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NBA Rumors – San Antonio Spurs Will Keep Manu Ginobili After the Season
Despite hitting free agency at the end of this season, no one is mentioning Manu Ginobili in links with other teams except for the San Antonio Spurs, because hardly anyone thinks there’s a chance he’ll end up playing anywhere else.
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Tony Allen Forces Overtime and a Flagrant Foul on Manu Ginobili by Flopping
There are two kinds of flopping – acting like you’ve been fouled when there wasn’t any contact at all, or exaggerating a minor physical contact. Tony Allen was fouled by Manu Ginobili, by pretty much shamed himself by rolling on the ground like someone shot him in the head. It lead to a four point play that sent the Memphis Grizzlies and the San Antonio Spurs into overtime, where the Spurs won and took a 2-0 lead.
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San Antonio Spurs – Kawhi Leonard & Tiago Splitter Shine Instead of Tony Parker, Manu Ginobili & Tim Duncan
While the San Antonio Spurs have figured out how to stop Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson, getting their big three going all at one has been a bit more difficult in the playoffs. So while Tim Duncan was benched in crunch time and the Tony Parker – Manu Ginobili tandem proved to be on one of their worst days this season, Kawhi Leonard and Tiago Splitter proved there’s plenty of depth behind the old, beaten up names.
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San Antonio Spurs – Tim Duncan, Manu Ginobili & Tony Parker Messed Up in the Clutch
It’s usually about the San Antonio Spurs being better than everyone when their big three are playing together, especially when they’re all healthy and ready to go. But in game 4 of the Western conference semifinals, the intensity and physicality of the game seemed to be a bit too much for Tim Duncan, Manu Ginobili and Tony Parker, all disappointing as the team collapsed in the final 10 minutes of a game they had in their hands.
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San Antonio Spurs – Tim Duncan Forgotten in the Fourth Quarter
While Tim Duncan isn’t having the easiest of time so far in the Western Conference semifinals, completely forgetting about the number one reason the San Antonio Spurs are four-time NBA champions in the fourth quarter might have been the biggest mistake Gregg Popovich, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili made in their game 2 loss.
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Gregg Popovich is the Coolest Head Coach in the NBA
Who other than Gregg Popovich will smile during an interview before a fourth quarter of a playoff game, with his San Antonio Spurs down by 12 against the Golden State Warriors? Probably no one, although David Aldridge did help him on that one. When it came to talking about Manu Ginobili hitting the game winning shot, it was all him though.
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Manu Ginobili Shines & Stephen Curry Doesn’t in the Clutch
Sometimes history is stronger than anything else: The Golden State Warriors haven’t been able to beat the San Antonio Spurs in Texas for over 16 years, so even a huge performance for most of the game by Stephen Curry eventually gets subdued by the wonderful Kawhi Leonard, while Manu Ginobili on an awful shooting night comes up with the winning shot to keep things in order.
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San Antonio Spurs – The Final Nail in the Lakers Coffin
It seems like the San Antonio Spurs kept improving as the series went on, while their rivals sank into great despair with their chances slowly being eliminated off the board. Tony Parker and Tim Duncan didn’t need to play for most of the second half as the Los Angeles Lakers failed to show up for the two home games in the series, getting swept in the most humiliating fashion, barely putting up a fight.
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San Antonio Spurs – Abusing a Helpless Team
The San Antonio Spurs don’t have to be at their best to make this first round series a pretty easy one to get through, with an opposition that’s not really the deepest team around. Tim Duncan and Manu Ginobili don’t have to give it their all, while Tony Parker is healthy enough once again to shoulder the load, especially in the crucial minutes to create enough separation to get by.
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Manu Ginobili Doesn’t Let Injury Get in the Way of Beating the Los Angeles Lakers
The San Antonio Spurs are usually known for their passing game and offensive fluidity, but in the postseason opener against the Los Angeles Lakers, it was about their defense, forcing the Lakers to try and win the game from the outside, and a resurgent and hopefully long-term healthy Manu Ginobili with some special moments of basketball that led them to take a 1-0 lead in the series.