Spurs have a sneaky vicious trait that screams playoff success

San Antonio is vying for the number one seed, so obviously most acknowledge how good they are, but there's an unaccounted-for factor we could see come into play when the postseason begins. Throughout the season, the Spurs had a knack for finding their way to huge leads over a very large number of their opponents.

Unfortunately, the Silver and Black also had a habit of letting teams up off the mat. 59% of their 73 games played would be about 43. They've only won 20 of these by 15 or more—less than half. As Paul Garcia's stat proves, they still have a great record in those situations. San Antonio finds ways to put opponents away by the time the game clock hits zero.

The Spurs are learning how to maintain large leads

The Spurs have found themselves fighting later in games than they should be too many times this season because they let their foot off the gas. Lately, there's been a shift. They've kept the pedal to the metal with more consistency starting with their March 3 head-to-head with the Pistons. They clowned Detroit that night and put the Motown City visitors away 121-106.

Not long after was a March 8 meeting with their East Texas rivals, the Houston Rockets. San Antonio beat the brakes off of them 145-120, and the victory was never really an uncertainty.

I won't boast over the blowouts over the Pacers and Grizzlies, as those teams are tanking harder than the final seasons of Game of Thrones. But the Miami Heat are trying to fight their way out of the play-in, and what Victor Wembanyama and his band of scary men did to them on their home floor was downright embarrassing.

San Antonio has flexed their NBA dominance in March

In the month of March, the Silver and Black have a 17-point average margin of victory. They're getting up big on teams and putting them away. Ironing out that capability now is crucial to adding another layer of reliability in closing opponents out in the postseason. As good as they've been this year, they can still get better, and that's exactly what they're doing.

Coach Mitch Johnson is taking advantage of the time left and the health of his roster. The full rotation has been playing together long enough now for the first-year COY candidate to understand what works best and when, but he doesn't have tunnel vision with eyes on the playoffs. He's taking it day by day and sharpening his team one game at a time.

The Spurs are immensely talented. There will be several games they take firm control of in the postseason. Keeping hold of them could mean the difference between ending a series early and dragging it out. The team is young, but if they're going to make a run to the NBA Finals, they'll be playing more high-level basketball than they've ever played before.

It would behoove them to put an end to any matchup they can as early as possible. However, if they can carry this streak of demolition into mid-April, that won't be a problem.