I don't think you start the season 59-13 and beat the opponent as handily as these guys have done. Case and point an opponent Portland stuggles with, well they struggle with everyone. But an opponent Portland struggles with Memphis, they beat 107 -84. And it's not just them. It's everyone. You can't do that and not be for real. I think there is one team that can beat them if they can get themselves to level they were playing at in last years playoffs and that's SA. Barkley and all the doubters need to give this team some credit. They're good and it wouldn't bother me if they win it all.
Of course Portland. I don't think they are playing well enough to do it. Nor will they because key players just don't look right and that's not what you want to see going into the playoffs. Things can change. That's my hope. Loved what I saw out of the bench and more so these three CJ, Dorell and Freeland last night. If they continue to play the way they are playing, they won't be the reasons the Blazers won't advance.
We are currently tied in loss column with the tiebreaker since we are a division leader. We're in the driver's seat. They are the ones who need to rally. HAHAHAHAHA! Last year in a game in GS, Aldridge shot 19 freethrows. Unstoppable. This year, he dominated the 4th quarter and we would've won but the refs didn't call the timeout Batum was calling for. Five games is all we need to dispose of the Warriors.
KS..I love ya man but you should have made this a Countdown to the playoffs thread...the playoffs are now 20 days away.
We really need GS to beat the Clippers tomorrow but GS has nothing to play for. Will they rest their starters? God, I hope not. Clippers are very much in the race for the 2 seed.
Glad to see LA talking about the team getting back to playing D at the same intensity they were playing it at the beginning of the year this afternoon.. Defensive is what is going to win it for them.
Golden state is for real but other teams in the west are being overlooked. GS has been very healthy and benefitted from a deep roster with few injuries. If Kawhi on SAS, Blake on Clips, Durant on OKC were all healthy we could have a different conference leader. I'd definitely say GS is the favorite but not by a very large margin. If its them vs the field odds are strongly against them. The only teams in the West with no shot are OKC, Dallas, and Houston. The Beverly injury really hurts them more than most realize since every other playoff team has an all-star caliber PG.
To be fair, Beverley wasn't an all-star caliber PG to begin with. So losing him didn't mean they lost one...
He means they lost their one PG (Beverly) who can defend all those All Star PGs. Who are they going to put on Chris Paul or Tony Parker? Terry? Prigioni?
