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The Warriors style of play won't work either unless they are gifted depleted teams again.
Kawhi-centric offense won't work in the playoffs. Other teams will double him with ease forcing other players to knockdown shots and it won't happen consistently enough to win a series against an elite team.Most of those players are pieces of and that will show in the playoffs. The regular season once again fooling people. I bet you also think teams with elite wr's win super bowls, right?
The Warriors style of play won't work either unless they are gifted depleted teams again.
The more hype surrounds this seeding the more Pop will pretend to not give a , and rest his guys on key nights. Pop likes showing the world that he's the boss.
Good points
Current standings show Houston and Denver are fairly locked in at 3 and 8 respectively.
The intrigue is in seeds 4 through 7, which are completely up for grabs:
4) 37-24 Utah
5) 36-24 Clips
6) 36-25 Mem
7) 35-25 OKc
It's a tossup on who finishes where between these four clubs.
Factoring in the above, here are the two roads to the NBA Finals assuming higher seed wins:
One seed - Denver, Uta/LA/Mem/Okc, Warriors
Two seed - Uta/LA/Mem/Okc , Houston, Warriors
So it's not just a matter of home court vs GSW, but you face one less tougher opponent.
Would you rather deal with Houston or Denver?
Big game tonight - Warriors at Chicago.
We'll know how fragile they are going up against a 30-30 Bulls team, the sheer definition of mediocrity this season.
Good post. Houston might be a good matchup for the Spurs but it will be far easier to beat Denver.
I see your logic, but it's kinda flawed imo. It's not Houston or Denver. Not that black and white. You're using a 4 team possibility for the 1st/ 2nd rounds, when really, we're only facing 1 team. Which team that is will greatly effect the difficulty of the route to the WCF.
Grizz/OKC >> Houston >> Warriors
or
Denver >> Clippers >> Warriors
is what it likely will be
Some would argue that it's worth it to avoid the clippers matchup
LAC looks like , it's not particularly likely that they get the fourth seed, let alone win their first series.
FiveThirtyEight has the chance that the Spurs are the top seed at 10% (and champs at 17%).
Been obvious as the last two playoff years.
I'm hoping Popped will adjust before the prime Kwa era is pissed away.
Not seeing it happen tho. Last night another prime example.
Several of our players shoot significantly better when they aren't being closely guarded. If Kawhi is is doubled it means Danny, Pau, LMA, Patty, TP, Dedmon, Lee, or Manu are wide open. Kawhi will certainly need to get used to passing when he's drawing a double, but if we are moving the ball 'the Spurs way' I think we'll be alright.
It's not happening. The Warriors might not need Durant to win the championship, so they damn sure don't need him for roughly a quarter of the regular season, when they're already three up in the loss column on a Spurs team that has repeatedly faltered whenever there's been the slightest crack in their armor for going on 3 seasons and has a coach that'll quickly squelch any possibility, with his look-at-me-aren't-I-a-genius shtick down the stretch.
Of course, within' reason, the Spurs should be going all out for it. Even when considering their propensity to lose home playoff games, in a general sense the odds are still almost always at least slightly better of winning a series with home court.
Chicago has won 17 straight TNT Thursday games, the best mark in NBA history..they become a super team in this setting, hopefully they come through tonight, 3 games back with 2 head-to-head matchups would make #1 plausible, at least..
This. No longer can they coast and not play curry in the 4th.
Awwwwww
you just set them up to lose their record as far as I know. It's bound to be broken sometime.
Hopefully not, let Jimmy Buckets be balling please.
Awwwwww
you just set them up to lose their record as far as I know. It's bound to be broken sometime.
Hopefully not, let Jimmy Buckets be balling please.they're a 7-point underdog, it would still be an upset if they beat GS..
Doesn't look good at all so far, their bench is so damn hideous.
GS is on their 3rd game in 4 nights on the road. They haven't lost 2 in a row in forever, but outside of their stretch of games at the end of the month, this is the perfect opportunity for a little losing streak.
Bulls up 1 now in the 3rd
Steph looks like such a god-damned cancer when he's shooting like an average player. Like JR Smith level.
Warriors look like crap tonight. Bulls are awful as well though. The top seed is a possibility if the spurs sweep the warriors in the regular season and close on a strong run.
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warriors trailing the Bulls.........................
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