The Packers And Spurs Have A Lot In Common — And That’s Not A Good Thing

BusinessSportsMoneyThe Packers And Spurs Have A Lot In Common — And That’s Not A Good ThingByRob Reischel,Contributor.Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Rob Reischel is a Wisconsin-based reporter who covers the NFL.Follow AuthorJun 12, 2026, 08:25am EDTGreen Bay Packers head coach Matt LaFleur is trying to figure out how to get his team to finish games better in 2026 than they did in 2025.Getty ImagesMatt LaFleur and De’Aaron Fox must be kindred spirits.The Green Bay Packers and San Antonio Spurs are seemingly cut from the same cloth.As the great Jerry Seinfeld would say, both teams know how to TAKE a lead. They just don't know how to HOLD a lead.For the Spurs, who trail the New York Knicks, 3-1, in the NBA Finals, it seems likely to cost them a championship.For the Packers, it derailed their 2025 season. So as Green Bay labored away during its offseason program that ended Thursday, the No. 1 focus was finding a way to finish games.“The finish aspect of the team is really what we've been harping on,” Green Bay center Sean Rhyan said. “Because, man, everyone can start fast and come out hot as can be, but it's being able to sustain it and being consistent throughout the game and finishing where we started.”Packers safety Xavier McKinney agreed.“I think there might have been a couple of times last year where we felt like the game was kind of good,” McKinney said. “We didn’t really let off the pedal, but I feel like we could have been a lot better in certain situations. MORE FOR YOU“But I think it starts in practice. The later the practice gets, still having that same energy, that same mentality of trying to execute perfectly toward the end as we do in the beginning. I think that will fix a lot of issues that we might have had last.”The Spurs have held double digit leads in all four games of the NBA Finals, but have lost three of them. The crown jewel of meltdowns came Wednesday, when San Antonio had the largest collapse...