The Spurs’ Game 4 season-ending loss to the Warriors ended up being eerily similar to Game 3. Again, San Antonio rated favorably in three of the “Four Factors” that are usually predictive of winning basketball games. And, yet again, the Warriors’ shot-making proved to be way too much to handle. In the Study Hall following Game 3, I stressed that fans’ pride in this Spurs team should not rest on the outcomes of the individual games, or even the series as a whole. As has been pointed out many times, this series, for all intents and purposes, ended the moment Kawhi Leonard came down on Zaza Pachulia’s foot.
The Spurs show effort to the very end
