Spurs Lose Manu Ginobili For Playoffs/Season

[HacheMan]

<TABLE width="100%" align=center><TBODY><TR><TD class=vaLabel vAlign=top align=middle width=100 rowSpan=5> </TD></TR><TR vAlign=top><TD class=subHead vAlign=top colSpan=3>Spurs' Ginobili out for season, playoffs </TD></TR><TR vAlign=top><TD class=vaLabel colSpan=3>Manu Ginobili - G - SA - Apr. 6 </TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top colSpan=3>Manu Ginobili has been diagnosed with a stress fracture in his right ankle that will keep him out for the remainder of the regular season, as well as the playoffs.
A CT scan and MRI revealed the fracture on Monday and there's no word on when he'll return to basketball activities.
Source: San Antonio Express-News
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[HacheMan]

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<!-- T11600113 --><!-- Sesame Modified: 04/06/2009 19:24:52 --><!-- sversion: 2 $Updated: ssaraf$ -->SAN ANTONIO -- Manu Ginobili is out for the rest of the season and the playoffs.
The Spurs guard underwent scans on Monday that showed his troubled right ankle has gotten worse. Ginobili missed 19 games after the All-Star break before coming back late last month.

The Spurs said tests showed Ginobili had an increased narrow edema and stress fracture in his right distal fibula.

Ginobili did not play in the fourth quarter in Sunday's loss at Cleveland.
The news is a huge blow to the Spurs with the postseason juet a few weeks away. San Antonio plays at Oklahoma City on Tuesday.

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[bucsfan67]

thats gonna hurt em....

 

[elk102873]

They stink either way and still wouldn't do crap if he was there scoring 50 points a game.

 

[D2bets]

Whoever draws SA will be very fortunate.

 

[oldmanTED]

The Spurs are a shadow of their Championship teams past. Even with Ginobili, they no longer played the suffocating defense that won them their titles. Without him, they have no chance.

 

[HPark1]

Even more reason to like Denver +1415 to win the West at Olympic...

 

[festeringZit]

The Spurs are a shadow of their Championship teams past. Even with Ginobili, they no longer played the suffocating defense that won them their titles. Without him, they have no chance.

I'm a big time Spurs fan, and sadly this is 100% spot on.

 

[barman]

The Spurs are a shadow of their Championship teams past. Even with Ginobili, they no longer played the suffocating defense that won them their titles.

??

San Antonio has consistently been in Top 5 NBA Defense this season and currently ranked #3

The difference this season so far is their Scoring Margin is just under four points a game. In their heyday (or any Top 4 NBA team), a six to seven point Scoring Margin is demanded

 

[barman]

Current Scoring Margin leaders

Cleveland +8.8
Boston +8.1
LALakers +7.5
Orlando +7.5

then the dropoff

POR +4.5
HOU +3.7
SAN +3.5
UTA +3.3