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OAKLAND, Calif. Ray Lewis Youth Jersey . -- Tony Allen realized this West Coast trip might be a little different for the Memphis Grizzlies as soon as he boarded the team bus in San Francisco for the short drive across the bay. Not much about the teams demeanour changed when the game started, either. Rudy Gay had 26 points, 12 rebounds and five assists to lead the Grizzlies to their fifth straight victory, blowing past the Golden State Warriors 110-92 on Wednesday night. "Looking at the way these guys were just locked in on the bus, nobody was really saying too much," said Allen, who had 12 points and six rebounds. "Wasnt nobody talking about no TV shows that was on before. Wasnt nobody talking about anything that didnt have to do with the game, and I kind of noticed that. The focus was from way before the game, and it carried over." Did it ever. Marc Gasol added 17 points and 12 rebounds, and Marreese Speights scored 18 points to pace the hot-starting and hard-closing Grizzlies, who sprinted to a 21-4 lead, lost it, then built back a 22-point cushion late. Memphis, which shot 52 per cent, has won nine of its last 10 games and is gaining momentum for the second straight season after finishing a win short of the Western Conference finals last year. "If you want to be a good team, you have to win on the road," Gasol said. "You have to come out, execute and be mentally stronger. Were taking steps forward, baby steps, its a process." Golden State took another step backward. Monta Ellis had 16 points and a hobbled Stephen Curry came off the bench to score 15 for a Warriors team that just returned home from a solid 3-3 road trip only to turn in another perplexing performance. Golden State had 15 turnovers and shot just 44 per cent, baffling rookie coach Mark Jackson with the often lackadaisical effort. "As a coach, you dont want to have to coach energy, effort, passion," Jackson said. "They outworked us, and the only way we got back into the game was because, even though we went small, that group competed and they worked. Just an embarrassing effort for us tonight." The scoring swings started out extreme in this one. The Grizzlies converted defensive stops into easy baskets, making 10 of their first 11 shots -- almost all layups, dunks or inside the paint -- in a swift and stunning burst of offence. Mike Conleys lob to Gay for a thunderous alley-oop over Dorell Wright for one of his 12 assists, highlighted the 21-4 run in the first 5:26. "That lies on our first unit and me being a captain Ill take responsibility," said Warriors forward David Lee, who had 11 points and four rebounds. The home crowd showered the team with boos, and perhaps the frustrated fans awakened the Warriors. Golden State surged back with a 31-14 spurt to even the score at 35 halfway through the second quarter. Curry, with a strained tendon in his surgically repaired, troublesome right foot still causing fits, tossed a high-arcing lob to Ellis later in the period to help the Warriors take a four-point lead. The Grizzlies slowly started to pull away again in the third quarter, going ahead 79-66 on Quincy Pondexters 3-pointer. They just blew away the Warriors in a frustrating fourth quarter for the home team, building a 22-point lead that started to rattle Golden State even more. Warriors backup guard Nate Robinson and Memphis O.J. Mayo each were whistled for a technical foul following a brief scrum. Lee and Speights were also called for technicals later in the period with the game out of reach. The flow of the game reminded Memphis coach Lionel Hollins of the old Warriors teams led by NBA career wins leader Don Nelson. "It was always the torture chamber. They would come out, and theres such huge ebb and flows in the game," Hollins said. "You play well for a while, then they get hot for a while, then you play well for a while. You just got to stay with it, stay with it. We came out in the second half with a great focus and we didnt let up in the second half like we did in the first half." NOTES: Grizzlies PF Zach Randolph, out with a torn ligament in his right knee since Jan. 1, is participating in practice again. Hollins said Randolph will play again when "hes ready," but it appears the forward wont return until at least Tuesday when the Grizzlies return home against the Lakers. ... Dominic McGuire started in Currys place for the second straight game. Curry missed the previous four with the injury. Ed Reed Camo Jersey . While he is adjusting from pitching in Japan to pitching in the majors, he realizes that the teams that he faces have never hit against him before. Joe Flacco