in an interview with the Argentinian newspaper Ole, San Antonio Spurs guard Manu Ginobili disputed teammate Tony Parker's assertion that the Spurs' championship window was probably closed after their first-round loss to the Memphis Grizzlies.
"It's simple. Memphis played hard, defended well and had a very inspired Zach Randolph," Ginobili said. "I do not think it was physical. We reached the top in February when the rest is done more slowly or as happened to us in other seasons, when we gave up in the playoffs. This time it was not."