March, the 6th, the San Antonio Spurs went to Memphis to play against playoff contender, at the time, Grizzlies, won the game but lost Tony Parker for the remainder of the regular season with a broken bone in his right hand at the end of the first half. Parker was never healthy this season. Most people forget but he underwent surgery during the summer to repair a high ankle sprain while playing for the French national team. Parker has also battle plantar fasciitis in his left foot and those with knowledge of the world of sports know by now that the prescription for it is extended rest.
Without his main ball handler and second leading scorer, Gregg Poppovic, who struggled to find a reliable lineup for the entire season, decided to keep it simple and turned his hopes to old closer and difference maker Manu Ginóbili. With no Parker to monopolize the ball and control the slow pace of the game, San Antonio hasn’t presented a new offense, they still play slow (tied for 21st on the league in pace), but now every possession passes through the hands of Ginóbili and the Spurs go as he goes.
Tags: manu ginobili, richard jefferson, spurs, tim duncan, tony parker
