The Argentina squad is no slouch, boasting NBA stalwarts Manu Ginobili, Luis Scola and Carlos Delfino.
Tony Parker, the Spurs' point guard, threw an underhanded pass to Manu Ginobili on the right wing.
The Spurs drafted Argentinean guard Manu Ginobili, for example, in 1999 but didn't sign him until three years later.
The Heat have two southpaws (Chris Bosh and Joel Anthony), the Spurs one (Manu Ginobili) and the Pacers none.
San Antonio played without Tim Duncan and Manu Ginobili, and the Pistons led by as many as 21 points in the second quarter.
Specifically, Tim Duncan, Tony Parker, Manu Ginobili, and Danny Green were identified as the players who were sent home in the Class Action Complaint filed by McGuinness.
The Money Train is what the San Antonio Spurs ran up against when they decided to rest the aging Tim Duncan, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili versus Miami.
Of course there are Duncan's familiar colleagues, Manu Ginobili and Tony Parker, the latter of whom scored 37 points earlier this week to demolish the Memphis Grizzlies and complete a four-game sweep.
Not only did the Spurs reel off a 24-15 second-quarter run, outscore the Nets by 16 in the third, and by 15 in the fourth they also did it without center Tim Duncan (knee) and shooting guard Manu Ginobili (hamstring).
In the Stern era, players such as Hakeem Olajuwon (Nigeria), Dikembe Mutombo (Congo), Dirk Nowitzki (Germany), Manu Ginobili (Argentina), Pau Gasol (Spain), Vlade Divac (Serbia) and Steve Nash (Canada), among many others, became not only stars but respected ambassadors.
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Four of the top players on the Spurs roster (Tim Duncan, Tony Parker, Manu Ginobili and Danny Green) failed to even make the trip with their team to Miami, and opted instead to fly to San Antonio for some early season rest.
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Danny Green added 14 points and Tiago Splitter had 13 for the Spurs, who were again without Tim Duncan and Manu Ginobili because of injuries as they beat the Nets for the fifth straight time and 19th in the last 20 meetings.
But Thursday night, Popovich and the Spurs stuck it to the NBA and commissioner David Stern by having its three stars, Duncan, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili, plus starting guard Danny Green sent home to San Antonio to rest, while the remaining Spurs faced off against the Miami Heat in a nationally televised game from Miami.
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