a 105-88 Game 2 trouncing of the Los Angeles Clippers that stretched San Antonio's playoff winning streak to six games. And a tidy 16 games overall.

Which only leads us to more housekeeping: San Antonio hasn't lost a game since April 11 and just became only the fourth team in NBA history to win its first four home playoff games by 15 points or better.

Duncan, meanwhile, added 18 points on a mere 14 shots, estimated that it's been "four or five years" since his body was responding like this with June approaching, proclaimed the state of his overall health to be "unbelievable" and basically continued to let the world know why the whispered belief in Spurs circles is that their beloved Timmy is likely to re-sign for years --over-the-top criticism Griffin in particular gets from those fixated on what he can't do offensively at a mere 23, his employers and fans should be able to accept what's happening against the closest thing to a juggernaut in today's NBA. After the Clips managed to get out of their grueling first-round series with the Memphis Grizzlies, winning twice on the road in that series in a building that last season's Spurs exited in defeat after all three visits, Griffin surely deserves some slack.

When Paul has almost as many turnovers (a career-playoff-high eight) as points (10), something's clearly wrong. When Griffin makes his free throws (6-for-8) on a 20-point night but snares only a career-low one rebound, he's obviously not right. Griffin, in particular, kept battling in the face