'Eh. The Spurs were coasting going into the playoffs. It took them a few games to get back into the swing of what they were already doing before they started coasting after they locked up the top seed.
Think abou it. . .19 straight wins, average win margin: 17 points.
They begin to coast and rest key guys a lot since they locked up top seed. Due to rust, they struggle with Dallas for a handful of games.
Once the rust is off, they go 12-4 in the playoffs with average win margin of 15+.
Dallas fluked a few wins over a rusty, coasting Spurs team. Had Carter not hit that fluke three, it may have just been over in 5 anyway. No big deal.
Carlisle is a good coach though. Probably top 5. Have to give him credit since he did win a le.