NBA Power Rankings: Cleveland Cavaliers ruin Christmas

25-6. Previous: . San Antonio Spurs. 3. team. 29. Rinse. Wash. Repeat. That’s the way things seem to be going for the San Antonio Spurs over multiple decades. Rinse, equals find a generational type talent (David Robinson, Tim Duncan, Kawhi Leonard). Wash equals find castoffs from other teams and turn them into rotation pieces (Danny Green, Patty Mills, Dewayne Dedmon). Repeat, equals winning. The Spurs have found a way to repeat the simple act of just winning games. The sentiment of Tim Duncan’s jersey retirement overshadowed just how well this team has been playing of late. In their last 11 games they’ve only lost two games (road games against the Chicago Bulls and Los Angeles Clippers). They avenged their loss to the Bulls on Christmas Day by walking away with a 19-point win. Leonard and LaMarcus Aldridge are in full control of this team now and Mills might even be more crucial to this team than Tony Parker at this point. This new Aldridge, Leonard, Mills golden trio probably isn’t enough to get them another NBA championship, but it’s good enough to keep them at the top of the tier right below the Golden State Warriors and the Cleveland Cavaliers. You never know what could happen when Gregg Popovich is manning the sidelines for your team and many a men have made the mistake of doubting the Spurs before so proceed with caution when digging this team’s grave.