Defending NBA champion Spurs open playoffs with a win

0 Comments | AFP, April, 2008

SAN ANTONIO, Texas (AFP) — Manu Ginobili scored the game-winner with 1.8 seconds left Saturday as the San Antonio Spurs opened the National Basketball Association playoffs with a 117-115 double overtime victory over Phoenix.

The defending NBA champion Spurs also had 40 points and 15 rebounds from superstar Tim Duncan as they clawed their way to the victory in the opening game of their best-of-seven Western Conference first-round series.

The Spurs trailed almost all of the game, but Michael Finley forced overtime with a clutch three-pointer, and Duncan sank his first three-pointer of the season to force the second overtime.

Forced to foul late in the second overtime, Phoenix put San Antonio's Brent Barry on the line, where he missed one of his two attempts....

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