If you’ve caught yourself watching the Western Conference standings recently, then you’re not alone.
There are teams in the NBA that are so convinced of their roster that they take the regular season easy, and make fresh legs for the playoffs priority number one.
The San Antonio Spurs started it with resting up to four or five of their starters on back ends of back-to-backs earlier this decade. They knew their team and system could beat any opponent, on the road or at home.
The Cleveland Cavaliers during their four year run of consecutive NBA Finals trips only finished atop of the Eastern Conference once (2015-16).