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Houston hasn't played us in the playoffs. I just watched them melt down and implode in the 4th against Miami today. If coffee is for closers, then Harden doesn't get any.
it's almost that point in the season when you are watching the bracket so closely for seeding, and it's so refreshing seeing teams like dal and lal beating okc and giving us much needed breathing room.
Houston hasn't played us in the playoffs. I just watched them melt down and implode in the 4th against Miami today. If coffee is for closers, then Harden doesn't get any.
I'm starting to believe Houston is a tad bit overrated. They seem to settle for bad shots in tight games. Alot of 3's and aimless drive and kicks. Late in the Miami game they began to jack up 3's when defenses applied pressure. Absolutely 0 ball movement.
Howard can disappear for long stretches and Duncan usually plays him extremely well.
Beverly-Parker -Beverly's physical defender but is a mediocre shooter from deep
Harden-Green- Green should be able to slow Harden down a bit.
Parson-Leonard-A great match up for Leonard his length and off ball defense is ideal to shut him down (like with Klay Thompson)
Jones-Diaw-Diaw exploited Jones last time we played. He is quick enough to cover him on the perimeter and can attack him in the post.
Howard-Duncan-Against the Spurs, Dwight is shooting 10% worse (48%) than his season average. He averages 12 FTA per game against us but is only shooting 51%.
The Spurs keep him from getting anything easy he has to score 1/3 of his points at the line.
Spurs also have a significantly better bench and better defense.
I don't think it's that amazing. We won alot of games before Kawhi, Green, and Splitter got into the rotation on the strength of our offense. We used to start Blair/Jefferson and won lots of games with them. The value of those guys is really defensively and that's what matters for the playoffs.
Bulls staying with Thunder right now.... of course right as I'm typing this, Fisher hits a 3....
Thunder improve to 49-18. 1 1/2 back of the Spurs.
San Antonio Spurs
16 remaining games Home /Away 7/9
7 Games remaining against playoff teams
8 Games against teams below -.500
Back to Backs-4
3/21-@ Sacramento, 3/22-@ Golden State
3/28-@ Denver, 3/29-New Orleans
4/2-Goldenstate, 4/3-@ Oklahoma City
4/10-@ Dallas, 4/11-Phoenix
Toughest Stretch-5 games in 8 days-@ Pacers, Golden State, @ OKC, Memphis, @ Minnesota 9 day span 4/3-4/11
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Oklahoma City Thunder
15 remaining games. 29 days
Home/Away 6/9
6 Games remaining against playoff teams
9 Games against teams below -.500
back to backs : 2
[4/8-@ Sacramento, 4/9-@ L.A. Clippers, 4/13-@ Indiana ,4/14-@ New Orleans]
Toughest Stretch:-5 games in 7 days. San Antonio, @ Houston @ Phoenix, @ Sacramento, @ L.A. Clippers, 7 day span 4/3-4/9
Who has the advantage:
Spurs (on pace to win 62 games)
Thunder (on pace to win 60 games)
San Antonio-The Spurs are back at full strength and are rolling of late. Since returning from all-star break the Spurs are 12-1 and have won 10 straight games. This includes wins @ Clippers and @ Portland along with a home win against Miami. The remaining schedule of both teams are surprisingly similar but the Spurs have 4 remaining back to backs, including a brutal back 2 back against the Warriors and Thunder.
OKC-The Thunder have struggled of late, going 6-6 since all-star break. Entering the final 25 games the Thunder carried a 1 ˝ game lead but now trail by 1 ˝ games. With injuries to 2 starters and reincorporating Westbrook, along with adding Caron Butler, they’ve had to adjust their rotation. As a result their defense has taken a hit.
Spurs toughest Stretch-5 games in 8 days-@ Pacers, Golden State, @ OKC, Memphis, @ Minnesota 3/31/-4/8
The Thunder has a tougher stretch of games including a 7 day span of San Antonio, @ Houston @ Phoenix, @ Sacramento, @ L.A. Clippers. 4-3-4-9
The difference between the 1st and 2nd seed will likely be settled by the 8th of April.
