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

Will the Spurs get HCA in the '25-26 Playoffs?

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If Lakers win tonight, we need to beat Nuggets on Sunday to push Denver to 4th seed. I think Lakers also prefers Spurs instead of OKC.
 
John B said:
If Lakers win tonight, we need to beat Nuggets on Sunday to push Denver to 4th seed. I think Lakers also prefers Spurs instead of OKC.
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Yup. They think spurs are beatable because of lack of experience
 
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wEmBoY said:
Actually Spurs have nothing to play for on sunday. That game doesnt really matter. It will show whether the spurs care about their 2nd round match up. Which is weird.. in the past i never seen a team care about their potential 2nd round match up.

If pop is the one coaching he’ll probably wont play wemby and wont care about matchup. As long as the team stays injury free come playoffs.
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hahahahaha. Spurs have accomplished nothing as of Monday. Amazing regular season. In 3 days that'll mean absolute dick. What was your highschool GPA? That's what it means.

Vic is 1-5 against Joker, with Joker averaging over 40ppg (40+ in 5 of those 6 games). Joker has dominated Vic, the best defensive player in the league. You don't think Vic realizes that? You think it means nothing to him? Reps don't make you better? Nothing to play for?

Defensive players get better with more reps, the same way batters get better with more pitches against a guy. Let's get the best Defensive player some more reps against the best Offensive player pre-playoffs, please. Then he can rest his bruise for a fucking week.
The more an elite defender sees a guy, the better his ability to handle that guy. You learn his tricks, tendencies, moves, maybe just maybe pick up a weakness or an advantage.
No one has ever been this efficient. Wilt played against guys that wouldn't make the G-league and had 1 season as a star close to what Joker does efficiency wise. One. Joker is so next level, there's not close to a comp. There is absolutely no way to prepare, except by actually playing him.

I really don't understand why you'll are so terrified of injuries. He could get injured any minute he plays, that doesn't mean limit his minutes at all costs. I'll take reps against the best over the small chance of injury for the 25ish minutes he'd play. Mitch seems to agree, Vic came back in tonight. He will get better defending Joker every minute he plays him, every single minute. Every play is an opportunity to learn, for the potential best defensive players ever to find the weakness. Can't get that from the bench.

Put him out there and get him reps against the greatest offensive force since at least Wilt.
Vic won't get better at defending Jokic watching from the bench, but he prolly will get better playing another 20+ min against him.

This is a prime sparring opportunity, you can't replicate what Joker does, there's no way to practice for what he does, you can only get reps against him. Don't miss those reps out out of fear.
 
Suns are getting their tank on 1st part of the 3rd. Leaving the starters in.
Bench outscored the Lakers nicely.

So we decide Denver and the Flamers final seed. I like it.
 
^ Wemby when asked if Spurs are ready for the PO. He said, “no we have 1 more game then we’ll be ready.” I guess they will play competitive on Sunday, will try to send Denver to 4th seed.
 
100%Duncan said:
Bron is the goat too bad he’s such a bitch tbh
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Not GOAT because he is a bitch. Should've been GOAT, Magic Johnson's O skill-set in Karl Malone's body with the quickness of an elite perimeter defender who learned how to hit the 3. Physically, the only guy that was more physically dominating at his position was early Lakers Shaq, when he added bulk the to crazy Orl Shaq athleticism w/o too much weight. Karl fucking Malone with quickness turned to 97 playing wing with the highest BBIQ and anticipation in basketball. But dude does not have the heart best of the best.

No where close to Jordan, Timmy, Bird, Kobe when it comes down to that. More talent/ability than all of them, heart is what separates them.
Jordan/Bird/Kobe especially, it wasn't even about winning. Fuck winning. It was always about NOT FUCKING LOSING. It was always you won't fucking beat me. Similar, but not the same as winning. For those guys it was about not getting beat, impossible to break mentally. Bron never had that. And he owes Ray Allen a yearly hand job for 2013 (hurt so much more than 0.3!!!!).
 
John B said:
^ Wemby when asked if Spurs are ready for the PO. He said, “no we have 1 more game then we’ll be ready.” I guess they will play competitive on Sunday, will try to send Denver to 4th seed.
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This is the way!!!! Love this dude.
 
So the lakers win tonight, its weird that after the team already won 62 games and the 2nd seed already locked up, last game of the season still matter. Lmao.
 
Hawks, Raptors, Lakers, Por, Lac, and Nugs/Spurs all mean something!
Let's go Heat!!! and Go Spurs Go!
Guarantee Wemby will fill something special about getting to knock off a legend in the 2nd. Hope the Lakers can make that happen.
 
Well, the Lakers and the Spurs play at the same time on Sunday so we have a decision to make. Do we go for it against Denver or just sit?
 
I'm not sure if Denver is gonna play anybody outside of Joker who needs to hit his 65. Like I'd be shocked if Gordon or Murray played.

They've locked home court in the 1st round against Minny or Houston tbh.
 
Dbreiden83080 said:
In terms of longevity he is, but he’s not. Michael Jordan is that dude. He had the highest peak of any athlete ever in all honesty.
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Yeah. You need to win 7 games, pick one: MJ, Kobe, Bird, Duncan, LeBron. My #1 is very very clear and my #5 is very very clear. LeBron's one of those...
 
Arguendo said:
Yeah. You need to win 7 games, pick one: MJ, Kobe, Bird, Duncan, LeBron. My #1 is very very clear and my #5 is very very clear. LeBron's one of those...
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I mean Michael Jordan literally basically took two years off. He lost in the playoffs at the very end of the 1995 season. He comes back and wins three more championships in a row. That’s fucking ridiculous.
 
onechance87 said:
They may lose on purpose to avoid playing wolves first round.Im sure they may have a better shot against the rockets in the first round.
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I don’t know Anthony Edwards is he healthy? His knee is all fucked up. Playoffs now basically playing every other day..
 
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