San Antonio and Phoenix may be the best two teams in the NBA's Western Conference. So it's sort of a shame that they have to face each other in the first round of the Western Conference playoffs.
This evening, in a game that went into double overtime, San Antonio rallied from a double figure second half deficit to beat Phoenix 117-115 in game one of their first round Western Conference playoff series.
San Antonio's Tim Duncan sent the game to the first overtime period by hitting a wide open three point shot -- Duncan's first three pointer of the season -- at the end of regulation. Duncan finished with 40 points and 15 rebounds.
But it was Manu Ginobili took the game over for San Antonio in both of the extra periods. Ginobili kept taking the ball to the basket (and right at Phoenix's Shaquille O'Neal) and kept making his signature off balance left handed layups. One such off balance left handed layup -- over Phoenix's Raja Bell with 1.8 seconds left in the second overtime -- put San Antonio up for good.
Ginobili finished with 24 points, 19 of which came after halftime.
The two teams will resume the series on Tuesday night.
Note to Phoenix: Ginobili likes to go to his left.
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Them professionals be wantin to be playin them student ball. Uh huh. Uh huh. Them overpaid professionals be sinnin and ruinin them ball games for them kids. Butler be puttin and end to that. One day we gonna be cuttin down them nets!!!!!
This will be a helluva series. I think San Antonio will come out of the west. The Lakers may give them a scare but that´s about it.
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