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Agreed. Finish the season out strong and build on the success in the playoffs. As long as we lay waste to four teams in en route to our 5th.
Injuries can be very fickle in nature. I wouldn't go as far as to say they're healthy at all. Parker is a s of his former self, Green has inflammation of the foot that could linger affecting his versatility and mobility on the defensive end going forward and Ginobili is a ticking time bomb. Not sure when meaningless regular season games all of a sudden became meaningful. My hunch is probably when the win streak hit 10 or possibly the Miami victory. It changes yearly, sometimes daily. I guess it's meaningful when the Spurs win and meaningless when they lose. Kind of like injuries, when they lose a big game, it's because so and so was out but when the Spurs win while sitting their regulars, it's all about the depth. In any event, its tough to gauge how good the Spurs are because of the lack of parity in the NBA. The depth serves its purpose during the regular season but when the rotation shrinks and minutes are cut, they will still be dependent on the big three. If TP can't revert back to his former self, the Spurs don't stand much of a chance in a series against a team like the Thunder. Parker can't guard Westbrook; Mills can't guard Jackson; Nobody can guard Durant. I'm not sure what you're expecting from the cavalry, but the only ones I trust outside the big three are Diaw, Manu and Leonard. As good as Mills and Belinelli are on the offensive end, they can be just as detrimental on the defensive end. The Spurs can't trade points with the opposing team. That's what got them in trouble in 2012. I'm also not getting caught up in win streaks. They were on cruise control in 2012 until the backdoor sweep. Conversely, in 2013, they backed their way into the playoffs and were a free throw away from winning a championship. It is what it is.
Agreed. Finish the season out strong and build on the success in the playoffs. As long as we lay waste to four teams in en route to our 5th.
This Spurs team is still one of the best I've seen even if they don't ring... they just play a phenomenal, very enjoyable type of basketball...
It really isn't rocket science... sometimes the team is clicking and playing well, and sometimes the team isn't clicking and not playing well... they had some ty games even during this streak (ie: Sacto game) even if they won, but overall, you have to be playing very well to win 17 games in a row by an average margin of 16pts... would it translate to the playoffs? Who knows. I suspect every team heading into the playoffs would rather be in our shoes than losing to the Cavs. I'm in agreement that the playoffs are a different type of game, but I like where we're ranked defensively (#4 right now), and I think we can have a good run.
Overall, it's not a stretch to say the Spurs have found their groove, even though there's still areas to improve, like TP, and most importantly, health (which might be related, not sure yet). They're not an unbeatable team, but they're certainly a contender, and no other team in the West has looked as good in the past month or so.
Easily and I have said this to fans saying if we get #2 we are still fine which is not true! If they get a game 7 in OKC forget it, calls and so on will all go their way. Spurs need the #1 seed and do not fool yourselves otherwise fans! NONE. I agree with you fully.Last year caught me off guard man, I thought when they backed in last year they had no shot at all and they go and almost win the le! In 012 I was sure they had it but they flamed out. I will wait and see.
You are right, game 7 with thunderefs at full erection must be avoided at all cost.
WE NEED HC, PERIOD!
As we get closer to the end, there's a very real possibility that the Spurs could get Dallas in the first round (of course) and a realistic possibility (particularly if the Spurs hang on to the #1 seed) that if they advance to the WCSF, they'll face the winner of Houston's first round series.
If things go the right ways and the Spurs play well enough to win their first series, they could have a chance to reach the West Finals without ever having to leave Texas.
If Spurs win it with HCA throughout, they will get dissed with "Spurs can't win a championship with HCA"
I'll take it.
I just don't get this at ude of "don't get excited about your team" when they're playing really well. If Spursfan can't be excited of how their team looks, then what does Laker/Bobcat fan do? Go drown in a pool?
Being a pessimist/debbie downer is the easiest thing. You basically always have the greatest odds (only 2 out of 16 reach the conference finals, 1 out of 16 win it all), and the excuses are exactly the same ("westbrook was injured", "Butler has always been a playoff choker", etc).
hopefully tbh.
And potentially play OKC that's about a 3 hour flight (6 +hours round trip)
For the record:
Magic Numbers after all games 3/30/14, 9 games remaining:
Thunder - 7
Pacers - 4
Heat - 4
Rockets - 3
Clippers - 3
Troll the NBA forum evidently.
Damn, that wall of text...
The regular season is important for a few things, seeding being among them. Galileo was busting your chops for assuming the Spurs had no chance of winning the 1-seed. I think his arrogance is misplaced, but that doesn't mean there's anything you can spin. You were wrong, as even if the Thunder take the top seed, there's most certainly been a race. There's no shame in making a bad prediction; I do it all the time.
The other issue you're bringing up is that the Spurs may not win the West in the playoffs. I agreed with that. The 1-seed has failed to win the West the past three seasons. The playoffs are a different animal. If you want to argue that the Spurs are still underdogs to OKC in a potential WCF, that's certainly worth discussion. But that had little bearing on this thread.
The Spurs winning tonight would be a three-game reduction of their magic number on the Pacers. Tonight wraps up SA's Eastern schedule, and a win would make them 24-6. The Pacers would be 17-12 against the West if they lose tonight. So the Spurs would clinch the tie-break.
Incidentally, the Spurs have locked up the tie-break against Miami, as the Heat already have eight losses to the West, and the Spurs can have at most seven losses to the East. The magic number for Miami is thus three and not four.
Finally, the Clippers number is four and not three, but as soon as Houston's number falls to zero, the Clippers' number will decrease by one.
Last edited by Chinook; 03-31-2014 at 03:16 PM.
none of the numbers are really relevant outside of OKC at this point, and that has shrunk to 6 with us still having 8 games left. its a foregone conclusion that we'll get at least 3-5 the rest of the way, so all those small magic numbers are basically a wrap
agree 100%. but this is ST, where negativity and narcissism is common and almost celebrated.
As long as the team plays with a sense of confidence or belief, I just try to enjoy the experience and hope for the best.
Last edited by HI-FI; 03-31-2014 at 09:52 PM.
still wish okc would toss one more so i can relax
Post All-star break Records
Updated to include tonight's games (3/31/2014)
Spurs-20-1 (.952)
Clippers 16-4 (.800)
Heat-14-8 (.636)
Thunder 11-7 (.611)
Pacers-12-11 (.521)
Their next game is with US on Thursday. ing NBA.
It's ridiculous how well the Clips are playing, and they're LOSING GROUND.
That's such BS. The last game they've played was last night at home. Before Thursday's game, the Spurs will have traveled to Indy, played a game, flown back to SA, play against Golden State on Wednesday, and then play the next night in OKC.
Best bet is the stretch of 4/3-4/9
Spurs, @ Rockets (B2B), @ Phoenix, @ Sacramento, @ Clippers
The Rockets will be without Beverly and D12 though.
They do play @ Indiana and 2 games against the Pelicans
They have 3 B2Bs in 11 days. Westbrook will sit out 3 of those 6 games.
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