Spurs trying to track down the 2/3/4 seed

[baseline bum]

3 would be great to dodge the GSW bracket

I don't care about that, the Spurs are going to have to go through Golden State eventually to take the conference. The 3 seed would be nice since it could mean a matchup with LA or Dallas in the first instead of Houston or Portland.

[Spurs 4 The Win]

I don't care about that, the Spurs are going to have to go through Golden State eventually to take the conference. The 3 seed would be nice since it could mean a matchup with LA or Dallas in the first instead of Houston or Portland.

Give me Portland every day over LA

[Brazil]

and Batum?

He sucks thats why

[Malik Hairston]

I don't care about that, the Spurs are going to have to go through Golden State eventually to take the conference. The 3 seed would be nice since it could mean a matchup with LA or Dallas in the first instead of Houston or Portland.

Portland without Matthews isn't even a playoff caliber team, tbh..

Aldridge + Lillard + a mysteriously declining Batum + Robin Lopez and a bunch of scrubs in the Western Conference..

[Malik Hairston]

Clippers are probably going to finish as the 3 seed IMO..Spurs play Houston 2 more times, just keep pace and take care of those 2 games and they can get the 5 seed..

[Spurs 4 The Win]

Clippers are probably going to finish as the 3 seed IMO..Spurs play Houston 2 more times, just keep pace and take care of those 2 games and they can get the 5 seed..

Rockets fans on suicide watch if they drop to the 6 seed with a better record than portland lol

[ViceCity86]

It be ed up if Spurs and Clippers wound up at 4 and 5 and play each other in 1st round.Clips in round one followed by the Warriors. Only 2 teams really capable of beating us in a series.

Those 2 games back to back vs Rockets are huge.I expect a split,but be nice to win both.

[timtonymanu]

I don't care about that, the Spurs are going to have to go through Golden State eventually to take the conference. The 3 seed would be nice since it could mean a matchup with LA or Dallas in the first instead of Houston or Portland.

Portland has to be the most preferred matchup since Matthews is out for the year and Aldridge/Batum just got hurt in todays game.

[Malik Hairston]

It be ed up if Spurs and Clippers wound up at 4 and 5 and play each other in 1st round.Clips in round one followed by the Warriors. Only 2 teams really capable of beating us in a series.

Those 2 games back to back vs Rockets are huge.I expect a split,but be nice to win both.

Portland is locked at 3 or 4..

[ViceCity86]

Portland is locked at 3 or 4..

The division,right? I forgot about that.

[ViceCity86]

Spurs Mavs 2006 playoff matchup created that rule.

[Budkin]

At this point I just want the Spurs to be playing their best basketball going into the playoffs, seeding be damned.

[100%duncan]

At this point I just want the Spurs to be playing their best basketball going into the playoffs, seeding be damned.

Too many missed opportunities, technicalities with the division winner, and elements that we couldn't control. Best basketball and 100% health is all we can ask for.

[RD2191]

that knicks game really ed us. we'd be sitting at the 4 seed right now.

[RD2191]

It be ed up if Spurs and Clippers wound up at 4 and 5 and play each other in 1st round.Clips in round one followed by the Warriors. Only 2 teams really capable of beating us in a series.

Those 2 games back to back vs Rockets are huge.I expect a split,but be nice to win both.

crofl. neither of those teams would beat the spurs. especially the clips.

[Sean Cagney]

f'ing knicks game smh... gotta take care of this tough stretch coming up

Yeah they f'ed up bad with that Knicks game....

that knicks game really ed us. we'd be sitting at the 4 seed right now.

I knew it was a major up that night they lost man.

[RD2191]

Yeah they f'ed up bad with that Knicks game....

I knew it was a major up that night they lost man.

yeah, can you imagine if we didn't get home court at least in the 1st round because of 1 game? that would suck.

[Sean Cagney]

yeah, can you imagine if we didn't get home court at least in the 1st round because of 1 game? that would suck.

I bet you the fans in here saying you guys cliff diving after one game and laughing about it would then see how important a game like that really is. The Cleveland game still pisses me off as well, had it won and then gave it away. Those two can come back to screw you but the Knicks game is especially bad now looking at the stretch of games coming up for the Spurs.

[spurs10]

I bet you the fans in here saying you guys cliff diving after one game and laughing about it would then see how important a game like that really is. The Cleveland game still pisses me off as well, had it won and then gave it away. Those two can come back to screw you but the Knicks game is especially bad now looking at the stretch of games coming up for the Spurs.

Well they all know that, so we can only hope they'll play with a fire in their belly until about mid June!

[exstatic]

that knicks game really ed us. we'd be sitting at the 4 seed right now.

Nope. Portland, as an almost automatic division winner at this point, is guaranteed a top 4 spot. For the rest of the season, as things heat up, you will see teams likely flipping directly from 3 to 5 and back. The weird thing is that if team #5 has a better record, they'll get HCA in a 4/5 matchup with Portland. It happened a few years ago with a crappy Nuggets team. The only team that can knock Portland down from #4 is another team in their division. OKC is 5.5 back, and has no chance.

[BillMc]

The truth is unless something dramatic happens we're going to open with Memphis, Portland or Houston and almost certainly on the road. Portland, because of injuries, is the weakest of these but the other two are about equal. I'd be more interested in making sure we're on the opposite side of the bracket as Golden State, so we don't have to face them until the WCF.

[RD2191]

Nope. Portland, as an almost automatic division winner at this point, is guaranteed a top 4 spot. For the rest of the season, as things heat up, you will see teams likely flipping directly from 3 to 5 and back. The weird thing is that if team #5 has a better record, they'll get HCA in a 4/5 matchup with Portland. It happened a few years ago with a crappy Nuggets team. The only team that can knock Portland down from #4 is another team in their division. OKC is 5.5 back, and has no chance.

Son of a bish.

[Spurs 4 The Win]

Nope. Portland, as an almost automatic division winner at this point, is guaranteed a top 4 spot. For the rest of the season, as things heat up, you will see teams likely flipping directly from 3 to 5 and back. The weird thing is that if team #5 has a better record, they'll get HCA in a 4/5 matchup with Portland. It happened a few years ago with a crappy Nuggets team. The only team that can knock Portland down from #4 is another team in their division. OKC is 5.5 back, and has no chance.

I wouldnt count OKC out yet, Portland has dropped 4 straight with many more loseable games upcoming. They most likely wont be passed up but if that happened it would be hilarious.

[Seventyniner]

Count me in with those who hate the rule of division winners getting a top 4 seed. I say let them into the playoffs but that's it.

[therealtruth]

I would try to stay in that 6-7 bracket but then again in the West outside of Warriors/Grizzlies I don't think seeding reflects how good the team is.