The murmur which echoed around AT&T Center when Spurs point guard Tony Parker went down with an untimely quad injury was one that said 'we can't win this now'.
The 34-year-old veteran, who had days earlier wound back the clock with a game-winning performance in Memphis to see his side progress to the conference semifinals, would be forced to miss the rest of the playoffs and San Antonio fans knew how costly it could be.
But as has been the case for the better part of a decade, Australian Patty Mills once again stepped up to help plug the huge Parker hole.