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Ginobili scores 26 as Spurs strike first in West finals
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May 29, 2012, Tuesday
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MANU Ginobili scored a playoff-high 26 points as the San Antonio Spurs won their 19th game in a row to equal the NBA record for longest winning streak kept alive in the playoffs, beating the Thunder 101-98 in the Western Conference finals opener on Sunday.
Obeying orders snarled by their coach in a fourth-quarter timeout to play "nasty," the Spurs erased a nine-point deficit that stunned the Thunder, who had looked on their way to finally kicking the perception that they're the underdog.
Kevin Durant led the Thunder with 27 points. Russell Westbrook had 17.
"I talked to them about they've got to get a little bit uglier, get a little more nasty, play with more fiber and take it to these guys," Gregg Popovich said. "Meaning you have to drive it, you have to shoot it."
And when they started doing just that, the Thunder couldn't keep up.
The 2001 Lakers are the only other team to carry a winning streak this long in the playoffs, and they did so on their way to a championship.
Game 2 is tonight.
The Spurs matched the fourth-longest streak in NBA history, and with one more will become just the fourth team to surpass 20.
Tim Duncan had 16 points and 11 rebounds, and Tony Parker shook off a dismal start to finish with 18 points. But it was Ginobili who steered the Spurs to strike first in a highly anticipated matchup of the West's top two teams for practically the entire regular season.
Obeying orders snarled by their coach in a fourth-quarter timeout to play "nasty," the Spurs erased a nine-point deficit that stunned the Thunder, who had looked on their way to finally kicking the perception that they're the underdog.
Kevin Durant led the Thunder with 27 points. Russell Westbrook had 17.
"I talked to them about they've got to get a little bit uglier, get a little more nasty, play with more fiber and take it to these guys," Gregg Popovich said. "Meaning you have to drive it, you have to shoot it."
And when they started doing just that, the Thunder couldn't keep up.
The 2001 Lakers are the only other team to carry a winning streak this long in the playoffs, and they did so on their way to a championship.
Game 2 is tonight.
The Spurs matched the fourth-longest streak in NBA history, and with one more will become just the fourth team to surpass 20.
Tim Duncan had 16 points and 11 rebounds, and Tony Parker shook off a dismal start to finish with 18 points. But it was Ginobili who steered the Spurs to strike first in a highly anticipated matchup of the West's top two teams for practically the entire regular season.
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