Manu Ginobili News

Todd Wyckoff , son Cory, daughter Dusti Wyckoff and wife Polly have a Spurs-themed room where they can watch games.

The towels are showing up all around Memphis. They hang over neighborhood signs and even at a door to St.

May 15, 2013 - Memphis Grizzlies guard Tony Allen during Game 5 at Oklahoma City.

The San Antonio Spurs have been a model of consistency since Gregg Popovich took over as head coach and the franchise drafted Tim Duncan.

May 16, 2013; Chicago, IL, USA; Glen Rice Jr is interviewed during the NBA Draft combine at Harrison Street Athletics Facility.

Tim Duncan made first-team All-NBA for the first time in six years, while Tony Parker was named to the second team.

San Antonio Spurs' Tim Duncan, Manu Ginobili and Tony Parker celebrate after the Spurs defeated the Memphis Grizzlies in overtime to win Game 2 of their NBA Western Conference final playoff basketball series in San Antonio, Texas, on May 21, 2013.

The San Antonio Spurs found that out Tuesday, but they received enough from Tony Parker and Tim Duncan to record a hard-fought win.

For the first 36 minutes, game two of the San Antonio-Memphis series looked like an instant replay of game one : the Spurs led 51-37 at halftime of game one and extended that margin to 73-57 by the end of the third quarter; they led 46-31 at halftime of game two and still led 76-64 entering the fourth quarter.

I was asked on a radio interview yesterday what went wrong with the Grizzlies in San Antonio on Sunday afternoon.

The beauty of San Antonio's offense is its effortless appearance, as if the players aren't so much forcing the ball to another player but rather guiding it along to its next natural stop until it reaches its final destination, the hoop.

It's good strategy for a small forward whose career three-point accuracy in the playoffs is better than that of Ray Allen, Stephen Curry and Steve Nash.

Manu Ginobili has been one of the most exciting players in the NBA for the past decade, and has helped the San Antonio Spurs win three championships in that time.

Mike Conley wouldn't let Zach Randolph take the blame for the Memphis Grizzlies' blowout loss in Game 1 of the Western Conference finals.

But they did get repeatedly name-dropped Saturday by the San Antonio Spurs, which made sense considering the frontcourt duo the Spurs face in this round of the playoffs somewhat resembles the Lakers' tandem they quickly dispatched in the first round.

Danny Green failed to step up quickly enough on a pick, allowing Golden State's Stephen Curry to hit an open 3-pointer. The roar of the Oracle Arena crowd Thursday night was nothing compared to Tony Parker's tirade at Green over the defensive lapse.

The San Antonio Spurs closed out their series against the Golden State Warriors last night in Oakland.

The Miami Heat have LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh. The Spurs have dominated for years with the trio of Tim Duncan, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili.

Let's get the "Arghh" out of the way first. The national narrative of the series will likely go that the Spurs ' savvy veteran experience won the day - that it wasn't quite our kids' time - but I can't shake the nagging feeling that the series was right there for the taking.

San Antonio Spurs guard Manu Ginobili will not participate in the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualifiers according to Team Argentina head coach Julio Lamas .