We’re nearly there, I promise.
If you’ve managed to holster your hot takes through the loss to a tanking Lakers squad, the Definitive Bryn Forbes Game, and another no-show outing versus the Clippers, you’d be best advised to wait a little bit longer. The 2017 NBA Playoffs are right around the corner.
With two games left in the regular season and the two seed long-secured, the Spurs head into Portland to take on the surging Blazers, who have this shot by Russell Westbrook to thank for locking up a playoff berth last night:
That buzzer-beater took a giant sledgehammer to all the innocent, nuance-laden MVP debates we’d been having up until now, while simultaneously lowering the stakes for tonight’s game in Portland.