It's been a concern that we can't beat the good teams and wins over bad teams are meaningless. On the flip side, Atlanta has beaten Cleveland, Toronto, and Houston. They beat OKC tonight too. And nearly beat GS. But they're currently out of the playoffs.
Same with Lakers. They have beat a few great teams but they're not in playoffs either. Those wins over bad teams are what is critical succeed in the regular season.
I like how Pops rests his best players and makes his role players play more against good teams in the regular season..he's a master at that. By playoff time the Spurs players are ready
Except when they're not. They were booted out in the second round last year and were out in the first round the year before.
Actually, they've been known in past for just beating up on bad teams and struggling to beat the great teams overall.
You started a thread because the Hawks a half a game back from the 8 seed? 1.5 games back from the 3rd seed in the East?
