It's almost too good to be true.

[100%duncan]

I don't think GSW is invincible, I think they win a lot of games decided by 5 points or less (at least 7 off my head) but Curry is in god mode this season. He's the difference maker whereas I can see Kawhi go missing for a game or two in a potential series. Obviously a long way to go until we reach that point and I do think the Spurs have more room for improvement than the Warriors do (can the Warriors play any better than they have been so far?)

I just think GSW has so many weapons, not that the Spurs don't but we've seen last year what happens when half the team doesn't show up. Hopefully I'm proven wrong this spring!

Good points but I was honestly asking that question seriously.

[100%duncan]

I also think if kawhi disappears offensively as ammused says, he can still do a lot on the defensive end and turn it into offense.

[spurraider21]

I also think if kawhi disappears offensively as ammused says, he can still do a lot on the defensive end and turn it into offense.

yup, just look at his december vs november stats. his FGA dropped noticeably but his scoring was very minimally affected

[100%duncan]

yup, just look at his december vs november stats. his FGA dropped noticeably but his scoring was very minimally affected

The good thing with having probably the best 2 way player in the league is that he can do a lot of things to impact the game if he suddenly has a bad shooting night. Not to mention the spurs have a lot of weapons that can suddenly get hot 1-2 games in a series. Golden state is on another level but I think a lot are really underestimating the spurs even after being so dominant. Amd that is coming from me who was on the "easy schedule, wait and see" bandwagon in early december

[james evans]

It's still amazing how well the ball moves when parker isn't playing

[james evans]

The good thing with having probably the best 2 way player in the league is that he can do a lot of things to impact the game if he suddenly has a bad shooting night. Not to mention the spurs have a lot of weapons that can suddenly get hot 1-2 games in a series. Golden state is on another level but I think a lot are really underestimating the spurs even after being so dominant. Amd that is coming from me who was on the "easy schedule, wait and see" bandwagon in early december

"PROBABLY"???

[100%duncan]

"PROBABLY"???

Yeah he's the best imho

[Mel_13]

Just enjoy the ride.

[SouthernFried]

It's still amazing how well the ball moves when parker isn't playing

[Old School 44]

The Spurs organization is a well-oiled machine. How many teams can find a "Jonathan Simmons" or "Boban"? Find the time to develop them? All while integrating veterans like LMA and DWest and not having one complaint about playing time or sacrificing wins???

None. There is no other franchise that works like the Spurs.

[ceperez]

6 dunks by 4 different players.... yes... too good to be true.

[UNT Eagles 2016]

Spurs D has been slipping a bit/or balancing out with offense..we only have 3rd best D rating in the league in the last 10 games (96.6) starting from the Wizards game , which coincided with Duncan getting plenty of DNPs rest since then..

enough for UNT Eagles 2016 to this ..

Which proves we're totally ed in the playoffs when the G.O.A.T. hangs 'em up. We'll still be a >50 win team and a top 5 seed for quite awhile, though.

[MVPCues]

I could see the Spurs maybe getting injuries and going like 3–5 on the RRT and like .600 in March or something and falling to the 3rd or 4th seed. Ugh.

Damn bruh. I understand calling a game 7 at the Oracle a loss, but your riding your own wave here. Spurs have shown they can win this year no matter who they rest/plug in. This year, an injury or two and a rough RRT would be 5 and 3.

[UNT Eagles 2016]

Damn bruh. I understand calling a game 7 at the Oracle a loss, but your riding your own wave here. Spurs have shown they can win this year no matter who they rest/plug in. This year, an injury or two and a rough RRT would be 5 and 3.

The league stacked the deck against us to make us look like fool's gold early. The devil is that we play 6 out of our 8 games against OKC and GSW in the last month of the regular season this year (that's 3 times each). Last year, we only played 6 games against those two combined.

[MVPCues]

The league stacked the deck against us to make us look like fool's gold early. The devil is that we play 6 out of our 8 games against OKC and GSW in the last month of the regular season this year (that's 3 times each). Last year, we only played 6 games against those two combined.

I understand that. I'm not going to deny your first sentence. You can frame a guilty man though. Yeah, the pace of winning will most likely fall off for the 2nd half of the season due to the schedule, but not off a cliff.

[Agloco]

I don't care if we have the Dream Team or the Mon-Stars, winning 5 on 8 is one thing but we're not winning 5 on 20k+.

Did 168 tell you that?

[Seventyniner]

I usually like to look at stats, but without looking it up it feels like the Spurs' garbage time team is insane on offense and average on defense. So some of this point differential could be fool's gold.

[100%duncan]

I usually like to look at stats, but without looking it up it feels like the Spurs' garbage time team is insane on offense and average on defense. So some of this point differential could be fool's gold.

The fact that the spurs win games by the end of 3rd quarter already speaks for itself

[ceperez]

The odd thing about the Spurs is that they play even better when they sit some of their players. It is like a embarrassment of riches and if you play less players, you get a more efficient game going.

[Fireball]

Injuries ...injuries ...injuries. Nothing "real" happened in over two months ... that scares me a bit.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Good points but I was honestly asking that question seriously.

I don't know that it's overrated, I do think it is damn good although I would say the Spurs have better D. The Warriors do play at a much higher pace.

[101A]

The league stacked the deck against us to make us look like fool's gold early. The devil is that we play 6 out of our 8 games against OKC and GSW in the last month of the regular season this year (that's 3 times each). Last year, we only played 6 games against those two combined.

When I saw that I came to the conclusion that this schedule benefits the Spurs - who are traditionally a steamroller in March/April (SPAM anyone?) If the schedule were front-loaded, and the Spurs had already played those games against GS and OKC - they would have lost a majority, if not all of them. Now the Spurs are building, getting better, and incorporating a couple of good players and one great player.

I see, potentially, things lining up for us to witness one heck of a closing run for the Spurs big 3 - trailing the Dubs with a month to go by 3 - 4 games AND having 3 games remaining with them. Pop wanting HCA because of last year's experience - already a gaudy record, AND the team rolling on a 70+ win pace! MVP, DPOY HCA all on the line....going to be fun.

What could top #5?

This.

[hater]

Manu singlehandely lost us a championship. This good regular season streak means nothing

[cutewizard]

we are going to win it all this year

book it!

[UNT Eagles 2016]

When I saw that I came to the conclusion that this schedule benefits the Spurs - who are traditionally a steamroller in March/April (SPAM anyone?) If the schedule were front-loaded, and the Spurs had already played those games against GS and OKC - they would have lost a majority, if not all of them. Now the Spurs are building, getting better, and incorporating a couple of good players and one great player.

I see, potentially, things lining up for us to witness one heck of a closing run for the Spurs big 3 - trailing the Dubs with a month to go by 3 - 4 games AND having 3 games remaining with them. Pop wanting HCA because of last year's experience - already a gaudy record, AND the team rolling on a 70+ win pace! MVP, DPOY HCA all on the line....going to be fun.

What could top #5?

This.

#5 was overrated because it happened a year late and seemed too easy. Winning this year would be pretty ing awesome though given the stiff compe ion after round 1.