Manu Ginobili's final three games of the NBA Finals were exemplary of what he was capable of this season, but will they be the last three games we see of him with the San Antonio Spurs?
Game 5 was Ginobili's swan song, leading the Spurs to a 10-point win over the Miami Heat with his first 20-point, 10-assist game since 2010.
He was marvelous as the home crowd showered him with love after he willed the Spurs to a win—which he has seemed to do in every NBA Finals since he came into the league.
Move two days down the road, flip a coin, and Ginobili came up all tails in Game 6.
With nine points masked behind eight turnovers, he failed to get a foul call on a final drive to the rim that could have given the Spurs a chance in overtime, and San Antonio fell.
Game 7 was one of those games from Ginobili where the real story was hidden behind solid stats.
He really did have a good game—18 points on 50 percent shooting—but three turnovers in the final seven minutes, along with the three-pointer that he chucked with 18 seconds left, killed San Antonio's flow, and that was tha ...
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Did Manu Ginobili Just Play His Last Game as a San Antonio Spur?
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