It’s an easy-going kind of night for the defending champions San Antonio Spurs when the most pathetic team in all of basketball – the Philadelphia 76ers – is their opponent.
Even if it’s on the road.
With the 76ers not having won a single game heading into Monday’s contest, it was easy for Gregg Popovich to sit out Tim Duncan (rest) and Tony Parker (rib). Manu Ginobili did play, but only saw 13 minutes despite having a hot shooting night, scoring 14 points on four-of-eight shooting from the field. In fact, Popovich elected not to use Ginobili in crunch time even when the game was uncomfortably close in the fourth quarter. Predictably, though, the Spurs won behind a monster performance from Kawhi Leonard, who had 26 points, 10 rebounds and four assists to lead his team to a 109-103 victory.
Not as into the game as he could have been was Boris Diaw, who had a pedestrian five points, four rebounds and three assists. Through much of the game, the versatile power forward looked mostly disinterested and let his teammates have all the fun. His best highlight? This coast-to-coast drive to the basket, via Ginobili’s youtube account:
I can’t believe that there are people that still call @theborisdiaw “SlomoBobo”! Blazing fast! #TheFlash #BlurryBobo http://t.co/rUPoN7f9f5
— Manu Ginobili (@manuginobili) December 2, 2014
On a side note, who knew Ginobili had a youtube account?? Needless to say, you should hit the subscribe button if you haven’t.
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