The Spurs manhandling of the Oklahoma City Thunder brought to light an interesting question: Just how good is this team? Playing without perennial All Star Manu Ginobili, the San Antonio Spurs downed the best team in the league without much of a fight. The final score was closer than the game would indicate, as the Spurs lead by 24 points at one point before the Thunder brought it back to respectable levels late.
San Antonio is currently 13-7 without their star shooting guard, relying on Tony Parker, Tim Duncan, and usually one role player per night to keep on winning. In that stretch, the Spurs also lost winnable games, such as to the Miami Heat where they were up big, then lost big. They also lost to the Dallas Mavericks in overtime after coming back from 20+ down, and losing close games to Milwaukee, Sacramento, and Houston.
San Antonio’s bench is getting lots of reps, which will be good for this squad come playoff time. San Antonio is not going to go down without a fight, ...
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