He also ran out to 13 points in the first 15 minutes of Game 1, but never scored again after a driving finger roll with 8:40 left in the second quarter, just about the time when Parker stepped out of the mist of his past. Mike Conley was the only other Grizzlies player in double figures, finishing with 13.
The Grizzlies made their first five shots and jumped out to 13 point lead in the first quarter.
The San Antonio Spurs will go for their 10th consecutive postseason win over the Memphis Grizzlies when the teams meet in Game 2 on Monday.
The Spurs looked impressive in Game 1, beating the Grizzlies 111-82 at home to take a 1-0 lead in the series. He started 31 games and also opened the year as the Cavs' back-up point guard.
Jefferson has averaged just 14.1 minutes, 8.1 points, and 4.2 rebounds per game in his 13th National Basketball Association season.
George led IN in Game 1 with 29 points, but he did not have the ball IN his hands for the final shot.
Game 2 will not come down to a last-second shot if the Cavaliers listen to Coach Tyronn Lue. The Grizzlies last postseason victory over the Spurs was a 99-91 victory April 29, 2011. Game 2 might be closer, but the outcome shouldn't change.
ABOUT THE GRIZZLIES (43-39): Defensive guru Tony Allen (calf) was injured in the regular-season finale and is sidelined indefinitely, so it is probable that he will miss the entire series. In the above clip, a Laker defender is basically stuck guarding two Spurs at once - Patty Mills and Kawhi Leonard. I got a good shot.
The bench has to score; it seemed like the young players were shell shocked after making their playoff debut and it cost them tremendously. George thought he should have been the one to get the shot, and, per George, he "talked" to him after the game about that.
Henrik Lundqvist helps Rangers in win
The Montreal Canadiens lamented their lack of finish after their Game 1 loss at home against the New York Rangers. Hits are an objective statistic; but the final stat sheet credited NY with 45 hits and Montreal with 53.
Games 3 and 4 of the series will be Thursday and Saturday in Memphis, respectively.
He didn't play at all in the Cavs' 109-108 win over the Indiana Pacers in Game 1 of a first-round playoff series, even though he was healthy and in uniform.
According to oddsmakers at Bovada.lv, the Spurs are the clear favorite in tonight's game, as they are getting odds of -11 points against the Grizzlies.
"Keep "they" outcha life", he said. After a surprisingly porous first quarter, the Spurs ratcheted up the pressure every quarter until Memphis looked hopeless.
The Spurs were able to sit all their starters but Dedmon in the fourth quarter as their lead ballooned to as many as 36 points. The bucket that he scored looked so easy it was nearly cruel, as Leonard got the and-one.
Parker had 18 points in 22 minutes after averaging 10.1 points in the regular season.
"We came in here understanding we're playing against the No. 2 seed and to win a series we know it wasn't going to be a sweep on our end".
Ginobili, who took an inadvertent elbow from Grizzlies forward Zach Randolph late in the first half of Game 1, had a little bit of a shiner around his right eye at practice Sunday.
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