Timmy is dragging the Spurs through inconsistency.

Maybe if the Spurs’ offense still revolved around Tim Duncan, the rodeo road trip (2-4) might be going a little smoother. In last night loss to the Jazz…the jazz…Timmy posted his 27^th double double of the season, the fourth most in the league. He’s been remarkably consistent as always. He even hit a 3-pointer in a 30 point performance against the clippers last Thursday. Yet the Spurs still can’t find a rhythm that holds.

This final third of the season is usually when they hit the next gear and steamroll their way to the playoffs, but recently they have been very weak offensively. The ball movement of last year’s finals shows up occasionally, but the decision-making is spotty.  The spurs had a 4 on 1 fast break opportunity against warriors last Friday, and it ended in a three pointer from Belinelli. Even though he sunk the shot, I didn’t understand why a championship team that outpaced opponents with sharp passes and sweeping fast breaks were having this much trouble finding good shots.

Spurs beat writer Jeff McDonald attributes it to 3 consecutive lengthy post-season pushes. Even young teams would feel the fatigue after that many extra games. It’s just strange that the 38 year old seems to look the most fresh. I won’t go into detail about Tony Parkers struggles, because the numbers are very depressing.

The Spurs aren’t themselves right now, and they have until the playoffs to get it together. The team to beat is Golden State, and if OKC keeps making this late season push led by Westbrook, the silver and black might see the Warriors in the first round as the 8^th seed. But everybody knows, the Spurs are a postseason team. Let’s see what happens when a championship defender riddled with injuries throughout the season will react.