Jack Dempsey, Associated Press file)
The Thanksgiving holiday did not include a trip to snowy Denver for Spurs veterans Tim Duncan and Manu Ginobili, who stayed in San Antonio on Friday for an extended rest.
Nuggets coach Mike Malone wasn't shedding any tears about their absence.
"I have no problem with it," Malone said before the Nuggets hosted the Spurs to close a four-game homestand. "(Spurs coach Gregg) Popovich, he's thinking about June. He's not thinking about the day after Thanksgiving. He knows his team better than anybody."
Then again, it's much easier to rest stars when you have three others patrolling the starting lineup.