The Road to Nowhere
20-1
Okay, we get it. Teams are not winning on the road in the playoffs this year. Last night’s Spurs victory in San Antonio pushed the home team in the second round record to 20-1. Chris Paul is even quoted as saying “Thank God we get to go back to New Orleans for Game 7.” You have to figure that at some point a road team will win again, but for now… 20-1!
Regarding the Spurs-Hornets series, if the Hornets win, you could say that the series was decided when New Orleans claimed home court. But what was the difference that gave them home court? Well, the two teams had the same record in the regular season. It came down to the tiebreaker, record vs. their conference. New Orleans had a better record vs. their conference by ONE win.
They split the season series 2-2, which means that this second round playoff series may have been decided by when the Hornets beat the Clippers in their penultimate game of the regular season. Or it was when the Spurs were blown out by the Lakers or Suns towards the end of the season.
I suppose you could say that the Spurs are the champs, they know how to win on the road, play in huge games, anything can happen in a game 7, the Hornets whole team is injured, blah blah blah. 20-1. The Celtics and Lakers will try to break that trend tonight. Should make for a night of entertaining viewing, especially because it’s raining out which could cancel my softball doubleheader AND Santana throwing at the Yanks in the Bronx.
Okay, road teams… do something. Aggrey/Toney/Greytone will be in attendance at a Game 7. That’s a good thing.
16 Responses to “The Road to Nowhere”
May.16 at 8:46 am
marcgar says:
if any ones going to win on the road it will be the spurs given the situation their in with the series. paul thanking god their going back to n.o. is idiotic. after seeing last nights game you can tell experiance has take its course in the series and it will carry over into n.o.
May.16 at 8:46 am
Benoit Benjamin says:
easy, go to the line road teams; Apparently the hornets shot twice as many free-throws than the spurs in game 4, and twice as less in game 5. That’s one big differential, especially it’s there in every series. Conspiracy anyone?
May.16 at 9:05 am
Logan says:
the celtics and lakers make it 20-3 tonight…
May.16 at 9:21 am
AutoRyan says:
The best way to win a road game is simple, injure the best shooter in the other team, Boobie and West. I guess the Lakers didn’t get the memo.
May.16 at 10:02 am
TADOne says:
I anxiously await another GreyTone Production, but why the hell is game 7 not until Monday?
May.16 at 11:02 am
ciolkstar says:
If dwest isn’t completely healthy itd=s gonna be very tough for the bugs to win. And if the Spurs hot shooting continues the health of west might not even matter. I was at the game last night and NO looked overmatched bigtime. People just aren’t realizing that SA basically beat themselves in the 3 losses by missing a ton of easy looks and falling into prolonged scoring droughts. Poppovich is also a huge edge for the Spurs in every series, but i feel like Byron is just light years behind Popp in terms of strategy and adjustments.
May.16 at 11:42 am
maio says:
The NBA wants the regular season to matter more so they have advised the refs to help increase home court advantage.
Celtics win.
May.16 at 11:53 am
DP says:
Without Boobie, the cavs will not be the sh*t tonight. LeBron is the sh*t all by himself but the rest of his team is just poop stains. I agree with super Maio, the celts sqeak by tonight. play wit it.
May.16 at 12:05 pm
Tariq says:
There is one thing people seem to forget when they talk about the regular season’s importance: while home court has always been important, regular-season standings hardly ever get decided so late in the season. Just look at the East. Orlando locked up the 3 spot before any Western team had even clinched a playoff berth, if I remember correctly. And Boston had guaranteed themselves home court throughout the playoffs since October 22nd or something. So, in conclusion: home court: very important; reg season: eh.
May.16 at 1:52 pm
Brandon Hoffman says:
I think the Spurs will win game 7. They’ve played in two more game 7’s than New Orleans, including an NBA Finals game 7.
May.16 at 1:54 pm
Brandon Hoffman says:
Both Duncan and Ginobili were HUGE in those games. They’ve been there and they know what it takes. San Antonio is going to join only a handful of teams to come back from an 0-2 deficit.
May.16 at 2:04 pm
B. Long says:
I’m gonna go out on a limb and say Lebanon James gets his first trip/dub of the series and the Cavs squeak by only to be ran out of the gym in game 7. Lakers clinch WCF berth with there first playoff vic. in Utah despite batteries and ice being thrown at them. Kobe hits for 40 on 14-20 from the field. Saturday CP3 goes from franchise player to Nawlins Legend in 48 mins. Bet on it.
May.16 at 2:22 pm
Tariq says:
Lebanon James?
May.16 at 4:26 pm
albie1kenobi says:
no no, Lebanon James.
May.16 at 4:27 pm
albie1kenobi says:
i’m not sure why i said that either.
May.16 at 5:53 pm
B. Long says:
Thats what my Grandpa calls him…..and I love him more for it.