The time to celebrate Tuesday night’s instant classic has passed as the San Antonio Spurs head into Game 6 with a chance to close out the Houston Rockets amid uncertainty.
With Kawhi Leonard’s ankles slowing down his software, Spurs Head coach Gregg Popovich decided to roll the dice with his role players as Leonard sat through the overtime period undergoing defragmentation. The gamble paid off as the quintet of LaMarcus Aldridge, Jonathon Simmons, Danny Green, Manu Ginobili and Patty Mills pushed an exhausted Houston squad to the brink of elimination.
Looking back at our adjustments (and one prediction) for Game 5, the Spurs did an excellent job of maintaining their focus and limiting the Rockets in terms of pace and scoring.