The San Antonio Spurs are three wins away from reaching the NBA Finals for the first time since winning the championship in the 2006-07 season. San Antonio looks to move up 2-0 against Memphis in Tuesday night's Game 2, the Associated Press reports.
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Memphis is still reeling from a 105-83 blowout loss to San Antonio in the first game of the Western Conference finals.
"It's more frustrating than embarrassing," Grizzlies Zach Randolph told reporters on Monday. "It's basketball. It happens to the best of them. Muhammad Ali, he got knocked down before. What made him the greatest fighter in the world is he always bounced back."
Randolph needs to bounce back after a pour outing in Game 1. The two-time NBA All-Star scored just two points on 1-for-8 shooting. The whole team struggled on both ends of the court, and the Spurs had their way with them on Sunday.
Still, the Grizzlies aren't deterred. They've lost each Game 1 in every playoff round this season, including a 21-point blowout to the Los Angeles Clippers in the first round. Comebacks, however, are becoming a specialty for Memphis.
"That's what you do in life. Every time you have a bad moment, you've got to bounce back and get up and go again," Memphis coach Lionel Hollins said. "You have a bad day, you've got to get up the next morning and make it a good day."
San Antonio's hot shooting from the perimeter allowed them to coast for much of the game. The Spurs broke a franchise postseason-record by hitting 14 three-pointers on just 29 attempts. The veteran team seemed to take advantage of every mistake Memphis made on the floor, helping San Antonio build a 20-point lead by half time.
"The ball happened to go into the basket," Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said. "It's a game. Some nights you make two, some nights you make 14. That's a rarity. But there's never really a reason. ... We didn't run anything magical to get the shots. They just went in."
Popovich is likely nailing that sentiment into his team's head to make sure they doesn't come into Game 2 ill prepared. They know Memphis will make adjustments and come prepared to fight, and the Spurs want to avoid going to Memphis for Game 3 with an even series.
