Spurs guard Manu Ginobili believes that the team needs to bring more energy to the court as the regular season comes to a close.

"We've all really got to play better, and we've got to support each other more," Ginobili said. "We've got to hustle more, and we've got to be tougher."

In addition to more energy, Ginobili wants San Antonio to play better as a team in the final eight games of the season.

"Sometimes, when we are struggling," he said, "we go to a timeout and we just stay. And sometimes, pumping each other up and telling what he is doing wrong or right, or say a word, it helps. Sometimes it's not always the coach who has to say everything. The last week we were a little flat in that regard; not only energy, but supporting each other.

"It's something that every team needs, and we've done it way better in the past."