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505 | MEMPHIS | 183 | 181.5 | 506 | SAN ANTONIO | -5 | -5 |
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All Games | 64-30 | +13.2 | 57-34 | 41-52 | 93.7 | 47.7 | 44.3% | 51.1 | 89.8 | 46.0 | 43.6% | 47.9 | Road Games | 27-21 | +4.8 | 29-18 | 24-23 | 93.4 | 47.7 | 44.7% | 49.5 | 92.2 | 46.7 | 44.6% | 47.7 | Last 5 Games | 4-1 | +3.9 | 4-1 | 3-2 | 92.0 | 46.6 | 40.6% | 51.6 | 92.0 | 48.2 | 42.1% | 52.0 | Playoff Games | 8-4 | +5.7 | 10-2 | 8-4 | 96.0 | 48.2 | 43.3% | 51.2 | 93.4 | 48.5 | 44.2% | 48.3 | Division Games | 10-7 | -0.7 | 7-9 | 6-10 | 91.4 | 45.6 | 42.6% | 49.9 | 93.8 | 47.3 | 45.5% | 48.3 |
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Team Stats (All Games) | 93.7 | 47.7 | 36-81 | 44.3% | 5-14 | 34.2% | 17-22 | 77.1% | 51 | 13 | 21 | 20 | 8 | 13 | 5 | vs opponents surrendering | 98.4 | 49.4 | 37-82 | 45.2% | 7-20 | 35.9% | 17-23 | 75.5% | 50 | 11 | 22 | 20 | 8 | 14 | 5 | Team Stats (Road Games) | 93.4 | 47.7 | 36-80 | 44.7% | 5-14 | 33.5% | 18-23 | 76.2% | 49 | 11 | 21 | 21 | 8 | 12 | 5 | Stats Against (All Games) | 89.8 | 46.0 | 34-77 | 43.6% | 6-18 | 33.8% | 16-22 | 75.5% | 48 | 10 | 19 | 21 | 7 | 14 | 5 | vs opponents averaging | 99.2 | 49.9 | 37-82 | 45.7% | 7-20 | 35.8% | 17-23 | 75.6% | 50 | 11 | 22 | 20 | 8 | 14 | 5 | Stats Against (Road Games) | 92.2 | 46.7 | 34-77 | 44.6% | 7-19 | 35.5% | 17-22 | 76.8% | 48 | 10 | 21 | 21 | 7 | 14 | 5 |
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All Games | 67-26 | +6.8 | 47-44 | 41-52 | 103.0 | 51.3 | 47.9% | 49.2 | 96.1 | 47.1 | 44.2% | 50.2 | Home Games | 40-7 | +8.8 | 23-22 | 21-26 | 104.6 | 53.6 | 49.2% | 49.2 | 94.4 | 47.8 | 44.2% | 48.1 | Last 5 Games | 4-1 | +3 | 4-1 | 2-3 | 99.4 | 50.8 | 46.7% | 51.0 | 89.0 | 42.6 | 41.0% | 52.6 | Playoff Games | 9-2 | +5 | 8-3 | 5-6 | 103.0 | 50.4 | 46.6% | 51.6 | 92.1 | 44.6 | 43.6% | 52.4 | Division Games | 13-4 | +5.2 | 8-9 | 8-9 | 105.7 | 52.8 | 50.0% | 48.2 | 96.7 | 48.6 | 43.9% | 48.2 |
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Team Stats (All Games) | 103.0 | 51.3 | 39-82 | 47.9% | 8-21 | 37.5% | 17-21 | 78.7% | 49 | 8 | 25 | 18 | 8 | 14 | 5 | vs opponents surrendering | 98.6 | 49.7 | 37-82 | 45.2% | 7-20 | 35.7% | 17-22 | 75.3% | 50 | 11 | 22 | 20 | 8 | 14 | 5 | Team Stats (Home Games) | 104.6 | 53.6 | 40-81 | 49.2% | 8-21 | 39.0% | 16-21 | 79.3% | 49 | 9 | 26 | 17 | 8 | 14 | 5 | Stats Against (All Games) | 96.1 | 47.1 | 37-85 | 44.2% | 6-18 | 35.1% | 15-20 | 74.8% | 50 | 11 | 21 | 19 | 8 | 14 | 5 | vs opponents averaging | 98.7 | 49.7 | 37-82 | 45.3% | 7-20 | 35.9% | 17-23 | 75.2% | 51 | 11 | 22 | 20 | 8 | 14 | 5 | Stats Against (Home Games) | 94.4 | 47.8 | 37-84 | 44.2% | 7-18 | 35.9% | 14-19 | 73.7% | 48 | 10 | 21 | 20 | 8 | 15 | 4 |
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| Average power rating of opponents played: MEMPHIS 96.9, SAN ANTONIO 95.2 |
