How did the San Antonio Spurs get so good, so soon?
Yes, the easy answer is Victor Wembanyama, but a closer look shows the Spurs are doing so many things right.
Change does not happen overnight. Success is not linear. Setbacks are needed for progress.
Patience is the key to success. All of those sound good, yet all of those feel like sentences this year’s version of the San Antonio Spurs have thrown over the top rope. Imagine going back to the offseason and telling someone the Spurs would be 2.
5 games behind the Thunder with three games left in the season. You’d see a furrowed brow — a raised one even — and a likely question about what happened to OKC. Well, the Spurs happened.
It’s the Spurs who have won 60 games this season, becoming the fourth team in NBA history to win 60 the season after winning less than 35 (2007-08 Celtics, 2004-05 Suns, 1979-80 Celtics). It’s the Spurs who swept 10 of their 15 back-to-backs this season. Since February, the Spurs have gone 28-3 (yes, you are allowed to read that again).
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