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Last weekend's itinerary for the Spurs looked something like this: Shake off the Kings, a bludgeon of an eighth-seeded playoff foe, in Sacramento by 10:30 p.m. PT Friday, hop on an early-morning flight back to San Antonio, sleep a few hours, watch film, do some scouting, practice, then tip off Game 1 of the Western Conference semifinals Sunday, oh, about 36 hours after the conclusion of that Friday game. Spurs coach Gregg Popovich, taking note of the scheduling wizardry that put his team into such a frenzied bind, said after the first-round finale, "I think we play Dallas in 20 minutes."
Meanwhile, the Mavericks spent last week resting in Texas after sweeping the ...