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4/12/2013 | @ HOUSTON | 82-78 | W | 2.5 | W | 195.5 | U | 29-83 | 34.9% | 56 | 6 | 23-74 | 31.1% | 65 | 20 | 4/13/2013 | LA CLIPPERS | 87-91 | L | -2.5 | L | 182 | U | 34-83 | 41.0% | 54 | 10 | 37-80 | 46.2% | 52 | 7 | 4/15/2013 | @ DALLAS | 103-97 | W | -3.5 | W | 186.5 | O | 38-80 | 47.5% | 52 | 16 | 34-76 | 44.7% | 42 | 15 | 4/17/2013 | UTAH | 86-70 | W | -4.5 | W | 178.5 | U | 34-84 | 40.5% | 61 | 11 | 25-78 | 32.1% | 57 | 12 | 4/20/2013 | @ LA CLIPPERS | 91-112 | L | 5.5 | L | 178 | O | 33-71 | 46.5% | 28 | 7 | 41-74 | 55.4% | 56 | 11 | 4/22/2013 | @ LA CLIPPERS | 91-93 | L | 5.5 | W | 179.5 | O | 33-73 | 45.2% | 50 | 12 | 37-78 | 47.4% | 47 | 13 | 4/25/2013 | LA CLIPPERS | 94-82 | W | -4.5 | W | 178 | U | 31-80 | 38.7% | 60 | 10 | 26-67 | 38.8% | 42 | 16 | 4/27/2013 | LA CLIPPERS | 104-83 | W | -3 | W | 177.5 | O | 39-77 | 50.6% | 59 | 13 | 32-78 | 41.0% | 34 | 8 | 4/30/2013 | @ LA CLIPPERS | 103-93 | W | 5.5 | W | 180.5 | O | 37-85 | 43.5% | 55 | 7 | 34-77 | 44.2% | 49 | 13 | 5/3/2013 | LA CLIPPERS | 118-105 | W | -6 | W | 179 | O | 36-71 | 50.7% | 47 | 10 | 41-78 | 52.6% | 42 | 13 | 5/5/2013 | @ OKLAHOMA CITY | 91-93 | L | 3.5 | W | 186.5 | U | 35-82 | 42.7% | 57 | 11 | 33-80 | 41.2% | 50 | 10 | 5/7/2013 | @ OKLAHOMA CITY | 99-93 | W | 2.5 | W | 188.5 | O | 36-86 | 41.9% | 55 | 10 | 30-70 | 42.9% | 47 | 19 | 5/11/2013 | OKLAHOMA CITY | 87-81 | W | -5 | W | 186.5 | U | 30-74 | 40.5% | 47 | 11 | 32-88 | 36.4% | 65 | 12 | 5/13/2013 | OKLAHOMA CITY | 103-97 | W | -5 | W | 185.5 | O | 36-89 | 40.4% | 54 | 7 | 34-79 | 43.0% | 50 | 15 | 5/15/2013 | @ OKLAHOMA CITY | 88-84 | W | 4.5 | W | 185.5 | U | 30-81 | 37.0% | 58 | 9 | 31-84 | 36.9% | 55 | 14 | 5/19/2013 | @ SAN ANTONIO | 83-105 | L | 4.5 | L | 182 | O | 32-74 | 43.2% | 44 | 12 | 40-76 | 52.6% | 43 | 11 | 5/21/2013 | @ SAN ANTONIO | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5/25/2013 | SAN ANTONIO | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5/27/2013 | SAN ANTONIO | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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4/12/2013 | SACRAMENTO | 108-101 | W | -11.5 | L | 207.5 | O | 42-77 | 54.5% | 48 | 16 | 39-89 | 43.8% | 43 | 13 | 4/14/2013 | @ LA LAKERS | 86-91 | L | -3.5 | L | 193 | U | 33-89 | 37.1% | 57 | 8 | 31-85 | 36.5% | 69 | 14 | 4/15/2013 | @ GOLDEN STATE | 106-116 | L | 7 | L | 199 | O | 45-98 | 45.9% | 45 | 15 | 46-85 | 54.1% | 55 | 21 | 4/17/2013 | MINNESOTA | 95-108 | L | -9.5 | L | 199 | O | 33-79 | 41.8% | 48 | 17 | 42-91 | 46.2% | 51 | 12 | 4/21/2013 | LA LAKERS | 91-79 | W | -9 | W | 191 | U | 32-85 | 37.6% | 54 | 9 | 30-73 | 41.1% | 55 | 18 | 4/24/2013 | LA LAKERS | 102-91 | W | -9 | W | 188.5 | O | 42-82 | 51.2% | 49 | 8 | 37-82 | 45.1% | 