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Could it be we've overlooked San Antonio? Today's San Antonio - Memphis game should tell us. It would be weird if the playoff between 8 and 9 was between us and the Spurs...
 
Well, it's looking like San Antonio get to continue their playoff streak...
 
Rastapopoulos said:
Well, it's looking like San Antonio get to continue their playoff streak...
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San Antonio will lose 5 of there next 6. That's going to happen. They aren't that good and they are playing a lot of good teams coming up. Beating Sac and Memphis is no great accomplishment.
 
538 has Memphis 33% , NOP 32%, and Portland 25% to make playoffs. Spurs considered a non factor at 5%. They’re a pretty mediocre team and their schedule is a lot tougher than Mem and NOP.

A win today would have been humongous. We need to beat Houston, and I think we can.
 
I just don’t see us making it, we are a terrible defensive team, we have a slow 36 year old as our most viable player on the wing, and our schedule is hard.
 
GhostOfPGA said:
I just don’t see us making it, we are a terrible defensive team, we have a slow 36 year old as our most viable player on the wing, and our schedule is hard.
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We’re bad, but I don’t think we’re as bad defensively as it looked today. Imo Boston and Houston are extremely tough matchups for us. We should fare better against teams with more traditional 4 men. Obviously most 4 men these days are stretch 4’s, but guys like Tatum aren’t ordinary stretch 4’s. He looks like a Paul George in the making.
 
A$AP Meyers said:
We’re bad, but I don’t think we’re as bad defensively as it looked today. Imo Boston and Houston are extremely tough matchups for us. We should fare better against teams with more traditional 4 men. Obviously most 4 men these days are stretch 4’s, but guys like Tatum aren’t ordinary stretch 4’s. He looks like a Paul George in the making.
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We literally can not defend three point shots, it’s been that way all season. There’s no real team defense being played, it’s all individual pieces, no cohesion. Like, what good is a blocked shot if no one boxes out and grabs the rebound? Or just funneling players into the paint only for a kick out or foul to occur. We need changes, big ones. Not having Ariza really sucks too, at least he would be an option to close out on shooters with length.
 
San Antonio better start losing or we are screwed
 
Should we be worried about the Spurs? these fuckers never give up
 
Today's relevant games:
Memphis vs. New Orleans. One of them gets their first bubble win. Go Memphis!

San Antonio vs. Philly. Philly has looked shaky (and not just because they start a guy called Shake) - I wouldn't be shocked to see another Spurs win. It would put us in a precarious position, though.
 
illmatic99 said:
It's a damn shame we didn't have Nurk this year. We'd have been on a 50 win pace if we were playing like we are now.
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I think so too. One good thing is that there’s not much of a lay-off between the end of this season and the start of the next. Add Hood and make a couple of tweaks and I am pretty excited about this team for next season. Of course, none of the opposition teams in the West are getting weaker, and the frickin’ Warriors will be back.
 
Rastapopoulos said:
Today's relevant games:
Memphis vs. New Orleans. One of them gets their first bubble win. Go Memphis!

San Antonio vs. Philly. Philly has looked shaky (and not just because they start a guy called Shake) - I wouldn't be shocked to see another Spurs win. It would put us in a precarious position, though.
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Why go Memphis? We want Memphis to lose so we can catch 8th.
 
AldoTrapani said:
Yea aren’t we rooting for New Orleans?
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New Orleans is coming up on a string of easy games. If they win this one they've got a very good chance of passing us. Meanwhile we're unlikely to pass Memphis even if they lose. I want New Orleans to be out for the count.
 
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