The Nuggets (and Kings) have a tiny window into eight-seed contention in the West, thanks largely to Portland’s struggles. One of those three teams might pull the Warriors in the first round. Hide your eyes.</p>

<p>It may not come full circle until the playoffs, but it’s a potential weakness that San Antonio will have to compensate for with immaculate team coverage, or by making some moves. It’s part of what happens when you lose Duncan, who even at the end of his career remained a superb communicator and preferable defensive option most nights. The Spurs are enviably strong, but it might take even more to win the West.</p>
<p>I hate being the guy in December who’s like, “Maybe let’s worry about the most consistent franchise of the last 20 years,” but the Spurs' record does conceal the fact that this team has the potential to be exposed defensively. More often than not, they’ve gotten along fine this season, but the LaMarcus Aldridge/Pau Gasol combo is sort of asking to be pick and rolled by capable opponents, the Rockets and Clippers both falling into that category. I read a good piece over at CBS Sports&nbsp;this week that called attention to the fact that teams are actively trying to hide Kawhi Leonard as a defender, parking his man in the corner and trying to isolate the Spurs’ other pieces.</p>

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<p>With Tim Duncan’s jersey retirement comes the official end of an era in San Antonio. Or so we think (if he pops up cheap jerseys  for the veteran’s minimum in March, don’t bat an eyelash). Watching the ceremony on Sunday night evoked a lot of nostalgia and feeling and all that, and Duncan actually spoke publicly for more than four minutes.&nbsp;</p>

<p>The six guys we named off the top are playing brilliant basketball. You could scarcely go wrong picking any of them as the First Trimester MVP out West. Yet we simply can&rsquo;t resist, after all the box scores they stuffed through Thanksgiving and heading into Christmas now, keeping things narrow and cheap nfl jerseys, lasering in on Westbrook and Harden.</p>
<p>Toronto has put up triple-digit points in 14 straight games and leads the league in offensive rating (121.1) True Shooting Percentage (61.4%) and three-point percentage (45%) in that span.</p>

<p>These two are both accounting for better than 50 points per game when you add their scoring to their passing, which is something we haven&rsquo;t seen in the NBA since Nate Archibald&rsquo;s momentous 1972-73 season, when Tiny became the only player in history to lead the league in both scoring and assists in a single season.</p>

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