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05-23-2008, 07:34 PM
San Antonio feels the need for speed after Game One
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San Antonio Spurs Coach Gregg Popovich strolled into his media session Thursday and when a cameraman shined a light a tad too bright, he recoiled and shielded his eyes. He was momentarily blinded and asked the cameraman to dim them. The cameraman obliged. For a moment, Popovich was kind of like his Spurs during the second half of Wednesday's Game 1 in the Western Conference finals. Only the Los Angeles Lakers never turned off the lights once they started making a 20-point Spurs' margin disappear.
"We were too slow down the stretch," guard Manu Ginobili said. "We did things great for a good part of the game and then kind of stopped and [watched] them play better and better. That's the part that hurts. We would all love to have that opportunity again — to be up 20 with 15 minutes to go."
To that end, the Spurs said they would look to speed things up in tonight's Game 2 at Staples Center, while looking to get point guard Tony Parker freed out of traps. The Spurs did not practice Thursday, instead opting to watch film and rest some aching bodies. And to find a quick prescription for insomnia.
"We have to forget it," Parker said. "If not, there's nothing that's going to help us for Game 2."
Source: Los Angeles Times
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San Antonio Spurs Coach Gregg Popovich strolled into his media session Thursday and when a cameraman shined a light a tad too bright, he recoiled and shielded his eyes. He was momentarily blinded and asked the cameraman to dim them. The cameraman obliged. For a moment, Popovich was kind of like his Spurs during the second half of Wednesday's Game 1 in the Western Conference finals. Only the Los Angeles Lakers never turned off the lights once they started making a 20-point Spurs' margin disappear.
"We were too slow down the stretch," guard Manu Ginobili said. "We did things great for a good part of the game and then kind of stopped and [watched] them play better and better. That's the part that hurts. We would all love to have that opportunity again — to be up 20 with 15 minutes to go."
To that end, the Spurs said they would look to speed things up in tonight's Game 2 at Staples Center, while looking to get point guard Tony Parker freed out of traps. The Spurs did not practice Thursday, instead opting to watch film and rest some aching bodies. And to find a quick prescription for insomnia.
"We have to forget it," Parker said. "If not, there's nothing that's going to help us for Game 2."
Source: Los Angeles Times