tbh it doesn't really matter. its good for us if either team loses.
edit: nevermind, forgot about the division winner bull thing
This division winner is bull and complicates even more. Your record should determine seeding regardless of division.
Gotta hope the Clippers have dead legs tomorrow.
Portland has a tougher schedule than LA after tomorrows game.
If they win tom, still a lot of tough games...if LA wins tom, they only have to play one very good team the rest of the way..
Yup. Gotta hope for a portland win, but I'm not that optimistic for that 3rd or 5th seed. Spurs have one of the toughest remaining schedules, vs GSW, @ OKC, vs Hou, @ Hou, vs PHX, @ NOR. I think I'd rather we end up as a 6th seed vs Memphis, this may be the best option if we can't make it to the 3rd seed. Would rather keep GSW for a Conference Finals if we get there, rather than a Conference Semifinals.
Keep the Warriors for the conf finals. The only way to do that is to stay in 6th.
I am not sure how realistic it is. We would have to pretty much win out and hope for a couple of losses from everybody above us.
Indeed I detailed this scenario earlier in this thread. It's unlikely to happen but there's still a chance that the Spurs manage to move up in the rankings. Obviously any loss from our direct compe ion is welcome.
Situation today for Spurs to clinch #2 seed:
- SA needs to win 8 games
- Memphis needs to (a) lose 2 games, including one against New Orleans or (b) lose 3 games.
- Clippers need to (a) lose 1 game or (b) Spurs win their division
Situation for #3 seed is still a bit too complicated to analyze clearly as there are 5 teams still potentially fighting for it.
The schedule gives just enough of a ray of light to maybe take a swing at winning the division, particularly given that Memphis still has games at the Clippers (on the second night of a back-to-back, following a game at Utah) and the Warriors, along with a home back-to-back with OKC and WAS. Houston's schedule is not as difficult as Memphis's, but the Spurs have their fates relative to Houston squarely in their own hands at this point.
Interestingly, the fate of the Spurs, Grizzlies, and Rockets may be directly tied to how the race for the 8 seed plays out, given that SA, MEM, and HOU all have games remaining against both OKC and NO. Memphis gets both at home, Houston goes to OKC and hosts NO, and SA goes to OKC and NO. (i get that it may not be much of a race with OKC up 2 in the loss column, but NO does have that tiebreaker).
I still think that how the Spurs play out the last week of the season will depend on whether they've been able to close the gap by next Wednesday, when they play Houston at home; that would seem to depend significantly on how the Spurs fare in their games vs. GST and at OKC on Sunday and Tuesday. If they've fallen 3 back by next Wednesday, I think they call off the dogs and rest guys for the last week -- particularly Tim. If Houston and/or Memphis trip even once over the next 7 days and the Spurs continue to roll, I think Pop will actually go for the division.
There are clearly some key games in this stretch: Memphis vs NO next Wed and the 2 games against Houston (and of course all the Spurs games before that, if we start losing winnable games it's all over anyway). So I agree next Wed is the key date to watch and will decide whether Pop goes for it or rests the starters.
It would be amazing if we could get the 2nd or 3rd seed, i didn't even think of it as realistic until last night for some reason. After everything that's gone on this season, getting the 2nd seed would be a huge you to the rest of the conference
Get 50+ wins and make the playoffs. That's all we need.
GO SPURS GO!!!!!
Spurs beat Orlando.
Ok, after the Blazers - Slippers game tonight, are we in 5th regardless of the outcome?
No. Portland, as a division winner, can't fall below the 4th seed.
Well, whatever.
The Sterns made it so if 5th has a better record, 5th gets HCA right?
W L PCT GB HOME ROAD DIV CONF PF PA DIFF STRK L10 1zGolden State Warriors 61 13 .824 - 34-2 27-11 12-3 36-8 109.8 99.0 +10.8 W10 10-0 2xMemphis Grizzlies 51 24 .680 10.5 28-9 23-15 8-7 32-15 98.6 95.5 +3.1 W1 6-4 3xHouston Rockets 50 24 .676 11 27-10 23-14 6-6 28-17 103.3 100.1 +3.2 L1 7-3 4xPortland Trail Blazers 48 25 .658 12.5 30-7 18-18 10-3 28-16 102.6 97.9 +4.7 W4 5-5 5xLos Angeles Clippers 49 26 .653 12.5 27-11 22-15 9-4 30-15 106.5 100.4 +6.2 L1 7-3 6xSan Antonio Spurs 49 26 .653 12.5 29-8 20-18 6-7 26-19 102.6 97.1 +5.5 W5 8-2 7Dallas Mavericks 45 29 .608 16 25-12 20-17 7-8 24-20 104.1 100.9 +3.2 L2 5-5 8Oklahoma City Thunder 42 32 .568 19 27-9 15-23 8-6 22-23 103.3 100.8 +2.5 W1 7-3 New Orleans Pelicans 39 34 .534 21.5 25-13 14-21 7-6 23-20 99.4 98.6 +0.8 W2 5-5
I thought we had some sort of tie breaker over the clips?
Kings are hanging in with the Rockets.
3rd tiebreaker is better coach, so yes the Spurs win that one.
Pretty sure it's conference record...so no, they have the tie breaker.
Nope. We're 4 conference games behind them with 7 overall games to play. If they lost that many conference games, we wouldn't need a tiebreaker. If we're tied, we're toast.
Guests need to do their job and beat the Clippers.
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