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Grizzlies clip LA, force Game 7
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May 13, 2012, Sunday
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SPANISH center Marc Gasol scored 23 points and grabbed nine rebounds to lead the Memphis Grizzlies to a 90-88 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers on Friday and sustain their National Basketball Association playoff title hopes.
The Grizzlies and Clippers are deadlocked 3-3 in the best-of-seven Western Conference first-round playoff series but Los Angeles is now an outsider to win just the third playoff series in franchise history, as Game 7 will be in Memphis.
The Grizzlies are trying to become only the eighth team in NBA history to come back from a 1-3 deficit to win a seven-game series. The top-seeded San Antonio Spurs await the winner in the conference semifinals
"We'll battle and fight," Clippers coach Vinny Del Negro said. "We'll be hungry. We'll make them earn everything."
Zach Randolph added 18 points and 16 rebounds for the Grizzlies, who also had 13 points each from Rudy Gay and Mike Conley.
"We've been down. We felt like we were supposed to be up in this series anyway," Randolph said. "Big players come through in big games when their backs are against the wall."
Blake Griffin, who played despite a left knee injury, led the Clippers with 17 points and added six assists while Chris Paul, nursing a jammed finger and sore hip, added 11 points and a team-high seven assists.
The Grizzlies and Clippers are deadlocked 3-3 in the best-of-seven Western Conference first-round playoff series but Los Angeles is now an outsider to win just the third playoff series in franchise history, as Game 7 will be in Memphis.
The Grizzlies are trying to become only the eighth team in NBA history to come back from a 1-3 deficit to win a seven-game series. The top-seeded San Antonio Spurs await the winner in the conference semifinals
"We'll battle and fight," Clippers coach Vinny Del Negro said. "We'll be hungry. We'll make them earn everything."
Zach Randolph added 18 points and 16 rebounds for the Grizzlies, who also had 13 points each from Rudy Gay and Mike Conley.
"We've been down. We felt like we were supposed to be up in this series anyway," Randolph said. "Big players come through in big games when their backs are against the wall."
Blake Griffin, who played despite a left knee injury, led the Clippers with 17 points and added six assists while Chris Paul, nursing a jammed finger and sore hip, added 11 points and a team-high seven assists.
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