The San Antonio Spurs in the 15-16 season is a season that even Spurs fans themselves often ignore.

Whenever the Spurs in the 15-16 season are mentioned on basketball forums, many Spurs fans will sigh with emotion: "Hey, what a pity, what a pity. I hate Zaza, if he hadn't stepped in..."

At this time, he will often get a reply: "Brother, you are talking about next season. The Spurs and Warriors did not meet in the playoffs in the 15-16 season."

You see, everyone only remembers that the 13-14 Spurs won the cup with their gorgeous team basketball, and remember that Kawhi was eliminated in the 16-17 season.

But in the 15-16 season for the Spurs, their presence was too low.

But in fact, the Spurs in the 15-16 season achieved a terrifying 67 wins in the regular season—the best record in team history!

And throughout the entire season, the Spurs only lost one game at home, and that was to the strongest Warriors!

Logically speaking, this is a pretty brilliant regular season record, and it shouldn't be so insignificant.

Unfortunately, even though the Spurs won 67 games that year, they only had one loss at home.

But what's weighing on them is the Warriors, who broke the Bulls' record with 73 wins.

People's eyes are on the 73-win Warriors, and the whole world is bragging about how strong the Warriors are, while ignoring the Spurs, who have an equally outstanding record.

In fact, if it weren't for the Spurs pressing behind them, the Warriors might not have won 73 games.

But being suppressed by the Warriors in the regular season is only secondary. The biggest reason why the Spurs didn't have a strong presence in the 15-16 season was because they were eliminated in the second round of the playoffs.

Think about it, the Thunder were fierce enough back then. They first beat the 67-win team and then the 73-win team, and caused huge trouble for both teams.

It is indeed the king of fried combinations.

There are many reasons why the Spurs were eliminated, but one thing is for sure, the Spurs are an underrated team.

Even in the regular season, losing only one game at home is very difficult.

The Warriors in the regular season that year only lost 9 games in a season. Most of the losses were actually due to factors such as fatigue, luck, injuries, etc.

But the only loss to the Spurs was that they were truly suppressed in terms of strength.

Therefore, Popovich is by no means arrogant.

Although he has many shortcomings and is ruthless, he is by no means an arrogant person.

He confidently wanted to deal with Wayne in the Rose Garden because his Spurs were really strong.

In Ugly Country, as soon as he got off the plane, Popovich was very arrogant when faced with reporters' questions.

"Coach, how do you feel about returning to the Rose Garden again? What changes has Wayne's return brought to the Blazers?"

The old thief faced the camera with disdain: "I don't have any special mood, the Trail Blazers are just like other opponents. I don't know what Wei's return will change. I only know that the world has changed a lot in the two years since he left.

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After saying that, the old thief looked at Kawaii proudly.

FMVP last season, DPOY last season, and second in the MVP rankings this season.

Kawaii's growth can be said to be step by step, and he is simply the pride of the old thief!

In the past, the Spurs had never had a player who could compete with Wayne.

Now he has it!

The old thief just feels lucky that he was a draft pick and snatched Leonard from the hands of the Trail Blazers.

Otherwise, the consequences would be disastrous.

Kawhi is the real superstar of this era, and the old thief believes that kid will make Wayne miserable.

"So do you think Portland fans will still boo you crazily when you return to the Rose Garden this time? After all, every time you played away games in Portland before, you were easily excited."

"You know, I'm getting older and my hearing is getting worse. I can't hear boos anywhere."

The old thief replied coolly, thinking he was being humorous.

But a few hours later, when he stood on the sidelines of the court, listening to the boos from the fans, and seeing Wayne standing on the court, the old thief admitted that he was a little panicked.

After two years, I saw that devil again on the basketball court, and the old thief suddenly had painful memories in his heart.

Wayne's history of success is simply a history of the suffering of an old thief.

He still clearly remembers how Wayne destroyed the powerful Spurs in just five games in 2013.