43 | 13 | 4/26/2013 | @ LA LAKERS | 120-89 | W | -6.5 | W | 184 | O | 52-85 | 61.2% | 53 | 14 | 35-81 | 43.2% | 40 | 13 | 4/28/2013 | @ LA LAKERS | 103-82 | W | -11.5 | W | 190.5 | U | 39-84 | 46.4% | 44 | 8 | 36-76 | 47.4% | 51 | 21 | 5/6/2013 | GOLDEN STATE | 129-127 | W | -9 | L | 203 | O | 46-105 | 43.8% | 57 | 14 | 51-100 | 51.0% | 65 | 21 | 5/8/2013 | GOLDEN STATE | 91-100 | L | -7 | L | 204.5 | U | 35-89 | 39.3% | 56 | 10 | 38-84 | 45.2% | 59 | 9 | 5/10/2013 | @ GOLDEN STATE | 102-92 | W | 2.5 | W | 201.5 | U | 40-79 | 50.6% | 52 | 11 | 35-89 | 39.3% | 52 | 11 | 5/12/2013 | @ GOLDEN STATE | 87-97 | L | -1.5 | L | 198.5 | U | 33-93 | 35.5% | 59 | 11 | 35-92 | 38.0% | 74 | 18 | 5/14/2013 | GOLDEN STATE | 109-91 | W | -7 | W | 194.5 | O | 40-77 | 51.9% | 46 | 10 | 35-75 | 46.7% | 45 | 14 | 5/16/2013 | @ GOLDEN STATE | 94-82 | W | -2.5 | W | 194.5 | U | 33-73 | 45.2% | 55 | 14 | 33-85 | 38.8% | 48 | 12 | 5/19/2013 | MEMPHIS | 105-83 | W | -4.5 | W | 182 | O | 40-76 | 52.6% | 43 | 11 | 32-74 | 43.2% | 44 | 12 | 5/21/2013 | MEMPHIS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5/25/2013 | @ MEMPHIS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5/27/2013 | @ MEMPHIS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| | | MEMPHIS: GUARDS: The Grizzlies will scale back MIKE CONLEY's minutes a bit. He's a quality starting point guard, but seemed to lose some pep as last season wore on . . . TONY ALLEN figures to see more playing time now that O.J. Mayo is gone. He's an outstanding defender who will be the fifth option on offense . . . JERRYD BAYLESS figures to become the new sixth man and Allen platoon partner. He'll also spell Conley at the point, leading to solid minutes for the combo guard . . . Second-year man JOSH SELBY has a chance for a rotation spot after starring in the Summer League. He has big offensive upside . . . WAYNE ELLINGTON seems like an emergency plan for the second unit . . . This is likely a redshirt year for talented, but erratic, rookie TONY WROTEN. FORWARDS: RUDY GAY is going to lead the Grizzlies in touches and shots. He's not shy about looking for iso situations . . . ZACH RANDOLPH had trouble getting back into the flow after his knee injury. It's always been a fragile balance with Z-Bo, and he could be an odd man out going forward . . . MARREESE SPEIGHTS should be the offensive focal point of the bench unit as their sixth man . . . QUINCY PONDEXTER is a versatile defensive piece who will see solid minutes off the bench. He's a non-factor offensively, though . . . DARRELL ARTHUR suffered a non-displaced fractured in his leg in late September, and will not likely be ready when the season begins. A rising young big, his role will depend on when his athleticism comes back. CENTERS: The Grizzlies are at their best when MARC GASOL is getting touches and shots on