Most Successful Rodeo Road Trip to Date?

[Dex]

is that what your crystal ball told you?

It's so easy to assume we would have won a game when our best players weren't on the court, but you seriously think we would have won the game on a b2b after both Duncan and Parker went for almost 38 minutes each on the night before?



Stop making it a sure win, just because we had won the previous 11 prior to that game, doesn't mean we would have for sure won it.



I think the 2003 RRT was more difficult, for a lot of reasons. I think there were teams at that time that I feared as a Spurs fan, the fact that they were more established because it wasn't a lock out, there weren't as many injuries as there are now, and the West wasn't wide open.

I never said anywhere it would've been a sure win. If the Blazers came out and still shot the lights out, then we still would've lost. But having our most compe ive lineup in there, a team that has been rolling for 11-straight wins (and immediately started rolling again once they came back), would've surely changed the dynamic of that game.

We're talking about a Blazers team that had put up just 7 points in the first quarter against the Lakers the night prior. They were probably just licking their chops to get all the open looks that a under-talented, disjointed starting lineup provided. Maybe you are just keying in on the word "easily", but I meant that more in the aspect of it being one single L that could've been a W.

We would have had a lot better chance than we did playing Cory Joseph and Eric-flurking-Dawson, my crystal ball definitely told me that.

And to clarify, I'm not ing. I'm one of the supporters of Pop's decision to rest Tim and Tony. Doesn't change the fact that the only game we didn't win on the trip, is the one game we didn't really try for.

[Bruno]

That rodeo road trip was amazing. I would be it at the same level than the 2003 one. Spurs haven't played a top team this year but they have had injuries, it quite cancels each other.

However, this RRT will have limited consequences when you look at the bigger picture. Ginobili and even Ford will have a lot the ball in their hands when they will be back at 100% and Spurs surely won't be able to play the same way they did during the RRT. These injuries limit the RRT to a huge confidence builder and not a starting point for Spurs game.

More globally, Spurs haven't been at full strength one single game this year. Hopefully, they will have a healthy stretch which will allow the team to get some chemistry. Pop also needs to figure his rotation out.

[fotan2]

it could've been 9-0 this year, but pop did the right thing.

[therealtruth]

That rodeo road trip was amazing. I would be it at the same level than the 2003 one. Spurs haven't played a top team this year but they have had injuries, it quite cancels each other.

However, this RRT will have limited consequences when you look at the bigger picture. Ginobili and even Ford will have a lot the ball in their hands when they will be back at 100% and Spurs surely won't be able to play the same way they did during the RRT. These injuries limit the RRT to a huge confidence builder and not a starting point for Spurs game.

More globally, Spurs haven't been at full strength one single game this year. Hopefully, they will have a healthy stretch which will allow the team to get some chemistry. Pop also needs to figure his rotation out.

I am not sure it cancels each other out. We really need this team healthy to see how good it is.

[DieHardSpursFan1537]

I think this years road trip was the most successful. Especially since we threw the one loss and we are down splitter and ginobili. Don't forget tj ford. We have struggled to rebound and struggled to bring the ball up the court with only one point gaurd. And we still win? How good are we??? Man, I don't even think we have seen us at full strength yet. The west is wide open.....

Agreed. The Nuggets and Blazers are choking, Clippers don't have enough experience to carry out to the Finals, the Lakers are slipping away as Kobe ball hogs like , and the only team that looks worthy is Thunder, but they normally don't do so well in the playoffs besides that Western Conference Final appearance last year.

[rascal]

This trip was not so bad. Only one back to back(that game thrown by Pop) playing several teams that were on back to back, there was enough rest on the trip.

The rodeo trip is a schedule advantage. I have always said this. Just look at the won/loss record over the years and the rodeo trip is over rated in difficulty.

[rascal]

The Spurs have a better record during the rodeo trip than all other road games combined during the years. The rodeo trip is a schedule advantage.

[timvp]

^rascal bringing the sunshine, per usual.