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Welcome to Spurstalk! Here's your complimentary You.You guys are so harsh
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So, you would rather play a potential WCF game 7 on Golden State instead of San Antonio? How very dumb of you, tbh.
Key word is potential. You can argue that point until the cows come home. Personally, there's not much of a chance a series against GS goes seven games. However, I want the Spurs to play where the defense has an edge to it, where the passes are more crisp and where the players are more focused because this team tends to gets way too distracted and complacent at home. Entering the postseason as the #1 seed is a distraction in itself. I'd rather have them go in to the series as the underdog and steal HCA away from the Warriors. They'll have to win home games either way in order to win the series. But then again, not many pundits give the Spurs much of a chance to beat a healthy Warriors team in the playoffs anyways. They don't need the target of having the #1 seed on their backs.
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Harden is playing as good as anyone right now, the Rockets are a very dangerous team that has the potential to be scary good by adding yet another scorer in leagues best offense, yes their offense is better than the warriors! In terms of point differential the most reliable playoff success indicator IMHO those three teams; SAS, HOU, GSW, are by far better than anyone else.
FiveThirtyEight now gives the Spurs a 15% chance of the top seed and 19% of the championship.
Dubs lost two in a row. Pop's tanking the out of tonight's game.
Anyone see jerian grant reenact the game 6 Jordan crossover on Curry ?
These numbers are just extrapolating the season we've seen so far. Since Durant will likely miss the rest of the regular season and likely won't miss any playoff games past the first round, I'd think the Spurs' chance of the top seed is better (25%) but the chance of the le is worse (10-15%).
I agree about Harden (of course), and I agree that the Rockets are dangerous. I don't think they are likely to be able to win four 7-game series, but on any given night they can beat ANYBODY. And they could win a series against just about anybody if they are in the zone. I don't see Harden holding the LOB at the end, but the Rockets definitely have spoiler potential.
That GSW Championship team a couple of years ago played high-octane offense, but people tend to overlook the fact that they played pretty damn good defense too. The Rockets don't ignore defense like the old Suns did, but they are still a Mike D'Antoni team. They are a mediocre defensive team, plus they are utterly dependent on the 3-ball.
I still wouldn't leave LeBron/Kyrie and the Cavs off my list of elite teams. Especially if Bogut and Deron help like they could. I don't know how roles and chemistry will work out, but there's no doubt that roster just got deeper and more talented than it was.
If we win against the Pelicans tonight (and we should), we'll be 2 and a half back. Beat the T'Wolves tomorrow night and we'll get within two. It's going to come down to beating the Warriors both times on our court and winning practically every game going forward (minus one or two losses) to get the 1st seed. It's going to be damn tough but there's a slim chance.
[QUOTE=DieHardSpursFan1537;8921006]If we win against the Pelicans tonight (and we should), we'll be 2 and a half back. Beat the T'Wolves tomorrow night and we'll get within two. It's going to come down to beating the Warriors both times on our court and winning practically every game going forward (minus one or two losses) to get the 1st seed. It's going to be damn tough but there's a slim chance.[/QUOTE
Uhhh...the Warriors could lose games too you know..
[QUOTE=coachmac87;8921007]Warriors have a 5 games in seven days stretch coming up and could realistically drop 2 or 3 of those games, so I say it's better than a slim chance. It's doable if spurs take care of business and dont drop the ball.
Warriors fans
http://forums.warriorsworld.net/main/msgs/4264568.phtml
The Spurs are two bad with two mutual games to go. None of this GB . It's completely misleading. Essentially, the Spurs control their own destiny if they beat GS in those two games, meaning that they just have to pace them otherwise. If GS drops two of those upcoming games, they might be toast.Uhhh...the Warriors could lose games too you know..
Spurs are "tied" IMO...
http://forums.warriorsworld.net/main/msgs/4264599.phtml
WTF is wrong with them? The most annoying thing about Warriors games are the cutaways to his wife. , same thing with KD's mother, Jack Nicholson or anyone else, even DRob. , especially e Lee.
The point isn't the one seed, it's pushing the Warriors so they can't rest, have to rush Durant back etc. Last year chasing the record + pressure from the Spurs throughout the season wore them down before the playoffs, now there is an opportunity to do the same. Maybe we won't be the beneficiaries but it's still important to put that pressure on them in case.
I was watching the game last night and the Warriors offense is so predictable, I even have it figured out. Most of the time they use Green as the ball handler and either Curry or Thompson try to free up and just jack up a 3 or surprise the opponent and slash to the paint and lay it up or a jumpshot. That is why with Durant it causes lots of problems but without Durant this team is easy to defend and figure out. They than move the ball to free up an unsuspecting shooter like Livingston, ZaZa , Green or West. If Curry or Thompson handle the ball they just jack up a 3 and whoever is in the paint trys to throw it back out for even more 3's. Live by the 3 or die by the 3 sums up the Warriors offense most of the time. If they want to win the NBA le this year they have to get better defensively.
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