With OKC defeating the Clippers and Dallas losing to Denver, OKC has drawn within 1 game of the #3 seed.
Who would you guys rather see get the #3 and #4 seeds and why? Is there a particular team you would rather see in the 2nd round? Would you rather LA face a particular team in the 2nd round? Does Denver have a shot against either of these teams?
Also, Dallas holds the season series with OKC with a 2-1 advantage (they only play each other three times this season) but if the two teams were to end up tied at the end of the season then OKC would get the #3 seed because they would be a division winner which would automatically get a top 3 seed should they tie Dallas, making this race even more interesting.
So who would you like to see finish #3 and #4?
I'd rather face Dallas, especially if they'll be without Butler. , Dallas may not even make it to round 2 at this rate.
The only sucky thing is that Dallas would be play with more energy against us than any other team for obvious reasons. But I'd much rather face Dallas. I think we can beat OKC, but I'd rather Lakers have a harder time in their bracket with OKC than Dallas.
Spurs aren't making it past the first round. So, who really cares.
I don't really care who the Spurs play but I'd rather see LA have to go through OKC. Dallas doesn't worry me as much as they used to and I don't think they'd give the Lakers that many problems.
Chandler is getting gimpy again. Without him the Mavs will be lucky to get out of the first round.
Yeah, I'm starting to lean this way but am not sure. I admit I was pretty skeptical about the trade between OKC and BOS thinking that OKC all of a sudden going big wouldn't necessarily work but they have looked pretty scary. We know we can beat that Dallas team (even though the series last year probably could have gone either way, it was so close) but there team really isn't any better then they were last season IMO. The whole "revenge factor" thing is always scary though.
It's a pretty tough decision but when I factor in other things like stated above... I think OKC would definitely give LA more trouble then a mentally weak Dallas team who could also, although unlikely, fold against a physical Denver team.
1st round - Memphis
WCSF - Denver
WCF - OKC
Finals - Chicago
Everybody seems to want Dallas, but they are still a very tough matchup for the Spurs and if Chandler's healthy they have something that they haven't had before.
Oh, and they may be historical playoff duds, but since The Great Collapse of 2006, the only team the Mavs have beaten in a playoff series is the Spurs.
OKC would make for a much more interesting series to watch, but I gotta go with Dallas by a long mile.
Not exactly sporting to hope you meet a team that has been eviscerated by injuries, but lets face it: we're gonna need all the help we can get just to make the WCFs, much less the big show.
Play whoever you got to play and shut the up. That is my opinion on it.
Coin toss, either we could play and both will be tough (Dallas because they are our main rivals and DIRK usually goes off on us), neither is easy at all.
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I was gonna start the thread on this cause I found it really interesting and was scoreboard watching all night. Getting dallas would be great
Whoever versus the Mavericks will get plenty of cheap shots and clotheslines especially from Terry and Cardinal. Other than that I think the Spurs would win convincingly against the Mavs since the Spurs guards just abuses theirs. Especially since the Spurs are the ones with a healthy lineup and the Mavs are missing Butler.
Thank the basketball gods that the Mavs also don't have a healthy Josh Howard anymore. His athleticism, size, and overall skillset was a match up nightmare for the Spurs.
ROFL @ thinking that Green for Perkins wasn't an absolute steal for the Thunder...
OKC as the 3 seed would be the best case scenario for the Spurs:
-OKC can push LA to 6-7 games, maybe even win if they played out of their minds
-Denver would tear up the Mavs, tbh.
-OKC is now a horrible matchup with SA. Imagine our perimeter D trying to contain Westbrook/Durant and they can throw Perk at Tim. I'm not even gonna mention what Ibaka would do to Bonner/Blair.
OKC has to win that Laker game though to make it happen...DAL has a soft ass schedule remaining...
For the Spurs, it doesn't matter to me, I don't see either matchup being tougher than the other..
However, I hope the Lakers play OKC, so I'm hoping they can move up to 3rd, although I doubt it will happen..
I don't have a preference in terms of who I'd like the Spurs to play, but I'd rather LA have to play OKC in the 2nd round than DAL. OKC just seems to play really well (more than usual) against LA.
Lucky for us, if LA loses this game, or we win soon enough to lock up #1, LA might ease off the pedal a bit. Maybe, maybe not. Depends who they want to play. OKC will wanna keep playing to avoid Denver IMO.
Also, I'm not so convinced Dallas wants to stay 3. They would have to go Portland then LA. Seems to me being the 4 seed is a better road
Yeah Exactly. The Spurs should have already clinched the #1 seed before the Lakers play OKC possibly leading to LA resting and an easy win for OKC.
Pretty much this. The Spurs would be playing the Mavericks however and we all know how that series tends to go (both teams play well against each other).
i think OKC feels that they can play with anybody including the Lakers....
You don't get that vibe from the Mavs or even the Spurs...
Would not be surprised if they came out of the West.
Well as of right now New Orleans is the 6... Do you think they would rather go New Orleans/LA or Denver/SA?
OKC is an interesting team and while they did address some weaknesses by grabbing Perkins (size and low post defense), they still have another glaring weakness and thats scoring easy points in a playoffs situation especially in the low post. They seem like a team thats going to struggle to score in the playoffs and will be forced into taking too many low-% jumpers. And as great as Durant is, he's one-dimensional with the ball since his court vision and passing isn't up to par.
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