Intro:

Post game reaction after the San Antonio Spurs defeated the Oklahoma City Thunder 101-98 on Sunday in the first game of the Western Conference Finals.

Script:

SOUNDBITE: (English) SUPER CAPTION: Gregg Popovich, San Antonio Spurs Head Coach

"We were playing for most of the first half - and even the beginning of the third quarter - a bit unconfidently, kind of on our heels, a little bit unsure of ourselves, on the dribble to much, ball movement was the same as usual, and so I talked to them about they've got to get a little bit uglier, get a little nasty, you know play with a little more fire and take it to these guys - meaning you've got to drive it, you've go to shoot it, you can't hold it. We caught the ball and we just held it - you know they're longer, athletic, they're really something else and if we hold the ball it's not going to work. So we needed to be active and aggressive and we got that way in the fourth quarter."

SOUNDBITE: (English) SUPER CAPTION: Scott Brooks, Oklahoma City Thunder Head Coach

"Well that was not a good finishing quarter, there's no question. We are, we pride ourselves on defence and giving up over 30 points in the fourth quarter - home or on the road, doesn't matter - we should not give up 30 points, that's not how we play. Hasn't happened a lot to us this season but we know going in to this game that they are a very explosive offensive team. We were one and two in the league in scoring, or right there one, two or three. We have to do a better job. (Manu) Ginobili was terrific tonight guys: he was making shots, making threes, getting to the basket, getting to the foul line and that's what he does - he finds cracks that you don't think is even possible and he figures it out to get in there and get through our guys. We have to do a better job of corralling him and making him shoot tougher shots."