"How can I be effective being pulled in and out like a rag doll," Marion said. "I'm going to go out and play hard when I step on the floor and that's all I can control. Go ask coach, you can't ask us. When I lace my shoes up I'm ready to go. I was told to stay on Ginobili. He didn't score that first half, you know what I'm saying? I had him on clamps. I was on him, but I can't control that.

"I'm going to do what I got to do. I want to play, definitely, I don't want to sit on the damn bench, but what can I do? I'm not making the substitutions. We're still confident. We've got to help each other the best way we can."