Spurs guard Manu Ginobili didn't want to come out in the fourth quarter of Saturday night's game against the Thunder.

"I think I'm ready," Ginobili said. "I've got to convince, as always, Mr. Popovich."

Ginobili has been playing through a stiff hamstring and has been limited in practice. San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich didn't think that the guard looked right in the second half against Oklahoma City.

"I didn't even have a shot to try to convince him," Ginobili said of Popovich's decision to bench him in the crucial minutes.

"He just sat me. I never said my hamstring was hurting. I never said I wanted to rest. He just thought it was the best option, and he went for it. He's the one who decides who's in and who's out."