Manu Ginobili played 27 minutes with 10 points, five assists, four rebounds, two steals and three turnovers in San Antonio Spurs' win versus Charlotte Hornets on Friday. It was his 1,000th NBA game, most of all South American players! "A thousand games is a lot of games, a lot of years. I'm proud to have made it so far,' said the 40-year-old guard. Veteran from Argentina even had a slam dunk in final period of the game. This season he is averaging 7.8 points, 2.1 rebounds and 2.4 assists. Manu also joined Tony Parker and Tim Duncan as the only players in franchise history to play 1,000 games with the Spurs. ''I was disappointed at the way I played the day before and I needed that feeling to redeem myself or feel better about myself,'' added the legendary Argentinian in postgame comment.