NY Times: Spurs Quietly Become a Two-Way Threat

[Spur|n|Austin]

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.

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[Manufan909]

Props for using a comics reference to end the article, as well as solid use of statistics.