Analysis The Race for Home-Court Advantage - 25/26 Playoffs Seed Tracker

[BigTimeBum]

Caruso with elite level d but dort was literally holding the hell out of Lawndale to prevent him from going around

 

[Raven_]

well, that sucked.

 

[spursistan]

so Cissoko (13 pts, 2/2 3pt, +26,) is now a player .Spurs shooting coach should have been fired ages ago,tbh

 

[spursistan]

Great night for the Spurs in that 2nd seed race..Nuggets, Rockets, Lakers all lost..

 

[spursistan]

- Nice two games cushion considering our coming brutal stretch.
- Wolves lowkey might be a contender for second seed, too. One reason for that is they have been the second healthiest team this season. Huge two games against them this week
- The Suns are actually good!
- The Blazers (easiest remaining schedule) will be a tough competition for the Clippers' and their play-in hopes.
- Memphis will slide and Mavs are foolish if they don't rev up the tank after the AD news..

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[spursistan]

^^ one of the reason Spurs remaining schedule has registered among the highest in strength for quite a bit is the staggering amount of games we have against the Top teams in the West. Schedule makers have been unkind to us.

OKC (5 games)
Denver (4 games)
Houston (4 games)
Lakers (4 games)
Wolves (3 games)
Suns (4 games)
Warriors (4 games)

That's your lock Top 8 in the West. Only spared 1 game vs Minny.

 

[Sugus]

^^ one of the reason Spurs remaining schedule has registered among the highest in strength for quite a bit is the staggering amount of games we have against the Top teams in the West. Schedule makers have been unkind to us.

OKC (5 games)
Denver (4 games)
Houston (4 games)
Lakers (4 games)
Wolves (3 games)
Suns (4 games)
Warriors (4 games)

That's your lock Top 8 in the West. Only spared 1 game vs Minny.

I honestly prefer this "iron sharpens iron" approach over a cakewalk schedule with possibly better seeding. The Spurs aren't really yet in "win-now" mode like the Timberwolves might be, it's not about maximizing the RS wins for them.

Getting plenty of games against good opposition while the team is still trying to figure out how to work with Wemby on offense, and find itself on defense, is great. Also allows the FO to see how players do in these big games before the trade deadline.......

 

[Sugus]

Also, Rockettes are on fraud watch and shouldn't be feared. Fakers along with them. I'm more concerned about playing the Suns than either of them

 

[bozhemoi]

I honestly prefer this "iron sharpens iron" approach over a cakewalk schedule with possibly better seeding. The Spurs aren't really yet in "win-now" mode like the Timberwolves might be, it's not about maximizing the RS wins for them.

Getting plenty of games against good opposition while the team is still trying to figure out how to work with Wemby on offense, and find itself on defense, is great. Also allows the FO to see how players do in these big games before the trade deadline.......

It's all gravy to me at this point, so long as we stay generally healthy. The team exceeded my expectations by quite a lot, and I thought they'd be a top 6 team in the west this year. They're still close to falling into the playin, that's how tight everything is, but at this point getting experience of closing games, keeping rough games tight, that sort of thing is the goal, and they're doing really well. Even playing well without Wemby, which I didn't expect.

 

[Strategic]

Early game and the Wolves are leading the Cavs at half. Be a good start to the day if Cleveland could end Minny’s 4 game win streak.

 

[scott]

Thank you Cavs!