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. This has nothing to do with economics at all.The Pelicans will cover Stephensons rehab and pay him at least until hes healthy,

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(Sports Network) - The Western Conference Finals shift to Memphis on Saturday as the Grizzlies try to get back into the series against the San Antonio Spurs. Its been three days since the teams last took the court on Tuesday, when San Antonio emerged with a 2-0 series advantage after a 93-89 overtime win. "Im sure if you get a break you want to take advantage of it and maybe take a little bit of a mental as well as a physical break," said Spurs coach Gregg Popovich about the extended layoff. "But, at the same time do something to make sure you maintain at least your base conditioning, do some film and keep everybody focused on what were trying to do, but not beat anybody over the head and then just pick it up toward game time." The Grizzlies needed the break to try and get their offense going, especially the spectacular big-man combo of Zach Randolph and Marc Gasol. Their scoring is way down through the first two games and Randolph, in particular, has been disappointing with an average of 8.5 ppg. "It was frustrating," admitted Randolph. "When you miss shots that you usually make, its frustrating." Another problem offensively has been Tayshaun Prince. The starting forward has eight points in this series, but head coach Lionel Hollins wont change the starting lineup. Although, he did admit to thinking about it. "Its something Ive thought about. Its not something Im ready to do," said Hollins. "Theres no need at this point to change the starting lineup. We lost an overtime game and we got blown out in a game. Weve got to play better earlier, and weve got to play better later." The Grizzlies put the clamps on the Spurs in the fourth quarter of Game 2. After getting demolished in Game 1 and down double-digits at the start of the final frame Tuesday, Memphis held San Antonio to nine points to force overtime. The Grizz didnt get it done in the extra session, but there were encouraging signs. "Yeah, the way we came back, the way we put pressure on them in the game," said Randolph when asked about gaining confidence from the comeback in Game 2. "In overtime we missed some shots, they made some shots, just little mistakes here and there kept us out of the game." The Grizzlies may be down 0-2, but they know they arent out of it if recent history is any kind of barometer. They fell down 0-2 to the Los Angeles Clippers in the first round of the playoffs, then won four straight to advance. "We went on the road in every series and we lost, we had to come back," explained Hollins. "Were at home, and we want to come out and play much more aggressive, much more confident, which teams usually do at home, and as I told our team, being home is not going to win anything for us, we have to go out and play much better." The Spurs received steady contributions from everyone in Game 2. All five starters scored in double figures, and all five bench players who got into the game managed at least three points. San Antonio was led in scoring by the venerable Tim Duncan, who was named to the All-NBA First Team on Thursday. "I know that he was touched when he found out," Popovich said on Thursday. "All-NBA anything is pretty special if you think about it. Its something we really respect and feel great about, and then well forget about it." Duncan was not the only Spurs player to make one of the leagues three teams. Tony Parker made the All-NBA Second Team, but the elite guard underwent an MRI exam on his ailing calf and theres no real change. "Everything is fine," said Parker, who had 15 points and 18 assists in Game 2. "I feel like Im turning the corner and I feel like Ill be fine for Saturday. It feels better." Game 4 will be Monday night in Memphis. Jerseys China . 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"It was definitely a very good match -- I was playing really good tennis," Radwanska said. NEW ORLEANS -- The New Orleans Pelicans signed veteran guard Archie Goodwin on Monday and waived injured guard Lance Stephenson, whose agent said the move stemmed from roster constraints and there are no hard feelings.They had no interest in letting Lance go, thats for sure, said Stephensons agent, Mark Bartelstein, adding that Pelicans general manager Dell Demps has gone overboard to make sure Lance knows how much they value him and how much theyd look forward to having him back.Bartelstein said Stephenson will have surgery to repair his torn groin in Philadelphia on Tuesday and likely will remain there for at least the first couple of weeks of a rehabilitation period that is estimated to last about two months. The Pelicans also have invited the 6-foot-5 Stephenson to conduct rehab at the clubs New Orleans-area headquarters if he wishes to do so.Its unfortunate because I think Lance did everything we asked him to do. He was playing really good basketball, coach Alvin Gentry said before a game at Golden State. Its unfortunate for him the injury came. Just to clear up a little bit, we had to waive him in order to have a spot to have somebody else come in. We couldnt get an injury exception because technically Jrue (Holiday) is not injured. Thats how that whole thing played out. It had nothing to do with Lance. Hes been a model citizen and a good, good player for us. Hopefully when things go through and the operation goes through and he gets healthy, well see how everything goes.New Orleans signed Stephenson this past offseason to a one-year, non-guaranteed contract worth about $1.2 million. He played in New Orleans first six games, averaging 9.7 points, 4.8 assists and 3.3 rebounds in 27 minutes per game.Obviously, its disappointing for Lance because he was playiing so well, Bartelstein said.dddddddddddd He really liked it there.New Orleans has two regulars -- guard Tyreke Evans and small forward Quincy Pondexter -- who are trying to come back from knee injuries and have guaranteed contracts. Meanwhile Holiday is on leave while his wife recovers from brain surgery performed last month, weeks after she gave birth to the couples daughter. The fact that Holiday is absent while healthy makes it harder for the Pelicans to lobby the NBA for injury exceptions that would allow more than the usual league limit of 15 players on the active roster.Because of the rules and the roster limitations and the injuries, and also what theyre going through with Holiday, it just put a crunch on their roster, Bartelstein said. This has nothing to do with economics at all.The Pelicans will cover Stephensons rehab and pay him at least until hes healthy, Bartelstein said.Stephenson is going to be back in the league as soon as he gets healthy, probably sometime in the next couple months, and he could very well be back with the Pelicans, Bartelstein said.The 6-foot-5 Goodwin, a fourth-year pro out of Kentucky, has averaged 6.2 points in 150 career NBA games -- all with Phoenix -- since 2013.Goodwin was able to join the team in time to be available to face the Warriors.Great athlete, hes just a young player that needs that experience of being on the floor, Gentry said. Hes still trying to find himself in this league but great young man, very athletic. He has some areas he has to improve in but hard-working kid, so were lucky to have him.---AP Sports Writer Janie McCauley in Oakland, California, contributed to this report. 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