Home » Sports » Basketball
Pacers see off Knicks, Grizzlies steal the Thunder to go up 2-1
Source: Agencies |
May 13, 2013, Monday
|
Print Edition
Print Edition
THE Indiana Pacers and Memphis Grizzlies both took 2-1 leads in their NBA conference semifinal series with victories on Saturday, as two of the league's more modest teams got the better of the New York Knicks and Oklahoma City Thunder respectively.
Indiana's Roy Hibbert finished with 24 points and 12 rebounds, while Paul George nearly came up with another postseason triple double, leading the Pacers to an 82-71 win.
Memphis remained unbeaten at home in the postseason after a gritty but unspectacular 87-81 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder.
Indiana limited the Knicks to 35.2 percent shooting from the floor, allowed just three 3-pointers and forced 15 turnovers. And, of course, the league's No. 1 rebounding team dominated the glass again, finishing with a 53-40 rebounding edge and a 20-10 edge in second-chance points.
"That's how we play Pacers basketball," George said. "We just locked in, and it was just helping one another on the defensive end."
Indiana won despite a 28 for 80 shooting performance that included a season-high 33 3-point attempts.
"They outrebounded us, they won the hustle today, the little things," Carmelo Anthony said. "It all came down to us not scoring the basketball. ... We can't beat anyone scoring 71 points."
If Indiana wins a fifth straight home playoff game tomorrow, it will head back to Madison Square Garden with a commanding lead over a longtime rival.
Hibbert kept loose balls alive in his best playoff performance of this postseason. Coach Frank Vogel called it his best playoff game ever.
In Memphis, Marc Gasol scored 20 points and hit two late free throws left to put Memphis ahead to stay.
After struggling at the free throw line in Oklahoma City, the Grizzlies hit all six at the line in the final 1:03 to clinch it.
"We just stayed after it like we've done all year long," Memphis coach Lionel Hollins said. "It's not always pretty. Tonight wasn't pretty, but it was pretty for us because we got the win."
Game 4 is tomorrow in Memphis where the Grizzlies are 18-1 since February 8.
Oklahoma City's Kevin Durant scored 25 points, but only two in the fourth quarter. A 91 percent free throw shooter in the regular season, Durant missed two with 39.3 seconds left. Durant also had 11 rebounds and five assists. The Thunder had their worst scoring and shooting performance this postseason. Durant went 3 of 11 from the floor in the second half, and his teammates went a combined 23 of 69 for the game.
Indiana's Roy Hibbert finished with 24 points and 12 rebounds, while Paul George nearly came up with another postseason triple double, leading the Pacers to an 82-71 win.
Memphis remained unbeaten at home in the postseason after a gritty but unspectacular 87-81 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder.
Indiana limited the Knicks to 35.2 percent shooting from the floor, allowed just three 3-pointers and forced 15 turnovers. And, of course, the league's No. 1 rebounding team dominated the glass again, finishing with a 53-40 rebounding edge and a 20-10 edge in second-chance points.
"That's how we play Pacers basketball," George said. "We just locked in, and it was just helping one another on the defensive end."
Indiana won despite a 28 for 80 shooting performance that included a season-high 33 3-point attempts.
"They outrebounded us, they won the hustle today, the little things," Carmelo Anthony said. "It all came down to us not scoring the basketball. ... We can't beat anyone scoring 71 points."
If Indiana wins a fifth straight home playoff game tomorrow, it will head back to Madison Square Garden with a commanding lead over a longtime rival.
Hibbert kept loose balls alive in his best playoff performance of this postseason. Coach Frank Vogel called it his best playoff game ever.
In Memphis, Marc Gasol scored 20 points and hit two late free throws left to put Memphis ahead to stay.
After struggling at the free throw line in Oklahoma City, the Grizzlies hit all six at the line in the final 1:03 to clinch it.
"We just stayed after it like we've done all year long," Memphis coach Lionel Hollins said. "It's not always pretty. Tonight wasn't pretty, but it was pretty for us because we got the win."
Game 4 is tomorrow in Memphis where the Grizzlies are 18-1 since February 8.
Oklahoma City's Kevin Durant scored 25 points, but only two in the fourth quarter. A 91 percent free throw shooter in the regular season, Durant missed two with 39.3 seconds left. Durant also had 11 rebounds and five assists. The Thunder had their worst scoring and shooting performance this postseason. Durant went 3 of 11 from the floor in the second half, and his teammates went a combined 23 of 69 for the game.
- About Us
- |
- Terms of Use
- |
-
RSS - |
- Privacy Policy
- |
- Contact Us
- |
- Shanghai Call Center: 962288
- |
- Tip-off hotline: 52920043
- 沪ICP证：沪ICP备05050403号-1
- |
- 互联网新闻信息服务许可证：31120180004
- |
- 网络视听许可证：0909346
- |
- 广播电视节目制作许可证：沪字第354号
- |
- 增值电信业务经营许可证：沪B2-20120012
Copyright © 1999- Shanghai Daily. All rights reserved.Preferably viewed with Internet Explorer 8 or newer browsers.
