SAN ANTONIO — Every season the Spurs hole up at home this time of year, making up games they're due from vacating the AT&T Center in February for the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo.
While the roundball eyes of the world go mad every March over college basketball, the Spurs recede even further than usual from the spotlight—and get done more work than usual in preparation for their own annual playoff run.
This year is a little different.
The 58-10 Spurs have been so great—as have the 61-6 Golden State Warriors—that there is a pro game whose moment deserves to outshine even the purest amateur hour.
On Saturday night the Spurs are putting their 34-0 home record on the line; the Warriors try to stay on pace for the best overall record in NBA history.
During the NCAA tournament is actually an appropriate time to crack open the textbook on the Spurs' model, which is more collegial than one might think.
To explain how much better he's playing, first-year Spur LaMarcus Aldridge said this week: "I'm in the system. I'm in the group."
Even Gregg Popovich r ...
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