SPURS are not good against the BEST

[xmas1997]

They played garbage teams. And Spurs defense is still terrible. Amd you're also a got.

I have to disagree with you.
Of the two teams who met in last years finals, the Heat are having the easiest road to getting back IMHO.
The Mavs took the Spurs to 7 games.
I figured the Blazers being better than the Mavs would be even harder. Go figure!
Provided the Spurs make it to the next round they will find it even harder to advance, whereas the Heat will have another cakewalk and be rested and fresh.
My only hope is that the Eastern Conf. finalists beat each other up a little before a potential meeting with the Spurs.
The Spurs have a much tougher road to get back than the Heat do IMHO.

[RD2191]

I have to disagree with you.
Of the two teams who met in last years finals, the Heat are having the easiest road to getting back IMHO.
The Mavs took the Spurs to 7 games.
I figured the Blazers being better than the Mavs would be even harder. Go figure!
Provided the Spurs make it to the next round they will find it even harder to advance, whereas the Heat will have another cakewalk and be rested and fresh.
My only hope is that the Eastern Conf. finalists beat each other up a little before a potential meeting with the Spurs.
The Spurs have a much tougher road to get back than the Heat do IMHO.

I'm not sure. The Mavs just know the Spurs really well and Carlisle had a solid defensive plan. The Blazers sort of overachieved. Imo. I think the real test comes in the WCF. Our defense in really suspect. This sort of feels like 2012 when the offense carried us and came to an abrupt end when we faced the only team that can out-shoot us. That team being the Thunder.

[Cry Havoc]

And Spurs defense is still terrible.

I mean, there's nothing like limiting two of the best big men in basketball to prove how ty our defense is.

[rascal]

I have to disagree with you.
Of the two teams who met in last years finals, the Heat are having the easiest road to getting back IMHO.
The Mavs took the Spurs to 7 games.
I figured the Blazers being better than the Mavs would be even harder. Go figure!
Provided the Spurs make it to the next round they will find it even harder to advance, whereas the Heat will have another cakewalk and be rested and fresh.
My only hope is that the Eastern Conf. finalists beat each other up a little before a potential meeting with the Spurs.
The Spurs have a much tougher road to get back than the Heat do IMHO.

The Spurs sleep walked in the first round and still beat the Mavs. The Mavs were not very good and it took a game 7 to wake the Spurs up.

[xmas1997]

The Spurs sleep walked in the first round and still beat the Mavs. The Mavs were not very good and it took a game 7 to wake the Spurs up.

This is as good a theory as any I've heard.

[Brunodf]

Bump

[Splits]

tbh

[Robz4000]

There are no elite teams outside a healthy Spurs right now tbh. Last year the Spurs, Heat, Thunder, and Pacers (sorta) were elite and legit contenders. No team currently has the capability of matching the Spurs at 100% unless the Thunder get their together and make the postseason. Only issue is health, which unfortunately is a very serious issue this year.

[Uriel]

This Spurs team is the opposite of last year's. Struggle against bad teams. Own the good teams.

[Robz4000]

This Spurs team is the opposite of last year's. Struggle against bad teams. Own the good teams.

Champs syndrome. Every champ sans the Lakers in 2011 (gassed) and Mavs in 2012 (lol Cuban) in recent memory has coasted but got up against the "contenders". Heat had it really bad.