Sounds ridiculous. That means 29 of their final 49 games must be on the road. A home-heavy schedule is definitely beneficial to an aging team.

They will make up for it in February.

Rodeo Road Trip.

What matters is the Spurs did exactly what they were supposed to with those early home games and built up a hefty lead. That will give them a lot of flexibility as those road games mount up in the next couple months with the big Rodeo trip as the highlight.

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A home-heavy schedule is definitely beneficial to an aging team.

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A) All teams are aging
B) The Spurs are not nearly as old as they were even last year, and are younger than pretty much all of the other potential Finals "contenders", including the Lakers, Celtics, Heat, Mavericks and Magic.

Don't know why I'm so defensive about this.

Yea, obviously their record is still impressive with the home/away disparity. They could go .500 the rest of the way and still have 52-54 wins and a decent seed in the playoffs. The only issue that might come up is if there is a critical injury down the stretch when the schedule gets a lot tougher... someone like Manu who has had trouble staying healthy down the stretch in recent years.

Agreed, although it seems that Manu has adopted a less aggressive style this year. He is taking WAY more outside shots than usual.

Could be he's just getting more minutes than usual, I don't know.