Manu Ginobili has decided to stay away from bats in the future.

The San Antonio Spurs star says on his Facebook page that he had to be vaccinated for rabies after catching a bat and removing it from the court during a victory over Sacramento on Halloween.

Ginobili posted Monday that he doesn't know if the bat had
rabies but he had to get vaccinated to make sure he was safe. He
also encouraged people to ``avoid contact with bats, skunks,
raccoons, rats and animals like that.''

The bat swooped into the AT&T Center on Saturday night and
descended onto the court late in the first period. The bat circled
and left only to return _ briefly.

Ginobili swatted it out of the air with a bare hand and carried
the creature off the court to thunderous cheers.

SALT LAKE CITY - Rookie Chase Budinger scored a career-high
17 points and was one of eight Houston players to score in double figures as the Rockets beat the Utah Jazz 113-96 on Monday night.

The Rockets pulled away with a 13-0 run early in the fourth
quarter and won in Salt Lake City for the first time since spoiling
the Jazz's home opener two years ago.

Aaron Brooks had 19 points and nine assists and Luis Scola added 14 points and 15 rebounds for the Rockets, who made eight of their first 12 shots in the fourth quarter to blow open a three-point game.

Deron Williams had 18 points and eight assists and Andrei
Kirilenko added 18 points and seven rebounds for the Jazz, who fell to 1-2.