Courtside | San Antonio Express-News Some quick, early-morning thoughts on the upcoming brawl between the Spurs and Memphis in the Western Conference Finals: * They split the season series 2-2, with both teams taking overtime victories, the Spurs blowing Memphis out and the Grizzlies edging San Antonio in a game lacking Tim Duncan and Manu Ginobili. (Considering the variances in [...]
San Antonio Spurs May 16, 2013Courtside | San Antonio Express-News Tim Duncan, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili have long since established themselves as one of the best, most accomplished trios in NBA history. They proved why yet again on Tuesday, winning their 93rd playoff game together to move into a tie for second on the all-time list, per ESPN Stats and Information. All-time playoff victories, [...]
San Antonio Spurs May 15, 2013Courtside | San Antonio Express-News SAN FRANCISCO — Spurs guard Manu Ginobili has a bold prediction for Game 3 of the Western Conference semfinals tonight at Oracle Arena. “Chances are if we go down 20,” Ginobili said, “we aren’t going to win.” The Spurs trailed by 18 points in their Game 1 double-overtime win over Golden State. They couldn’t quite [...]
San Antonio Spurs May 10, 2013
Pounding The Rock Tony Parker hands the ball off to Manu Ginobili who came fresh off the bench. Parker would cut around a few defenders and thanks to Ginobili's bat vision, he predicts where he would be and gets Parker a wide open look under the rim.
San Antonio Spurs April 28, 2013
Pounding The Rock Opening Hash I'll keep the Opening Hash short and sweet - Manu Ginobili and Matt Bonner are crushing the Los Angeles Lakers bench. Through two games, the Spurs veteran duo has out performed the entire Lakers bench in nearly every column of the stat sheet. Ginobili has 8 more assists and 2 more made three-pointers than the Lakers' bench and is only 3 back in both points and rebounds. The Lakers bench has been a sore spot for the franchise for much of the past two seasons and, with several key players either missing or limping, will continue to assist in the downfall of the Gold and P...
San Antonio Spurs April 25, 2013Courtside | San Antonio Express-News By Jeff McDonald, Staff Writer Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said after Sunday’s Game 1 victory over the Lakers he would stay up all night worrying how guard Manu Ginobili’s body responded to its most significant workload in more than a month. Popovich, perhaps, could rest just a little easier Monday night. “I’m feeling good,” Ginobili [...]
San Antonio Spurs April 22, 2013Courtside | San Antonio Express-News Key Player Manu Ginobili The Spurs have gotten optimal Ginobili only sporadically this season as he struggled through injuries and inconsistency. He was at his game-changing best Sunday, pouring in 18 points in just 19 minutes. It was the highest point total in more than six weeks for Ginobili, who returned only four days ago [...]
San Antonio Spurs April 21, 2013
Pounding The Rock J. Gomez: The Big Three carried the Spurs to a victory over the Lakers in game one. Manu Ginobili and Tony Parker looked healthier than they have in a while and Tim Duncan more than held his own against Dwight Howard. The Lakers had Nash on their starting lineup but the Canadian point guard is still clearly ailing. The Spurs used the Lakers turnovers to get 17 fastbreak points and managed to only be down one on th rebounding battle. The better team won. Let's hope for a repeat performance on game two. Fred Silva will have the recap up soon # Commenter # Comments 1 sambunnell 218 ...
San Antonio Spurs April 21, 2013
Pounding The Rock With time winding down in the 1st half of the Lakers @ Spurs game 1 of the 2013 playoffs, Manu takes a nice pass from TP and converts the easy (for him) left handed layup, on the right side of the basket, to complete the fast break. Kawhi would've dunked that. Right?
San Antonio Spurs April 21, 2013
Pounding The Rock Late in the first quarter of Game 1 of Lakers @ Spurs first round playoffs series, Matt Bonner does not "shy" away from pressure and sinks a bucket off the excellent passing from Tiago Splitter and Manu Ginobili. Now just hit those 3s, Matty!
San Antonio Spurs April 21, 2013Courtside | San Antonio Express-News By Mike Monroe, Staff Writer Though happily surprised by his level of conditioning during a five-on-five scrimmage during the Spurs’ Friday practice session, veteran guard Manu Ginobili said he does not expect to be much of a scorer in the first few games of the team’s first-round playoff series against the Lakers. That doesn’t mean, [...]
San Antonio Spurs April 19, 2013
Golden State Of Mind The San Antonio Spurs walked into Oakland without Manu Ginobili, Tim Duncan and Tony Parker dressed. Patty Mills scored 34 points against a team starting Chris Wright, Mickell Gladness, Charles Jenkins and Jeremy Tyler. Mikki Moore played 29 minutes. When the game mercifully ended, streamers graced the air as if Dirk Nowitzki had fallen to the floor after the legendary 2007 playoff series loss. Fans were cheering, knowing full well the Warriors owned a chance to keep their beloved lottery pick. Stephen Curry and David Lee watched on the sideline, hobbled with season-ending injuries. ...
Golden State Warriors April 19, 2013Courtside | San Antonio Express-News By Jeff McDonald, Staff Writer Manu Ginobili was back and scrambling on the AT&T; Center. Late in the second quarter, the MVP-candidate version of Tony Parker made a cameo as well. Tim Duncan, was of course, Tim Duncan. If you knew where to look, even in the midst of a lopsided 108-95 loss to Minnesota [...]
San Antonio Spurs April 17, 2013Courtside | San Antonio Express-News It was hard for the Spurs to find much encouraging about Wednesday’s 108-95 season-ending loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves at the AT&T; Center, but the return of veteran guard Manu Ginobili was plenty enough. After missing nine games with a strained right hamstring sustained in the first quarter March 29 against the Clippers, Ginobili entered [...]
San Antonio Spurs April 17, 2013CBSSports.com Fantasy Spurs guard Manu Ginobili saw his first action Wednesday night against Minnesota after missing nine straight games and the majority of a 10th with a strained right hamstring. Ginobili was just playing to shake off the rust before the playoffs, as he saw just 12 minutes of actions in the team's season finale. He scored two points with two assists and two turnovers, in a 108-95 loss.
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