Magic in '09, but still lost the series, because no one else stepped up on his team. Dwight Howard leads James 1-0 head-to-head, but Howard didn't outplay James in the series. Same with Kobe vs. Nash.

End of the day, head-to-head record is a team accomplishment. If you're going to compare two players in that way, use head-to-head stats, and Kobe vs. Duncan in that regard is pretty much a wash.

http://www.basketball-reference.com/...playoffs::none

That's why it irritates me when Kobe fanboys say he owns Duncan in the playoffs. Totally untrue.

This is an example of "owning" another player head-to-head:

http://www.basketball-reference.com/...playoffs::none

[Thread]

Pulp...if Spurs beat the Lakers do you think that somehow further enhances Tim Duncan's legacy over Kobe's?

Only if he goes on to:

Duncan: 5

Kobe: 5

Otherwise, he's still at:::

Kobe: 5

the tired old bag Duncan: 4

Understand, daddy-O?

[Slutter McGee]

I get tired of takes like this. I don't own the team. I am not a coach on the team, a player, or any other part of the organization. To me, a win IS just a win. That doesn't mean I don't recognize all that it was against a bad team without their star players. It doesn't mean I don't recognize that the team has imperfections. It doesn't mean I am expecting another ring.

What it does mean is that I am a fan. I have the right to enjoy a win and celebrate it. But you pessimistic assholes are everywhere. Which is fine, but the people you are trying so hard to mock aren't nearly as bad as you pretend. And if your post wasn't so obviously sarcastic...Id actually agree with a good part of it.

ter McGee

[Koolaid_Man]

playoff run!

Duncan was "vino," Kawhi is an emerging star, and the Spurs, minus Tony Parker, beat a tough Cavs team missing their best player! They only gave up 113 points at home to the worst team in the league, but that doesn't matter. A "win is a in' win."

you're such a clown...for your heart's sake you better hope like that the NBA regular season and the Play-Offs aren't a tale of two halves...

[whitemamba]

Not at all.

Head-to-head playoff record shouldn't be considered in a player comparison, since it's the result of factors outside an individual player's control. For example, Lebron James destroyed the Magic in '09, but still lost the series, because no one else stepped up on his team. Dwight Howard leads James 1-0 head-to-head, but Howard didn't outplay James in the series. Same with Kobe vs. Nash.

End of the day, head-to-head record is a team accomplishment. If you're going to compare two players in that way, use head-to-head stats, and Kobe vs. Duncan in that regard is pretty much a wash.

http://www.basketball-reference.com/...playoffs::none

That's why it irritates me when Kobe fanboys say he owns Duncan in the playoffs. Totally untrue.

This is an example of "owning" another player head-to-head:

http://www.basketball-reference.com/...playoffs::none

honestly how many times has kobe embarrassed duncan on the court? Probably one of the major reasons spur fan hates kobe same much tbh,

shall we begin?