Sorry Kobe, Manu Ginobili and the Spurs are too busy winning to celebrate your anniversary.
Well, that figures. Just a few days after I wrote an article talking about everyone else on the Spurs' bench, Manu reasserted his role as Captain of the Toes with his finest game of the season. The facts are these: Manu set a season high in points (20), made field goals (9), shooting percentage (90), steals (5), and blocked shots (2). It was a personal retrospective on a night the Staples Center - indeed, the entire NBA - observed the 10 year anniversary of Kobe scoring 81.