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Thx for the info. and no,as long as we have HCA I don't particularly care who we play when.
The Spurs should walk through Memphis (deliberate) and restore the 4 game lead heading into their final 5 games. Games in Minneapolis and Houston will be tough, but win 4 of those last five and the Spurs will never start a postseason series on the road. Easily doable.
Thx for the info. and no,as long as we have HCA I don't particularly care who we play when.
I'd rather see the Spurs play the Clips. They match up well in SA's favor and it'd be preferable than playing Houston, which seems to give OKC fits more regularly than the Spurs can. Dallas would be a nice first round matchup for OKC, as would Phoenix. The Spurs should want Memphis and LAC.
A win on Sunday pretty much seals the 1seed tbh.
Hoping we win the next 4, then everyone can rest the last 2 games before the playoffs.
Not sure if I want Dallas or Memphis. Dallas actually has given OKC some trouble this year. But I don't want Timmy wasting so much energy so early in the PO's on the Memphis bigs...
If i'm not mistaken the Spurs now have home court advantage against any team in the east. Even if Indiana and Miami win out they would be 58-24 and 59-23. Even if Spurs lose their 6 remaining games, we already have 59 victories. The Spurs also split the season series with both but the conference tie breakers are in the Spurs favor.
Vs. The West
Miami-20-9 (.689) (1 game left, vs the Grizzlies)
Indiana-17-12 (.586) (1 game left, vs the Thunder)
Vs. The East
24-6 (.800)
The Spurs own tiebreakers against both top East teams, yes, but the Spurs will win no fewer than 62 games, so the tiebreaker is moot.
Not sure if I want Dallas or Memphis. Dallas actually has given OKC some trouble this year. But I don't want Timmy wasting so much energy so early in the PO's on the Memphis bigs...
I think Dallas is a tougher out for the Spurs than Memphis. Dallas also has a better shot at frustrating OKC than Memphis does.
Season is a marathon, not a sprint. We're wearing the light colored jerseys...
QFT. That must be Westbrick running into the wall.Season is a marathon, not a sprint. We're wearing the light colored jerseys...
I have no preference in the 2nd round b/w Clippers and Rockets. But Clippers have a real chance to upset OKC. So I'd rather to see Clippers stay at #3, or better yet, overtake OKC as #2.
Lesssssssssssss go get it.......... Sunday it is.
They're closer to OKC than OKC is to us, with one game in LA remaining.
True but Dallas plays no D. Memphis equals defense, but they lack scoring. The playoffs are a different animal, and the grizzlies since the Randolph/gasol pairing, have had decent success in the playoffs. I'd take my chances on the grizz over mavericks, but that's just my take bruh!
Dallas
3rd ORtg
22nd DRtg
Memphis
9th DRtg
18th ORtg
Dallas is an elite offense and a poor defense. Memphis is a very good defense and a below average offense. Dallas does play OKC close but Memphis has been the best defensive in the NBA since Gasol returned from his knee injury. OKCs tendency to turn the ball over and Memphis being tailor made for the slower, more physical, playoff basketball should make them the tougher opponent in my opinion.
I really like the Dallas match up our starting lineup matches our very well against theirs (Parker-Greeen-Leonard-Diaw-Duncan Vs. Calderon, Ellis, Marion, Dirk-Dalembert) Parker should easily exploit Calderon and its not like they can cross match up Marion on Parker, because Leonard would be guarded by a small guard.
Diaw can space the floor and attack Dirk in the post. He is also very good at defending Dirk. The Spurs could just as easily switch Kahwi on Dirk for spots and have Diaw cover Marion without a problem.
Their big man rotation of Dalembert-Blair and Wright isn't very good. Blair, ironically, is the best in terms of DRtg and is the worst in Net Rtg. Splitter should be much more effective and Duncan shouldn't have any problem scoring in the paint.
Record Post-All star Break (as of 4/5/14)
Spurs-21-2 (.913)
Clippers 17-5 (.772)
Heat-15-9 (.625)
Thunder 12-8 (.600)
Pacers-13-12 (.520)
(Italicized are updated to include the games from 4/4)
Magic number of 4, so there's still some way to go before locking that 1st seed, but given the remaining schedule it's entirely doable.
Re: matchups the best for us would be to see Portland beat Houston in the 1st round (however unlikely that might sound) so that we face them in the 2nd round, while the Clippers beat OKC in the 2nd round, and we beat the Clippers in the WCF. Obviously we want to avoid having to play Houston or OKC as much as possible.
Harden went off for 39 last night. He's sayin' "That's what ya get..."
WESTERN W L PCT GB HOME ROAD DIV CONF PF PA DIFF STRK L10 1 y - San Antonio 59 17 .776 - 30-8 29-9 10-3 35-11 105.5 97.1 +8.3 Lost 1 9-1 2 y - Oklahoma City 55 20 .733 3 ½ 32-7 23-13 11-5 33-14 106.2 99.5 +6.7 Lost 1 7-3 3 y - LA Clippers 54 23 .701 5 ½ 31-6 23-17 10-4 33-14 107.7 100.8 +6.9 Lost 1 7-3 4 x - Houston 50 25 .667 8 ½ 30-8 20-17 9-4 27-18 106.8 102.1 +4.7 Won 1 6-4 5 Portland 49 28 .636 10 ½ 27-10 22-18 12-3 26-21 106.7 102.8 +3.9 Lost 1 6-4 6 Golden State 47 29 .618 12 25-13 22-16 10-5 27-19 103.2 98.8 +4.4 Won 1 6-4 7 Dallas 46 31 .597 13 ½ 25-14 21-17 9-5 26-21 105.2 102.8 +2.5 Won 2 6-4 8 Memphis 45 31 .592 14 24-14 21-17 3-11 26-22 95.6 94.2 +1.4 Won 1 6-4 Phoenix 45 31 .592 14 25-14 20-17 7-8 25-21 105.5 102.6 +2.8 Won 1 7-3
never thought i'd happy for that flopping ass harden
Six games to go and the Spurs have already clinched a better record than 28 of the 29 other teams in the NBA. Not too shabby.
excuse #1,459
We're all going to hate him again when the Spurs and Rockets meet in the second round.
That guy is the most unintentionally hilarious poster on ST.
sounds like with a win on sun against mem, we will be pretty hard to beat out for the 1 seed.
Im actually quite worried about the likely 2nd round matchup against the Rockets.. i think thats as bad a matchup as the Thunder. I would actually put my money on an 'upset'.
The athleticism of Harden, Parsons, Howard and even Jones causes the Spurs a load of problems. Not to mention the look of Parsons, Lin, Somalian Beverley , Harden, Terrence Jones scowling after every made basket, made Dwight. Its just a recipe for a tv remote throwing series for a Spursfan.
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