We are in the home stretch of the regular season and the Spurs have the second seed on lockdown. That means it's time to find that tough balance between giving key players rest before the postseason while hoping to continue to improve before the playoffs start.
In that sense, San Antonio's 109-103 win over the snake-bitten Jazz was a success. Without Patty Mills, Danny Green, Manu Ginobili, LaMarcus Aldridge and David Lee, the Spurs still controlled a tough matchup against a playoff squad to get their 59th victory of the season.