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More than a chance. They're odds on favorites, imo. GS is very beatable. Meanwhile, Spurs have hit another level.
If there's any chance the Spurs can get the first seed, they need to take it regardless of who they get in the second round.
More than a chance. They're odds on favorites, imo. GS is very beatable. Meanwhile, Spurs have hit another level.
Would be a dream come true if we get that 1 seed and watch GS and OKC beat each other up in the 2nd round while all have to take care of are the ing Clippers
There is no reason we shouldn't go for the number one seed.
We have better point differential than GS which is predictive and we're deep enough that we can still rest players more and play fewer minutes during the race than the warriors.
Of course we should not risk anybody's health and Pop won't do that but we're in better position to not do that than GS while still winning at an historic rate.
Warriors heavy minutes will take its toll at various points during the season. They're still not sacrificing individual glory, numbers and minutes like the Spurs do and their stars keep playing when games are virtually over.
The last 5 games of the season will be all that matter.
The Worriers are falling apart like the 2013-14 Pacers after burning themselves out chasing the #1 seed with Barnes playing the Hibbert role & Draymond being Lance. Just need Klay to Curry's wife.
Spurs will be taking the one seed on or before January 25th, tbh.
Warriors gonna lose @ Cle tomorrow, tbh.
and loose @ chicago
Well, we're a different team at home. So, yeah, hopefully we push a little to get it. Contra Pop, playoff positioning matters.
They're 36-3(or 4?) and coming off a 67 win season where they also won the championship and only lost 3 games in the playoffs. I think it's a little premature to say they've fallen so far.The Worriers are falling apart like the 2013-14 Pacers after burning themselves out chasing the #1 seed with Barnes playing the Hibbert role & Draymond being Lance. Just need Klay to Curry's wife.
They looked dejected during their post-game interview & Draymond has been whining about needing a rest but the troops not holding their end of the bargain thus having to suit up.
It's not their record but the way they are playing that matters; teams can beat up on the Lakers even while they're coasting.
They lost 5 games in the playoffs, and they have 4 losses, get your facts straight
Well obviously they were going to regress to the mean, but they have proven they can beat top teams. While the Spurs have the higher point diff we've also lost to the likes of the Bulls, Toronto, OKC, etc I'm not saying they're a better team than us, I'm pretty confident we could beat them in a series, especially with home court, but it they're not some scrub team all of suddenThey looked dejected during their post-game interview & Draymond has been whining about needing a rest but the troops not holding their end of the bargain thus having to suit up.
It's not their record but the way they are playing that matters; teams can beat up on the Lakers even while they're coasting.
only 9 losses in their last 62 games(2015-2016 regular season + 2015 playoffs)
you sure showed me
2013-14 Pacers happenedWell obviously they were going to regress to the mean, but they have proven they can beat top teams. While the Spurs have the higher point diff we've also lost to the likes of the Bulls, Toronto, OKC, etc I'm not saying they're a better team than us, I'm pretty confident we could beat them in a series, especially with home court, but it they're not some scrub team all of sudden
They actually remind me more of the 2009 Celtics. Defending champs, huge win streaks... we'll see if they can leave a better legacy than that team.
09 C's were dominant before KG went down with the knee injury.
Spurs were p'wned in both regular season matchups vs the Pistons that year including a 15 point drubbing in San Antonio where Spurs had won something like 71 out of their last 74 home games. I don't think they feared anyone.2013-14 Pacers happened
Off topic, but is there a chance the Spurs/Warriors game on Monday will move to "regular" national TV, meaning ABC/ESPN or TNT versus NBA TV? I'm in SA, so it doesn't really affect my viewing, but just curious if they ever moved a marquee game like this before.
I thought it was weird that it wasn't on national TV in the first place. Maybe, it's in FS's contract that not all conference match-ups between two teams can be on national TV...
It's a Monday night. ESPN and TNT don't televise games on Monday night's.
Don't think so because of the day of the week it's on. I'm in H-town so it's all LP and Nbatv and they have been hyping up that they have the game for like 3 weeks now.
A flaw in schedule make up how can you have a game between the last two champs be on anything other than a TNT night, Sunday during the day after NFL or the new Saturday night thing.
The only instance I recall this happening for was this season when Golden State was playing their 15th game (on a Sunday, picked up by ESPN) and 16th game (on a Tuesday, picked up by TNT) to tie and break the record for best start to the season. I really wish they would move this from NBATV to one of those two networks. I have NBA League Pass on Uverse in Dallas and the only games I don't get to see are NBATV (included on a more expensive tv plan) and Mavericks/Spurs Games (Must have Fox Sports Southwest). I'm not paying a couple hundred dollars more per year to get 5-6 extra games.
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