Number One Seed Spurs In Tough Spot With Loss Of MVP Candidate Tony Parker For March.
Last night in their 130-102 blowout victory over the Sacramento Kings, Spurs captain Tony Parker sustained an ankle injury while driving to the rim on a fast break awkwardly landing down on his left ankle. He would get up slowly being carried off the court by DeJuan Blair and the team’s training staff. Manu Ginobili most of all along with Danny Green and Gary Neal to will have to fill the Parker-void for the coming weeks.
Unlike most NBA teams, Gregg Popovich will still use the same San Antonio game plan he’s been using no matter who’s on the court like he’s been doing the past 17 years straight. In our opinion, he might be “happy” his 30-year old speedy point guard gets to rest his legs some off the court as the Spurs have been going out every night giving their all for a final deep postseason one with the 36-year old Tim Duncan playing his best ball in over seasons average just under 30 minutes a game with 16 points per game.
San Antonio currently holds the number 1 seed in the NBA for home court advantage throughout the playoffs as teams like Miami, Oklahoma City and Los Angeles (The Clippers of course) will look to make a quick run and catch up with the Spurs in standings heading into the playoffs in 7 weeks from now.
Things don’t get easier for San Antonio as for the duration of the Month until Tony Parker returns, 8 of their 13 games scheduled for the month are against playoff teams along with non-playoff matches against Minnesota, Dallas and Portland.
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