BPI predicts that the Warriors will lose BOTH games at the Alamo

[Kawhitstorm]

The Warriors are currently BPI favorites in 65 of their 67 remaining games. The only two times they won't be favorites? The two games in San Antonio!

The first of meeting isn't until March 19 -- the Warriors' 69th game of the season. Silver protecting the darlings of the NBA.

FYI: Team Duncan hasn't lost a regular season game to the Warriors since he was drafted!

[daslicer]

The Warriors are currently BPI favorites in 65 of their 67 remaining games. The only two times they won't be favorites? The two games in San Antonio!

The first of meeting isn't until March 19 -- the Warriors' 69th game of the season. Silver protecting the darlings of the NBA.

FYI: Team Duncan hasn't lost a regular season game to the Warriors since he was drafted!

This is true but the current batch of warriors won in the playoffs in SA a few years ago so I don't think they are phased by not winning a regular season game over there.

[SpursFan86]

Silver protecting the darlings of the NBA.

If anything that helps us By that time we'll hopefully have LMA almost completely integrated into the system, and should be playing some of our best basketball of the season.

It's definitely to our advantage that we play them later in the season once we've developed some chemistry as opposed to early on while we're still experiencing growing pains.

[apalisoc_9]

Tbh, whats BPI?

[Spurtacular]

FYI: Team Duncan hasn't lost a regular season game to the Warriors since he was drafted!

You mean at home in the regular season.

[Spurtacular]

Tbh, whats BPI?

Spare us the show. We know you posted the OP.

[Spurtacular]

If anything that helps us By that time we'll hopefully have LMA almost completely integrated into the system, and should be playing some of our best basketball of the season.

It's definitely to our advantage that we play them later in the season once we've developed some chemistry as opposed to early on while we're still experiencing growing pains.

But other teams are left without a good blueprint to beat the dubs.

[Kawhitstorm]

This is true but the current batch of warriors won in the playoffs in SA a few years ago so I don't think they are phased by not winning a regular season game over there.

They essentially got blown out last season in SA, the monkey is still on their back. When they won during the playoffs Tiago was injured & Manu was playing like a drunken monkey.

[Kawhitstorm]

But other teams are left without a good blueprint to beat the dubs.

The blue print is Kawhi

[Uriel]

BPI also has us losing both games in Golden State, so there's that.

[daslicer]

They essentially got blown out last season in SA, the monkey is still on their back. When they won during the playoffs Tiago was injured & Manu was playing like a drunken monkey.

They still won in SA during the playoffs so there is no monkey on their back.

[Kawhitstorm]

They still won in SA during the playoffs so there is no monkey on their back.

There is another monkey on their back. They haven't won in SA since Gm 2 of the 2013 playoffs

[daslicer]

There is another monkey on their back. They haven't won in SA since Gm 2 of the 2013 playoffs

Hopefully this is a mental block for them but we'll see.

[MVPCues]

I know this is splitting hairs, but saying they are not favorites and predicting they will lose both games is very different. If they are deemed to be 40/60 (have a 40% chance of winning) each game, then they are underdogs, but the probability of losing BOTH games would be .60*.60, which is a 36% chance of happening.

[GSH]

I know this is splitting hairs, but saying they are not favorites and predicting they will lose both games is very different. If they are deemed to be 40/60 (have a 40% chance of winning) each game, then they are underdogs, but the probability of losing BOTH games would be .60*.60, which is a 36% chance of happening.

Wow - someone who gets it.

The Warriors are playing damned good ball right now, but like everyone else they are one injury away from being pretty mediocre. I like Curry, and absolutely wouldn't wish anything bad for him. But 82 games is a long season, and he's had his share of ankle injuries in the past. He's got a good trainer working with him, but the way he cuts and stops, he's always one sticky shoe away from another injury. The Spurs have had their share of expectations brought down by injury. It's hard to get through a season unscathed.

All that matters is what happens in the playoffs. And no matter how a team plays in the regular season, everyone knows (or should) that in the post-season, the refs swallow their whistles and the contact gets a lot more intense. I'm not talking about injury here. Just that the regular season is about highlight reels, and a different style of play takes over in the playoffs. It's a lot more possible to get physical and take a guy out of rhythm. If the Spurs gel, they are one of the few teams that could beat Golden State in the playoffs. But they won't have home court advantage, against the record GS is going to pile up. And calling any road team a favorite over the Warriors is mindless.

[UNT Eagles 2016]

Wow - someone who gets it.

The Warriors are playing damned good ball right now, but like everyone else they are one injury away from being pretty mediocre. I like Curry, and absolutely wouldn't wish anything bad for him. But 82 games is a long season, and he's had his share of ankle injuries in the past. He's got a good trainer working with him, but the way he cuts and stops, he's always one sticky shoe away from another injury. The Spurs have had their share of expectations brought down by injury. It's hard to get through a season unscathed.

All that matters is what happens in the playoffs. And no matter how a team plays in the regular season, everyone knows (or should) that in the post-season, the refs swallow their whistles and the contact gets a lot more intense. I'm not talking about injury here. Just that the regular season is about highlight reels, and a different style of play takes over in the playoffs. It's a lot more possible to get physical and take a guy out of rhythm. If the Spurs gel, they are one of the few teams that could beat Golden State in the playoffs. But they won't have home court advantage, against the record GS is going to pile up. And calling any road team a favorite over the Warriors is mindless.

I would favor the Spurs if they can get HCA over the Warriors.

[Kawhitstorm]

BPI also has us losing both games in Golden State, so there's that.

Except those weren't the only roads games that the BPI had the Spurs as underdogs last season. Meanwhile the Warriors are underdogs in ONLY TWO GAMES for the REST OF THE SEASON & they are BOTH at AT&T!

[Budkin]

the media acting like the Warriors won't lose another game.

[Kawhitstorm]

the media acting like the Warriors won't lose another game.

They don't give out trophies in the regular season so it's all for TV drama

[Poolboy5623]

I would favor the Spurs if they can get HCA over the Warriors.

...and how are they going to do that?

[Ed Helicopter Jones]

80-2 for the Warriors sounds about right.

[UNT Eagles 2016]

...and how are they going to do that?

Spurs still control their own destiny, since we're 3 games back and have 4 games to play against them. If we win all 4 and win out and they also run the table, otherwise we'll beat them by a game + the tiebreaker.

[apalisoc_9]

Spurs wont get 1st seed tbh

[GSH]

the media acting like the Warriors won't lose another game.

It doesn't say that they won't lose another game. It says that they are favored to win. The Spurs were favored to win against the Pelicans the other night - remember how that turned out? If the favorite always won, they wouldn't need to play the damn games.

I swear, you people make up, and then argue about it.

[Rob123]

They will remember the Alamo