The Spurs’ season was a roller coaster of emotion from straddling the limbo of a lotto team to playoff bubble team. Thanks to a mix of the L.A. Lakers’ woes and the good guys hitting their stride late in the regular season, they managed to make the play-in tourney as the 10th seed and faced a New Orleans Pelicans team that seemed better than their record indicated.
The game in many ways reflected how the Spurs’ season went, with some highs and lows, punctuated by a late, frenetic push that almost got them to the promised land.