BTW his (Bowen's) major defensive assignment in the Kings series was Artest. It was Ginobili/Finley that couldn't stop Bonzi. And the majority of Bonzi's damage wasn't done in the set offense but on broken plays & offensive boards.
Artest is hardly what you might call an offensive threat. His shooting percentage attests to that. Plus, you have to think that matching up Bowen with Artest was criminal. Ron could crush a guy like Bowen without even knowing he was around.
Wells, on the other hand, is closer in size to Bowen, but it did not matter who the Spurs put on him...Ginobili, Finley, Bowen....none of them were strong enough to contain the motivated Wells in that series.
On the other hand, the Kings were at a lost containing Parker and Duncan, but they made this series much more interesting because of the way they attacked the rim on offense with near impunity. Bowen was hardly the factor he was against everyone else the Spurs played in the playoffs last year, when you heard his name being mentioned constantly with his work on defense. If he got mentioned in the Kings/Spurs series, it was about him being left wincing behind Bonzi or Artest, both of whom looked to be gleefully bashing Bruce all over the court.