Manu Ginobili on Fire: Spurs Blitz Lakers in Game 3

Pau Gasol, Lamar Odom, and Derek Fisher contributed almost nothing in the Lakers' loss to the Spurs on Sunday, 103-84.

The Spurs' "Big Three" were the force behind the Spurs' offense, scoring 72 points between them. Duncan had 22 points and 21 rebounds, Parker had 20 points and five assists, and Ginobili had 30 points hitting five to seven beyond the arc.

Manu Ginobili came out firing off the bench, scoring 19 points in his first 10 minutes. At half time, the Spurs were up 49-39 and Ginobili had 22.

Kobe was the only Laker to provide any sort of offense, scoring 14 in the first half on seven from 11 shooting.

As a team, LA was shooting 45 percent, not far from San Antonio’s 46 percent. But the Lakers had only three assists compared to the Spurs' nine.

Free throws were a problem for the Lakers. First off all, they only rarely got to the foul line. And when they did, they only made 35 percent. The Lakers took their first free throw of the second half with 8:19 to go in the fourth quarter.

Towards the end of the game, Bryant had a burst of brilliance, scoring nine points in a minute and a half. With 6:12 to go in the game, Bryant put up a three and was fouled by Bowen, the ball swished through the net but he was unable to complete the four-point play.

The bench was yet again absent, apart from Jordan Farmar. He had 10 points, and joined Bryant and Gasol as the only Laker players to reach double figures.

An unusual decision saw Derek Fisher handed the only technical foul of the game.

With 4:43 to go in the third quarter, Fisher pumped his fist as Radmanovic grabbed an offensive rebound and put it back in. The referee interpreted the fist pump incorrectly and hit Fisher with a technical, which saw Ginobili add one more to his point tally.

This was the worst loss of the playoffs for the Lakers, who have one day to practice and get things right for Game 4 on Tuesday.