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“I am proud of to have arrived at that number”

Emanuel Ginóbili
Special for the NATION

One already knows that I am not very loving of the statistics because I always considered that they reflect a reality by halves, as this case the 300 parties in the regular series. Anyway, I can take them like symbol from to have maintained a good level of game and of to have been important in an equipment protagonist during as much time. Without a doubt which I am proud of to have arrived at that number, although they seem more important to me the 80 than I played in playoffs, because they are started off more difficult and decisive. I never explained myself so that NBA separates those statistics.

Also I am in favor contented of to have returned to play after the injury in the hip, that left me outside by four parties. At the outset we did not think that he was something burdens. It was a common blow when falling of backs in the floor. I even traveled with the equipment in both started off following. It did not hurt me to walk or to be seated, but when she wanted to jump or to make a lengthened pace. It felt pinchazo in the right leg. The blow was in the sacred-ilíaca joint and it produced a desacomodamiento to me of the hip. So when returning from those parties of visitor the doctor of the Spurs did quiropraxia to me and he relocated the hip to me. It had been unbalanced.

No longer it gave more of the anxiety. He is very ugly to watch of outside. It raises the equipment there were lost parties and they felt impotence because I could not make nothing to help. I almost lose the fifth game also followed, but I did not hold more and I faced “Pop” (the technician Gregg Popovich) and I said to him that it needed to play. For that reason it put to me against Golden, but I was contained, without risking, I preferred to pass the ball and not to force. The night before last, against Charlotte, he was different, already I felt like more small change, I penetrated, I looked for the physical contact and more was trusted. It was far better and it leaves me calmer. Until it improved humor to me…

The good thing of that party, besides to play and to win, was the encounter with Walter (Herrmann) the previous day. We left to have supper the three, with Fabricio (Oberto) also. We passed it very well, and although Walter was a little anxious because towards almost a month that did not play, I noticed it very contented with the experience that is doing. He said that he enchanted the atmosphere to him of NBA and that in the equipment they treat ten points. The only thing that hoped was to play. And for me it was a surprise when half an hour before the party I received in qualified clothes the list of the twelve of Charlotte and appeared he, that it was not activated. Later, the party, it entered the first time and when he was even. That is to say, they gave minutes him important to play, is not that they put it in the end when is all determined one. I was glad of which it entered, but I did not say anything there to him. I am not to speak in the field. What yes it happened is that we marked ourselves mutually during several minutes. And it went to dog face. At the end of the party it reproached to me, playfully, sure that had left it “painted” two or three times with penetrations.

What happens is that in NBA estila that when he appears a novice, that it does not come playing followed, the other equipment tries to take advantage of it. In this case the order was that the one that outside defended by Herrmann it had to play one to him against one. And right it touched me.

Anyway I saw well throwing. Walter is not intimidated, is going it to always throw. And he put two good explosions of three points, with mark he raises and everything. After the party we greeted ourselves and we took leave until next year, because we already played both parties of the season with Charlotte and we will not become to see.

Fabricio is Barbarian, very contented, fulfilling its roll within the equipment and with some irregularities like all. That well I am seeing, according to which I read in the statistics, is to the Chapu (Nocioni). Its growth agreed with the rise of Chicago. It seems to me that that possibility of playing of 4 or 3 is its great advantage. Playing of 3 it can defend to a great one or playing of 4 it can leave to throw or to penetrate a defender to him heavier than he. I believe that with Walter it can happen the same, have conditions for that double function.

As far as the Spurs, I believe that already we passed a lapse of misalignment, when we lost almost with Golden and Utah and with Sacrament. Then we worried enough. Luckily, a few good training and an anger of Pop with some challenges including came well to correct things and to return to take the end in the division. It is probable that the defeat with Dallas has affected to us psychically, as surely to them motivated them to gain twelve followed.



The triples of Herrmann
Walter is not intimidated, is going it to always throw. And he put two good explosions of three points, with mark he raises and everything. Depués of the party we greeted ourselves and we dismissed until next year. We already played both parties of the season with Charlotte


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