After missing Game 1 of the San Antonio Spurs' opening (and, as it turned out, only) playoff series in 2011 due to injury, reserve guard Manu Ginobili entered the 2012 postseason healthy, ready and eager to make a splash. Judging by the results of this fast break during the second quarter of the top-seeded Spurs' first game against the Utah Jazz, though, he might have entered a little too eager.
Missing "a room service bucket." I rather like that, ESPN play-by-play man Mark Jones. I kind of think Manu would, too; he's a worldly, comedic sort, and if he had to choose which kinds of phrasing commentators would deploy to discuss him taking off a step too early, getting caught a little too far out in the air, and not being able to rely on go-go Gadget arms for that extra couple of inches he needed to secure the stuff, I think he'd appreciate the ingenuity.
The first half wasn't all bloopers for Ginobili, though. In the interest of providing equal time for successful endeavors, hit the jump to check out Manu pump-faking a hard-closing DeMarre Carroll into the next ZIP code before detonating on the drive.
Now that's what Spurs coach Gregg Popovich likes to see.
Ginobili went just 3-of-9 off the bench in the first half, scoring six points to go with two steals, a rebound and a block in 13 minutes of play. San Antonio led the eighth-seeded Jazz 54-47 at intermission.
Video of the miss via @Jose3030. Video of the make via nbainfos.
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