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I'd take those standings if they ended today tbh.
That was an impressive win by HOU over Portland. They are quickly becoming the second best team in the West. I thought it would take them two season to put it all together...
I'd take those standings if they ended today tbh.
Houston ain't , last years GS, Green will shut down Harden and Dwight is a mental midget when gets serious. The only way we lose a series against them is if the refs step in, which is a very big possibility.
Look at you...
We're going to have to get out of the 1st round to play Houston though...
I changed my mind, we will at least make it to the WCF. Tune in next game for my ever changing predictions.Look at you...
We're going to have to get out of the 1st round to play Houston though...
Pacers drop to 7-7 in last 14 games.
Heat lost 3 straight games.
Oklahoma City 3-5 in last 8 games.
Spurs 6-0, 9-1 in last 10 games.
What's scary is the Spurs haven't peaked, or even played their best basketball all season until just a few nights ago against the Heat.
Imagine the real possibility of winning back to back les this year if we would of got it done last year
Rockets are playing better ball these days tho, and are a terrible matchup for the Spurs. Too soon to start celebrating yet tbh.
Spurs top 7 players miss a combined 65 regular season games, pop tinkering with the lineup, defense at half-speed, players not even into it really, going through the motions most games, and we are the # 1 team in the league right now.
wow. what happens when we start really trying?
May we compartmentalize our celebration to what occurred today, if we promise to withhold celebration on any speculative matters?
#wet blanket?
okMay we compartmentalize our celebration to what occurred today, if we promise to withhold celebration on any speculative matters?
#wet blanket?
Rockets are prone to bad losses. They'll knock off a top team, and then drop a couple of dumb games to losing teams. They're good, but unfocused, and it will be their undoing in the playoffs.
with all the games done for the night:
WESTERN W L PCT GB HOME ROAD DIV CONF PF PA DIFF STRK L10 1 San Antonio 46 16 .742 - 23-8 23-8 9-3 25-10 104.6 98.1 +6.6 Won 6 9-1 2 Oklahoma City 46 17 .730 ½ 26-6 20-11 9-5 27-11 105.7 99.2 +6.6 Lost 2 5-5 3 Houston 44 19 .698 2 ½ 26-7 18-12 9-4 24-16 106.6 101.6 +5.0 Won 5 8-2 4 LA Clippers 44 20 .688 3 26-5 18-15 7-4 26-11 107.8 100.7 +7.1 Won 7 8-2 5 Portland 42 21 .667 4 ½ 24-8 18-13 12-3 23-17 107.7 102.8 +4.8 Lost 2 6-4 6 Golden State 40 24 .625 7 20-10 20-14 9-4 22-16 103.5 98.7 +4.8 Won 4 8-2 7 Dallas 38 26 .594 9 21-10 17-16 9-5 19-17 104.5 102.2 +2.3 Won 2 6-4 8 Memphis 36 26 .581 10 19-14 17-12 2-11 19-19 95.8 94.8 +1.0 Won 2 7-3 Phoenix 36 26 .581 10 22-12 14-14 7-5 23-18 105.5 102.9 +2.7 Lost 1 5-5
Tyvm
Woohoo, great Sunday!
If the Spurs can somehow win this upcoming b2b, it's going to be huge standings wise. They'll get a chance to put some distance between them and OKC until a pretty brutal April schedule tbh.
Tank the Bulls game, beat the Blazers. Or win them both
two days off before the back to back. A bit of minute conservation is more likely. Duncan sitting long stretches. Manu topping out at about 24 minutes. Bulls offense is so horrid, the Spurs should be able to keep close while resting the big 3.Tank the Bulls game, beat the Blazers. Or win them both
Portland is struggling a bit of late only 9-8 and 5 of their 8 losses on the road. Hopefully the Blazers struggles continue against the Spurs. If San Antonio wins, the Spurs would tie the season series and push Portland as much as 5 or 6 games behind us (not including the fact that the Spurs would hold the conference record tie breaker)
Records since January 1:
1. Houston 23-6 (.793)
2. Los Angeles Clippers 23-8 (.742)
3. Memphis 23-9 (.718)
4. San Antonio 21-9 (.700)
5. Chicago 23-10 (.697)
6. Brooklyn 20-9 (.689)
7. Oklahoma City 21-11 (.656)
8. Toronto 21-11 (.656)
9. Miami 19-10 (.655)
10. Golden State 20-11 (.645)
11. Indiana 21-12 (.636)
12. Dallas 20-13 (.606)
13. Washington 19-15 (.558)
14. Portland 17-14 (.548)
15. Phoenix 17-15 (.531)
Not entirely true. Houston has the 5th highest winning percentage in the NBA against teams -.500. Only Indiana, Miami, OKC and San Antonio are better. With The Spurs crushing those teams (.925 winning percentage) leading the league in that area.
They seem legit. top 10 defense, top 5 offense and a great shot at the 2 seed with OKC fumbling.
What team hasn't had bad losses? So every team including the Spurs has loss to teams they should have beat. Thunder just loss to a Lakers team thats currently not even a playoff team.
Rockets are 2.5 games back of the number 1 seed and if they continue playing at the level that they are, they have a realistic shot at being the number 1 seed. The Rockets hold the tie breaker over Spurs because they are 3-0 against them this season.
BEST RECORD ES
this could be the most exiting post season in recent memory.
F'ing amazing that SA played .700 ball with 4 of their top 8 out for a couple weeks, each. It started with Danny going down on 4 January.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cu1JMbSLPvc
Still a long way to go obviously.
Good point. The Spurs have played, what, 6 of those 30 games since January 1 at full strength? And the injured players weren't scrubs, they were key parts of the top 7.
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