Early in the 4th quarter of the Spurs victory over the Mavericks on Wednesday night, the Mavs made a run. After going down by 18 on a Davis Bertans three, they scored on 5 straight possessions to pull within 5 points in a game the Spurs needed to win to avoid another first round playoff matchup with the Warriors.
The run highlighted many of the defensive weaknesses that have plagued the Spurs all season long, but it started innocuously enough, with Dorian Finney-Smith drawing a switch and attacking the basket against Jakob Poeltl.