Friday, December 21, 2007

Gay buzzer beater lifts Grizzlies over Spurs

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Gay buzzer beater lifts Grizzlies over Spurs

Memphis, TN (Sports Network) - Rudy Gay's buzzer-beating three-pointer in the face of Tim Duncan was Memphis' only field goal in the final seven minutes as the Grizzlies recovered from blowing a 23-point second-half lead to outlast the San Antonio Spurs, 88-85, at FedEx Forum.

Gay finished with 23 points while Mike Miller hit five threes of his own on his way to a game-high 31, and Memphis won for the second time in three games.

Manu Ginobili led the Spurs with 20 points and Duncan had 16 points and 14 rebounds, but San Antonio could not complete the furious comeback en route to a second straight loss and its fourth setback in the last five outings.

"I think I just gave him a little too much space. I think he got a little too comfortable," said Duncan of Gay's game-winner. "I thought he would at least take one more dribble in and I could contest something toward the top of the key, and I gave him a little more space. He pulled a three on a hand up and the rest is history."

Down by 17 heading into the fourth quarter and having trailed since the early stages of the first, the Spurs suddenly found themselves within eight at the eight-minute mark after Jacque Vaughn's lay-in made it 80-72. Gay and Miller hit back-to-back jumpers to put Memphis back up 12, but following a baseline jumper from Vaughn, the two teams went over three minutes without scoring.

The Spurs then ran off nine straight, capped by Duncan's jump-hook off the glass, to pull within one, at 84-83, with 41 seconds to go. Damon Stoudamire missed a three-pointer, and San Antonio regained possession with 20 seconds left and a chance to take its first lead since they were up 4-3.

Out of a timeout, the ball worked its way around to a wide-open Matt Bonner, who missed a baseline jumper, and Memphis grabbed the rebound. But, Stoudamire hit just 1-of-2 free throws, and the Spurs got the ball back with 5.3 ticks on the clock, trailing 85-83.

Ginobili inbounded to Duncan in the high post, then used a v-cut to come back to the ball for a handoff and, with Miller and Darko Milicic attempting to foul Duncan, Ginobili breezed to the hoop for an easy dunk that tied the game with less than three seconds remaining.

Memphis called its final timeout to position the ball in the frontcourt with Juan Carlos Navarro as the inbounder. With Miller covered as the first option off a screen, Gay released to the top of the key and fired a step-back three- ball with the clock winding down, draining it to give the Grizzlies just their second win in 11 outings against the defending champions.

"The play was for Mike," Gay said. "Obviously Mike's a great shooter and they trailed him. I was the second option. If Mike got the ball he would have knocked the shot down, so I got the chance to do it today. First I looked to see who was guarding me. I knew Tim wasn't going to get to me quick enough so I just put it up. I thought I had a pretty good follow through, I had enough time to finish my shot, and it went in."

Stoudamire and Navarro finished with 10 points apiece for Memphis, which shot 44 percent from the floor and hit 10 three-pointers as a team.

Vaughn again filled in adequately for injured Spurs point guard Tony Parker, scoring 10 points. Michael Finley added 11 points and five boards.

Memphis raced out to an early 17-6 lead and held a 31-19 advantage after one quarter. The Grizzlies then opened up a 21-point edge with a 15-4 run to start the second before the Spurs pulled within 49-35 at the half thanks to a 10-3 spurt of their own.

Miller's torrid shooting keyed an early-third quarter surge that extended the Memphis lead back above 20, and it was 76-59 going to the fourth.

Thanks for the penny. Now, back to good ol' T's & A's from Memphis.

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