Predicting the Spurs’ week 11 results, featuring a title favorite foe

The San Antonio Spurs may not have their entire team back before the All-Star break, but that won’t stop them from competing. With their snubbed All-Star back in the mix, the Spurs ended their short week with a 117-114 victory over the New Orleans Pelicans on Saturday.

DeMar DeRozan surgically dissected the Pelicans, scoring 32 and dishing out 11 assists in his first NBA action since February 14th. LaMarcus Aldridge also showed he can still be a valuable asset off the bench, scoring 21 points on 5-of-10 shooting and pulling down five boards.

Now guaranteed a winning record heading into the All-Star break, the Spurs will need to secure as many wins as possible due to their extremely difficult road ahead. At 17-12, San Antonio is currently in the fifth spot in the Western Conference, but only 2.5 games separate them from ninth-place Dallas, who will have one of the easiest months I’ve seen in a while in May.

As they await reinforcements to come back as they clear health and safety protocols, the Spurs will have three home games to keep their rhythm going into the All-Star break this weekend. After going 1-1 last week to bring my predictions to 16-13, here’s how I think the Spurs will fare this week.

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