There have been more snow days in San Antonio over the last two decades than there have been times Tim Duncan has started a game on the bench. But a team that demands lineup adjustments like the Golden State Warriors might come around once every Ice Age.
The Spurs elected to start Boris Diaw over their 39-year-old big man (a young man in Andre Miller’s eyes) to combat the Andrew Bogut-less Golden State Warriors, and it paid off — though it came with a fairly startling reality: Should we be so lucky to see these teams face off in the Western Conference Finals, Duncan may be unplayable in any small-ball lineup.