--The Spurs may have set an all-time NBA record for departure from an arena after the game. They had been warned that their charter jet might not be able to land back in San Antonio because of a weather front that was approaching the area and threatened to fog in the airport. By unofficial count, the Spurs were on their bus and rolling toward Denver International Airport just 20 minutes after the official end of the game. That meant the players just toweled off thoroughly after the game and did not shower. Manu Ginobili, for one, apologized to reporters during a hit-and-run interview session for the nasty locker room odors.

QUOTE TO NOTE: "It's kind of fun. It doesn't happen everywhere, and the reason why they do it is a very good one. Yeah, I enjoy it." -- Manu Ginobili, on being booed every time he touches the ball in Denver.