Momentum is a fickle deity. It blesses without warning, abandons without apology, and rarely announces its intentions until it’s already halfway out the door. San Antonio enters tonight’s match-up in Phoenix still trying to convince the rest of the league (and perhaps themselves) that their recent stretch of competent basketball is something sturdier than a passing breeze.

Thus far, these Suns are not the type of team you want to face when you’re unsure of your footing. In a surprising turn of events, they’ve built themselves into a balanced machine of half-court cruelty: precise, slow-bleeding, and methodical. They’re 10th in net rating (11th in offensive rating, 12th in defensive) and 9th in both Effective Field-Goal Percentage and True Shooting Percentage.

The Spurs, meanwhile, no lon

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