No amount of days off or adjustments can fix the amount of sleep and sanity loss at the hands of Game 4’s defeat.
Kawhi Leonard scored a career-high 43 points as the San Antonio Spurs lost in overtime to the Memphis Grizzlies, evening the series at two games each. The game was oddly reminiscent of the Spurs’ loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 2 of the Western Conference semifinals last season, when LaMarcus Aldridge finished with 41 points in a losing effort.
Before pulling the band-aid off the emotional scar that was Game 4, let’s look back at what adjustments did and didn’t work for San Antonio.