duncan228
04-25-2008, 03:44 PM
http://blogs.mysanantonio.com/weblogs/courtside/archives/2008/04/jeff_mcdonald_e_1.html
Jeff McDonald: 'Everybody's going to play,' says Pop
PHOENIX -- Manu Ginobili is bothered by a sore ankle and a sore groin. Tony Parker can add a sore toe to his growing list of maladies.
Neither will be hampered enough to sit when the ball goes up for Game 3 tonight.
"Everybody's going to play," Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said after this morning's shootaround. "People get banged up, that sort of thing. By this time of year, everybody's got a bump or a bruise to deal with."
Parker is averaging 29 points in this series so far. Ginobili is scoring 26.5. So, yeah, their presence is kind of important for the Spurs' chances at taking Game 3 at U.S. Airways Center.
Ginobili entered the postseason with a not-quite-right groin, and jammed his ankle in Game 1. The Spurs weren't sure he'd be able to go in Game 2. He did, and responded with 29 points.
Parker, meanwhile, has taken the brunt of the blunt-force trauma in this series.
He absorbed a knee to the head in Game 1, courtesy of Amare Stoudemire. A Game 2 run-in with Shaquille O'Neal left Parker with a sore shoulder and thigh. Another collision with the Big Cactus gave Parker a jammed big toe.
Asked after shootaround what hurt him the most, Parker laughed and said, "Everything."
But these are the playoffs, a time in which sore is a way of life. At least Parker can look on the bright side. His dings bought him two days off from practice, and some extra time on the massage table.
Meanwhile, Phoenix's Grant Hill sounds like he's going to give it a go again tonight. A day after he seemed like a dead man not walking, laid up with a strained groin that won't heal, Hill said this morning he plans to play.
Jeff McDonald: 'Everybody's going to play,' says Pop
PHOENIX -- Manu Ginobili is bothered by a sore ankle and a sore groin. Tony Parker can add a sore toe to his growing list of maladies.
Neither will be hampered enough to sit when the ball goes up for Game 3 tonight.
"Everybody's going to play," Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said after this morning's shootaround. "People get banged up, that sort of thing. By this time of year, everybody's got a bump or a bruise to deal with."
Parker is averaging 29 points in this series so far. Ginobili is scoring 26.5. So, yeah, their presence is kind of important for the Spurs' chances at taking Game 3 at U.S. Airways Center.
Ginobili entered the postseason with a not-quite-right groin, and jammed his ankle in Game 1. The Spurs weren't sure he'd be able to go in Game 2. He did, and responded with 29 points.
Parker, meanwhile, has taken the brunt of the blunt-force trauma in this series.
He absorbed a knee to the head in Game 1, courtesy of Amare Stoudemire. A Game 2 run-in with Shaquille O'Neal left Parker with a sore shoulder and thigh. Another collision with the Big Cactus gave Parker a jammed big toe.
Asked after shootaround what hurt him the most, Parker laughed and said, "Everything."
But these are the playoffs, a time in which sore is a way of life. At least Parker can look on the bright side. His dings bought him two days off from practice, and some extra time on the massage table.
Meanwhile, Phoenix's Grant Hill sounds like he's going to give it a go again tonight. A day after he seemed like a dead man not walking, laid up with a strained groin that won't heal, Hill said this morning he plans to play.