My take is that if somehow the Nets beat the Pistons tommorow root for the Mavs as Spurs already a half game up on them and a tiebreaker and Mavs end up on the road alot. It is possible that the Spurs if they continue to win would only be another Pistons loss to break the head to head to incredibly lead in the HCA. Spurs also have a big one vs. the Mavs at home coming up.
However, I can see the logic of rooting for all the Mavs losses to square away the WCF 1 seed first and worry about that for now realizing that catching the Pistons from 3 behind (with tie breaker) is a very tall order.
Who is rooting for whom next week?
I've been looking forward to this game for at least a month, someone's got to lose! Personally, I'm inclined to root for Detroit (first time this season, yay) just because I think Pop only wants HCA in the West, and once he gets it, he'll rest some players the rest of the way, making it tough to catch the Pistons.
We can beat Dallas in Dallas. Detroit is crazy hard at home. It's not impossible, but I'd rather have the Spurs play with HCA. That, and the series will be no less than 6 games, so I want to see the Spurs win on our floor.
Interesting question...which are you all gonna root for?
-the team you respect?
-the team you fear?
-or the Dallas team?
exactly
dallas wont be a problem, any sign of detroit looking less than invincicle is a good sign for us cuz without hca we'll need any break we can get
Something I've been thinking about recently.... I think that some people might be underestimating the benefits of having the #1 seed in the West. Most likely, the 4 seed will have to face either the Clippers or the Grizz (not sure who's in the 5 spot right now), and both of those teams can be very dangerous, and while I don't expect they would take a series from the Spurs or Mavs, they could make it 5 or 6 very physical long games. Then, assuming the #1 and #4 seeds are victorious, you've got what *should* be the West finals (if only). Once that series is done, you've still most likely got to get through the Suns, and that's just to get to the Finals.
The #1 seed will probably have to play the Lakers (I expect them to drop behind the Kings), which should scare the out of the Mavs, so I'm sure they're praying for the #4 right now, lol. But really, the #4 spot could be a really difficult seeding to survive from, imo. That said, if I'm a Spurs fan, I'm rooting for the Pistons (ironically, I'm not a Spurs fan, and I'm going for the Pistons, lol). Might as well wrap up the #1 seed in the West if you can, since it'll be really tough to catch Detroit. Not impossible, just unlikely to pick up the necessary 3 games. Any takes on that?
I'll be rooting for the Pistons.
Spurs vs. Mavs will be decided by the Spurs' health and execution. We know they can win at the AAC, or any other arena in the West.
Spurs vs. Pistons may, like last year, eventually boil down to HCA for game 7.
This is an easy call. Go for the Mavs.
I'll be rooting for overtime and a Brawl that spills into the stands again, hopefulling injuring some of the criminal fans that need to be beat down. Odds about 200 to 1.
I don't care anymore...
Whoever said Dallas is afraid of the Lakers? The Mavs are not afraid of anyone.. THEY JUST RESPECT THE PLAYOFF TEAMS OF THE WEST. They know that they're not yet at the same level Detroit and San Antonio are but they certainly are not afraid of anyone. Why would they be afraid? Do you really think Kobe will keep scoring 62 on them each game of the playoffs!? And last time I checked, they wasted Kobe in their third meeting of the season.
As far as San Antonio and Detroit goes, the Mavs admit that they're just not yet there.. I always see it in the write ups at NBA.com. They respect the Spurs and the Pistons but they believe they can compete against the two teams. NOW.. there's a big difference between BELIEVING YOU CAN COMPETE and actually BEING COMPE IVE. You can believe you're compe ive actually play like .. or go out there and prove you're compe ive. THAT my friends, we shall see in the playoffs. SPURS > MAVS, but just the fact that they believe in each other, the system and in what they could achieve this year could me the difference between getting swept.. losing but giving the other team a hard time and actually going all the way.
Totally kidding, dude. Sorry bout that. I know the Mavs aren't afraid of the Lakers. My primary point was that whoever has the #1 seed and thus likely matches up against the Lakers will probably have an easier time of it than the #4 seed will against the Clips or the Grizz in the first round, which could have an effect on the next series (injuries, tiredness, what have you). I'm not dissing the Mavs, or even comparing the Spurs to the Mavs or to the Pistons or anything like that, I'm comparing the difficulty of the path to the WCF for the #1 to the difficulty that the #4 will have.
Detroit would look pretty beatable with 4 of their players out also.The only time the mavs were healthy against the spurs they beat them by 19.
Nice way to stereo typeI'll be rooting for overtime and a Brawl that spills into the stands again, hopefulling injuring some of the criminal fans that need to be beat down. Odds about 200 to 1.
So that was the time the Spurs weren't healthy? Oh wait, they're still not.Detroit would look pretty beatable with 4 of their players out also.
I don't think Detroit is anything near invincible. This Spurs team is very good, and when they want to play, they're un-freakin'-stopabble. A lot of the Spurs losses are on B2B's, or against lesser teams because the Spurs play down to their opponents sometimes and get bored. The Spurs could easily be 64-5 if not for those facts, and if that were the case, you'd be going on about how the Spurs are unstoppable rather than how they need HCA to beat the Pistons.
Nice way to stereo type
Is this a serious question? I'm rooting for the Mavs, definitely. The only other team in the NBA I respect are the Pistons.
other than the spurs, the pistons have a system that i respect. but of course we want to catch up with them for HCA so i hope the Mavs win.
Detroit would look pretty beatable with 4 of their players out also.
Weren't they short?
I think Ginobili didn't play and Howard didn't play for you guys on that game...
yeah but its not the case at all, not even close, the spurs are PITIFUL on b2b, and luckily there are no b2b's in the playoffs for the most part, the pistons still are a sizeable amount ahead of the spurs. true they havent looked stellar lately but if a 7 game series started right it'd be the piston who would probably win. the spurs should coulda woulda done a lot of things this season they havent while detroit has as they are motivated (like taking care of homecourt for the playoffs) detroit has only lost twice as home all season, with them having hca its gonna be a solid advantage to have during a game 6 and 7
Stereo types are usually true. Besisdes if Miami or Indiana make finals then Spurs have home court.
I root for the Mavs. I love watching the Pistons lose.
i'm hoping miami makes if only for us to have a much easier time in the finals, even without hca against pistons the spurs still have a good shot, anything can happen, but i just believe they truly are the team to be beat, they've earned that le this season, so kudos to them
Dallas is a deep team in every position except small forward. Playing Van Horn instead of Howard is a big difference. The spurs had Finley and Barry to play when Ginobili was out so they didn't lose that much. The mavs should've won that game but Van Choke turned it over in the end of the game giving points away to the spurs.
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