Don’t count the Spurs out yet..
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pildiha ang mga madame auring lakers...haha
And I also remember a team, not too long ago, was almost unbeatable during the regular season only to be trounced by an 8th seed... nyaiks mayta di mausab ang history.
And oh, that unbeatable team is currently the 8th seed... hmmmm unsa kaha maisulti ni Madame Auring ani?![]()
Ginobili's injury shakes up West
By Chris Dempsey
The Denver Post
Carmelo Anthony looks at the landscape of the fast-approaching Western Conference playoffs and doesn't see a team that scares him.
"I think the West has been wide open," the Nuggets' star forward said. "I look at the West and I don't really see that one dominant team. Everybody says the Lakers. Yeah, the Lakers are pretty good. But I don't really see that team you can say is going to win the West. I think it's pretty much even right now."
Using Anthony's assessment as the foundation, San Antonio's announcement that guard Manu Ginobili (fractured foot) will miss the rest of the season and the playoffs makes the road appear a bit less difficult. A weakened Spurs team could open the door for an unexpected challenger, such as the
Nuggets, to make a deeper playoff run than first thought.
"Well, we'll see. I don't know," Nuggets guard Chauncey Billups said. "Of course, that's a big blow for them. He's a big piece of what they do. But we'll see how it all comes down."
The Spurs have been arguably the Nuggets' biggest playoff obstacle in recent history. They beat the Nuggets 4-1 in series played in 2007 and 2005. Both years the Spurs went on to win the NBA title.
Conventional wisdom says the Lakers, as the No. 1 seed, are the favorite to advance to the Finals, but the ever-present Spurs were expected to cast some doubt. Few teams win in the postseason the way San Antonio has over the past decade.
But the Nuggets, who currently occupy the No. 2 spot in the Western Conference, aren't ready to write off the Spurs.
"That's a big loss for the Spurs," Anthony said. "But I think the Spurs will find a way. They'll find a way. They'll find somebody to step up and take that challenge."
Said coach George Karl: "Anytime you lose a star player, there's a heaviness and disappointment that they are going to have to overcome. But they are still going to be a (darn) good team. They're probably a better playoff team than they are a regular-season team. I don't count them out."
Time will tell if the Nuggets even face the Spurs in the playoffs, but Ginobili has been a player Nuggets fans love to hate. And Nuggets forward Kenyon Martin feels no sympathy for the Spurs' loss.
"It's a sad thing that he can't play, but I don't feel sorry for them by any stretch of the imagination," Martin said. "You don't wish injury on nobody, but I don't feel sorry for the Spurs."
Asked if a depleted Spurs team makes the Western Conference playoff race more wide open, Martin hedged.
"I'm just worried about us," he said. "So whatever other teams are doing is not our concern at this point. All you guys think the Lakers are the team to beat anyway."
The Spurs won their 50th game, their 10th straight 50-win season. That matches the second-longest streak for any franchise in NBA history (Lakers won in 12 straight from 1980-'91; Celtics in 10 straight from 1959-'68.![]()
Portland vs San Antonio rn. Balos ta sa Portland, they are 0-11 from our homecourt.
Good News: as of now labaw ta 43-32 2nd quarter with 3:10 min time
Last edited by menderouv; 04-09-2009 at 09:29 AM.
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