"It was a little bit painful, but it was bearable," said Finley of playing on Saturday. "I was able to go out and give it my best. Hopefully (Monday) it can be even better ... I should be O.K. It's not that bad."

FOUL TROUBLE: Both of the Spurs' first-team NBA All-Defensive Team members, Duncan and Bruce Bowen got into early foul trouble on Saturday night, which was one reason for San Antonio's 26-point blowout loss

"We started thinking about the officials too much and getting frustrated, and that is always bad for you," said Ginobili.

Bowen agrees that his team needs to needs to get over calls more quickly — even if they don't agree.

"Officials are going to make calls and they are going to miss calls, it's going to happen, during the course of a game and the course of a series," said Bowen. "You still have to play. That's something we didn't do. We didn't play with the energy that we needed."

SURPRISE HERO: It seems the Spurs knew it was going to be the Jazz's night on Saturday when a certain member of Utah's bench knocked down a couple of shots.

"It was just not our game," said Parker. "Everybody was hitting shots on their team — even Jarron Collins."

Collins entered the Saturday's game averaging less than a point per outing during the playoffs. He had seven points on Saturday, making two of his three shots from the field an all three of his free throws.

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