'Never leave your man,' coaches preach to defenders, especially when guarding shooters. Mark Jackson should've told his players never leave Manu, either. Manu Ginobli, wide open, took a cross-court inbounds pass and connected on a three-pointer with 1.2 seconds left in the second overtime period, of what was the second multiple-overtime game of the playoffs, to complete a Spurs comeback Monday.The Spurs rallied from 16-points down to send it to OT numero uno, while the Warriors wasted a 44-point night and 22-point third quarter from Stephen Curry. The Warriors are, in tennis terms, love-30, since Love Day 1997, on the Spurs home floor. Never mind remembering the Alamo, does anyone actually recall the last time the Warriors won in San Antonio? Think it's no big deal that Curry was in elementary school and Tim Duncan in college? What if we told you Notorious B.I.G. was still alive in those days*? And if you wanted to own his music back then, you had to get off your duff, go to Sam Goody and buy a damn compact disc (look it up, you ignorant iTuners).
Ginobli, 4-19 before his final shot, resembled Lauryn Hill's (also popular in 1997) tax returns: mostly missing. "I went from trading him on the spot to wanting to cook him breakfast," Gregg Popovich reflected, on his roller coaster of emotions, referring to Ginobli's bad miss beyond the arc just 42-seconds before his winner. "I'll have an omelet with mushrooms," Ginobli cracked back, egging his coach on^. Both could joke because things turned out sunny-side up for the Spurs.
*Did we just "Hypnotize" you with that fact?
^Tony Parker has put in an order for crepes.
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