Why the San Antonio Spurs believe they are the exception to the playoff experience rule
Is a stout defense, and having Victor Wembanyama, enough to overcome one of the NBA's maxims about a title?
San Antonio's players and staff have heard it all before. How they are too young. How experience — often defined by losing deep in the playoffs — is required before a team wins a title.
Michael Jordan and his Chicago Bulls lost six years in a row in the playoffs — including two years to the "Bad Boy" Pistons in the East finals — before breaking through and winning three straight. LeBron James lost six straight years in the playoffs, twice in the Finals, before breaking through with the Heat. The same is true for Larry Bird, Dr.
J and nearly every other superstar the NBA has ever seen. So why should it be any different for Victor Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs in their first real playoff run this year? "I mean, why not?
" the Spurs' Julian Champagnie countered when speaking to NBC Sports. "I think that we've been putting in work all year… "I definitely think that we all think that we could do something special this year, and be a special group moving forward. So the way we look at it is, is there's an opportunity at hand, and that's to win, and we want to seize every opportunity we can get.
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