Elite Jersey . - The Portland Trail Blazers have appointed AEG Sports executive Chris McGowan as the teams new president and chief operating officer. http://www.shoptheravensjersey.com/bernard-pollard-jerseys . -- Matt Cassel is getting another start at quarterback for the Kansas City Chiefs. Ray Rice Youth Jersey . In the meantime, theyre content to rely on their suddenly staunch defence. George Hill scored the first four points of the second overtime Saturday night and his teammates took care of the rest, allowing only three baskets over the final 10:45 to lead the Pacers past Sacramento 106-98 in double overtime. Ed Reed Pink Jersey . Manager John Farrell said Romero will skip his scheduled start Saturday at Boston and will work on nine days rest Sept. 12 against Seattle.GREATER NOIDA, India -- Sebastian Vettels seemingly unstoppable march to a third straight Formula One title took another stride with victory in the Indian Grand Prix on Sunday, though the Red Bull drivers nearest rival, Fernando Alonso of Ferrari, kept up the pressure with a second-place finish. Vettel won a fourth straight race in a season for the first time in his career -- completing a clean sweep of the Asian swing -- and now leads the drivers championship by 13 points with three races to go. He is trying to join Juan Manuel Fangio and Michael Schumacher as the only men to win a hat trick of drivers championships. "Its pretty amazing (to win four straight races)," Vettel said. "Its very hard to target these kinds of things, they either happen or they dont happen." The one-two finish of the top two drivers in the standings meant the fight for the title had now boiled down to a head-to-head fight in all but the mathematical sense. Asked if he had one hand on the championship trophy, Vettel suggested it was too close to call yet. "The other one is probably Fernandos," Vettel said. "Its a big step for us but there is a long way to go and we know how quickly things can change." Alonso acknowledged second was the best he could hope for on Sunday, but with upgrades to his car expected ahead of next weeks Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, he still had faith that he could catch Vettel by the final round. "Its not easy at the moment to fight with Red Bull but we never give up," Alonso said. "We want the joy in Brazil, not only here, and I am sure we will do it. "There are still many points on the table, so I am still optimistic." Red Bulls Mark Webber was running in second place until lap 48 of the 60 when the failure of his KERS power boost system allowed Alonso to sweep past on the main straight. The Australian then had to fight hard to hold off McLarens Lewis Hamilton in the closing laps, sneaking into the final podium position by just six tenths of a second. Ed Reed Elite Jersey. "Its so demoralizing on that straight with no KERS," Webber said. "I was a moving target really." McLarens Jenson Button was fifth, while Ferraris Felipe Massa held off Kimi Raikkonen of Lotus in a race-long dogfight in which the pair was rarely more than a second apart. Force Indias Nico Hulkenberg, Lotus Romain Grosjean and Williams Bruno Senna took the final points positions. When told that he was the first man since the late Ayrton Senna in 1989 to lead every lap of three straight races, Vettel appeared emotional, saying: "Its really, really special. We all remember Ayrton forever." Vettels only moment of concern came at the beginning of the race when Webber got off to a slightly better start, and the German shifted sharply to his right to block his teammates run, though the Australian said the move was "fair enough." The main casualty on the first lap was Schumacher, who suffered a right rear puncture when his Mercedes was hit from behind by Toro Rossos Jean-Eric Vergne. Forced to complete most of a lap on a wheel rim before he was able to pit, Schumachers race was effectively over. Alonso got a great run out of the third-turn hairpin and was able to move past both McLarens on the main straight even without the benefit of the DRS open wing, and that proved decisive in his second-place finish. The race quickly settled into a pattern, with all drivers able to go for a single pit-stop strategy on the very smooth Buddh surface. Saubers Sergio Perez retired on lap 19 after his right rear clipped the front wing of Daniel Ricciardos Toro Rosso. Webber was running in second, within 5.4 seconds of Vettel after lap 21 when his KERS started to malfunction, allowing the German to almost double that advantage over the next four laps, and from there the result was never in doubt. ' ' ' |
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