(Reuters) - While the NBA season has been dominated by the record-setting Golden State Warriors and Kobe Bryant's retirement tour, the San Antonio Spurs have quietly played in the background plotting to steal the final headlines.
Like their understated superstar, Kawhi Leonard, the perennial championship-contending Spurs remain silent but deadly heading into their 19th consecutive postseason.
The Spurs (67-15) went 40-1 at home in the regular season to match the NBA record set by the 1985-86 Boston Celtics. In any other season the achievement would be front and center but the Warriors (73-9) have relegated the Spurs to second billing and the Western Conference's second seed.