The Spurs are ranked No. 2 in the SI NBA Power Rankings. More importantly, the columnist, Britt Robson, had the following to say:

"Perhaps more than any other NBA star, statistics cannot adequately convey Manu Ginobili's value. The fourth quarter of Friday's game in Indiana is a recent example. With the Spurs down nine with six minutes to play, Ginobili draws a charge on Danny Granger, sending Indiana's leading scorer to the bench with his fifth foul. A minute later, he steals the ball and goes in for a layup. Forty seconds after that, he nails a three from the top of the key and it is suddenly a two-point game. With 16 seconds left and the Spurs down a point, he was fouled and made both free throws. According to the "clutch" stats at 82games.com, every one of Ginobili's relevant stats except for assists -- field-goal, free-throw and three-point accuracy, steals, rebounds, blocks and turnovers -- improves in the last five minutes of games in which teams are separated by five points or fewer. But you still have to see it to fully appreciate it."