PHOENIX -- Richard Jefferson was looking for Manu Ginobili.After pouring in 18 fourth-quarter points to help bury the Suns in Phoenix 112-110 on Wednesday, when reporters swarmed his locker to hear all about it, Jefferson smiled, looked around and asked to be informed of Ginobili's whereabouts.
"Where's Manu at?" Jefferson asked. "Every time I hit like two threes in a game and people ask me about that, Manu starts laughing."
If Jefferson's performance against the Suns was any indication, there may be a plenty of laughs in store for Ginobili this season.
Jefferson drilled four three-pointers from basically the exact same spot in the fourth, with three coming on consecutive possessions in a blistering 45-second span that saw the Spurs go from trailing by one to leading by six.
He worked all summer long on his game, specifically for moments like this one. But while Jefferson and his coach Gregg Popovich mentioned the offseason workouts as the likely reason for such a breakout performance early in the season, neither would go into any of the specifics.
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