 “The Phoenix-San Antonio matchup is going to be an absolute bloodbath,” said the Houston Rockets' Shane Battier.In May 2008, ESPN.com columnist John Hollinger named the Spurs Hack-a-Shaq use as the "Best Tactic" of the first two rounds of the 2008 NBA Playoffs.Hollinger wrote that Popovich was the "first to really master how to use this weapon to his advantage."