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Pop doesn't like to win 12 in a row.
That would be truly epic. 16-0 to win their 5th
LeBron gets swept by the Spurs in the Finals again, too.
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Pop doesn't like to win 12 in a row.
spurs in 4 baby.
were wayyyyy too good and wayyyy to hungry to lose any games this series
especially after wut happend last year.
were gunna hit the ground running
the sooner we finish them off, the beter...our guyrs get extra rest for the next round, no point extending the series just to milk some money...
Yeah they will have to drop a game so guys can rest up. Probably around the 10th victory.
Depends on the three point shooting of the Spurs. It's possible, not probable but possible, that all our 3 pt shooters could go cold at one time.
But probably for only one game, not for an entire series.
losing 1 game will be a disappointment, this is the mormon we talkin about
+1 to timvp's OP
I think the main thing is that getting up and down a whole lot, for a whole series, is very tough for bigs, especially when you're dealing with extensions on D all the way out to the three point line and further. Jazz might like to get out and run but the Spurs LOVE doing that ... and then they punish you in the half court with incredible execution when you do get back.
Additionally, FTs will reign king in this series. Should Spurs average 35+ FTAs like in the regular season, I see a sweep. If Parker, Manu and company have trouble getting to the line due to increased physicality allowed, the Jazz have a much better chance of taking a couple off San Antonio.
We should be about 7 point favorites, 10 at home, 4 in SLC.
That's two missed shots, four bad FTs (Spurs still make me cringe at the free throw line), 2 hard shooting fouls not called, a player getting banged up, Crawford reffing;
or for the Jazz, a couple of prayers dropping, perfection at the line and so on.
The Bobcats did beat the Magic (with Howard) and the Knicks (with Anthony and Stoudemire) this year.
Spurs in 5 or 6. Probably 5. I can't agree with a sweep prediction for two reasons mainly:
1) Utah has a talented front line and Spurs still have question marks there.
2) Spurs have a lot of role players playing well, including a rookie starting. Its not inconceivable some of them shrink possibly.
I wouldnt be shocked at a sweep but I think 5 is more likely with 6 being as likely as a sweep
Great post LJ. My ONLY nitpick is that lists like these should use odd numbers. So I'll make it 11:
This team is by far the hottest in the league. We're riding a 10-gamer which is coming off an 11-gamer with only 1 "real" loss in the past 23 (fakers in SA). The Jazz are barely playoff compe ion. The best team in the league going into the playoffs should make short work of Utah.
Plus TP has a hurt shoulder, so sweeping not likely.
^ eh? You mean Neal?
No I mean TP. And Neal too.
I'm confused. TP hasn't been hurt all year.
Trust me, I have sources. You know me - it's DPG
I think this series will be 6, maybe 5 if SA is lucky.
To me, it reminds me too much of the Kings in 06, where most people here seem to be thinking of Memphis in 04.
That Kings series was much harder than people thought. After a huge blowout in game 1, it turned to a slugfest. It took an incredible Barry 3 and Duncan moving screen to win one of the the games. And the intensity of the crowd won a game for Sacramento in game 3 where Kevin Martin blatantly fouled Manu at the end of the game in front of the ref and took the ball for the game winning layup. The refs were so swayed by the rabid crowd that any sort of fouling was allowed with no-calls.
That's what I think will happen in this series.
The result in 06 with the physical play and the series going longer than it should have was that the Spurs were more tired than they should have been the next round against Dallas. I think the same could happen here with facing Memphis in the second round this year.
If Pop sat the Big 3 in in Game 5 and the Spurs still won that would be the most hilarious of all time, OF ALL TIME!!!I think the Spurs lose Game 4 and take the series in 5 games.
The Mormon crowd is good enough to net the Jazz one game and I don't know if Pop likes the idea of a 14 game winning streak going into the WCSF
A sweep would be just alright with me tho.
No way will the Spurs relax this year after getting bounced early in the playoffs last year. These boys are so motivated and so hungry that they will not only sweep the Jazz, they will also blow them out by 15-20 points in all 4 games.
Though since Diaw can shoot, I don't know why we don't use him as the stretch 4 instead.
I get what you're saying but I just don't think the Jazz are that good. Even if they decide to play big and physical, the Spurs have the frontcourt players to match them. And since they're kind of like the Lakers in that they're terrible at guarding the pick and roll the Spurs can carve them up (and out-perimeter them if they do opt for the 3 big line).
As far as officiating and everything else goes, I'm sure Pop has it all under control. He'll make the proper adjustments as needed imo.
Drinking a big glass of kool aid here, but I'm on board with the sweep. We have been destroying teams the past month. Not merely just winning games. And I see no reason for it to stop now. The Big 3 are healthy, rested and after last years debacle, I see them laying the smack down.
Just like the Spurs came out focused against the Lakers after the 1st meeting meltdown, I think this team will be dialed in right from the beginning.
And if Memphis is in the 2nd round, it'll be another sweep.
Spurs in 5..but I wouldnt be surprised at all by a sweep. Im so pumped for the playoffs to start...Manu has been pacing himself this whole year to stay healthy and get to this point completely healthy...I cant wait to see what he has in store for us.
Problem with that thinking is, they dont have a shut down defender in his prime like Ron Artest.
They dont have good shooters LIKE Kevin Martin or Peja Stoyakovic.
No Brad Miller nor Mike Bibby. I mean that Sacramento team was LOADED with talent.
The Jazz while talented are young and their depth isn't even CLOSE to as good.
They were a long athletic team that bothered a slower older Spurs team. Artest was shutting Ginobili down. Miller guarded Duncan well, Abdur Rahim was on his last legs but bothersome.
Dont forget also he had a contract year and was KILLING them in Bonzi Wells.
So to me the comparison is not even close. NOW, had they played Denver and you laid the scenario out? Then I'd agree.
I could see it going either way. On the one hand, the Spurs are already due for an off game and the big three will have had almost six full days between games (in a season where two off probably felt like six; so what do six actual ones feel like?). Not that the Jazz are used to noon games either, but still. On the other hand, the Spurs could easily have so much pent up energy and be so desperate to immediately put to rest the notion of history repeating itself, that they blitz the Jazz immediately.
Good work, timvp. I'm inclined to give the Jazz one game, partially because of how good their crowd is, but more so because the Spurs are due for a game where they flat out don't have it. But I wouldn't be surprised if the Spurs swept them though.
The difference is when I say go big I'm speaking about the Millsap-Jefferson-Favors lineup which is relatively new and won't show up in those stats.Corbin first seriously experimented with it like two weeks ago. With that lineup we're much more conformable playing a half court game both defensively and offensively and that's probably the biggest reason why we even have the 8th seed.
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