If the Spurs are struggling, then what about the 27 teams behind them?

[MrChug]

it's called being elite. we are not anymore, this is why we get critisized

Add to that the lack of respect we received when we WERE the dominant force in the league and you've got an award winning recipe for bitterness.

[itzsoweezee]

Spurs record against DAL: 1-2
HOU: 1-2
UT: 1-2
LAL: 1-2
PHO: 1-1

Sorry, but it's not like SA is getting dominated by these teams. I'd take SA in a 7-game series against almost any of them with the exception being my Mavs of course .

most of those wins came early in the season. lately, the spurs have been DOMINATED by those teams. the spurs are progressively getting worse as the season goes along while other teams are getting better.

[FromWayDowntown]

The Spurs haven't beaten Phoenix, Dallas, or Houston since November 18.

[jeffdrums22]

The team winning the championship in any given year never gets the actual respect the following season. It's the previous season's 2nd best team, who makes a killer regular season run, that everyone fears. But that team usually doesn't prevail.

[Mr. Body]

The Spurs haven't beaten Phoenix, Dallas, or Houston since November 18.

Sweet.

[FromWayDowntown]

The team winning the championship in any given year never gets the actual respect the following season. It's the previous season's 2nd best team, who makes a killer regular season run, that everyone fears. But that team usually doesn't prevail.

Sure. That was always true of the early 2000's Lakers. Those guys never got any respect in the seasons following their championships.

Actually, it's usually champions who aren't particularly compe ive in the playoff race in their weak confernence in the following season who don't get "actual respect," whatever that is.

[FromWayDowntown]

Sweet.

But for a crazy 4th quarter rally, that tidbit would read: the Spurs haven't beaten Houston and haven't beaten Dallas or Phoenix since November 8.