the offensive end. Whether or not Gay and Randolph are willing to share is a concern, but Gasol has to be aggressive when the ball is in his hands . . . HAMED HADDADI will continue to play limited minutes off the bench. | | SAN ANTONIO: GUARDS: TONY PARKER played at an MVP level last year. His eye injury is obviously not an issue, and he was constantly getting on coach Gregg Popovich to let him finish meaningless games last year. There's no reason he can't repeat last year's performance . . . MANU GINOBILI dealt with a series of nagging injuries last year, and it's clear the team will have to monitor his regular-season workload . . . GARY NEAL provides solid minutes in this rotation, mostly at the point, and is able to consistently knock down threes . . . DANNY GREEN's rotation spot is in a bit of peril. He was too much of an offensive liability in last year's Western Conference Finals . . . NANDO de COLO is a combo guard who can provide instant offense off the bench. He can shoot it and does a nice job getting to the line . . . PATTY MILLS steps in as another viable option in this loaded backcourt . . . CORY JOSEPH's roster spot is in jeopardy after a middling D-League season. FORWARDS: TIM DUNCAN will continue to save it up for the playoffs. He still has plenty left in the tank, but he'll get tons of rest in March and April and more and more often defers to Tony Parker on offense when he does play . . . There's plenty to like about KAWHI LEONARD, who proved to be useful on both ends of the court last season. He'll be asked to be a little more aggressive offensively this year and should even have a couple of sets designed for him . . . STEPHEN JACKSON was a bit of a disaster in Milwaukee before landing with the Spurs last year. He's another veteran who will be paced during the regular season. And while he's been a facilitator in the past, he's really just a catch-and-shoot guy in San Antonio . . . MATT BONNER will continue to come off the bench and hoist some threes. CENTERS: BORIS DIAW's pick-and-pop ability makes him Popovich's top choice in the center rotation . . . TIAGO SPLITTER looks to be a career second-unit guy. He works hard and can defend, but he's just too clunky on the offensive end . . . DeJUAN BLAIR can pick up some cheap baskets, but his lack of offensive skills and defensive size makes him a fringe rotation player. |
| | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PA SPORTSTICKER NBA PLAYOFF PREVIEW (MEMPHIS-SAN ANTONIO) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
(Adds details, comments. With AP Photos.)
*Grizzlies-Spurs Preview* =========================
By JEFF LATZKE AP Sports Writer
Memphis At San Antonio, Game Two, 9:00 p.m. EDT
SAN ANTONIO (AP) -- Zach Randolph's miserable Western Conference finals debut led to a sleepless night and a long film session.
