Twelve video games into the season, the Spurs sit at 8–4. In the event that they maintain that tempo, they’d end with 56 wins and 28 losses – sturdy sufficient for home-court benefit. Not dangerous, is it?
Not dangerous certainly. However the Spurs could not win twice as many video games as they lose. The excellent news is: they don’t should.
Within the final two seasons, 49 wins have been sufficient for the sixth seed within the West; the season earlier than, 44 wins did the job. Touchdown someplace between 44 and 49 feels doable for this workforce.
A possible first-round opponent could possibly be the Golden State Warriors – by the way, the workforce they’ve simply misplaced to twice in a row at dwelling. If these have been playoff video games, the Spurs would mainly be gone. So let’s take a look at final night time’s matchup via a playoff lens.
