Can the Lakers catch the Spurs?

[slimstevie]

for the top seed

after tonight's loss to denver, the spurs have a 6 game lead. However, look at their next 4 games before the end of the month

Portland
Memphis
Portland
Celtics

I can see them losing 1 to Portland and to the celtics. the way portland is playing its very possible that portland takes both games. if Lakers keep winning the lead shrinks to 3-4 at the end of the month. They have 7 games in April.

They play the Lakers the 2nd last game of the season. that game could be for the top seed. I dont think the Lakers really care about having the top seed in the West. I think it just matters that they have a better record than the top seed in the East to have home court in the Finals (behind the bulls by 1 game)


and btw how about Lamar Odom for 6th man of the year

any thoughts?

[madrabbit]

I dont think theyll catch them. odom is a gun. Lakers will 3 peat!

[Qtip]

Don't think they come close, nor do I think they are trying to. They want to stay above the Mav's and the east though, so if the spurs spiral for some reason maybe it does get close but I doubt it.

[JOHON8]

I'm more interested in what Dallas can do since they are so close to the Lakers.

Dallas has a tough away schedule but 9/11 games should be comfortable wins for them: covers.com/pageLoader/pageLoader.aspx?page=/data/nba/teams/schedule/team404047.html

[slimstevie]

if standings stay as is, Portland will upset the mavs in the first round. i think portland will jump to 5th and upset OKC instead.

[goblinburner]

tough to say

[oldscho0led]

tough to say that the Lakers can catch the Spurs...but Odom should be a LOCK for the 6th man!

[mann2chc]

The lakers wont catch the spurs... The race is for 2nd and 8th seed... Mavs tryna cath the lakers and the grizzlies tryna hold on to the 8 spot

[ICE-BLOOD]

will be tough for lakers to the get top seed

jason terry good 6th man too

[Muggy]

I don't think the Lakers will catch the Spurs unless there's a monumental collapse on the Spurs' end and the top seed is there for the Lakers to take. If the Spurs keep playing, they'll stay #1 seed.

[slimstevie]

spurs losing at half to memphis . the lakers will win tonight and if the spurs lose its down to 4.
next 2 vs rtland and celtics.

the lead can be cut to 2 games at the end of the month

[slimstevie]

in a few hrs the lead will be down to 4

[BettingWizard]

nope......spurs still have 5 home games left. Should go at least 4-1 in those

[yisman]

Of course they can. They probably won't get all the way there, though.

[slimstevie]

the lead is now down to 3.5 and counting down

spurs play celtics next in boston (i think) after tonights loss to the pacers and the injuries the spurs have they will lose that game as well so the lead should be down to 2 with 7 games left and 1 game left between spurs and lakeshow

home court adv is just on the lakers fingertips

[Qtip]

the lead is now down to 3.5 and counting down

spurs play celtics next in boston (i think) after tonights loss to the pacers and the injuries the spurs have they will lose that game as well so the lead should be down to 2 with 7 games left and 1 game left between spurs and lakeshow

home court adv is just on the lakers fingertips

spurs have tie breaker

[slimstevie]

if lakers win their last meeting the season series is tied at 2, what is the next criteria to break the tie?

[oldscho0led]

only 3 games behind...

[bryant81]

if lakers win their last meeting the season series is tied at 2, what is the next criteria to break the tie?

Record against teams in the West.

[Sportsbetting123]

If there were 20+ games left they would have a chance to catch them. Just not enough time...

[BernardMadoff]

Not sure.

[nastradamus]

nba standings criteria

http://www.nba.com/standings/team_record_comparison/conferenceNew_Std_Cnf.html

[nastradamus]

Lakers still have good chance to catch Spurs. Greg will rest his stars again IMO.

[kobefanatic]

chances are really slim

[slimstevie]

The lead is now down to 1.5 and the lakers have 1 game in hand and 1 game back in the loss column

#1 team in the league just keeps on rolling baby

[starfire]

Yes Lakers can get the #1 seed

[lakerboy]

Spurs are who i thought they were. Regressing back to reality. There incredible shooting pace the first 60 games was way too high and couldnt carry on. Lakers will win the first seed and that pretty much guarantees another birth in the finals barring injuries.

[ringemup]

after the spurs made me lose 2K 2nite yes i do hope they get fukkef n lose the top seed.

[texhooper]

looks like they might do it. spurs all out of sorts and gave up too much ground while the lakers are rolling over everyone.

6 losses in a row? seriously? come on san antonio. that's nuts. same old bags they always have been, i guess.

[PAYTON20]

Spurs are who i thought they were. Regressing back to reality. There incredible shooting pace the first 60 games was way too high and couldnt carry on. Lakers will win the first seed and that pretty much guarantees another birth in the finals barring injuries.

Exactly why Lakers to win Western Conf +100 was the bet of the year

http://forum.sbrforum.com/players-talk/752041-lakers-even-money-win-western-conf.html

[ipod]

its not if they can its when they will

[BettingWizard]

Lakers now have to beat the spurs head to head AND win 2 more games than the spurs besides that matchup


congrats to the spurs