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for the record....
against the current top 8 in the east: 9-1 (the only loss @ ORL)
against the current top 8 in the west: 12-4 (losses @SEA, SEA, @MEM, @SAC)
I know what you said....what you didn't say until your last post was...
I was wanting your definition of a top team. I do see one flaw in that theory though...you said "plus anyone who has given us trouble" Toronto and Utah have beaten the Spurs...by your criteria they would be top teams. I would respectfully have to disagree.Top Teams are the WC playoff teams minus 8th seed, (and LAL), plus anybody who has given us trouble, like SWD neighbor HOU. In the EC, it's only DET, WAS, MIA, CLE. ORL, and maybe surging CHI who is EC-best 8-2 over Last10. We still have to play all of those EC teams, minus ORL, on the road.
for the record....
against the current top 8 in the east: 9-1 (the only loss @ ORL)
against the current top 8 in the west: 12-4 (losses @SEA, SEA, @MEM, @SAC)
but lottery-bound TOR and UTA are not in the path to the NBA le, while the other teams could be or at least be in the playoffs.
TOR and UTA are in the "sub-.500 teams that have beaten the Spurs" anomaly due to the Spurs' inconsistency, esp on the road.
Agreed but I think "teams that give us trouble" is way too broad of a criteria. Whenever the Spurs lose, that team gave them trouble that night. Houston is not on the path to the NBA le either, they are not even in the playoffs at this time. If not for a miraculous T-Mac performance, the series is tied.
But somehow, the "wouldn't qualify for the playoffs Rockets" are an impediment while the "would be a 7th seed (and, therefore actually in the playoffs) Lakers" aren't?
Are you channeling Kreskin?
I predicted this in November.
I said, as my personal insult to the Lakers, that I don't consider LAL an impediment.
And I also said, for those who want to include them, put in the single road W@LAL, it didn't change the original anomaly (which is evaporating).
But the anomaly exists, really, only because you choose amorphous criteria to decide what counts and what doesn't.
Against teams that would actually qualify for the playoffs (as of today) the Spurs are 7-4!! (wins at PNX, SEA, SAC, DAL, LAL, PHIL, CHI; losses at SEA, SAC, MEM, and ORL).
Throwing out the HOU losses seems pretty strange. HOU has beaten us twice, will play us 2 more season times and whom the Spurs, as #1 WC seed, could very well see as #8 WC seed, while the Spurs aren't in any way going to see PHI or CHI on between now and June.
whatever, the Spurs are getting tough on the road against whatever top teams, which is what I was looking at originally.
but if Houston doesn't make the playoffs, its irrelevant because the Spurs won't face them.
The really alarming stat is that when the Spurs have fewer points at the end of the fourth quarter than the other team, they are 0-10 !!!
as usual....User is right on the money! Well done, brother!
are you sure?
I thought they won one of those games in OT.
No Jim, that was the other one.
This is the reason that the Spurs have this great record:
Manu's CAREER AVERAGES
Rebounds
Year Team MPG FG% 3P% FT% Off Def Tot APG SPG BPG TO A/TO PF PPG
2002-03 SA 20.7 .438 .345 .737 0.7 1.7 2.3 2.0 1.4 0.2 1.4 1.4 2.5 7.6
2003-04 SA 29.4 .418 .359 .802 1.1 3.4 4.5 3.8 1.8 0.2 2.1 1.8 2.4 12.8
2004-05 SA 29.8 .489 .394 .803 1.0 3.4 4.4 3.9 1.8 0.4 2.3 1.7 2.6 15.9
Totals 26.4 .443 .365 .787 0.9 2.7 3.7 3.2 1.6 0.3 1.9 1.7 2.4 11.7
Look at the improvement in Manu's shooting stats from last year....I think that is one of the most drastic improvements in Spurs history. Come on, from shooting 42% to 49%???? That is UNBELIEVABLE.
I said 37-10 after last night game.
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