"In the first of what likely will be dozens of games without injured All-Star Manu Ginobili, the Spurs on Wednesday night needed a lift from someone, anyone, when the Warriors took an eight-point lead with 6:46 remaining at the AT&T Center.

They got it from point guard Tony Parker, with an animated assist from coach Gregg Popovich.

The result was a 101-95 victory that was tonic for the Spurs' confidence and proof that Popovich can still get from the bench to midcourt in just a few excitable seconds.

Parker scored 10 of his 21 points in the final 3:41 after Popovich had spent all of the previous Warriors possessions screaming at him to continue attacking on offense."