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NBA Power Rankings: Spurs Slipping After Winless Road Trip?
The San Antonio Spurs have been handed their lumps as of late.
Not only did the Spurs go winless on their latest four-game road trip, but three of those losses came by over 35 points, proving that San Antonio belongs in the category among the league's worst.
However, luckily(?) for them, there's still the Detroit Pistons, the only team to place worse than the Spurs in Sports Illustrated's latest power rankings. The Spurs are clocking in at No. 29 for the second consecutive week.
"San Antonio’s league-worst defense allowed more than 130 points per game across four contests, while its offense averaged fewer than 100 points last week," SI writes. "The Spurs fell to the Pelicans by 35, lost to the Bucks by 36, dropped their game against the Wizards by 12 and were blown out by the Celtics by a whopping 44 points. It was a fruitless road trip for San Antonio, which had gone 5–5 over its last 10 before this skid."
The Spurs hope to rebound from their poor showing on the road trip with a game at home against the Utah Jazz tonight. Then, the team heads to Northern California to face the Golden State Warriors (Fri.) and the Sacramento Kings (Sun.).
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