There has been an inevitability to the 2015-16 NBA season, an underlying feeling that no matter what happens between now and late May, it's all building to the Golden State Warriors and San Antonio Spurs battling it out in the Western Conference Finals, with the winner emerging as the likely NBA champion.
And unlike the Warriors' Jan. 25 blowout win over San Antonio, Saturday night's rematch was filled with the kind of drama you'd expect. Not that there was any doubt, but the Spurs imposed their will in an 87-79 win and proved they aren't just a tougher hurdle in the Warriors' preordained march to back-to-back titles.
Talk about the Warriors has been inescapable in all corners of the sports world—and rightly so. Even after Saturday's loss, they're 62-7 and well within range to break the 72-win record of the 1995-96 Chicago Bulls.
In any other year, however, the 59-10 Spurs would be the talk of the league. They'd be the ones getting best-team-of-all-time consideration—the ones viewed as the inevitable champions. That's why, as little as a regular-seas ...
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