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Yes it was a old fashion texas beat down!
It took him long enough but he gave praise in his Daily Dime article: http://espn.go.com/nba/dailydime/_/p...-historic-rise
Here's a nice excerpt:
Duncan, Tony Parkerand Manu Ginobili outlasted the Shaq-Kobe Lakers, then reached two NBA Finals since the last time Kobe and Pau Gasolwon a playoff game. The Spurs quelled the Seven Seconds or Less basketball revolution in Phoenix. And now they have exacted vengeance on the Miami Heat, the only team that could claim a victory over them in the NBA Finals.
Seven years after their most recent championship, long after we figured they were through, the Spurs sprinted to the finish. By the time the clock hit zero on their 104-87 victory in Game 5, the Spurs had outscored the Heat by 70 points over the course of the series, the biggest point differential in NBA Finals history.
Yes it was a old fashion texas beat down!
Ginobili was the one who had to give up the minutes and the status to make it work, primarily coming off the bench as a Spur.
"I don't think it was a big sacrifice," Ginobili said. "Maybe the first time it was a little painful on your ego, then you understand. And the way that we played when I got on the court, I started to feel, 'OK, this may be good.' Because when I get in, Tony and Tim were out and all the plays were for me. And I started to feel confident in that role.
"I really believed Pop and the thought we were better like that. Once that happened. Now I'm a backup and I enjoy it and I don't even want to start."
It sounds like Ginobili embodies the Spurs. Well, actually ...
"We embody him," Buford said. "He's given us the personality. He and Pop and Tim and Tony are a great fit, but we're the beneficiaries of what he's given us."
He picked the spurs to win the le in the beginning of the season.
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