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9-28 in two games against the Spurs this season.
Dragic 2/11?
Why doesn't that Slovenian asshole pull that against us?
9-28 in two games against the Spurs this season.
Seems moot now, but the Spurs could still lose a three-way tie-break with OKC and LAC. Even if the Clips lose, the Spurs do not clinch a top-2 seed.
I feel like the Spurs are never gonna clinch anything.
Suns lose. Phoenix, Memphis, and Dallas are all 44-31. Spurs play all three between Sunday and next Friday.
Suns
The Spurs play seeds 7-9 once before the playoffs. Will be interesting to see if Pop does any maneuvering to get a particular team in the that 8th seed. Then again, the Spurs are rolling so hard right now that sitting the Big 3 isn't even a guaranteed loss tbh.
Sorry. I just find tie-breaks really interesting.
Turns out I was wrong, though. Had the Clippers lost, the Spurs WOULD have clinched a top-2 seed, because the Clippers could not have both forced and won the tie-break. The only way for them to win would be for OKC to lose to the Spurs tomorrow. But that would have given the Spurs their final magic number. To force a three-way tie, the Thunder would have needed to win tomorrow, but that would have given OKC the H2H tie-break by themselves (5-3 OKC, 4-3 LAC, 2-5 SA). So the Clips would have gotten third after OKC moved on.
Ironically, LAC now can still win a three-way tie-break. But yes, you were right. That's what I get for popping off.
Sorry. I just find tie-breaks really interesting.
Turns out I was wrong, though. Had the Clippers lost, the Spurs WOULD have clinched a top-2 seed, because the Clippers could not have both forced and won the tie-break. The only way for them to win would be for OKC to lose to the Spurs tomorrow. But that would have given the Spurs their final magic number. To force a three-way tie, the Thunder would have needed to win tomorrow, but that would have given OKC the H2H tie-break by themselves (5-3 OKC, 4-3 LAC, 2-5 SA). So the Clips would have gotten third after OKC moved on.
Ironically, LAC now can still win a three-way tie-break. But yes, you were right. That's what I get for popping off.
Record Post-All star Break (as of 4/3/14)
Spurs-21-1 (.954)
Clippers 17-4 (.809)
Heat-15-8 (.652)
Thunder 11-7 (.611)
Pacers-13-11 (.541)
(Italicized are updated to include the games from 4/2)
This race is making the end of season excellent viewing. Every night at least one of them is playing a good team and there's been some great games lately.
They clinched their 20th division le tonight.
And they should clinch the NBA Championship in oh, about 2 1/2 months.
And they should clinch the NBA Championship in oh, about 2 1/2 months.
So we need 5 wins in our last 7 games to clinch the 1st seed and HCA throughout the playoffs. If we lose to both OKC and @Houston, we'll need to win out in the rest of our games to get that number. Not a guarantee, but certainly doable. I'd also be pretty surprised if OKC wins out from this point, so I have a feeling we'll only need 3 or 4 wins.
edit: btw, why when I type "@ OKC" without the space, does OKC get bolded and the @ sign disappears?
Indeed the whole point is that we don't need 5 wins: we need any combination of 5 Spurs wins or OKC losses.
It's a feature of the message board.
If you type @, followed by a username, it will bold the username and notify them that they were mentioned in a thread. For example, SpursFan86
Apparently, there must be a user named "OKC".
The Spurs magic number for the Clips is now 1 due to SA's loss. If LAC loses tonight, the Spurs clinch a top-two seed in the West.
Let me get this straight...we lose and our magic # goes DOWN? WTF?
Funny, right? Essentially, there's finally no way the Clippers can win a tie-break with the Spurs now that OKC beat them.
Crazy...
Record Post-All star Break (as of 4/4/14)
Spurs-21-2 (.913)
Clippers 17-5 (.772)
Heat-15-8 (.652)
Thunder 12-7 (.631)
Pacers-13-11 (.541)
(Italicized are updated to include the games from 4/3)
so we locked a top 2 seed?
bing bing bang popcorn
Kind of a catch .22 if the Clippers would have won, they would have been a game back with a showdown in Staples coming up. That would give the Clippers a great chance of grabbing the 2 seed and having home court in the semis vs. the Thunder.
On the other hand, Dallas is the easiest opponent to the 3 teams. But now they're 7th and Memphis is 8th.
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