It’s starting to sound like a broken record: Kawhi Leonard, Gregg Popovich and the bench save the Spurs. It happened again last night. The Spurs starters played some lethargic, uninspiring basketball, the bench rescued them, and Popovich joined with Leonard for a quasi-gem ATO to salvage a 107-105 victory over the Wizards Friday night.
The Spurs second unit of Patty Mills, Manu Ginobili, Jonathon Simmons, David Lee and Dewayne Dedmon all had plus minutes to counter a starting unit that got out-rebounded and out-hustled all night.
So for the final play, Pop called on Mills, Ginobili, Green, Leonard and Aldridge ; their three most reliable starters thus far and their two hottest bench players last night.