NBA

1/8 Finals Round 1: San Antonio S. - Memphis G. 98-101

Date: April 17, 2011
The Memphis Grizzlies beat the San Antonio Spurs 101-98 to earn their first National Basketball Association postseason win. Zach Randolph scored 25 points and had 14 rebounds for the Grizzlies at AT&T Center in San Antonio in the first game of the best-of-seven series. Marc Gasol added 24 points, twice his season average, for Memphis. “It was a tough day, it was a physical game,” Randolph said in a televised courtside interview. “We just kept fighting.” San Antonio won the NBA title four times from 1999 to 2007, while the Grizzlies have never gone past the first round of the playoffs in three previous attempts, losing each of their previous 12 postseason games. The Spurs had the second-best regular-season record after the Chicago Bulls and finished atop the Western Conference with a 61-21 record. The Grizzlies were eighth in the conference, with a 46-36 mark. Memphis ended the game on a 7-0 scoring run and Shane Battier hit a 25-foot 3-pointer with 23 seconds to play to put the Grizzlies ahead 99-98. Tony Allen extended the lead to three points with 10 seconds left on a pair of free throws. All-star guard Manu Ginobili, San Antonio’s second-leading scorer with an average of 17.4 points per game, didn’t play after spraining his right elbow in the Spurs’ regular-season finale. Ginobili’s replacement, George Hill, scored 15 points for the Spurs, who were limited to 40 percent shooting. Richard Jefferson missed a 3-pointer with one second left for San Antonio, which split four regular-season games with the Grizzlies. The teams return to the AT&T Center for Game 2 on April 20 before heading to Memphis for two games. *Courtesy of www.bloomberg.com
  MEMPHIS G. (coach: Tuomas Iisalo)101
  FIELD GOALS REBOUNDS   FOULS   BLOCKS  
#   NAME MIN 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A OFF DEF RB AS F RV ST FV AG TO PT RNK +/-
66 CIjlRF, baVR 33 4-2 (49.0%) 6-8 (05%) 1-2 (90%) 6 4 3 65 3 5 5 5 5 3 60 64 5
05 eijdIlph, ciZh 35 65-63 (96.3%) 5-6 (5%) 0-2 (18.0%) 5 63 63 4 3 5 5 8 5 3 80 89 5
44 GisIl, biQZ 47 7-65 (75%) 5-5 (5%) 1-65 (15%) 4 1 7 4 0 5 5 8 5 8 83 81 5
7 SllRj, wIjF 83 8-1 (44.4%) 5-5 (5%) 4-1 (05%) 5 4 4 4 4 5 6 5 5 5 9 8 5
3 YIujD, AiB 60 6-8 (05%) 5-6 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 6 6 5 3 5 5 5 5 8 8 -0 5
48 biFI, P.z. 87 8-7 (88.8%) 4-3 (90%) 5-5 (5%) 5 4 4 5 1 5 5 5 5 6 64 6 5
  miUUaRQ, AhijR 80 8-4 (11.9%) 8-8 (655%) 5-5 (5%) 5 6 6 8 6 5 6 5 5 6 65 66 5
55 SQUhuQ, giQQRll 63 8-0 (35%) 5-5 (5%) 6-6 (655%) 6 6 8 5 0 5 5 6 5 6 0 -6 5
86 kisEuRJ, GQRaLas 4 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 5
  ABaUh, oshBiRl 6 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
60 Hiddida, HiBRd  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
  OITR, vRIj  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
wIUil   46-09 (03.3%) 1-65 (15.5%) 86-44 (14.1%) 0 44 42 88 44 5 8 0 5 60 656 90  


  SAN ANTONIO S. (coach: Mitch Johnson)98
  FIELD GOALS REBOUNDS   FOULS   BLOCKS  
#   NAME MIN 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A OFF DEF RB AS F RV ST FV AG TO PT RNK +/-
7 OiQVRQ, wIjF 35 3-60 (81.9%) 5-6 (5%) 68-61 (90%) 5 6 6 0 8 5 4 5 5 8 85 9 5
4 Hall, GRIQDR 35 8-3 (05%) 5-4 (5%) 66-64 (23.1%) 5 9 9 4 4 5 3 5 5 6 60 62 5
86 gujZij, waB 41 2-64 (16.0%) 5-5 (5%) 5-8 (5%) 0 2 64 8 4 5 5 8 5 4 61 85 5
83 zRffRQsIj, eaZhiQd 41 8-4 (11.9%) 8-4 (11.9%) 4-3 (90%) 5 1 1 8 4 5 5 5 5 6 64 63 5
43 bZgFRss, SjUIjaI 64 6-0 (85%) 5-5 (5%) 6-8 (05%) 5 6 6 6 0 5 5 5 5 8 4 -9 5
63 XRil, GiQF 80 8-1 (44.4%) 8-3 (05%) 5-5 (5%) 5 4 4 5 4 5 5 6 5 5 65 0 5
60 mIjjRQ, biUU 83 5-5 (5%) 8-3 (05%) 1-1 (655%) 6 8 4 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 68 65 5
30 mliaQ, gRzuij 86 4-7 (44.4%) 5-5 (5%) 4-3 (90%) 0 6 1 5 0 5 5 5 5 6 7 -6 5
  SjdRQsIj, ziBRs  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
88 AplaUURQ, waiDI  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
  XILiV, AURLR  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
  GQRRj, gijjF  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
wIUil   88-00 (35.5%) 1-60 (35.5%) 41-39 (91.1%) 66 87 35 64 89 5 9 4 5 65 72 11  



Terms:
Field Goals :  2PM-A  (2 point Field Goal made-attempts)     3PM-A  (3 point Field Goal made-attempts)   FTM-A (free throws made-attempt)
Rebounds : OFF (Offensive)  DEF (Defensive)   TOT  (total)
Fouls : CM (Committed)  RV (received)
Blocks : FV (In Favor)  AG (Against)
Other terms : MIN (minutes)  AST (assists)  ST (steals)   TO (Turnovers)   PTS (points)  RNK (ranking)