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Keldon Johnson, left, Gregg Popovich and the Spurs will face the Pelicans on Wednesday in the NBA play-in tournament.DALLAS — The Spurs were at a team dinner in Denver the moment the news broke last Tuesday.
Word the Spurs had secured a spot in this week’s play-in tournament perhaps sparked questions among the less-engaged corners of the fan base.With the regular season officially ending Sunday in Dallas, consider this primer to a play-in a road map to how the Spurs might halt a two-year playoff drought:The NBA began toying with the play-in idea as a means for finishing the 2019-20 season paused by the pandemic.
Put another way, the Spurs need to win a pair of win-or-go-home road games in order to steal the No. 8 seed.Yes! Last season, the Spurs also finished 10th and wound up traveling to Memphis for a play-in game. It is perhaps fair to surmise that, in general, a team’s feelings about the play-in depend largely on whether it has hurt them or helped them.
Looking at possible opponents in the second play-in round, the Spurs went 2-1 against the Clippers this season but had trouble with Minnesota.
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