The Argentina squad is no slouch, boasting NBA stalwarts Manu Ginobili, Luis Scola and Carlos Delfino.
Duncan, Ginobili and Parker have played their entire careers for the same delightfully straight-talking coach, Gregg Popovich.
San Antonio struggled without Ginobili, losing three straight and seven of 10 to close the regular season.
Tony Parker, the Spurs' point guard, threw an underhanded pass to Manu Ginobili on the right wing.
San Antonio played without Duncan and Ginobili, and the Pistons equaled their highest score of the season.
Ginobili said he considered tweeting while watching the Spurs' games when he was injured, but opted not to.
The Spurs drafted Argentinean guard Manu Ginobili, for example, in 1999 but didn't sign him until three years later.
The Heat have two southpaws (Chris Bosh and Joel Anthony), the Spurs one (Manu Ginobili) and the Pacers none.
He carefully manages his players minutes, particularly with Duncan, 36, and Ginobili, 35.
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The scoring outburst surprised Ginobili, who cautioned not to expect much from him offensively in Game 1 after a long layoff.
San Antonio played without Tim Duncan and Manu Ginobili, and the Pistons led by as many as 21 points in the second quarter.
Ginobili could have taken the shot, but with the Thunder's James Harden closing fast, he took one dribble to his left and drew Harden away.
Duncan, Ginobili and Parker are stars of that magnitude and Thursday was the Spurs only visit to Miami this year, barring an NBA Finals match-up.
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Ginobili has missed three in a row with left hamstring tightness.
Ginobili scored eight straight points in the final 90 seconds of the third quarter, including a pair of 3s, to extend San Antonio's lead to 70-57.
Specifically, Tim Duncan, Tony Parker, Manu Ginobili, and Danny Green were identified as the players who were sent home in the Class Action Complaint filed by McGuinness.
Duncan missed his third straight game due to a sore left knee, while Ginobili was out for the fourth consecutive game with tightness in his left hamstring.
The Money Train is what the San Antonio Spurs ran up against when they decided to rest the aging Tim Duncan, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili versus Miami.
Ginobili played 19 minutes Sunday, going 6 for 13 from the field and 3 for 5 on 3-pointers in scoring 18 points to help the Spurs win the series opener.
Of course there are Duncan's familiar colleagues, Manu Ginobili and Tony Parker, the latter of whom scored 37 points earlier this week to demolish the Memphis Grizzlies and complete a four-game sweep.
The San Antonio Spurs' coach was concerned how Ginobili would feel following a day after his team's 91-79 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers in Game 1 of their first-round Western Conference playoff series.
Not only did the Spurs reel off a 24-15 second-quarter run, outscore the Nets by 16 in the third, and by 15 in the fourth they also did it without center Tim Duncan (knee) and shooting guard Manu Ginobili (hamstring).
In the Stern era, players such as Hakeem Olajuwon (Nigeria), Dikembe Mutombo (Congo), Dirk Nowitzki (Germany), Manu Ginobili (Argentina), Pau Gasol (Spain), Vlade Divac (Serbia) and Steve Nash (Canada), among many others, became not only stars but respected ambassadors.
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Four of the top players on the Spurs roster (Tim Duncan, Tony Parker, Manu Ginobili and Danny Green) failed to even make the trip with their team to Miami, and opted instead to fly to San Antonio for some early season rest.
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Danny Green added 14 points and Tiago Splitter had 13 for the Spurs, who were again without Tim Duncan and Manu Ginobili because of injuries as they beat the Nets for the fifth straight time and 19th in the last 20 meetings.
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