Since the Heat's "big three" has been shrunk to a more manageable medium two, it's time to focus on a trio of Texans, one of whom has actually won not one, not two, not three, but four...NBA championships. Through two series, the Spurs boast an unblemished 8-0 record. In other words, they're Spurfect thus far in the playoffs. All told, San Antonio has strung together 18 straight victories, complete with contributions from players both counted out (Boris Diaw, Danny Green) and never before counted on (Kawhi Leonard, Gary Neal). It's been a River Walk in the park for this selfless, surreptitious superb squad.
Stability has been a source of the success. Duncan, Parker and Ginobli have been on the floor for 130 postseason games together, the most of any current threesome in the league. There is an inverse relationship between how impressed we are with their accomplishments and how impressed they are (which is to say, they haven't cleared room in the trophy case). "We haven't done anything yet. We've won two rounds," said the habitually humble Duncan. Parker and Ginobli have echoed those exact thoughts in post-game interviews. Those guys aren't just on the same page, they're on the same sentence, reading it at the same rate of speed. You can tell the gang is Alamotivated to achieve more. Things truly are bigger in Texas (see: Alexis Texas*), ambitions included.
*In this case, we're not providing a link, lest we be charged with corrupting the youth. Do your own dirty work!
As a journalist, don't you have to disclose your Wake Alum ties to Duncan?
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