Spur|n|Austin
05-30-2013, 10:54 PM
Throughout the San Antonio Spurs’ impressive postseason march, the N.B.A. cognoscenti have homed in on one laudatory refrain more than any other: The Spurs take away what you do best.
From clamping down the hot-shooting Stephen Curry with the versatile Kawhi Leonard to packing the paint against the imposing Memphis frontcourt, Spurs Coach Gregg Popovich has turned these playoffs into a cross between a torture chamber and a mad doctor’s operating room – removing the opponent’s biggest weapon at just the right time, and with just the right tools.
read more:
http://offthedribble.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/30/spurs-quietly-become-a-two-way-threat/
From clamping down the hot-shooting Stephen Curry with the versatile Kawhi Leonard to packing the paint against the imposing Memphis frontcourt, Spurs Coach Gregg Popovich has turned these playoffs into a cross between a torture chamber and a mad doctor’s operating room – removing the opponent’s biggest weapon at just the right time, and with just the right tools.
read more:
http://offthedribble.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/30/spurs-quietly-become-a-two-way-threat/