The Warriors and 76ers are breaking records, Paul George is back and -- oh yeah -- Kobe Bryant is officially hanging it up at the end of the year. While other teams steal headlines, where do the Spurs, who have won 11 of their past 12 games, rank?
Throughout their ebb and flow, celestial bodies are experienced through the context of our own earthbound perspective. NBA players are a different type of star, but when it comes to narratives they're prone to the same kind of subjectivity.
At 18 games long, the Warriors' comet tail continues to blaze across the 2015-16 dawn sky and, relative to that, a five-game streak doesn't turn quite as many heads.