<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post"> DALLAS ? This wasn't Game 8. This doesn't change last spring, nor does it necessarily have much to do with next spring. But there were times when Dirk Nowitzki drove or pulled up for a jumper, and a new yet familiar figure entered this rivalry. Look at the skinny legs. Doesn't Francisco Elson look like a bigger Bruce Bowen? "In that way," said Tim Duncan, smiling, "yes." Look at what happened, too. With Elson on Nowitzki and Bowen irritating Josh Howard, the Spurs did something in the second half they rarely did against Dallas in the playoffs. They played like themselves. This is what the Spurs hoped for when they signed Elson ? a big Bruce to go with the original. Both players didn't make too much of the win. Both have been around, and Bowen, in particular, can see the work ahead. He draws LeBron James tonight in San Antonio. </div> Source
