haha that would be so troll If the media and the league have been saying GS might beat the record all year long but it ends up Spurs beat it instead. Man I wonder the odds of that happening? GS breaks the record then Spurs beat the GS one? Lower Chance than the lotto?
Bulls were 43-3 at one point, from a 31-1 run. so they are ahead of GSW right now It gets harder has teams get more tuned in for playoff positioning
Exactly. I've posted the many teams that have yet to play multiple times that could potentially beat them, now those teams have more to prove. Everything gets harder after the all star break and they have to decide on going for a record or resting, but they can't really rest during the last week where they play the Grizzlies and Spurs their last 4 straight games.
When it gets to the last stretch of the regular season, will the Warriors and the Spurs rest their starters, if... 1. they need to win to get the top seed? 2. they have a shot to break the winning record?
#1 should be a key. Both teams are undefeated at home - GSW are great on the road too, but Spurs are 12-6 (vs 22-0 at home), so there's a noticable difference. They should do everything possible to get the #1 seed and the home court against each other.
I'm going to go ahead and reject the notion this has anything to do with the Spurs. Spurs are not going to reach 73 wins. There are many teams who achieved a 34-6 record like the Spurs. Hell, just last year GSW made it to 36-6. Not sure why the Spurs have gotten into the discussion as a potential 73 win team. If this gets to be a point of GSW needing to win to get HCA over the Spurs, then that will mean they have dropped out of contention of beating the Bulls' record, as well.
The Spurs being great this year too will increase the chances that one of them will set the new record, as they will push each other to keep playing their starters deeper into the regular season.
Very doubtful the spurs even care about the record. They only have one focus and that's winning a title
Because the Spurs have a better point differential than the Warriors, even after adjusting to SoS. Historically, point differential is a very good predictor of the final record. So if we are talking about GS beating the record, we have to consider the Spurs too. Like I said, it's not likely that either team would beat the Bulls's record. But its not inconceivable. The Warriors are losing a little steam. And for the Spurs to go 39-3 the rest of the way will be very difficult, especially given the propensity of their not caring too much about regular season records.
Point differential is not a good indicator right now. GSW has 3 losses; Spurs have 6. All I'm saying is the Spurs have no chance of winning 73 games, with 6 losses already...maybe 7 after tonight. So, this thread is just about GSW. Spurs will only play starters at the end if they can catch GSW for HCA. They can't catch GSW, unless GSW fails to keep up this pace to challenge the Bulls.
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45-4 right now, 8-game winning streak and need to go 28-5 during the last stretch of the season. They'll be playing the Spurs (two of those are in April, so maybe Pop will sit his starters?) and OKC three times each though, so it will be interesting. Rest of the schedule looks okay.
Only way they don't do it is if they intentionally rest people or players get injured. They aren't just going to allofasudden start losing games when at full strength... they're having a secretariat-like run... where just when people think they're catching up with them, they go and blow the entire field away.
The warriors will win over 9000 games through their championship years, which will last at least a decade.
Point differential after 82 games is, but the Spurs have already lost a full point+ off of their margin in the 2 weeks that you posted that. It used to be over 14 now it's closer to 13. It's simply too difficult (and there is no point really, a W is a W) to keep a super-high blowout margin. I mean their 13 point win last night lowered their margin. We don't have to consider the Spurs and I refuse to consider them. Your advice is rejected.
the notion that warriors have to rest their players late in the season is kinda funny since their players don't play that many minutes in the first place. all the players are young and playing 32 minutes or so, they don't have to rest them at all. they also play a non athletic way and it's more of movement so less stress on their body. they got a good chance to break the record and I'm going to say they get 9 loses.
