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 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.
There was no time to hesitate, ... I saw Martin coming so I tried to get the ball up high.
I was very upset at halftime. I tried to calm down, play a little slower pace. Things started to go better.
I just calmed down a bit. I was too frustrated in Game 4 because of what happened in Game 3. I tried to forget everything and play more calm, letting things come to me. I didn't force the issue.
I?m sure they?re going nuts, ... I just tried to be in the right spot.
Probably if Ron is there, I score less points. But then somebody else is going to go off, like Tony (Parker) did in Game 1. We're confident in our scoring. We know how to move the ball and find the open man.
We played the whole playoff thinking they were not shooters.
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 playing like my head wasn't ready after what happened on Friday.
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.
We know that these two teams ... you can't stop playing for four or five minutes. It's a big mistake.
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.