No rest for the weary at the AT&T Center
by Jesse Blanchard



The minutes and miles of March are mounting, and they are taking a toll on Tim Duncan. Heading into the month, Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich stressed the need to find rest for his star big man amid this ish time.

It was only a few weeks ago that Popovich reiterated his stance on resting Duncan to Mike Monroe and the Express-News.

“This is a month where, if we can find him some rest, we’ll do it,” Popovich said before tipoff against the Hornets.

Duncan has missed only three of the Spurs’ 58 games, one of those when Popovich opted to sit him in the second game of a Lakers-Thunder back-to-back set. The 33-year-old Spurs captain has declared himself fresh and fit and said he expects to play when he feels good.

Popovich agrees that Duncan is fresher this March than he has been this late in previous seasons, but sticks to his belief that he wants his star big man as fresh as possible for the playoffs.

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