After leading the league in defense by a wide margin, San Antonio has just been decent recently -- the PtR staff take on this issue and more in this week's installment of In The Bonus.
1 - The Spurs' defense has been mediocre in recent weeks. Are the absences of Duncan and Leonard the only reason why that's happened?
Michael Erler: There's lots of reasons, from the absences of their best two defensive players to a tougher schedule against some of the better offensive teams to the team just being in a bit of a rut.