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Me neither. I kept checking back every minute or two.
u know how frustrating it was tryin to log in/refresh page so many times into the site....
at one point i was going to punch out my monitor...
yeh i cant live without ST
Me neither. I kept checking back every minute or two.
Good to see the site is back up.
Parker was an animal last night, the one stupid 8-second violation excluded.
Despite some MAJOR brain farts there at the end, the Spurs still managed to hold on and win it in OT.
A win is a win.
GO SPURS GO!!!!!
San Antonio Spurs 112, Memphis Grizzlies 106: Eventually, the Spurs will lose a close game
by Andrew A. McNeill
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AT&T CENTER — The pass went traveled quickly from Tony Parker to Manu Ginobili. And just as soon as it touched the hands of Ginobili, it was in the air, destined for Richard Jefferson. A beautiful alley-oop dunk to finish off another Spurs win.
The San Antonio Spurs had a five point lead with under a minute left in the fourth quarter and were about to finish the Memphis Grizzlies off. But then, things didn’t go as they should’ve. Jefferson fumbled the ball and never even got a shot off. Instead, the ball went out of bounds and Memphis had a chance.
The Grizzlies went the other way and OJ Mayo scored a layup. After Tony Parker missed a jumper with about 38 seconds left, Mayo nailed a 3-pointer with 21.6 seconds left. Tie game. What should’ve been an insurmountable lead just seconds ago was now a contest in limbo.
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Despite late rally, Memphis Grizzlies lose to Spurs in OT, 112-106
By Ronald Tillery
Posted December 18, 2010 at 10:24 p.m., updated December 18, 2010 at 10:47 p.m.
SAN ANTONIO — The Grizzlies were missing a team-high 21-point scoring average from their rotation.
Rudy Gay had to serve a one-game suspension Saturday night but the Griz weren’t offensively impaired.
O.J. Mayo and Zach Randolph made sure of that. The Grizzlies’ problem in losing, 112-106, during an overtime affair at AT&T Center was that Tony Parker was there to carry the San Antonio Spurs.
Parker tossed in a game-high 37 points, including a floater that put the Spurs ahead by six points with a minute left in the extra session.
The Spurs won their eighth game in a row overall and seventh straight at home.
This Texas two-step ended with back-to-back losses for the Griz. They were at least compe ive against the Spurs after they were pummeled by the Houston Rockets Friday night.
Mayo’s 27 points, five rebounds and five assists led the Griz, who also got 24 points and 21 rebounds from Randolph. Mayo also had five 3-pointers, including two clutch shots near the end of regulation.
Mayo’s 3-pointer with 21.6 seconds left in the fourth quarter tied the score at 100 and forced overtime. The game was tied at 88 with five minutes left in regulation. Parker then scored 12 of the Spurs’ next 14 points.
Gay watched the game at a local hotel — punishment from the NBA for his flagrant-2 foul on Luis Scola during a loss Friday night at Houston.
Tony Allen replaced Gay and Mayo also started in place of rookie Xavier Henry to add scoring.
Memphis shot 44.2 percent and its final point total belied what San Antonio’s defense had allowed during its streak. The Spurs held opponents to 93 points and 43.6-percent shooting from the field during their winning streak.
Without Gay and a legitimate backup at small forward, Grizzlies coach Lionel Hollins used unusual combinations at times. The Griz even moved point guard Mike Conley off the ball late in the third period while rookie Greivis Vasquez ran the point.
That is about the same time San Antonio padded a five-point lead. Memphis endured several out-of-sync offensive possessions. The Spurs, meanwhile, scored six unanswered points and took an 80-69 lead.
Sam Young ended the third by converting two free throws that cut the deficit to nine.
The Grizzlies’ largest deficit was 11 points in the first half before the Spurs took a 53-49 advantage into halftime.
Memphis ended the second period on an 8-1 run. They forced the Spurs to misfire from the perimeter and then turned those stops into scores from point-blank range.
Conley and Randolph closed the half with back-to-back layups on fast breaks.
The Griz trailed 52-41 after Richard Jefferson finished off a Spurs fast break with an emphatic dunk with 2:50 left in the second quarter. The basket forced Hollins to call for time in order to interrupt the Spurs’ 14-4 run.
Hollins’ timeouts were effective. He burned one in the first quarter after the Griz fell behind 17-8. Memphis returned to the court, stopped settling for jump shots and attacked the basket until it tied the score at 17.
The Griz eventually took a 31-28 lead after the opening period.
Tip-ins: Allen recorded his first 3-pointer of the season with 9:13 left in the third period. … The Spurs played without George Hill, who is nursing a sprained right big toe. …The Grizzlies bench finished with just 16 points. The reserves averaged 30.2 points in the 14 games Mayo came off the bench. … The Griz are 6-24 all-time on the road against the Spurs.
— Ronald Tillery: 529-2353
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