Rosen: Spurs Stopping The Lakers In '09? Unlikely

[polandprzem]

I did not read it as well.

But Rosen is the guy who from one game in a season can conlude all season and say how it will end.

[HORNSWOGGLE]

And this will probably hurt the most:

Pissed poor Spurs fans:



PLAYOFF HISTORY: (Not Counting Last Years Playoffs)

The Spurs and Lakers have met in seven times in the playoffs with L.A. holding 20-10 advantage in games played … in the 2001 NBA Playoffs the Spurs were swept by the Lakers who went on to win their second straight NBA le… the Spurs swept the Lakers 4-0 in the Western Conference Semifinals on the way to winning the 1999* NBA Championship .the Lakers swept the Spurs out of the first round in 1986 and 1987 … in the 1983 Western Conference Finals the Lakers defeated the Spurs 4-2 and in the 1982 Western Conference Finals L.A. swept San Antonio swept San Antonio 4-0

and even through all that ownage, the spurs have still managed 4 trohpies, how many do the suns have?

[Gutter92]

@SouthTexasRancher

2 teams made the Finals last year with the 2 best records in the league

[Rummpd]

Spurs hit wide open shots in 3rd quarter early and whole different game. Too much stock made of this annual "embarrasment loss on ABC on a Sunday".

[George Gervin's Afro]

With the current make up of our team there is no way we beat the lakers 4 out of 7. This team cannot win a championship. Should we look forward to a second rd exit?

[SouthTexasRancher]

@SouthTexasRancher

2 teams made the Finals last year with the 2 best records in the league

Gutter99.........

You are correct. Thanks...!

I just found this and with a quick glance it appears it works out about half the time...i.e., teams with the best regular season record making it all the way to the NBA Finals. In the upper right part you can click on any season to see the overall records/standings

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/standings?season=1999

As much as I hate to admit it nobody was going to beat the Celtics last season the way they were playing.

[ShoogarBear]

As much as I hate to admit it nobody was going to beat the Celtics last season the way they were playing.

Correction: nobody was probably going to beat the Celtics the way they played in the Finals.

They would have been eliminated in the first round in the West playing the way they did against Atlanta and Cleveland.