The Spurs’ 127-110 victory over the injury-depleted Golden State Warriors brought back some memories from another era. No, not that era when the Warriors were one of the most helpless teams in the NBA for a good part of a decade, but from right around the time they were getting things together.
It was the end of the 2011-12 season. The Spurs were right in the middle of what would be a 20-game winning streak, had the top seed in the West locked up, and chose to rest everybody who was anybody in the regular season finale against none other than Golden State in their now former arena.