Tonights loss at Utah only reaffirms one thing for the Spurs: One of the few things left for the the defending champs to prove, winning back to back titles, will likely elude them yet again. 

After the loss I decided to look back at their schedule and was pretty horrified at what I saw.  The Spurs have not had a quality win since December 7th.  No, I don't consider beating the Bynum-less Lakers last week a quality win.  So taking that win out of the mix it has been   over 7 weeks since the Spurs have beat a team with a winning record.  After discovering this very alarming stat I decided to see how many quality wins, that is beating teams with winning records, the Spurs have had on the road so far.  To my chagrin I found that the last quality win the Spurs registered on the road was...well...the 2007 NBA Finals in Cleveland. 

Thats right the Spurs have yet to beat a quality team on the road this season.  They beat the Hornets at home on November 9th, if you can call any win that early in the year a quality win.

The traditional Rodeo road trip will be probably more critical than ever this year.  The Spurs during the Tim Duncan era don't typically start playing their best basketball until February and March, but this season might be unlike any other during Duncan's tenure.  The Spurs have to prove to themselves that they can beat a winning team on the road.  With a game against the Suns looming on Thursday they will get that chance very soon.