How long can the Spurs hold on to the #1 seed?

[Horse]

It was a bad night and memphis is a playoff team that matches up well with us, in their building, no shame in losing to them.

[Budkin]

It was a bad night and memphis is a playoff team that matches up well with us, in their building, no shame in losing to them.

And I'm sure they were pissed about the loss Sunday night and took it as extra motivation.

[nadie]

Why do Dallas want 1st seed? To be eleminated by 8th seed?

[JustinJDW]

Its not easy to come back from five games back with only about 20-25 games to go. Spurs are gonna have to go in a major slump and the Mavs are going to have to go on a really good hot streak. With that said, I think we'll keep the #1 seed all the way to the Playoffs.

[Sean Cagney]

Its not easy to come back from five games back with only about 20-25 games to go. Spurs are gonna have to go in a major slump and the Mavs are going to have to go on a really good hot streak. With that said, I think we'll keep the #1 seed all the way to the Playoffs.

I hope you are right bro! 21 left for us, but we have Miami and LA this weekend, that there is huge to win atleast one of them! JUST ONE is needed but if we win none of those and they win two they are only 3 ing back! That is scary as with 19 left, nothing too much on that end to overcome.

[UnWantedTheory]

I'm pretty sure they can hold onto it for another 10 years IMO. I could be biased though.

[TE]

Games this upcoming week are a great indicator as to how we will hold on to the #1 seed.


If we at least win one, we'll be okay.


And oh yeah, the Mavs need to start losing some ing games. geez man

[Spurs and Mavs fan]

The Spurs are all but a lock for the 1# seed, in my opinion. Boston, Miami or Dallas would have to put up an out-of-this-world performance - i.e., going undefeated - to have a shot.

[Rummpd]

First off how the *&%? can anyone be a Spurs and a Mavs fan? Secondly, it is plausible, even though improbable for the Mavs to catch the Spurs due to remaining tougher schedule of the Spurs and the head to head game but if the Spurs win on the 18th it would be almost impossible. Spurs made up 3-4 games to win the division at least once vs. the Mavs in the last decade and Mavs are a very good team and could go on losing only 3 or so games. Boston may catch the Spurs as they also have another game against the Spurs even more plausibly.
This is as good as source as any as it uses a model to predict the wins and Spurs currently at 64 and Mavs 59 but I expect it to come down to 2-3 games at most as if Pop locks up West he may just sit Duncan, Parker and Manu the last 2-3 games of the season and it would not surprise me at all if the Mavs won 61-62 games.
http://espn.go.com/nba/hollinger/playoffodds

Mavs schedule and realistic way they could go 18 and 4 going fwd but they are going to have to continue to play well.
MARCH OPPONENT TIME (ET) TV RESOURCES
Fri, Mar 4 vsIndiana 8:30 PM Tickets | Travel Win
Sun, Mar 6 vsMemphis 7:30 PM Tickets | Travel Win
Mon, Mar 7 @Minnesota 8:00 PM Tickets | Travel Win
Wed, Mar 9 @New Orleans 8:00 PM Tickets | Travel Loss
Thu, Mar 10 vsNY Knicks 9:30 PM TNT Tickets | Travel Win
Sat, Mar 12 vsLos Angeles Lakers 8:30 PM NBA TV Tickets | Travel Win
Tue, Mar 15 @Portland 10:00 PM Tickets | Travel Loss
Wed, Mar 16 @Golden State 10:30 PM Win
Tickets | Travel
Fri, Mar 18 vsSan Antonio 8:30 PM Tickets | Travel Loss
Sun, Mar 20 vsGolden State 7:30 PM Tickets | Travel Win
Thu, Mar 24 vsMinnesota 8:30 PM Tickets | Travel Win
Sat, Mar 26 @Utah 9:00 PM Tickets | Travel Win
Sun, Mar 27 @Phoenix 10:30 PM Win
Tickets | Travel
Wed, Mar 30 @Los Angeles 10:30 PM Tickets | Travel Win
Thu, Mar 31 @Los Angeles Lakers 10:30 PM TNT Tickets | Travel Loss (on back to back)
APRIL OPPONENT TIME (ET) TV RESOURCES
Sat, Apr 2 @Golden State 10:30 PM Tickets | Travel Win
Sun, Apr 3 @Portland 9:00 PM NBA TV Tickets | Travel Win
Wed, Apr 6 vsDenver 8:30 PM Win
Tickets | Travel
Fri, Apr 8 vsLos Angeles 8:30 PM Tickets | Travel Win
Sun, Apr 10 vsPhoenix 7:30 PM Tickets | Travel Win
Mon, Apr 11 @Houston 8:30 PM Tickets | Travel Win
Wed, Apr 13 vsNew Orleans 8:00 PM Tickets | Travel Win
www.nba.com for schedule
18 and 4 and they would have to play very well to do this - Mavs schedule is actually not as easy as I thought they face a lot of teams trying to get 5-8 and the LAL 2x and Knicks, Spurs one time. So if Spurs go 12 and 9 and beat them or 13 and 8 Spurs win the HCA at least in the West most likely.