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You've said numerous times that GS is the better team...
doesn't the better team always win a 7 game series?
The Warriors can make it. I doubt that the Suns won't take the game against the Clips seriously if they want to keep the 2nd seed and the Mavs will be resting their core players for the remaining of the season.
Go Warriors Go!
You've said numerous times that GS is the better team...
doesn't the better team always win a 7 game series?
Eight is great: Warriors beat Utah, tie Clippers
Janny Hu, Chronicle Staff Writer
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
Should this be the year their postseason drought finally ends, the Warriors will look back on Monday as perhaps the most pivotal day of the season. The Warriors blew out the Utah Jazz at Oracle Arena, but just as important was what happened in Dallas, where the Los Angeles Clippers lost.
No matter how many games the Warriors win down the stretch, they will not make the playoffs without the Clippers, who have dropped two straight, losing at least two more times.
Because the Clippers fell to Dallas just hours before the Warriors put the finishing touches on a 126-102 romp over the Jazz, their playoff hopes gained a huge double-boost.
Though the Warriors (38-40) hold a percentage points lead for the eighth and final playoff spot at the moment, they will most likely have to finish a game ahead of the Clippers (37-39), who currently own the tiebreaker because of their better division record.
So the Warriors' focus remains the same: Win their last four games, and let the basketball gods decide their fate.
"If we win out and we don't make it," swingman Stephen Jackson said, "Ain't nothing we can do."
Golden State has now won 12 of its last 17 while Utah has lost 10 of 15, and Jackson did just about everything to help his team smoke the struggling Jazz. He led all scorers with 28 points and added seven rebounds and five assists.
Al Harrington posted his first double-double in more than a month with 15 points and 11 rebounds, and Matt Barnes came off the bench to score 16 points.
To top it off, Monta Ellis (16 points on 7-of-13 shooting) even thumped Deron Williams (4 points on 1-of-8 shooting) in the ongoing race for to be named the league's Most Improved Player.
As for their teams, Monday's game turned in the second quarter, when the Warriors held the Jazz scoreless for eight straight possessions and without a field goal for nearly 10 minutes.
After Matt Harpring hit a fadeaway jumper with 10:02 to go, Utah missed 10 consecutive shots before an Ellis turnover led to Harpring's fastbreak layup with 1:07 left. Golden State used a 30-9 run to overcome a sluggish start.
The Warriors led by as many as 32 points in thrilling a home crowd that didn't have much to cheer for earlier. The first quarter was marked by nonstop whistle-blowing as the teams combined for 15 fouls and 22 free-throw attempts before the pace picked up.
Part of that was spurred by the announcement that the Clippers had lost to Dallas 96-86, which also roused the crowd of 17,463 into action. Their spirited chants went from "De-fense, de-fense" to "Utah Sucks" to "We Want Foyle" to "Playoffs, Playoffs" by the end of the game.
The only chant missing was the one that matters most to the playoff race. And one the Warriors and their fans still need some help on: "Beat L.A."
Briefly: Jackson said his criminal trial, originally scheduled to begin Thursday in Indianapolis, will again be pushed back so he can finish the Warriors' season without interruption. A spokesman for the Marion County prosecution's office confirmed that a motion for continuance was filed, but did not immediately know if it had been granted. Jackson, who faces up to five years in prison for firing gun shots into the air outside a strip club in October, had mixed emotions about the delay. "I got a good feeling that it's going to be alright," he said. "But at the same time, I've been waiting a long time to get it over with." ... League officials said there would be no further action against Barnes for his flagrant-2 foul on San Antonio's James White. ... Harrington received the NBA's Community Assist Award for March and is planning several more charity events in his native New Jersey and the Bay Area next year.
Im a hardcore Spurs fan but I have to say the Golden State "The City" jersey is the coolest Ive seen in years; maybe that is why they are doing so well now!
I don't think you will find even a few people who honestly think Golden State will actually beat Dallas in a seven game series. As a Spurs fan, for me, it isn't about that. If the Clippers get in at the eight spot Dallas rolls them in four games. Golden State is a far tougher matchup, and Dallas can expect to use alot of energy and minutes to get through that series. If you are San Antonio or Phoenix the last thing you want is Dallas rolling to the conference finals without so much as a challenge along the way. I think Golden State getting in helps the Spurs in a big way.You've said numerous times that GS is the better team...
doesn't the better team always win a 7 game series?
I was addressing SpursDynasty...who has said over and over that GS is better than Dallas when they're playing each other. He just posted this today...
but he's waffling a bit on his stance in this thread...
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