Life can be tricky. Sometimes, you are judged by your successes. Other times, you are judged by your failures.
Which brings us to the San Antonio Spurs, who are sitting at 60 victories with a little over a week left in the 2013-14 regular season, practically assured of having homecourt advantage throughout the playoffs.
But when you play word association with the Spurs, what comes to mind first: Their 19-game winning streak that ended last week, or their 0-4 record this season vs. the Oklahoma City Thunder?
And if you look at them through an even broader prism, what exactly defines them?
Yes, they are the embodiment of franchise excellence, and have been for more than 20 years. But in my mind, what crawls to the forefront is that they are the team that should have won the championship last year, only to blow a big lead in the final seconds of Game 6 in Miami when coach Gregg Popovich had Tim Duncan, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili sitting alongside him on the bench.
No team seeks redemption as much as this year’s Spurs, yet no team is as deserving of being defined by what happened last season. More on that, plus a couple other items from around the NBA, in this video with CineSport’s Brian Clark.