Spurs trying to track down the 2/3/4 seed

[SpurPadre]

Does Denver have incentive to throw this game?
Sure looks like that is what is coming down.

Well the ing assholes did bench Danilo for no reason and coming off a 40+ scoring game. He has the whole off-season to rest. ers.

[Budkin]

Whew that was close...

[BillMc]

Oh ... spoke too soon...

Golden State game just won't end.

[thiste]

The good news is, if GS has an awful bench, they stand no chance against us.

[exstatic]

Thank God. GS hung on for 4 point win.

[SpurPadre]

The Spurs would likely beat the Clippers in a 7-game series, especially with homecourt advantage. But the Clippers have the 2nd best point differential in the NBA (just behind Golden State) and are being pegged by many statistical models as the 2nd best team in the league (largely based on that point differential). I'd much rather have them beat up Golden State in the 2nd round than play us.

Yeah, overlooking the Clips is false-bravado, tbh.

[BillMc]

Thank God. GS hung on for 4 point win.

Good. Now we get the 2 seed with a win. No other games matter.

[Mugen]

The Clippers are a garbage team tbh. Pretenders that will be exposed in the 2nd round unless the Spurs and Warriors decide to just quit basketball.

I'm more scared of an injured Rockets team than I am of the Clippers at full strength.

[ElNono]

The Spurs would likely beat the Clippers in a 7-game series, especially with homecourt advantage. But the Clippers have the 2nd best point differential in the NBA (just behind Golden State) and are being pegged by many statistical models as the 2nd best team in the league (largely based on that point differential). I'd much rather have them beat up Golden State in the 2nd round than play us.

Regular season numbers means very little. Now you get into matchups, coaching, exploiting deficiencies... I don't understand why we gotta have this conversation every year, tbh

[Uriel]

Wednesday's game against New Orleans is going to be a bloodbath. A win or loss will likely be the difference between the 2 and the 6 seed. Meanwhile, the Pelicans will be fighting for their playoff lives.

[RD2191]

I wouldn't be shocked if we lost to the Clips in the 2nd round, tbh.

[TVI]

Thank God. GS hung on for 4 point win.

Lol. It was a 26 pt game with 6:23 left.

[TheGreatYacht]

The good news is, if GS has an awful bench, they stand no chance against us.

They have a pretty good bench, tbh..

Livingston, Barbosa, Iggy, Lee, Speights

[ElNono]

The Clippers are a garbage team tbh. Pretenders that will be exposed in the 2nd round unless the Spurs and Warriors decide to just quit basketball.

I'm more scared of an injured Rockets team than I am of the Clippers at full strength.

Exactly. I don't fear the Rockets, I just rather avoid them largely on the refs bull . I would gladly take a series against the Clippers over them.

[ElNono]

Yeah, overlooking the Clips is false-bravado, tbh.

No, it's not. Heck, if they play Memphis or Rockets in the 1st round, I could easily see them losing.

[exstatic]

OK, for #2, we just have to go get it Wednesday.

[timtonymanu]

Count me in as one of those not afraid of the Clippers.

I still prefer playing them over Houston.

[SpursFan86]

Wednesday is either going to be really great, or really ty.

Win --> get the 2nd seed, HCA over every team besides Golden State and Atlanta

Lose --> likely drop to 6th, have to play LAC or Houston in the first round without HCA, then also will likely play the 2nd round without HCA

[Mugen]

Literally every starter on the Clippers have flaws that are easily exploitable in the playoffs. Even if they do well, they have easily the worst bench of all the playoff teams.

[will_spurs]

Well the good news is that the Spurs are now in control. Win against the Pels and it's a guaranteed #2 seed...

[ace3g]

	W	L	PCT	GB	HOME	ROAD	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	DIFF	STRK	L10
1zGolden State Warriors	66	15	.815	-	38-2	28-13	13-3	41-10	109.7	99.5	+10.1	W3	8-2
2xSan Antonio Spurs	55	26	.679	11	33-8	22-18	8-7	32-19	103.2	96.9	+6.3	W11	10-0
3xHouston Rockets	55	26	.679	11	29-11	26-15	8-8	32-19	103.8	100.6	+3.2	W2	7-3
4yPortland Trail Blazers	51	30	.630	15	32-9	19-21	11-5	31-20	102.9	98.4	+4.5	L3	5-5
5xLos Angeles Clippers	54	26	.675	11.5	29-11	25-15	11-4	35-15	106.6	100.1	+6.5	W5	9-1
6xMemphis Grizzlies	54	27	.667	12	30-10	24-17	9-7	35-17	98.4	95.2	+3.1	L2	4-6
7xDallas Mavericks	49	32	.605	17	26-14	23-18	7-9	28-23	105.1	102.4	+2.7	L1	5-5
8New Orleans Pelicans	44	37	.543	22	27-13	17-24	7-8	28-23	99.2	98.5	+0.7	W1	7-3
Oklahoma City Thunder	44	37	.543	22	29-12	15-25	9-6	24-27	103.5	101.6	+1.9	W1	3-7

[TheGreatYacht]

JaMychal Green:
10pts, 8rebs, 2stl, 1blk, +18

[Budkin]

The Clippers are a garbage team tbh. Pretenders that will be exposed in the 2nd round unless the Spurs and Warriors decide to just quit basketball.

I'm more scared of an injured Rockets team than I am of the Clippers at full strength.

Same, Rockets right now are much better than Clippers.

[exstatic]

Yeah, overlooking the Clips is false-bravado, tbh.

Talent isn't their problem. Their PG is a choker, and they supposedly have locker room issues. Their "stars" don't like each other. That ALL gets exposed under playoff pressure.

[ElNono]

Literally every starter on the Clippers have flaws that are easily exploitable in the playoffs. Even if they do well, they have easily the worst bench of all the playoff teams.

Plus they have terrible tendencies. If you shut down Paul (and the Spurs have two guys to do that), they go to Jamal Crawford ISOs all night. They really have nobody else to create a shot.