Hubie Brown doesn't care that the Griz lost their last four regular-season games. He's already put behind him a lopsided, season-ending loss to Minnesota on Wednesday when the Griz trailed by as many as 29 points in The Pyramid.

And Brown won't lose sleep about the San Antonio Spurs being labeled a 9-point favorite in Game 1 of their first-round playoff series.

None of the above will have an impact on their best-of-seven series when the ball is tossed up Saturday in the SBC Center.

"I know we're not going to be favored in the series," Brown said. "But we know that we can push them. We know we can get into a series where they really have to pay attention to us. We play well in San Antonio. And what it's going to come down to is: Can they continue this incredible run that they're on? . . . It should be a good series."