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
I was very upset at halftime. I tried to calm down, play a little slower pace. Things started to go better.
For us it's good, because he's a great player, but we don't have much to do with it. It didn't hurt me. I said it after the game. But the league (watches) everything we do.
He was very important for them. He was getting blocks, rebounding, and intimidating.
I admire him probably the same way I did with (Michael) Jordan, ... But the difference was he was representing me with the Argentine jersey. That changes everything.
My teammates were very supportive. Then I just calmed down a little.
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.
The last 10, 15 games we've had some trouble on the boards, so we're putting a lot of emphasis on that.
I played more aggressively tonight with more pace and that was helpful to our effort. We moved the ball very well and attacked the basket very hard. It was similar to Game 1, but we finished at the rim. They are playing great basketball and we really have to respect them going into the next game.
I don't play like this because I want to look pretty, ... I think people can really see I love the game.
I appreciate it so much. It's one of the biggest treasures I have. I haven't looked at it for a while, but I think about it a lot, and I have a DVD of our games that I've watched two, three, four times.
I am not trying to rush anything right now. In the first quarter, I pushed my offensive (play). I just wanted to see where I am at now.
I couldn't believe it. When I saw he actually missed, I was trying to go for the board.
I couldn't believe it. When I passed the ball I was under the basket. My focus was on grabbing the rebound when it looked like the shot missed, then it hit the backboard and went in.
I'm glad we got this one. I calmed down a little bit tonight. I was too frustrated in Game Four because of what happened in Game Three. Tonight, I forgot everything and I let the game come to me and that made it easier.