Ginobili's 40 boost Spurs: Guard scores 24-straight to help sink Hawks
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Web Posted: 02/21/2007
10:49 PM CST
Johnny Ludden
Express-News
ATLANTA —
Manu Ginobili scored a season-high 40 points, including 24 in a row during one first-half stretch, and
Tim Duncan added 30 as the
Spurs held off the Atlanta Hawks 103-96 Wednesday night at Philips Arena for their fourth consecutive victory.
亚特兰大—
Manu Ginobili取得赛季最高的40分,其中有24分是在上半场连续得到的,
Tim Duncan拿下30分,周三的夜晚,马刺在飞利浦球馆以1-3比96击败老鹰,取得四连胜。
The
Spurs blew a 14-point lead in the second half, but stayed composed in the fourth quarter.
Brent Barry added 18 points, including a key 3-pointer late in the game.
马刺在下半场领先14分的情况下被对手追平,但他们在第四节又再次稳住阵脚。
Brent Barry获得18分,其中包括第四节的一记关键三分。
Joe Johnson led the Hawks with 30 points and Zaza Pachulia had 23.
Joe Johnson拿下球队最高的30分,Zaza Pachulia取得23分。
Ginobili's total was the most by a Spur this season and matched his second highest with the team. The only time he scored more was when he went for 48 in an overtime victory against Phoenix on Jan. 21, 2005.
40分也是马刺队本赛季的最高球员得分纪录,这也是Ginobili来马刺后的第二高分。第一高分是在2005年1月21日加时赛战胜太阳时取得的48分。
Both teams had played the previous night and looked like they were playing on heavy legs. Ginobili was one of the few exceptions.
双方在前一天晚上都有比赛,所以大部分球员看起来都显得很疲劳。而Ginobili则是少数的例外之一。
After checking into the game midway through the first quarter, Ginobili finished an acrobatic drive with 2:27 left for his first basket. It wouldn't be his last.
第一节中段替补登场,在离首节比赛结束还有2分27秒时Ginobili杂耍式的上篮取得了第一分。显然这不会是最后一分。
Ginobili followed with two more layups and a pair of free throws to give him the Spurs' final eight points of the quarter. And he was only warming up.
接着Ginobili又连续两次上篮成功并且两次罚球全部命中,马刺第一节的最后8分均来自Manu。然而这只不过是他小试身手热热身罢了。
Ginobili opened the second quarter by driving for a three-point play. Then he followed with a pull-up in the lane. The next time down the floor, he raced to the basket, absorbed a bump from Josh Smith and flipped in a shot with his back almost turned to the basket.
第二节一开始Ginobili就上篮成功并且加罚一个,命中。接着在罚球线跳投,球进。下一个镜头是在底线,他运球冲到篮下,与Josh Smith撞在一起,在几乎是背对篮圈的情况下抛投得分。
At one point, Ginobili had outscored the Hawks 24-23 by himself.
这一刻,Ginobili凭一己之力以24比23战胜老鹰(Manu连续得到24分,老鹰全队在这段时间才得到23分)。
Spurs point guard
Tony Parker, who had made only one of his previous 10 shots, drilled a 20-footer to hike the Spurs' lead to 91-82 with 3:51 left. Waiting at the scorer's table to check in, Ginobili pumped his fist in celebration. After Atlanta closed within five, Barry hit a clutch 3-pointer and Parker followed with a fast-break layup.
马刺控卫
Tony Parker前十次出手只命中一球,但在离全场比赛结束还有3分51秒时,他投中一记20英尺开外的跳投,使马刺以91比82领先。在记录台前等待着上场的Ginobili挥动拳头以示庆祝。当老鹰队将比分迫近到5分时,Barry投进一记关键的3分,接着Parker在快攻中上篮得分。
Duncan's tip-in at the second-quarter buzzer gave
Spurs a 52-43 lead at the half.
第二节结束哨响起前Duncan补篮得分,使马刺在上半场以52比43领先。
Perhaps feeling the effects of a long All-Star weekend, Parker labored as much as he has all season. He had just two points and three fouls in 10 first-half minutes, and Popovich began the third quarter with
Jacque Vaughn on the floor in Parker's place.
也许是稍显漫长的全明星周末的影响,Parker显得很疲惫,像打了一个赛季似的。上半场出场10分钟,他只得到2分,还有3次犯规,第三节开始,Popovich用
Jacque Vaughn替补Parker上场。
Atlanta trailed by 14 with less than seven minutes left in the third quarter. But with Parker unable to hit a shot or do much of anything else and Zaza Pachulia bruising the
Spurs inside, the Hawks tied the game at 70 at the end of the quarter.
离第三节比赛结束不到七分钟,老鹰队落后14分。但是,随着Parker的打铁(似乎除了打铁之外没干别的事情),Zaza Pachulia在马刺内线予取予求,老鹰在第三节结束时追到70平。
Atlanta's pair of 6-foot-9 athletic forwards, Josh Smith and Marvin Williams, created matchup problems for the Spurs' big men. Francisco Elson picked up four fouls in his first eight minutes and
Fabricio Oberto went to the bench with his fifth a little more than midway through the third quarter.
