Memphis hit on just 5 of its 22 field-goal attempts with the ageless Carter, making just his fourth start of the season, scoring the Grizzlies’ first seven points.
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After Tuesday’s 94-68 final in San Antonio, the series’ first two games have been decided by an average of 29 points.
But Green said the Spurs can’t count on Game 2 being another cakewalk. The contest will mark the second and final game of Memphis’ road trip and the second and final game of San Antonio’s homestand.
Kawhi Leonard tallied 20 points as the Spurs routed the Memphis Grizzlies 106-74 to take a 1-0 lead in their best-of-seven series.
“We played with some more intensity, but we are coming into a gunfight with some spoons”, Memphis’ Matt Barnes said. It helps a little bit to get some confidence, but each game is different.
The Spurs have also been outstanding defensively, holding Memphis below 40 percent shooting in both games. Aside from forward Kyle Anderson in game 1, every player on the Spurs has contributed at least 2 points each game.
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“The better we move the ball, the more open shots we get and definitely our guys can knock them down”, Mills said. We’ve got to play small, play fast. “They’re still an National Basketball Association team”. Tony Allen led Memphis with 12 points and Zach Randolph had 11 points and 12 rebounds. They lost Marc Gasol for the season and Mike Conley hasn’t played since March 12 due to a strained Achilles; they lost to Golden State by 50 in the regular season and by 32 to San Antonio in Game 1. The Spurs aim to take a 2-0 lead when the two Association franchises take the hardwood at the AT&T Center. When it comes to important decision like whether or not to rest his players, the coach knows what he is doing, a reader says. It doesn’t matter where we play – here, at a YMCA or in Memphis, we just have to play better. “We’ve still got to execute”. Tim Duncan and LaMarcus Aldridge hawked Randolph, and there wasn’t a counter – the Grizzlies had no shooters to exploit the double team. I don’t know how good our chances are. I don’t want to save nothing, nothing should be in the tank. From what I saw Sunday night I’m not real anxious about the Spurs right now. “Hopefully next game we get out there and get more minutes and we’ll see what happens”. “Each game is it’s own series in itself”. Randolph is a combined 8 for 30 in the series. The technical came shortly after Farmar was whistled for fouling Leonard on a defensive rebound. They’ve allowed 92.9 points per game during that span, which is lower than their season average of 101.4. He played 24 minutes and had 3 assists in each of the first two games. “We expect nothing different going into Game 3”.
