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After the first two games in Orlando, it was easy to get caught up in Spurs-mania, as the Spurs beat two good teams to advance into playoff contention. But in games 3 and 4, the Spurs met teams with talented frontcourts, and despite valiant efforts from Jakob Poeltl and Drew Eubanks, the Spurs couldn’t stop Joel Embiid and Nikola Jokic from dominating the paint and leading their teams to wins against the Silver and Black.