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Spurs History: Kawhi-less team destroys the Rockets to advance to WCF

San Antonio Spurs LaMarcus Aldridge (Photo by Tim Warner/Getty Images)

In 2017, the San Antonio Spurs expected a dog fight with the Houston Rockets in Game 6 of the WCSF but instead demolished them in their building.

There’s nothing better than a hotly contested battle between two bitter rivals. That’s exactly what everyone was expecting when Game 6 of the Western Conference Semifinals tipped off in 2017. Instead, the San Antonio Spurs humiliated the Houston Rockets with a dominating performance that left the city of Houston confounded.

Considering what happened in Game 5 of the series, it seemed like a deciding Game 7 in San Antonio was inevitable, as Kawhi Leonard had gone down with ankle injury that kept him out of that game’s overtime period.