Unlocking the Spurs’ Secret: What’s Fueling San Antonio’s Unstoppable Rise in the NBA?

Unlocking the Spurs' Secret: What’s Fueling San Antonio’s Unstoppable Rise in the NBA?

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Especially considering he’s got help.

2. Strength in numbers

No Spur is averaging more than 30 minutes per game during the winning streak. Seven Spurs are scoring in double figures; an eighth, veteran forward Harrison Barnes, is kicking in 9.2 points in 22.8 minutes per game, shooting 41.8% from 3-point range on just under five attempts per contest.

Wembanyama’s clearly the supermassive star around which the entire system revolves, but there is a system at work here. It’s a simple idea, one pounded into the heads of countless Spurs over the decades like the stonecutter’s hammer pounding into that proverbial rock: “point-five basketball.” Within a half-second of getting the ball, you need to be shooting it, passing it or driving it, putting perpetual pressure on the defense in the neverending battle to turn a good shot into a great one.

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