亚特兰大的两位6尺9的前锋Josh Smith和Marvin Williams运动能力都十分出色,他们给马刺的对位球员带来不少问题。Francisco Elson上场的前8分钟里就吃到四次犯规,
Fabricio Oberto在第三节中段时就得到第五次犯规而不得不做在替补席上。
Hoping to rest
Robert Horry on the second night of a back-to-back, Popovich used
Matt Bonner to fill in.
Popovich希望
Robert Horry在背靠背的第二场比赛中休息一下,所以他用
Matt Bonner取代Horry上场比赛。
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Ginobili runs spark Spurs: Reserve's 24-straight points and his fourth-quarter push help sink Hawks
Web Posted: 02/22/2007
12:05 AM CST
Johnny Ludden
Express-News
ATLANTA — When
Spurs coach Gregg Popovich decided to move
Manu Ginobili to the bench two weeks ago, he explained the lineup change by saying he hoped the frenetic guard would give the team's reserve unit a jolt of energy, a little punch and some much-needed consistency.
And if Ginobili just so happened to occasionally pour in 40 points or even decide to reel off 24 in a row, well, all the better.
Ginobili did all that and more in Wednesday's 103-96 victory over the Atlanta Hawks, taking over the game with an electric 4-minute, 47-second stretch in the first half, then helping rescue the
Spurs in the fourth quarter.
Tim Duncan added 30 points as the
Spurs escaped Philips Arena with a rare victory and extended their winning streak to four games, but the evening belonged to Ginobili. His 40 points were the most by a Spur this season and matched his second-most ever with the team, eclipsed only by the 48 he scored in an overtime victory against Phoenix on Jan. 21, 2005.
The 24 consecutive points Ginobili ran off in the first half — a run that had his slack-jawed teammates standing and cheering from the bench — also broke George Gervin's longstanding franchise record of 23 in a row set on April 9, 1978.
"Manu was obviously pretty special," Popovich said. "He does everything a little differently than most players.
"I don't even know what he's going to do half the time. I just watch like you all do."
Ginobili's performance also almost went for naught. With Joe Johnson leading the Hawks with 30 points and Zaza Pachulia adding 23, the
Spurs surrendered a 14-point lead in the third quarter.
After Atlanta tied the score at 70 to start the fourth, Popovich gave his weary team a message.
"We're playing one quarter," Popovich said. "Next week, next game, next year, playoffs — nothing matters except this quarter."
Ginobili then took the floor, made a pair of free throws, bounced in a 3-pointer and buried a 16-foot fadeaway. The
Spurs never relinquished the lead and gained their second victory in the past five trips to Atlanta.
"He was incredible," Duncan said.
Duncan wasn't too bad, either. He made 11 of 16 shots and scored 17 of his points in the second half.
"I don't care how you cut it," Hawks coach Mike Woodson said. "When you have a low-post player like Duncan, it just makes it tough on any team."
The
Spurs needed both Duncan and Ginobili to help compensate for
Tony Parker's rough night.
Bothered by tendinitis in his right knee and tired from a long All-Star weekend, Parker labored as much as he has all season. He had just two points and three fouls in 10 first-half minutes and Popovich began the third quarter with
Jacque Vaughn on the floor in place of Parker.
Parker missed nine of his first 10 shots (and finished 3 for 14), but buried a clutch jumper that hiked the Spurs' lead to 91-82 with 3:51 left.
"That," Popovich said, "really showed his experience and maturity."
Brent Barry scored 11 of his 18 points in the fourth quarter and the
Spurs made 29 of 32 free throws (90.6 percent) to hold off the Hawks.
Both teams looked tired from having played the previous night — until Ginobili stepped onto the court.
Ginobili scored the Spurs' final eight points of the first quarter then continued his surge into the second. On the Spurs' next six possessions, he: drove for a three-point play; made a pull-up jumper; raced to the basket, absorbed a bump and foul from Josh Smith and flipped in a shot with his back turned; buried a 3-pointer; drove for another layup; and pump-faked Marvin Williams into the air for a foul that led to three more free throws.
"I started feeling well and Pop started calling every single play for me," Ginobili said. "All of them worked."
With 9:40 left in the second quarter, the scoreboard read Ginobili 24, Hawks 23.
"What's awesome is when you're a road team and you have a guy get going like that," Barry said. "Then you start to hear the home crowd start to cheer for that guy.
"Even though they're rooting for their team, they kind of love to see individual performances like that happen. You buy a ticket and you get to see something special."
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GINOBILI'S RUN
Manu Ginobili came off the bench with 6:46 left in the first quarter and scored 24-straight points for the
Spurs against the Hawks on Wednesday.
2:27 -- when he scored his first basket
24-9 --
Spurs run that was all Ginobili
8 of 11 -- field goals
7 of 7 -- free throws
40 -- New season-high point total