<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post"> PORTLAND, Ore. ? The Spurs gave Tony Parker the previous two games off to rest his sore left hip, though it was hard to tell who benefited more from his layoff: Parker? Or Beno Udrih? With Parker watching from the bench Tuesday, Udrih helped rescue the Spurs, making two 3-pointers in the fourth quarter, including the go-ahead one with 1:07 remaining. Spurs coach Gregg Popovich sat Parker for all but the first minute of the second half of the team's 99-94 victory, instead using Jacque Vaughn and Udrih down the stretch. Udrih scored 12 and 14 points in the two games Parker missed, averaging three assists and three rebounds. He totaled 49 minutes, one more than in the previous 10 games combined. "The first two, three minutes I was out there, I was trying to get my wind," he said of the previous two games. "But I felt pretty good. I wasn't worrying about making turnovers or anything. I just tried to stay aggressive." Since Jacque Vaughn took over the backup point guard job in late January, Udrih had played more than 12 minutes just twice, and almost all of those came long after the game was decided. </div> Source I'm glad Popovich's favorite whipping boy is finally getting a chance to play. I've always been a fan of Udrih.
