NBA: Predicting every team’s win total in the Western Confernece

CHICAGO, IL - DECEMBER 26: Jimmy Butler #21 of the Chicago Bulls and Paul George #13 of the Indiana Pacers chase down a loose ball at the United Center on December 26, 2016 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)
CHICAGO, IL - DECEMBER 26: Jimmy Butler #21 of the Chicago Bulls and Paul George #13 of the Indiana Pacers chase down a loose ball at the United Center on December 26, 2016 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)
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OAKLAND, CA – JUNE 15: The Golden State Warriors celebrates their 2017 NBA Championship at The Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center during thier Victory Parade and Rally on June 15, 2017 in Oakland, California. (Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images)
OAKLAND, CA – JUNE 15: The Golden State Warriors celebrates their 2017 NBA Championship at The Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center during thier Victory Parade and Rally on June 15, 2017 in Oakland, California. (Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images)

San Antonio Spurs – 55 Wins

Predicting the San Antonio Spurs to win less than 60 games is really playing with fire, but I think this is the year that San Antonio take a slight step back in the regular season.

They are locked into an aging core, and Kawhi Leonard can’t possibly get even better! (can he?), but Popovich’s brilliance will again lead them to the second seed.

Golden State Warriors – 70 Wins

I’ll never understand how the Warriors could resign all of their free agents and sign Nick Young while the Celtics had to dump salary to sign Gordon Hayward.

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Somehow, they did it, proving me wrong and all but locking up the best record in the league next season. Sorry, parity fans, the Warriors are still No. 1, and the gap isn’t closing this season.