Spurs take day off; pay $50,000 fine for missing media session
The Spurs had played five games in nine days to wrap up a gruelling Western Conference semifinal against Phoenix.
"You do what you think is best for your team and whatever comes about, comes about, and you move forward,'' Popovich said Tuesday. "That's nothing we'll spend a lot of time thinking about.''
A year ago, in a similar scenario, the Spurs won Game 1 of the Western Conference semifinals, but were routed in Game 2.
"We had no energy," guard Tony Parker said in the San Antonio Express-News. "We basically just gave them the game. We lost by (22) and that's not good because you give them confidence and then they go back home."