For nearly 3 minutes midway through the 4th quarter of Monday night’s game in Sacramento, the Spurs looked and played like a team set on taking over and closing out like the Spurs of old. Down 6 with 7:30 to go, DeMar DeRozan and LaMarcus Aldridge ran a pick and roll at the top of the key.
Aldridge doesn’t land the pick, but he rolls hard to the rim and seals Harry Giles so low that Derrick White has an open layup off the pump fake and drive.