Is ancestral recall on a grey ogre too strong for modern ? <| sep |> 1213 , 1314 . Its funny that we call that heavy passing style Spurs basketball . It was beautiful to watch , crushing Miami in such a thorough way . But , last year wasnt exactly Spurs basketball , at least it had way more isolation plays for LA and KL than game 3 did , and yet we won 67 games . I know its all about rings and not the regular season , but my point is maybe Spurs basketball was a stylestrategy based on talent at the time not an ethos that will always pervade every player and every game . In fact , I think its already a thing of the past as it was . We definitely have plenty of beautiful passing possessions but Kawhi ' s emergence has demanded more usage , as does LA ' s offensive prowess . Last year our bench still played Spurs basketball , but this year so far our bench rotations are all over the place and its unclear if Patty and Manu really the source of Spurs basketball will be enough continuity . I hope to see more Spurs basketball , it might have been the missing ingredient last year or was it Danny Green ' s shot , but its also great seeing our two stars do really well .