What we learned from the Spurs comeback win over the Mavericks

With about a 1:15 left in the 4th quarter, the Spurs were tenuously holding on to a hard fought three point lead. I say “hard fought” because, goodness, that little hole they dug for themselves in the first half was quite a thing, wasn’t it? Any time you can go down 20-4 right out of the gate you simply must do it because, surely, there can be no better team building exercise than banding together with your friends and clawing back into things, right? The Spurs seem quite familiar with this move, considering they’ve been doing it an awful lot this year. Sometimes you just really need to get those team building chops.

DeMar DeRozan, our aspirant All-Star, team leader, and high scorer, had…