Bruce is gone.

[G-Nob]

So looking at the box score, I guess nothing has really changed.

[urunobili]

So looking at the box score, I guess nothing has really changed.

he played at least... horribly but he played...

[itzsoweezee]

disgusting

[benefactor]

My brother took me to the my 1st ABA game the first year at the old hemisfair arena. I had season tickets from the Admiral's rookie year to the year after the 2nd championship quite a few of those years as a baseline bum.

Good for you. I have a slice of pie if you feel you need a reward.

For the greater part of the season the spurs have managed to be the 2nd seed in the west til this bump in the season, the majority without bruce. I have said throughout the season that pop knows what he can get from bruce so he has to integrate players he has to rely on to succeed.

Like who? The only players we are working on integrating are Manu and Gooden. Everyone else has been there from the jump...especially Mr. 30 MPG Finley.

I hate to say it but if bruce has lost a step which is hard to say with so little playing time, but if pop believes that bruce has lost a step then he will not be effective because of his anemic, limited, not very good offensive skills.

He is still shooting over 42% for the season from distance for the year and is a proven clutch shooter in the playoffs. Even with losing a step his defense provides much more of an impact than Finley's offense ever will. We can depend on Finley to shoot well one out of every 5 or 6 games. We will be eliminated before he has a chance to break out of one of his patented slumps.

I still believe pop will play him, but that is not what I am saying. I am saying that if the spurs do not win a championship it won't be because of bruce bowen. Off to the strawberry festival.

And I am saying that if Bowen plays 6 MPG like he did tonight it will be a big reason why we fail. We win with defense, period.

But hey, Finley had 18pts tonight...I'm sure he will give us that consistently in the post season.