Last week I wrote that the home stretch of this season was unique in the sense that the Spurs are pretty much locked in position as the second seed in the West and are mainly seeking health and continuity heading towards the playoffs. Well, that changed as Kevin Durant was diagnosed with a grade two MLC sparin, will be out for at least four weeks, and will need time after that to get back in shape.
Not only did that bit of news, unfortunate as it is, offer the Spurs what was probably the only possible path towards stealing the top seed from Golden State, but the Warriors ceded two losses since then to make the race even more competitive.