Well we definitely sputtered defensively today. I figured we might since the Suns are a good offensive team. Much like the Thunder, we can lock down bad offensive teams, but we're still human against good ones. Oh well, still won @Phoenix. I think that's 12 wins on the road out of our last 14. So much for SA sucking on the road.
We also now have the best record for any western conference team post all star game. And with our 12-1 run right before the all star break, I think it's safe to say we've been the best team in the league for the last 2 months. Only 5 losses! 26-5 since January 30th. And other than the Portland loss, none of our losses have been by a very wide margin either. All that despite so many players mising games for rest and injury recovery.
Can't wait 'til the team's finally healthy all at once and together. The playoff schedule is literally easier than the reg season. I think it'll be easier to stay healthy, and even if we aren't, we seemed used to mixing and matching pieces this year, so I'm not worried about the first round this time unless we draw Dallas and only partially worried if we draw LAC. Though I wouldn't mind going through LAC, LAL, OKC, then Miami for a title though. Knocking off all the overhyped teams along the way. Would be a pretty sweet run. Though I guess I do also kinda want us to play Memphis in round 1 and make them look really bad.
co_laper wrote:Jax didn't play, but I am starting to feel that I like the acquisition of Diaw a lot more. Kawhi has done a great job at SF and at this point I really think Kawhi should remain a starter for the whole season. But it's Diaw's game that has added a different dimension to our team. Lately, I've found myself getting somewhat excited when Diaw is in the game.
Completely agree. I like Diaw a lot despite the same issue Bobcats fans apparently had with him (not shooting even when he's pretty open), and subsequently not making his jumpers enough. But I'd rather have a passive offensive guy who's not an efficient scorer that plays well everywhere else than an aggressive offensive guy with low efficiency that doesn't play that well in other aspects.
Leonard's definitely been looking great lately too. It's just too bad he can't convert on all the wide open 3pt looks he's getting. That's my only real complaint about him.
But man, for a very young 15th pick, he's damn good. If he works hard at his game, he's going to be a stud.
Just took awhile to find it again, that's why I've never just posted the vid before. I watched that vid was really early in the season. . .it's the main reason I've been pretty critical of Kawhi about his inconsistent 3pt shot.