Three-Way Tie Tomorrow?

[soona]

If we beat San Antonio tomorrow, we'll be in a three-way tie with SAS and HOU for 3rd in the west (well, not taking into account tie-breakers . . .)

Of course, if we lose we could find ourselves tied with the Hornets for 5th, if they beat the Suns.

That's how tight the west is. We don't have any tie breakers, do we?

 

[Rodolfo]

How far is highest attendance down the list?

 

[illmatic99]

If we win tomorrow, we will win the season series against the Spurs 3-1, pushing us up to 4th and San Antonio down to 5th.

 

[THE HCP]

Then let's win damnit! Just got to our hotel in SA. Found out where that FrenchFreak Parker lives.............. gonna go throw rocks at his windows all night! go blazers!

 

[Rodolfo]

Then let's win damnit! Just got to our hotel in SA. Found out where that FrenchFreak Parker lives.............. gonna go throw rocks at his windows all night! go blazers!

TP his front yard! Bleach his grass with "HCP WAS HERE".

 

[Nate Dogg]

Duncan is hurt so he will get normal minutes or partial. This our chance to take on the Spurs. This would be a milestone achievement if we could pull off the win. It all depends on how motivated our squad is tomorrow to take on this Spurs weakness.

 

[BlazerFanForLife]

Spurs played tonight and as they are an old team we should have a little more energy tomorrow after coming out so flat today.

 

[Paxil]

Just say the game is going to be a war and there is a good chance Parker will surrender.

JK. It should be a playoff type game though. Time to see what we have on the road vs playoff team.

 

[ABM]

Just say the game is going to be a war and there is a good chance Parker will surrender.

When the dust all settles, though, remember the Longoria.

 

[handiman]

I'll go out on a limb and say that the outcome of this game tells us what will happen in round 1...

 

[alex42083]

I'll go out on a limb and say that the outcome of this game tells us what will happen in round 1...

Yup, if we win this game, we'll get home court.
If we lose, we'll be staring at no HCA against the Spurs or Rockets.

 

[LittleAlex]

Just say the game is going to be a war and there is a good chance Parker will surrender.

JK. It should be a playoff type game though. Time to see what we have on the road vs playoff team.

Let's hope we see better then Portland has on the road vs a playoff team. Their road record against the top 8 teams in the west is horrific.

 

[maxiep]

Let's hope the 2nd half of the Memphis game snapped us out of our funk. One thing is for sure--the Spurs are going right at Przy and GO to try to get them out of the game. No one plays lawyer-ball better than San Antonio.

 

[alex42083]

Is there a possibility of no Duncan tonight? For as big of a game as this is, I doubt Pop would risk losing HCA at this point.

http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/spurs/Popovich_still_watching_stars_minutes.html

The first test of Popovich's resolve to keep his stars fresh before the playoffs begin will come tonight, when the Spurs conclude their final set of back-to-back games with a game against Portland at the AT&T Center.

“I still haven't decided if Tim is playing,” Popovich said after Tim Duncan logged nearly 33 minutes in the Spurs' 99-89 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder at Ford Arena on Tuesday.

Popovich has rested Duncan in one game of the previous two sets of back-to-back games.

“We don't want to panic and overplay somebody else because someone went down and exacerbate the situation,” Popovich said before the Spurs took the court Tuesday. “We'll see how the game goes tonight, as far as Timmy's body is concerned and see how he feels tomorrow. Then we'll make a decision.”

 

[mgb]

He might feel they can win it without Duncan.

 

[alex42083]

He might feel they can win it without Duncan.

I hope they certainly try.

 

[maxiep]

He might feel they can win it without Duncan.

They've beaten us without him and Manu before. Parker was ridiculous that night.

 

[SodaPopinski]

Did you know if you say "Tiny Pecker" with a French accent, it sounds exactly like saying "Tony Parker" with a French accent?



-Pop

 

[BlazerCaravan]

They've beaten us without him and Manu before. Parker was ridiculous that night.

They may be *more* effective without Duncan against us, because instead of having LMA defending their best on-court player, we'll have Blake trying to guard him.

 

[handiman]

We need to put Batum on Parker right from the opening tip and play him 40 minutes, ankle and fouls permitting.

 

[KingSpeed]

If we beat San Antonio tomorrow, we'll be in a three-way tie with SAS and HOU for 3rd in the west (well, not taking into account tie-breakers . . .)

Of course, if we lose we could find ourselves tied with the Hornets for 5th, if they beat the Suns.

That's how tight the west is. We don't have any tie breakers, do we?

If we beat the Spurs tonight, we will have the tiebreaker over them as we will win the season series 3-1.

 

[Reep]

From mysanantonio:

Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said Tim Duncan will play tonight. There was some thought that Duncan might sit out tonight - the second game of a back-to-back. I watched Duncan shooting about an hour and a half before game time and he looked about the way he usually does.