...Each of the previous four to do so reached the NBA Finals, and the only one of those teams to not win the NBA le was the Warriors last season, who hold the NBA record for most road wins to start a season at 14. (Source: Elias Sports Bureau)
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We have a legit chance to break that record with only potential lose to Chicago..our next 5 road games are mavs, bucks, wolves, bulls and suns!!!...Each of the previous four to do so reached the NBA Finals, and the only one of those teams to not win the NBA le was the Warriors last season, who hold the NBA record for most road wins to start a season at 14. (Source: Elias Sports Bureau
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I bet those other teams didn't start 1-3 at home, or struggle so hard to beat the worst team in the league.
I appreciate fun stats as much as the next guy, but I'm still pretty sure that this years' road record doesn't indicate that they are super-likely to get to the Finals, much less win it all.
I wonder whats the next arbitrary stat the media will feed us next
Of the five times to start 9-0 on the road, only 2 were in the modern era. Of those two teams, the 94 rockets won and 16 warriors lost.
hardly a huge sample size
Still an interesting factoid. Thanks for sharing Batmanu...
10-0 on the road should put the seed of doubt into anyone that maybe this team is contender after all.
The 2011 Spurs started out 25-3, and 8-0 on the road. They won 61 games that season, and 90% of the people here kept insisting that the record proved that they were a great team. I'm pretty sure that was the year that the phrase "fool's gold" got popular here.
This team is too weak at the 1 and the 5 to be a legit le contender.
Guys when we lose, and that we fools gold when we win.
KEVIN LOVE SETS NBA RECORD FOR POINTS IN A QTR WITH 34!! *
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I might agree if the Warriors weren't weaker and the Clips bench wasn't still suspect.
Says the guy who indicates if we're championship quality in November
#truthGuys when we lose, and that we fools gold when we win.
No, Shortbus, I said that in the preseason. I just repeated myself because I know you're a little slow to pick up on things.
The "1" is the point guard position. The "5" is the center position. The Spurs are too weak both places to be a serious le contender.
Except we are, face. We are a top 3 team in the league little .
Anything goes. And we whupped the Warriors in the season opener.
I don't know if we're "weak" since the bench's counterpart is solid on that front. But we have to many if's 1. Whether Tony is consistent 2. Pau's on/off offense 3. Consistency of bench. We are definitely talented and inconsistent but we are not weak.
Pau is the oldest player on the team. I've said it a few times, but I really think a lot of people don't realize that he's a year older than Manu. He's also not a big, physical center that thrives on battling in the paint. That's okay in the regular season, but in the post-season, when the refs tuck their whistles away and "let them play", it becomes a much bigger disadvantage.
Dedmon was looking pretty solid as a backup C, before he... disappeared? We don't really know how good he is yet, especially against top-tier bigs. Aldridge can't/won't slide to the C. I like Lee, and I love his effort. But he's just too damned short to play as a legit center against the players he's likely to face in the playoffs. But the biggest concern, for me, is still Gasol as the starting center in the playoffs.
I'm not even going to get into the issues with Parker. You can find that in about half the threads on ST. Patty is a mixed bag, but there really is not third option at PG, unless Lap starts looking a lot better. But even if he does, it's still just like the center position. It's the starter, going against playoff-caliber starters, that is the weak link.
I just think that having a sub-standard PG AND C is too much for the bench to overcome, in the playoffs. I've been wrong before, and I guess we'll see. But that's my story, and I'm sticking to it.
Dont change the topic bruh...you stated starting 1-3 at home and almost losing to the worst team in the league...I didn't quote you saying anything about the 1or 5 position...
You're the "shortbus" wait is that one word or two words??
I thought Pau was at least a year younger than Manu? Are you sure about that? I thought Pau is 36 or 37, which is younger than Manu.
Yes, this pretty much sums it up for me.
I also bet those other teams didn't lose a game by 20 or more points in that span.
Yeah, Gasol is three years younger than Manu. Still old, but definitely not Manu's age.
It's amazing what having guys hurt can mean for a team. In 2014, the Spurs lost three-straight games, including being blown out by 23 against LAC when Kawhi, Green and Manu were hurt. They get those guys back, and the team lost only three more games until they had already clinched HCA throughout the playoffs.
Blowouts happen all the time. They aren't the sign of a bad team. That's especially true for the Spurs, who have a coach who pulls the plus more quickly than anyone else. In the 2013 Finals, the Heat and Spurs didn't play a close game until Game Six. They just alternated blowouts.
Others have commented about Pau's age, he is 36 and younger than Manu and that's pretty much it.
Regarding Parker, if you haven't noticed 1) our team plays a lot better with him than without him and 2) Pop sat him on the bench late 4th Q, which allowed Kawhi to be a point-wing, which worked by the way.
We shouldn't be quick to judge what's going to happen in the playoffs. There is a lot of B-bal to be played. The good news are that Simms is just had his best game since game one and Bertans posted back to back career highs in points scored. Those two could end up being monsters in the playoffs.
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