"We know we're very important for this team," Ginobili said of the Spurs' high-scoring trio.
"So we know if we play well and aggressively and get everyone involved we are a totally different team.
"I'm very proud of the comeback we had today."
"I'm very proud of the comeback we had today."
Manu Ginobili,
Spurs guard |
San Antonio held a nine-point lead early in the final quarter before going on a run of 10 unanswered points to take a 79-60 lead with nine minutes remaining in the match.
Gregg Popovich, Spurs coach, said he enjoyed watching Ginobili, Duncan and Parker come to life after San Antonio struggled in Los Angeles.
"When those three guys score like they did tonight it really helps us because usually in our losses we have scoring droughts," Popovich said.
"When all three are clicking that way, it helps everybody."
Hot shots
Kobe Bryant led the Lakers with 30 points, hitting 13-of-23 shots from the floor but going to the free-throw line only once.
"You can't stop Kobe but you want him to work hard for what he gets," said Popovich.
"You just tap the guy on the butt and say, 'Good shot' and come back and play offense."
Lakers coach Phil Jackson
on Manu Ginobili |
"He had to work hard tonight. But he's very dangerous. He scores in so many different ways.
"Everybody feeds off of him so much that you have to at least make him work hard."
Lakers coach Phil Jackson said his club was unable to guard Ginobili.
"Those shots he was making, it didn't matter who you put on him," Jackson said.
"Guys were on him defensively. Those were just impossible shots. You just tap the guy on the butt and say, 'Good shot' and come back and play offense.
"That's all you can do in that situation."
Game four is in San Antonio on Tuesday with the winners of the series advancing to face either the Boston Celtics or Detroit Pistons in the NBA Finals.