The Spurs played their best game of the season Friday night, granted they beat up a hapless Sacramento team 96-80. For the first time this season, the defense actually showed up.
We'll give Bowen and company a mulligan for the closer-than-it-should-have-been Portland game on opening night because of the emotions of the ring ceremony. The win in Memphis, while close, was good stuff considering that the Spurs beat a running team on the second night of a back-to-back.
The one uncertainty with the Spurs at this point is their rotation. Robert Horry is returning next week after missing the last 3 to deal with "personal business". Matt Bonner has gotten good playing time in his absence and has been adequate. Elson has been getting minutes but still shows that the things he's best at are dunking and disappearing from the game...and he doesn't get to dunk a whole lot.
Ime Udoka, the only Spur that hadn't seen action after two games, tore it up in garbage time against Sacramento. Udoka had 14 points (3-4 from downtown) and 6 rebounds in just 24 minutes. He also showed surprising quickness. Popovich claimed that Udokawas "down the line" but "will get his chance".
Oh, and Beno got his ring after signing with the Kings. Good for Beno, since he'll play in a more open offense in Sac-town.
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