Advantage Spurs
Clippers lost tonight
WESTERN W L PCT GB HOME ROAD DIV CONF PF PA DIFF STRK L10 1 San Antonio 50 16 .758 - 26-8 24-8 9-3 28-10 105.1 97.8 +7.3 Won 10 10-0 2 Oklahoma City 49 18 .731 1 ˝ 28-7 21-11 9-5 29-12 105.7 99.1 +6.6 Won 1 6-4 3 LA Clippers 48 21 .696 3 ˝ 29-5 19-16 9-4 29-12 107.5 100.3 +7.1 Lost 1 9-1 4 Houston 45 22 .672 5 ˝ 27-7 18-15 9-4 25-17 106.4 101.7 +4.7 Won 1 6-4 5 Portland 43 24 .642 7 ˝ 24-9 19-15 12-3 24-20 107.4 103.1 +4.3 Lost 1 4-6 6 Golden State 42 26 .618 9 21-11 21-15 9-5 24-17 103.5 98.9 +4.6 Won 1 7-3 7 Dallas 41 27 .603 10 22-10 19-17 9-5 21-18 104.1 101.8 +2.3 Won 3 6-4 8 Memphis 39 27 .591 11 20-14 19-13 3-11 21-19 95.8 94.6 +1.3 Won 1 7-3 Phoenix 38 29 .567 12 ˝ 22-13 16-16 7-6 23-19 105.3 103.0 +2.3 Lost 1 5-5
Next handful of games: @ Lakers, @ Kings, @ Warriors (2nd of a b2b), Sixers, Nuggets, @ Nuggets, Pelicans
the difficulty in schedule picks up after that point. we should realistically go 6-1 during this stretch of games
5-2 at the worst. That away game at Denver isn't a given. 6-1 is definitely realistic though and I'm thinking we'll do it.
Marc J. Spears: Warriors forward Andre Iguodala is out a minimum three games with right knee tendonitis, which includes Saturdays games versus Spurs. Twitter @SpearsNBAYahoo
Spurs chance to extend streak to 13 (assuming Spurs beat the Lakers and the Kings) likely improve quite a bit.
GSW has allowed 98.3 points per 100 possessions in the 36 games Iguodala has played & 105.0 in the 12 he's missed.
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Lakers to be without:
Kobe Byrant (Obviously)
Steve Nash (also obvious)
Jordan Hill
Jody Meeks
Nick Young
The Warriors have the best defense in the West by DRtg (Spurs 2nd, Thunder 3rd). They are a better version of Memphis because their offense is better and has a much higher ceiling.
Iggy being out Saturday is huge. Their wing depth takes a big hit without him. Barnes is good but nowhere near the defender or passer that Iggy is.
Kinda disappointed tbh The game won't be as fun to watch now, but at least we'll extend the streak.
Isn't it a back to back? Pop probably sits the big 3 either way.
Yeah, I'm still penciling that Dubs game as a L. Iggy being out hurts them but I'm not an expecting a full Spurs squad and they should be motivated after that last meeting.
Pop normally extends the bench, on the first half of B2Bs. I'd expect Duncan to play the first 8 minutes of the game and return around the 5 minute mark of the second.
Best case is a doubt digit lead late in the 3rd with Pop pulling a @ Chicago.
Last time we played at GSW, Parker was injured while Duncan and Manu had rest-DNPs. At the very least 1 should play.
Yea, + we already beat them in GS when Duncan/Manu/Parker sat out earlier this year. (when they had a full squad) If we rest our guys, I don't know if we do that 2x though it wouldn't surprise me.
I hope Pop avoids sitting too many on the same night. Why not sit Duncan and Parker against the Kings and then Manu and someone against the Warriors? Or some combination like that.
Idk, solid points but I have a feeling all 3 will sit. They have a nice lil rythym going though so like you say they may all play.
You risk losing both games like that tbh. Better to just get the win against a team you should dominate.
Truff bomb.
both Indy and Miami lost tonight
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