At this time, Wayne also turned to look at the old thief on the bench. The old thief immediately took a step back like a reflex, subconsciously preparing to hide behind Budenholzer.

"Mike, escort, escort!"

Vicky yelled in horror, but when she turned around, she realized that Mike was no longer around her, and only female assistant coach Becky Harmon remained.

Well, Budenholzer went to the Hawks to start his own business in the summer of the year Wayne retired, and he is now the head coach and president of basketball affairs of the Hawks.

Size is an executive.

Last season, Budenholzer also won the best coach award.

So, it’s always right to go out and explore.

Putting aside the honors Budenholzer has received, in the Hawks, at least he doesn't have to be used as a human shield!

Harmon looked at the old thief in bewilderment. Why did this usually calm old man look so frightened?

"Escort? What escort?"

Becky Harmon asked at a loss, is this a new tactic?

The old thief couldn't embarrass himself in front of Xiao Nizi, so he pretended to be calm and straightened his tie: "Uh...Becky, what I mean is, don't be nervous even if you face the Trail Blazers. Wayne

Although he led the team to five consecutive victories after his comeback, it was nothing remarkable.

Wayne is just a paper tiger, we don’t have to be afraid of him! I have a hundred ways to deal with him!"

As soon as the old thief finished speaking, he felt as if the light in front of him had been blocked.

He looked up and realized that Wayne had already walked up to him.

"Fuck!"

The old thief who had just said righteously that Wayne was nothing to be afraid of was immediately convinced and instantly frightened. He was so frightened that his legs went weak and he almost knelt down in front of Wayne.

Wayne hurriedly supported him, so he didn't receive a bow from the old thief.

It's not that Wayne is a pitiful old thief, it's mainly that this white-haired man kneels down to a black-haired man, and his life will be shortened.

"Good friend, long time no see." Wayne stared at the old thief with a smirk on his face. His fearful expression was simply Wayne's best spiritual food.

"Don't keep thinking about kneeling. Forgive me, just sit down."

The old thief stared at Wayne in fear, his legs were still weak: "It's okay, this... feels so comfortable."

Wayne shook his head and forced the old thief to sit on the bench.

Big McGee and Tucker nodded seriously. The coach was definitely not talking about us. As blue-collar workers, what bad intentions could we have?

Before the game started, Wayne also had a boxing showdown with the primary school students to boost each other's morale.

Wayne knew very well that this game could never be won by just playing casually like before.

In the first game against the Thunder, although the Thunder have the strength, Du Xiaoshuai is still in a hang-up state.

So to put it bluntly, half of the Thunder's strength was not used.

But the Spurs were different. They started with a five-game winning streak and were in great shape right from the start.

Never expect to wait for the other party to fall.

Today is the first opponent Wayne has encountered since his comeback.

Moreover, neither Wayne nor the old thief wants to lose to each other.

This pair of enemies will never let either side get through easily.

The old thief stared at Wayne fiercely from the sidelines at this time, completely losing his cowardly look just now.

A real man must be able to bend and stretch!

He placed all his expectations on Kawaii, but he must give me a long face!

The starting five for the Spurs are Parker, Green, Kawhi, Aldridge and Duncan.

On the Trail Blazers side, it's still Curry, Tony, Butler, Wayne and McGee.

Carlisle's plan for this game was simple: cut off the connection between the Spurs players, force the Spurs to play alone, and prevent them from playing a smooth team offense.

In the matchup, Butler will face Kawhi, while Wayne will face Aldridge.

In Carlisle's expectation, this shouldn't be a problem.

However, as soon as the game started, Carlisle found that his wishful thinking was not so satisfactory.

After McGee won the basketball for the Trail Blazers, Wayne immediately prepared to execute the first attack.

After making several triple-threat moves in the mid-range, Wayne tried to break through to the penalty area.

But after Wayne broke in, Duncan immediately stepped in to defend.

Wayne then handed the ball to Biggie.
To be continued...