First thing's first: Neither Manu Ginobili nor Tyreke Evans got hurt on this face-first collision during the fourth quarter of the San Antonio Spurs' 127-102 win over the Sacramento Kings on Wednesday night. Evans played on, missing just 2:30 of the final frame. Ginobili didn't return after suffering "a laceration inside his right ear" on the play, but it was just by the Spurs trainers not to be too serious, needing only a bandage rather than stitches, according to Jeff McDonald of the San Antonio Express-News . About that, we should all be thankful, because yikes . With all due respect to Kings fans, who are great and passionate and don't deserve the treatment they are getting , that is a way bigger relief for supporters of the Spurs, who swept their second back-to-back-to-back set of the season with the win. San Antonio now stands at a Western Conference-leading 45-16; with five games left in their regular season, the Spurs' focus is now tuning up for what they hope is a longer postseason run than last year's first-round exit at the hands of the Memphis Grizzlies. For that, they'll need Ginobili, who's missed nearly half this lockout-shortened season with myriad injuries, on the floor. More from McDonald at the Express-News:
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