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2530915, Rockets being the 2nd seed SHOULD tell you the conference WAS trash
Posted by FILF, Sat Apr-09-16 04:39 PM
I wonder why the Rockets are the 9th seed this season despite retaining their ENTIRE roster?
OKC missed the playoffs b/c KD was injured & the Spurs were being carried by 39 year old Tim b/c 3 starters (Kawhi/Tony/Splitter) were injured.
The Spurs had their first losing month in the Tim Duncan era b/c the ENTIRE roster was decimated by injures: http://www.poundingtherock.com/2015/5/20/8587813/spurs-2014-15-season-recap-injuries-inconsistency-lead-to-early
Go look at the point differentials from last, the Rockets were the 2nd seed w/ a shitty point-differential (won a bunch of close games) & the Clipper had the 2nd best point differential (one spot ahead of the Spurs, so they were the BETTER team): http://scores.espn.go.com/nba/standings/_/season/2015
Meanwhile, in 2013-14 the Spurs led the ENTIRE league in point-differential w/ the same roster as 2014-15 except half the roster was injured.
They were healthy for a short period mid-way through the season (which was why they even won 55) but Splitter/Tony were dead man walking status in the playoffs while Danny Green (led the team in minutes) was worn out & couldn't hit a shot b/c he had dead legs.
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