<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post"> The transformation took place not in a telephone booth but on the Spurs' bench. Manu Ginobili didn't even require tights and a cape. The black rubber sleeve he pulled over his bruised right shin worked just fine. Kicked in the leg by a teammate, Ginobili limped to the sideline midway through Monday's third quarter in Portland. A few minutes later, he was back on the floor, zigzagging through the Trail Blazers as Superman-u. Ginobili's electric fourth-quarter performance ? in which he produced 18 points, two steals and a block in less than seven minutes ? left his teammates shaking their heads. El Contusi?n rides again. Perhaps all he needed to find his form was, well, a contusion. "From now on," Brent Barry said, "I think we're just going to start beating on him before games." Ginobili hopes the confidence he gained from his most recent performance works well enough. He hasn't played poorly this season, but he also hasn't been himself. His jump shot has failed him, and he has struggled, at times, to finish his daring drives to the basket. Before Monday's game, he was shooting a career-low 36.7 percent. </div> Source
