Manu Ginobili
Manu Ginobili
Emanuel David "Manu" Ginóbili Maccariis an Argentine professional basketball player for the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association. Coming from a family of professional basketball players, he is a member of the Argentine men's national basketball team and the San Antonio Spurs in the National Basketball Association. Hailed as one of the finest international players to grace the NBA, he plays a high-tempo and intense game. He is one of only two players, along with Bill Bradley, to...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth28 July 1977
CityBuenos Aires, Argentina
Of course they miss a great player in Ron tonight because of his defense, but we scored a lot of points, too. I made the shots that I could in the offense. We move the ball and we really don't care who scores.
It has happened so many times that teams without their best player really step up and start playing better. It doesn't mean that it was automatic with Steve not playing that we were going to blow them out.
I learned how to play against players better than me.
I thought they were going to take some time. But Avery's been doing a great job. Everyone knows their roles and they're rolling.
I saw that they were too close, ... He lost control of the ball for a moment. It was a good play by Jack, and I was able to steal it.
We played the whole playoff thinking they were not shooters.
Our season is starting in a couple of days. The last 10 games, you just wanted the regular season to finish and get ready for the excitement. The atmosphere changes in one second.
I struggled in the first quarter. I don't know if I was nervous or rusty. I didn't play well. . . . I was very upset at halftime. I tried to clam down and play a little slower and things started to go better.
I struggled in the first half. I was very upset, I just tried to play with more energy.
My teammates were very supportive. Then I just calmed down a little.
The ankle felt good, but it took a while to get going. The more important thing is how it feels (Sunday). I was a little tentative out there because I was worrying about stepping on somebody's foot.
That's three great shooters that can change the game in couple of minutes. We're going to be dangerous. It's going to be good as long as we are smart, we keep the aggressiveness for 48 minutes and everybody thinks for the better of the team.
I was trying to get it to the rim before, but I just couldn't make a shot. In the fourth quarter, I started with the dunk, and the whole game changed for me in those couple of minutes.
It felt like yesterday we were playing in the Finals, ... I didn't think it was so long ago. We had all the plays fresh in our minds.