As I said in the beginning of the playoffs. The Spurs where happy to be on the side with Denver, LA, and Phoenix. We badly wanted to avoid Dallas, HOuston, and Utah.

Utah's PG Derron Williams is much stronger than Parker. Because of the size of the other players Parker will have to guard him, not Bowen. This presents the first problem. The second and third are Okur and Boozer. We have no one other than Duncan that can cover these guys and because Okur goes to the perimeter. Duncan will cover Boozer imo.

The good thing for the Spurs is that Utah also does not have a player that can bother Duncan ala Rasheed Wallace. Boozer is not long enough and Okur is too slow.

BTW. The San Antonio/Phoenix series was by far the best of any so far. That was very good basketball by both teams. Phoenix is on the cusp of making it to the finals. The Spurs MUST make some significant off season moves, even if they win the whole thing. Cant be the fat cat sitting back, always got to make your team better. I think this is more likely to happen if they lose, so ambivalent feelings about the outcome of this years playoffs exist in this fan's head.