San Antonio Spurs Keldon Johnson (Photo by Abbie Parr/Getty Images)
Suddenly, the San Antonio Spurs are making a push to skip the NBA play-in tournament altogether. Winners of three straight and seven of 10, they’re now just two behind the Dallas Mavericks, who are 5-5 over their last 10.
Obtaining the sixth seed in the Western Conference is still unlikely, especially with the possibility that Derrick White could potentially miss the remainder of the season after badly turning his ankle on Monday. There’s also the fact that the Spurs have the league’s toughest remaining schedule that includes four games in their season’s final five days.