俄克拉荷马城——最近，当Tony Parker看着Michael Finley的时候，他在后者身上看到了些许阿根廷风格。
“就好像Manu还在这儿。”Parker说道。
Parker并不想拿Finley和Manu Ginobili——联盟最新的最佳第六人——作比较，但当Ginobili被疼痛的脚踝钉在板凳上时，Finley打出了了近乎于前者的数据。
在本月的八场比赛中，Finley投出了49.3%的命中率，包括三分线外烫手的57.1%的命中率。
在过去的两场比赛中，Finley场均砍下了21分，13个三分尝试中砸进了10个。在周六击败火箭的比赛中，他甚至在第三节压哨时刻投进了一个45英尺的半场打板球——这种球就连
Ginobili也只可能在H-O-R-S-E投篮比赛中才会尝试。
自从手感冰凉的一月份（他只投出了40%的命中率）以来，Finley已经投进了151个球中的72个。
“老实说，我压根没注意到他的挣扎，”Tim Duncan说，“我觉得他投出的每一个球都乖乖进了篮筐。他是我所见过的最好的投手之一，毫无疑问。”
给Pop的一份大礼：今晚在俄克拉荷马城，Popovich将加入一个精英行列。
这场比赛将是他执掌NBA教鞭的第1000场比赛，在联盟史册中只有24人能居此伟业。他也将成为仅有的第七个带领一只球队达此里程碑的教练。
无论输赢，Popovich都将成为NBA历史上前1000场比赛胜率第三高的教练。今晚之前，Popovich已经取得了676场常规赛的胜利。只有Phil Jackson（731胜）和Pat Riley（716胜）赢得过更多的胜利。
Mahinmi赛季报销：Ian Mahinmi已经被各种脚踝伤势困扰了整个赛季，而他本赛季将确定不会再出现在赛场上——无论是跟随马刺队还是代表马刺在发展联盟的附属球队。
Mahinmi，22岁，二年级中锋，在一月通过手术取出了右脚脚踝的骨刺，自从在八月的季前赛中扭伤了脚踝，他就一直名列伤病名单中。
“很不幸，我们这一年都将失去他，”Popovich说，“并不是我们指望他场均拿下20分10个篮板，我们只是毫无头绪。我们想知道他的能力究竟如何，他能为球队带来什么。而现在我们仍然一无所知。”
原文：
OKLAHOMA CITY — When Tony Parker looks at Michael Finley these days, he sees a bit of Argentine in him.
“It’s like Manu is there,” Parker said.
Parker doesn’t want to compare Finley to Manu Ginobili, the league’s reigning Sixth Man of the Year. With Ginobili sidelined with a sore ankle, however, Finley has begun to provide a statistical approximation of him.
In eight games this month, Finley is shooting 49.3 percent from the field, including a scorching 57.1 percent from beyond the arc.
In the past two, Finley has averaged 21 points and made 10 of 13 on 3-pointers. In Saturday’s victory over the Rockets, Finley even made a shot Ginobili might have attempted in a H-O-R-S-E game, a 45-foot half-court banker to beat the third-quarter buzzer.
Since a frigid January during which he shot 40 percent from the field, Finley had made 72 of 151 field goals.
“I don’t ever notice him struggling, honestly,” Tim Duncan said. “Every shot that he takes I think is going in. He’s one of the best shooters I’ve seen, period.”
A grand for Pop: Gregg Popovich can join some elite company tonight in Oklahoma City.
It will be his 1,000th game as an NBA coach, a feat matched by only 23 others in league annals. He will be only the seventh coach to reach that milestone with one franchise.
Win or lose, Popovich will boast the third-best winning percentage over his first 1,000 games in NBA history. Heading into tonight, Popovich has earned 676 regular-season victories. Only Phil Jackson (731) and Pat Riley (716) won a greater share of their first 1,000.
Mahinmi done: Ian Mahinmi, who has missed the entire campaign to date with various ankle injuries, is not expected to play again this season — either with the Spurs or their Development League affiliate in Austin.
Mahinmi, a 22-year-old, second-year center, underwent surgery in January to remove a bone spur from his right ankle. He has been on the injured list since spraining an ankle in a pick-up game in August.
“It’s unfortunate that we miss him for the entire year,” Popovich said. “Not because we thought he was going to average 20 (points) and 10 (rebounds). We have no clue. We wanted to see how he’d respond and what we had. And we still don’t know.”