The All-Star power forward and his Memphis Grizzlies are hardly down and out, though. In both rounds of the playoffs so far, Memphis has lost Game 1 before rallying back to knock out the Los Angeles Clippers and then the Oklahoma City Thunder.
This time, Randolph had his worst game ever in the playoffs, managing two points in a 105-83 blowout. His only lower-scoring game in 40 playoff appearances was when he played 1 minute as a rookie for Portland in a 2002 game.
"It's more frustrating than embarrassing," said Randolph, who missed his first seven shots in Game 1. "It's basketball. It happens to the best of them.
"Muhammad Ali, he got knocked down before. What made him the greatest fighter in the world is he always bounced back."
It took the Grizzlies two games to get off the mat in the first round, when they suffered a 21-point blowout at Los Angeles and then lost on a Chris Paul buzzer-beater in Game 2. Memphis then won the next four.
There weren't as many adjustments needed in Round 2, when Kevin Durant's spectacular finish lifted Oklahoma City to a two-point win in the opener. Again, the Grizzlies won four straight to advance.
So, the panic button is nowhere in sight for these comeback kids with Game 2 on Tuesday night in San Antonio.
"That's what you do in life. Every time you have a bad moment, you've got to bounce back and get up and go again," coach Lionel Hollins said. "You have a bad day, you've got to get up the next morning and make it a good day. Every team has lost games that have been really bad, they've lost one-point buzzer-beaters, all of those types of things.
"If you're going to be in life and live, you've got to get up and go do it again and try to be better."
After last year's West finals, the Spurs are wary of feeling good about any series lead. San Antonio won the first two games at home last year, and then lost four in a row to the Thunder.
"Everything can change real fast," point guard Tony Parker said.
The Spurs had a surprisingly easy time against the NBA's best defense in Game 1, shooting 53 percent and making a franchise postseason-record 14 3-pointers on just 29 attempts. It took Memphis too long to settle in during its first conference finals appearance, and San Antonio was up 17 by the end of the first quarter and 20 in the second quarter.
"We found out it wasn't as bad as it looked," Hollins said. "It was a lot of just out of position, playing with hyper speed and doing things that we don't normally do because of the moment and not just playing the game the way it's supposed to be played."
The mistakes were many. Point guard Mike Conley said Memphis needs to pick up its defense on Parker beyond the 3-point line and keep him from penetrating the lane so easily to set up the 3-point shooters around him. Once in scramble mode, the Grizzlies over-helped and left too many openings.
On offense, the ball got stuck, which allowed the Spurs' defense to recover and wipe out any scoring opportunities for Randolph around the basket.
"All the things that we did wrong - no pace, no moving the ball, no running back, no communicating - if we do all that good and we are who we are and we lose, now we're going to see," center Marc Gasol said. "It's hard to get a lot of information about that last game because we just played so poorly."
Game 2 provides a clean slate to try again, and Memphis hasn't had two straight poor games yet this postseason.
"We adjust, I think, pretty well to teams and this is no different. We have to come out, make the same adjustments, stick to those adjustments and trust them because this team is so disciplined that they're not going to stop what they're doing," Conley said. "They do what they do very well. They're the best in the league at it."
The Spurs were hesitant to take too much credit for what went right.
"The ball happened to go into the basket," coach Gregg Popovich said. "It's a game. Some nights you make two, some nights you make 14. That's a rarity. But there's never really a reason. ... We didn't run anything magical to get the shots. They just went in."
It was quite the turnaround from the last round, when San Antonio made 44 percent and struggled to make shots consistently.
"I'm a math guy," said Matt Bonner, who made four of his five 3-point attempts. "It's highly improbable we're going to shoot at the clip we did last game. They've got the best defense in the league. They're going to come out and make adjustments and play better on defense for sure."
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