<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">OAKLAND ? You can come out again. The San Antonio Spurs have left town, seemingly taking the Warriors playoff chances with them. One game, but what a game. Perversely fascinating. The Warriors found out who they are not, a team in the upper echelon. Soon we'll find out who they are. They've made progress this season, which isn't quite the same as making the postseason, although even after the Spurs, they still have a chance. Mathematically, if not quite realistically. The Warriors face the Phoenix Suns on Thursday night at Oracle. The Suns are the superior team the Warriors wish to be and, who knows, someday might be. The way the Spurs, as we found out, gawking at times, cringing at other times, are the superior team the Warriors have yet to be. Don Nelson, shell-shocked as anyone after the Spurs whipped the Warriors, 126-89, Monday night, correctly pointed out, "They were very good, and we were very poor, so you get beat by 40 when that happens, if you're not a dominant team." The standings verify the Warriors are not a dominant team. Rather, they are amarginal team and, like some waif at the bakery window, stand outside the playoffs trying to get in. History is brooding over their shoulders. Reminders that the Warriors haven't been in the postseason 12 straight seasons. Ten games to play, five home, five away. In ninth place when only the first eight places qualify. </div> Source
I'd hope the Warriors didn't need the Spurs to tell them they are not an upper-echelon team. Of course they aren't. Frankly, we don't give a hoot. Even if the Warriors squeak into the 8th seed with a losing record, and get swept 4-0, losing by 40 points a game, Bay Area Fans will still be throwing a parade and 2-week party larger than any Super Bowl celebration ever. We're not looking for a championship. Yet. We just want to play more than 82 games in a season for once.
Well the Spurs game was the second of a back-to-back, an away-home back to back. The Lakers game I think totally desimated this team. I don't think losing to the Spurs was that surprising, I guess just how poorly they played was. But this team has never really played well on back-to-backs so... I really don't know what to expect from this team anymore. It may get even stranger this offseason.
If this team can get that 8th spot and beat the Mavs, then the Bay Area will have a 2 week parade lol, it would be all over the news and everything.
Here's how it's going to go down: the Suns are smart enough to know that Dallas is the primary threat to them in the playoffs, and they are set to go there. They don't need to beat GS. So, they will throw the game to GS because they also know that the best chance to get rid of Dallas in the first round would be to help GS win the #8 spot, and the Suns are not afraid of GS in any kind of series. So the Warriors will WIN tomorrow night's game! Seriously, NO/OKC is falling a bit behind, if GS can steal a win vs. a disinterested Suns team tomorrow they're only 1.5 games back, and they play Memphis in the next game. Unfortunately the Clips next two games are against the Kings and Blazers, which I assume they will win.
The Dubs have to make the playoffs. They won this many games, they might as well finish it. Otherwise, we should have played in a way where we could get a top player for the next decade like a Greg Oden or a Kevin Durant or a Brandon Wright. Deep draft this year supposedly and we're going away from getting closer to a can't lose pick. I'm afraid if we miss out, we'll wind up facing reality in a draft that don't matter like the Dunleavy 2002 draft year. Top 3 pick should at least give you something good and when we do that badly, we'll probably be in one of those weak drafts that don't really improve us or give us a player that can lead us for the next few years. We got no guy to build upon, just projects that are decent, but incomplete. We need that nba ready guy that has a lot of polish and upside.
We laid an egg, but that does not mean we are not a play off team. I think the Spurs beat somebody else by 50pts just a few weeks ago. We may be coming back down to earth from after the Mavs win, but I still think we have a chance. I predicted this loss so it did not suprise me. We just had a bad game. We are not an elite team, but we are a playoff contending team...
All 3 teams lost yesterday. This is a heart game. Look for Jason to blow up tonight after last game's showing.
<div class="quote_poster">CohanHater Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">All 3 teams lost yesterday. This is a heart game. Look for Jason to blow up tonight after last game's showing.</div> I would not go that far. The Suns could probably beat our team 9/10 games so if we lose tonight, that does not mean this team has no heart or will not make the playoffs...
Notice that I said nothing about winning/losing. I inferred that they will leave nothing on the court tonight. It should be a great game.
<div class="quote_poster">CohanHater Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">Notice that I said nothing about winning/losing. I inferred that they will leave nothing on the court tonight. It should be a great game.</div> touche!
I can't wait to hear the TNT guys try to pretend like Monta and/or Beans has been their sleeper pick all year.
I'll be at the game on Sunday against the Grizz. Pietrus' traditional audition for Jerry West. Let's hope we put a spanking on Memphis.
With the way Pietrus has been playing, I'd rather have Memphis' Tarence Kinsey at shooting guard or small forward.
