Spurs hold on for 93-89 OT win over Grizzlies

SAN ANTONIO — He did it with lobs into the post, simple bounce passes and wild flings into the corners.

Wherever Tony Parker put the ball Tuesday night at AT&T; Center, the San Antonio Spurs usually turned it into a basket.

Including the one they needed most.

Tim Duncan took one of Parker’s passes late in overtime and made a floating jumper that helped the Spurs hold on for a 93-89 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies in Game 2 of the Western Conference finals.

“He was controlling the ball every time down the floor,” said Duncan, who scored six of his 17 points in overtime, “and he was making every right play there was.”

Parker finished with a career playoff-high 18 assists to go with 15 points while playing 41 minutes. His final assist was the most meaningful.

He found Duncan near the top of the key for the basket with 1 minute 8 seconds left in overtime that gave San Antonio a 91-87 lead. After Memphis’ Jerryd Bayless made a jumper, the Grizzlies had one last chance to tie the score after Parker made one of two free throws with 14.6 seconds left to extend the Spurs’ advantage to 92-89.

But Bayless badly missed a three-pointer, San Antonio’s Cory Joseph made one of two free throws and the Spurs emerged with a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven series.

Game 3 is Saturday at FedEx Forum in Memphis.

“They’re not going to give it to us,” Parker said. “They’re going to fight until the end.”

The Grizzlies did Tuesday, forcing overtime after rallying from a 13-point deficit in the fourth quarter. They tied the score at 85-85 with 18.2 seconds left on Mike Conley’s short jumper in the lane.

The basket was made possible by a flagrant 1 foul on Spurs guard Manu Ginobili, who hacked Tony Allen driving to the basket with 26.2 seconds left. Allen fell hard but eventually rose to make two free throws that set up Conley’s tying score.

Duncan missed a long turnaround jumper at the end of regulation.

Parker had one fewer assist than the Grizzlies, who endured another bad shooting night from Zach Randolph. The power forward had 15 points and 18 rebounds while making six of 18 shots, including only one of 10 shots in the first half. Conley scored 18 points but had only three assists, failing to get his teammates in a sustained offensive rhythm.

The Grizzlies secured 19 offensive rebounds but could generate only eight second-chance points, largely a result of the Spurs’ 12 blocks and a flurry of misses around the basket. Five of those misses came on one possession near the end of the first half.

“They were frustrated because there was a lot of things, shots that they didn’t make, especially Zach around the basket in the first half,” Memphis Coach Lionel Hollins said.

The Spurs couldn’t relate. They made just enough shots, mostly because Parker kept finding them in the right spots.

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