Jan. 29 Game Discussion...Spurs lose to Sonics!

raptor21_85 · Post #1 » by **raptor21_85** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 5:24 am

Now do you feel better ****??

Kurtz · Post #2 » by **Kurtz** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 5:25 am

A little bit, yeah.

Darrick Martin · Post #3 » by **Darrick Martin** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 5:25 am

meh, they don't need the wins as badly as we do... and their still favoured to win the championship

Raptors90102 · Post #4 » by **Raptors90102** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 5:26 am

lol..

The Spurs have been in a free fall offlate..

But yeah, makes me feel much better losing to a bunch of f'in scrubs like Mason, McGuire, Blatche..

zong · Post #5 » by **zong** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 5:27 am

i'd feel better if the Celtics kept losing

Basketball_Jones · Post #6 » by **Basketball_Jones** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 5:27 am

A lot better. They are supposed to contend, so I can only imagine what their fans are feeling. For whatever reason, I got kind of angry watching the game tonight (and I only saw the 4th and OT). That's never happened this season as I've always had the opinion that this team isn't going places right now and BC still has work to do. But seeing freakin Blatche and Mason and Aguire play like freakin all-stars, it just ticked me off.

Mr. Perfect · Post #7 » by **Mr. Perfect** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 5:28 am

They were without Tony Parker, but yeah still surprised that they lost.

Durant had a big game.

You know what's funny though, the Spurs are only 2 games out of 9th seed in the playoffs and they are going through a 9 game road trip. :O

Death Knight · Post #8 » by **Death Knight** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 5:28 am

The difference is, the Spurs will be competing for a championship, while the Raptors will have to fight extremely hard in the first round.

The luxury of being an elite team (Spurs) over an average-good team (Raptors).

JD225 · Post #9 » by **JD225** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 5:29 am

You understand the Spurs always cruise the month before the all star break right? Ask Rasho.

Death Knight · Post #10 » by **Death Knight** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 5:33 am

When an elite team loses to a bad team, it will be looked upon as a fluke or the elite team just let the bad team win, and they didn't really try hard. As a result, the bad team can't lay claim that they are better than the elite team despite the win.

When an average-good team losses to a bad team or are in a situation where they should have won, then the opposing team can lay claim that they are better than you in the victory.

The luxury of being an elite team.........yup! :nod:

Kurtz · Post #11 » by **Kurtz** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 5:33 am

Darrick Martin wrote:meh, they don't need the wins as badly as we do... and their still favoured to win the championship

You know what, that's not exactly accurate at this point.

They're sitting 6th in the West right now, and are only 2 games up on the 9th place Golden State

And now with Parker injured, they should continue to slide.

All of a sudden these guys are looking at playing IN Dallas or Phoenix in round 1, and they can't be looking forward to that.

I'd say they need wins more than we do. We're basically assured a 3-6 spot.

99 Problems · Post #12 » by **99 Problems** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 5:33 am

Why would that make anybody feel better?.. They're the defending champs and they don't give a **** about the regular season... They're not sweating their playoff seedings like we are, Seattle is not a possible playoff opponent for them, and they have a history of turning it up in April and May...Plus they lost in the final few seconds while we were blown out by the Sonics...

Mr. Perfect · Post #13 » by **Mr. Perfect** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 5:39 am

It doesn't matter if their a championship contender or not. The West is so close that these 2-3 game losing streaks have a significant impact on the standings. The Spurs are playing for a lot more than we are, Kurtz nailed it.

Just look at the Lakers, they were #1 not so long ago and now they're down at 5th seed and continuing to slide.

username · Post #14 » by **username** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 2:28 pm

This has to be sweet for PJ Carlesimo. To be able to beat a juggernaut and former employer.

It'll be sad to see Seattle leave for Oklahoma.

La princesa · Post #15 » by **La princesa** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 2:50 pm

Seattle must feel so gassed right now.

doctaJ_92 · Post #16 » by **doctaJ_92** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 5:21 pm

Warya wrote:Why would that make anybody feel better?.. They're the defending champs and they don't give a **** about the regular season... They're not sweating their playoff seedings like we are, Seattle is not a possible playoff opponent for them, and they have a history of turning it up in April and May...Plus they lost in the final few seconds while we were blown out by the Sonics...

They'll start to worry when they continue to lose games with 7 games left in their road trip and knowing Parker is out at least another 2 weeks. When you have Jacque Vaughn as your starter and no one backing him up you know youre in trouble. This has gone past 'coasting' IMO.