Too easy???? WTF? Spurs had endured so many long years not making it into the championship only to be beaten in the dying minutes. They absolutely had to win that year. It wasn't easy if you consider how long it took to build the team to win that championship. Furthermore, you had to beat the defending champions who had won in the two previous years. That's like the biggest championship win ever and you call it overrated!!!?
The most difficult championship series (not considering everything else) was of course the one against the Pistons. Usually the Spurs beats a team that was a pushover... Knicks, Nets, Cavaliers but the Pistons were the defending champions.
Oh heres the Debbie downer negative nancy mother er. these pussy warriors, still rely on jumpshooting too much I think green will have this hands full with Duncan, Aldridge and even Boris. klay is a choke waiting to happen. Livingston may be the scariest thing to the Spurs.
Only if Parker or Mills is guarding Livingston. But you are right about Livingston, he makes a living mid-range. That is something the Spurs are going to give away.
Road record: Spurs 10-6, Warriors 15-2..
the randomness/luck in involved close games is basically difference in record between the two teams..we'll see if this trend contiunes..
we played the 76ers on the road. Skews the stats.
we are the best team in the NBA,period
the warriors are overrated
they have reached their peak.....we have yet yet to reach our highest ceiling......
in other words, by the law of averages the Warriors are going down,
ON THE OTHER HAND, WE ARE GOING UP, YPIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!
You can harp on schedule all you want, but this is just ridiculous..
Slightly worried about Parker, though. Hasn't looked right since the "sore hip."
All you ing cucks who think the Dubs are going to be in the Finals just kill yourselves now.
Spurs-Cavs Finals. BOOK IT!
Dam ing straight.
You, sir, are correct! The championship against the Pistons was the best and toughest. The grittiest Spurs team ever. The Championship against the Cavs was second. Beautiful game, making up for the 2013 disappointment, beating Lebron and the rest of the Heat. Not as satisfying as the Pistons win on their home floor in an intense match-up, but clearly above the rest.
Spurs: 10 wins by at least 25 points ties franchise single-season record (1978-79 & 2012-13).The season isn't halfway over yet.
Thank you! It's never easy to win a championship in any major sport. It's asinine to even suggest it and the sign of someone who doesn't have an inkling of how hard our team worked to come back from that horrible loss in 2013. It will go down in sports history as the greatest redemption and comeback stories of all time.
Our guys didn't say a word, they simply put their heads down and got it done.
DETERMINATION
If the Spurs win their next two, they will be exactly on a 70 win pace, exactly half way through the season. (35-6) Of course, in 2010-11, the Spurs opened up 37-6, and went out in the first round. This team is very different from that one. But with the second-toughest schedule in the last half of the season, I guess we're going to find out if they are really this good.
The biggest thing, I think, that says this is a much better team - in '10-11 the Spurs defense gave up 105.6 points per game. This season they are giving up 95.6 points per game. That's the third best in franchise history, and I think it says they're legitimate. I hope Pop keeps them focused on improving on defense. I think they have enough offense to beat anyone, but it's this defense that can win another LOB.
I would love to hear your reasoning behind it.
The NBA is about matchups, and GS does not matchup very well with the Spurs.
1. The Spurs are going to dominate the boards and the paint. Even if GS decides to go small, SA has enough athletic Bigs that it won't face them one bit. West, Aldridge, and Diaw can all play against smaller lineups and still dominate inside while being able to stay with the other teams small lineup. Huge Advantage Spurs.
2. Spurs perimeter Defense can make the 3 pt shooting very difficult for GS especially for everyone not named Curry.
3. Curry, much like Lebron, can't do it all alone, and that is exactly what the Spurs are going to do to him, they will take away all his teammates and make him do it all by himself. And when he is tired in the 4th quarter the Spurs will put the hand on him and it's lights out for GS.
I will call my shot now, I think San Antonio will lose one game to GS when they meet in the playoffs.
That +11 is skewed heavily by the 51-point win at Philly. Also, I don't think it's fair to say that the difference between the Spurs and Warriors is entirely due to luck involved in close games. In the first place, some of those so-called "close games" like the one at Houston weren't even that close; we just made a run at the end of the game to make the final score look respectable.
The thing is
Can our best players play heavy minutes and remain effective over a quick turnaround playoff season?
a +14 point differential, halfway through the season
just insane.
What is your definition of close? Spurs were down 4 with a minute left to go. Bulls game, spurs were actually up and had a chance to tie. Okc game, spurs should have won, choked in the clutch. Wiz game, buzzer beater. Raptors, 3 pt game. Yeah those "some" just equates to 1, being the pelicans game where the spurs had no shot in of winning after the 1st half
In 39 games, the Spurs have won 14 by at least a 20 point margin - which leaves out a handful of 18 and 19 point wins. 14 wins by 20+. GSW has 6.
You can harp on schedule all you want, but this is just ridiculous..
Also, everyone remembers how disastrous December 2014 was for this team. Through 39 games last season, the Spurs sat at 23-16.
Carried primarily by the bench which has a +15 differential.
So if the bench doesn't play against the good teams, then you can throw away that differential.
It will all depend on who plays come playoff time. This differential is because the bench is very good. That could be fools gold if that bench isn't given an opportunity to play.
Spurs will be very difficult to defend against if Pop mixes and matches players more. That will be a nightmare to game plan against.
Ever wonder why complete unknowns tend to score their best against the Spurs? That's because Spurs players don't know the player and his tendencies. Come playoff time, there's enough tape to know about every opponent. However, if you play different combinations, the number is too overwelming to actually cover defensively. Last game, had this lineup:
Anderson, Leonard, Diaw, Bonner, West/Boban .... everyone except Leonard taller than 6'8". Anderson was the PG bringing up the ball.
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I disagree, we are resting our starters after we get a lead. We never put them in to run up the score. They face the A-Team, then they are put on backup duty incase bench goes sour which it does often. If we play the starters 35-40min they would have just as big, if not bigger differential.
Do you even look at the stats? Bench +15 differential, Starters -1 differential. Dude, it is just math!
The bench is what creates the separation.
The starters have been a uncoordinated mess for a while now. You had Green and LMA shooting at a poor percentage.
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