The Memphis Grizzlies find themselves in a 0-2 hole as they host Tony Parker and the San Antonio Spurs in Game 3 of the Western Conference finals.
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It isn't the first time this postseason that Memphis has been down. They've been blown out and down games before, yet the resilient bunch has always found a way to bounce back. The Grizzlies are confident they can do it again, according to the Associated Press.
"We got to believe," Grizzlies forward Zach Randolph told reporters. "We got to be confident. We got to believe. Game 2 went down, we came all the way back and went to overtime, so we got to have that confidence and we got to believe in ourselves."
"We're down 0-2 and we've got to take care of home just like they took care of home," Grizzlies guard Tony Allen added. "Simple as that."
Memphis has been successful protecting their house. They won 32 games at home during the regular season and, since February 8, Memphis has a home record of 19-1.
The Spurs, meanwhile, took advantage of the three-day break between games to give its veteran core a breather. Parker used the extra time to rest his bruised left calf, which has been bothering him for the last couple games. They'll need all the energy they can muster to withstand the deafening arena that Grizzlies fans call the "grindhouse."
"We know they play great at home," Spurs forward Boris Diaw said. "They have a great crowd, and they seem to be more pumped up when they play at home. They are probably going to make more shots, we've got to be ready for that."
Memphis coach Lionel Hollins warned his team not to rely too much on the home court advantage.
"As I told our team, being home is not going to win anything for us," he told reporters. "We have to go out and play much better. ... I mean we lost an overtime game, and we got blown out in a game. We have to come here, hold serve and we got to play better, obviously."
