The Spurs won four titles between 1999 and 2007 behind the strength of their defense. With the team aging, they are no longer as dominant defensively and will try to win a title with the strength of their offense.

“We spend more time working on offense these days, because our defense won’t be as good as it used to be in the past,” Gregg Popovich said. “It just won’t.”

“You have to score a lot more points now,” Tim Duncan said. “I don’t think it’s the league of old, where you can score in the 80s and defend your butt off and still win championships.”

“It’s good we can do it both ways,” Manu Ginobili said. “I think we’re trying to be more the other (defensive) kind of team, the way we won championships. The last few years, we’ve scored more but we haven’t won it.”