First Round Game 6 @Memphis: Spurs 103, Grizzlies 96 SA wins series 4-2
You know, it got lost somewhere in the blur of a 61-21 regular season, but as weird as the notion sounds, I still think we need to be reminded sometimes that this is a transitional season for the Spurs. I think back to last summer when Tim Duncan made his retirement official and none of us quite knew what to expect. Obviously Kawhi Leonard was expected to keep growing and improving as the team’s unquestioned first option and LaMarcus Aldridge would be counted on to be a reliable second banana, but beyond that there weren’t too many known commodities between all the young guys, past-their-prime newcomers Pau Gasol and David Lee and the incumbent vets Manu Ginobili and Tony Parker, who weren’t sure bets to produce consistently.