Above all else, the Spurs showed why they are championship caliber in the Sac/SA game on Sunday.
While, for some reason, I have heard that not all Spurs fans are happy with Popovich's coaching all the time, after what I heard from someone who was behind the Spurs bench at that game completely negates those opinions once and for all. Popovich does not allow ANY negative play from his squad, period. All he yells at his players when he perceives they committed an error, is something along the lines of "That is NOT championship caliber ball!!" This is November and he is yelling about the championship now. He won't allow any deviance from his team concept of play.
Also, with his players having played together for some years now, there is no question these guys "get it". The Kings stayed with them for most of two quarters, but once the Spurs realyzed Duncan was free to dominate the paint, that was all she wrote. Without Miller, the Kings could only throw out to defend him Sharif Abdur-Rahim, who at 6'9", was no match on defense.
You have to be impressed with this team, and in the watered down NBA these days, they have little to distract them, especially in the West.