San Antonio, we have a problem. That little sweep thing that happened back in May? It was as bad as it looked. Remember Kobe Bryant? Shaquille O'Neal? Well, they're not going anywhere.

"I wanted to make sure our guys faced it," Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said. "We knew what happened to us. No matter who was out, no matter what the reason was, no matter this, that, or the other ... we got our (butt) kicked. We got embarrassed.

"It happened. That's the deal. Now let's put it back together again."