after tonight we have a tough streak...

[tmtcsc]

The Lakers are going to blitz us. They've been humiliated at home twice and they will be treating the game as though its the playoffs.

We are struggling right (While still winning) now and our bigs are playing poorly. Tim needs to snap out of whatever funk he's in and step up. Blair is lost and Tiago is playing soft.

If they aren't careful, Odom, Artest and Gasol are going to have a field day and muscle us around.

I sincerely hope I'm wrong. I'd like nothing more than a W against the Lakers. We have the best record in the league but its not because we are the best team right now. Boston, Miami and Dallas all look better than us and the Lakers want to show they are still relevant.

[ohmwrecker]

Hmmm . . . so, the consensus seems to be that the Lakers will win because they have been playing poorly and the Spurs will lose because they have been playing poorly . . .

[nkdlunch]

Loss to Lakers
Win at Dallas
Beat OKC
Win at NY
Loss at Boston

[xmas1997]

I just hope they beat the Lakers and especially the Mavs. I'm sick of reading the Mav trolls around here.

[sa_butta]

This will be a tough strech and really give us an idea where this team really stands right now...We have been lucky to have a fairly easy schedule thus far...I think these are a good measuring stick for us...

[tmtcsc]

Hmmm . . . so, the consensus seems to be that the Lakers will win because they have been playing poorly and the Spurs will lose because they have been playing poorly . . .

Almost right. I would think that the consensus would be, Lakers will win because the game will mean more to them and they have the personnel to exploit are weakest areas.

I'm hoping that the Spurs have been playing down to their compe ion and that the Orlando game was a foregone conclusion due to heavy legs.

But we've seen signs for a few games now that the Spurs were not looking so good. A loss won't be surprising at all. To beat the Lakers, the Spurs will have to rebound better and play better defense.

I just read this quote and I couldn't agree more with Pop. No wonder this guy is the best in the business:

"If our players look at it as a cushion, just mentally, that can become a quagmire (giggity giggity - couldn't resist)," he said Thursday. "You think you're in such good shape, subconsciously your energy level drops or your concentration drops, which leads to problems with execution and that sort of thing. I don't want to look at that at all. I want to more look at it as we haven't accomplished anything, because it's still the regular season, and we're still such an average-at-best defensive team.

"We've got to look at it like we've got a long way to go rather than talk about any kind of cushion with our record. I'd rather think we're lucky to have the record, and if we want to take advantage of the record we better get our ass together at the defensive end. Otherwise we've squandered what the basketball gods have given us so far."

[TJastal]

Almost right. I would think that the consensus would be, Lakers will win because the game will mean more to them and they have the personnel to exploit are weakest areas.

I'm hoping that the Spurs have been playing down to their compe ion and that the Orlando game was a foregone conclusion due to heavy legs.

But we've seen signs for a few games now that the Spurs were not looking so good. A loss won't be surprising at all. To beat the Lakers, the Spurs will have to rebound better and play better defense.

I just read this quote and I couldn't agree more with Pop. No wonder this guy is the best in the business:

"If our players look at it as a cushion, just mentally, that can become a quagmire," he said Thursday. "You think you're in such good shape, subconsciously your energy level drops or your concentration drops, which leads to problems with execution and that sort of thing. I don't want to look at that at all. I want to more look at it as we haven't accomplished anything, because it's still the regular season, and we're still such an average-at-best defensive team.

"We've got to look at it like we've got a long way to go rather than talk about any kind of cushion with our record. I'd rather think we're lucky to have the record, and if we want to take advantage of the record we better get our ass together at the defensive end. Otherwise we've squandered what the basketball gods have given us so far."

Pop says need more defense.... but..but... I thought Agloco said the spurs could never be good at defense? This is so confusing..

[ChuckD]

My predictions...

Tue 28 vs LA Lakers W We'll beat the Lakers in SA.
Thu 30 @ Dallas L Mavs will take an early lead and hold on for the win.
Sat 01 vs Oklahoma City W Spurs win this one no problem.
Tue 04 @ New York W Amare will go off, but the Spurs edge the Knicks.
Wed 05 @ Boston L Celtics in Boston on a B2B? This is a loss.

3-2 over that stretch...not bad, considering the schedule.

That's what I was thinking. LA and OKC are middle tier WC teams right now, and NY is MUCH better on the road than at home this year (10-5/8-7). If we do drop the LA game, Pop will have them pissing fire against DAL and we'll take that instead.

[ChuckD]

Hmmm . . . so, the consensus seems to be that the Lakers will win because they have been playing poorly and the Spurs will lose because they have been playing poorly . . .

SpursTalk mentality.

[rascal]

Well, how about we say that Dallas, OKC, New York and Boston have a tough match up coming with SA, instead of saying SA has a tough streak? Why are we always the suspects?

Because it is written from the Spurs point of view. As compared to the overall soft schedule to this point in the season this is a tough stretch of games for the Spurs.

[rascal]

The spurs will lose all the games to the big front lines and win the others. So thats losses to LA, Dallas and Boston and wins against The Knicks and OKC.

2-3

[Crickets]

0-5

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Tonight had very tough steak in Port Aransas.

[wontstartdumbthreads]

That doesn't sound good...

on another note, don't ever get beef in Memphis, TN...I went there in July 09, hungry, and tried it...their beef had the worst, rottenest, most disgusting flavor and smell ever, I had only eaten a few bites of the quarter pounder when I began to puke and puke all over the car for hours and made my ulfactory system and taste buds do nothing but smell and taste the "bad beef" for the next 2 weeks, no matter how hard I tried to get the taste out of my mouth the ensuing days. Seriously. It was that bad.

Holy f, I hear u. We went to Memphis and all we heard was go to Beale St. for the best BBQ in the world. It sucked.

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Bad barbecue was bad.

My experience was with a "Quarter Pounder" hamburger.

How can u up a QP? Ridiculous.

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idk, it's called bad beef. however since then i've stuck to their chicken selects and dollar burgers.

WTF about the blatant ripoff of ChickFilA with the Southern Chicken Sandwich?

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WTF about the blatant ripoff of ChickFilA with the Southern Chicken Sandwich?

That being said, it's tasty as .

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Idk. Like a couple of dollars. All I know is at the end of a drinking binge, I can afford either the sandwich or a bj from Sequ's mom. I always go for the sandwich.

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Good decision when you can always get one from ducks's mom for free!

Idk Ducks.

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the resident Manu hater.

crickets's mom charges one flea for a blowjob...

Omg. Your mom's coochie would earn infinite bjs.

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??

What does my mother's vagina have to do with sucking ?

Idk. I'm lost. You equalized the cost of a bj from someones mom with a flea. I was suggesting that with all the fleas living in your moms vag, you could buy an infinite amount of bjs. But I digress...

[ShoogarBear]

This thread kinda went into a tough stretch.

[UnWantedTheory]

This thread kinda went into a tough stretch.

That is putting it lightly.

[jjktkk]

Thought I was on the NBA Forum for a sec.

[Chase_the_Bass]

OKC is playing on the end of a b2b