
San Antonio Spurs' 19th Straight Win Nets 4th Division Title in a Row
Go ahead, basketball fans. Keep ignoring the San Antonio Spurs. They prefer it that way.
In throttling the Golden State Warriors 111-90 Wednesday night, the Spurs not only extended their franchise-record winning streak to an incredible 19 games, they also clinched their fourth consecutive Southwest Division title.
Even that, it seems, has become par for the course.
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Thatās basically one division crown every two years.
Think thatās the most exercise your brain will get thinking about the Spurs tonight? Think again.
Barring the highly improbable, the Spurs are poised to secure home-court advantage throughout the playoffsāsomething they couldāve used in their seven-game Finals slugfest with eventual champs the Miami Heat a season ago.
Remember how they werenāt supposed to recover from that one? ESPN wasnāt quite so sure they would. And you know what? They definitely werenāt alone:
"I've said it a zillion times: Let somebody else write the Spurs off. Yet like everyone else, I do wonder about how they'll bounce back mentally and how they'll physically handle another nine-month grind. Don't forget these guys have actually endured two successive heartbreaking postseasons.
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Does anyone have any doubt weāll still be sitting here 20 years from now waxing amazed about how the 57-year-old Tim Duncan, 56-year-old Manu Ginobili and 51-year-old Tony Parkerāarthritic and gray and with nothing but rec-league guile to their gamesājust led the Spurs to 60 wins with the 85-year-old Gregg Popovich screaming between sips of wine on the sidelines?
Me neither.
How do this yearās Spurs stack up against last seasonās runners-up? See for yourself:
| Year | ORtg (Rank) | DRtg (Rank) |
| 2012-13 | 105.9 (7th) | 99.3 (3rd) |
| 2013-14 | 108.5 (4th) | 99.6 (3rd) |
Seriously, thatās creepy.
Surely Popovich must be thrilled with how his team has performed in this, the all-important regular-season stretchāthe time when your team starts flashing the mettle thatāll grind it through the postseason slog.
This has to make him happy, right?
Tony Parker, speaking to the Indianapolis Star, begged to differ:
"I don't know. I think he'll be happy if we lose any time soon. Someone uttered the word āsabotage.ā I'm pretty sure. He's going to rest like half of the team.
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All jokes about losing more money on a coaching decision than my house is worth aside, you can kind of see where Popās coming from here: Sure, the streak is impressive, but not so impressive that it should lend them a false sense of security.
At the same time, it doesnāt really matter. The Spurs are tremendous and will continue to be tremendous until cars can fly and all diseases are cured and someone finally invents flavored pen caps.


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