....and the lucky number is

[Viva Las Espuelas]

3

[T Park]

If the Spurs win tommarow and Dallas loses to Phoenix, I assume its 1.

Then you win the game Sunday and rest Duncan, Ginobili, Parker, Horry for the last two games.

[Darrin]

The lucky number for me is 19 (3 regular season games left).

[FromWayDowntown]

The lucky number for me is 19 (3 regular season games left).

The far better way to look at it, though I differ in terms of which team's perspective I'll take.

It boils down to this, the Spurs are +2 in the loss column right now. They can actually lose 2 games and still win the division, so long as neither of those 2 losses are to Houston. 3 wins (or 3 Mavs' losses) gets the Spurs the division, regardless of what happens in Houston. Assuming Dallas wins out, 2 Spurs wins, including a win over Houston does the same thing. 2 Spurs wins, but a loss at Houston is the 4 seed.

[Darrin]

The far better way to look at it, though I differ in terms of which team's perspective I'll take.

It boils down to this, the Spurs are +2 in the loss column right now. They can actually lose 2 games and still win the division, so long as neither of those 2 losses are to Houston. 3 wins (or 3 Mavs' losses) gets the Spurs the division, regardless of what happens in Houston. Assuming Dallas wins out, 2 Spurs wins, including a win over Houston does the same thing. 2 Spurs wins, but a loss at Houston is the 4 seed.

Don't worry. The Spurs will be the number one seed out West. The Mavs blew their opportunity to stay in the hunt yesterday. The math, at this point, is just going to indicate the timing of clinching the division.

I also don't see the Mavs beating the Spurs in AT&T in the postseason. Unless something goes terribly wrong (injury, God forbid) the Conference Championship, not just the number one seed is the Spurs to lose.