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MEMPHIS, Tenn. Colorado Rockies Gear . -- The San Antonio Spurs had reason to be disappointed. They had lost a 16-point lead in the games final five minutes and were being forced to play overtime Tuesday night against the Memphis Grizzlies. Instead of losing their composure, the Spurs displayed poise as they battled through the five-minute overtime period and beat the Grizzlies, 110-108, winning on a driving layup by Manu Ginobili with 1.8 seconds left. Memphis point guard Mike Conley had an opportunity to win the game, but his 29-foot 3-point attempt fell short at the buzzer. "I told the guys at the (beginning of) overtime that it was all a mental contest," Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said. "It would be easy to go down after losing the lead and playing as sloppily as we did at the end of the game. It would be easy to hang your head. So I thought that was the most important thing: letting go and moving forward mentally." Tim Duncan led the Spurs with 24 points -- including six in overtime -- while Marco Belinelli added 19 and Kawhi Leonard 17. Conley had 30 points, one off his career high, for the Grizzlies, scoring 21 in the second half. "(The Grizzlies) had some great plays down the stretch there," Duncan said. "We thought there was a couple of fouls missed (but) they played horn to horn and we didnt. We slacked off there for a minute, but luckily not enough to be able to regroup in overtime and find a way to win." Memphis trailed by 16 with five minutes left in regulation, and used a 23-7 run to rally and force overtime. Conley hit a runner at the end of regulation to send the game into overtime 3 seconds after Ginobili had scored on a layup. "I was proud of the effort at the end," said Grizzlies coach Dave Joerger. "We kept coming. We started to attack them the way we needed to attack them, which was in transition and with quick attacks. I thought we played pretty hard. We were just too slow in the first half." With the Grizzlies trailing by 10, Conley said he decided to play more aggressively entering the fourth quarter to relieve the pressure on teammate Zach Randolph, whom the Spurs were double-teaming in the low post. Conley scored 12 points in the quarter, including 9 in the final 1:35 when the Grizzlies rallied from a 96-85.deficit. He added five more points in overtime. "On the last play of the game I would have liked to have gotten it closer to the (3-point) line," Conley said. "But I had a good look." The Spurs won their fourth straight road game and their seventh straight against the Grizzlies. San Antonio was playing its first game without centre Tiago Splitter, who sprained his right shoulder in Saturdays win over the Clippers and is out for three to five weeks. Memphis never led in the game until Conley connected on a 3-pointer with 2:25 to go in overtime for a 103-102 advantage. The Grizzlies also led 106-104 after newly acquired guard Courtney Lee hit a jumper with 1:27 to go, but Boris Diaw scored on a layup 25 seconds later and Duncan hit two free throws with 22.6 seconds left for a 108-106 lead. The Grizzlies dropped to 0-9 against Southwest Division opponents. The Spurs shot 57 per cent in the first half and built a 53-41 lead. San Antonio was 23-of-40 shooting and Belinelli had 14 points. Duncan was 5 of 7 and scored 11 points. The Spurs led by as many as 14 in the opening half. Leading 25-22 at the end of the first quarter, the Spurs extended their advantage to 14 at 47-33 late in the second quarter and maintained a double-digit lead until the second half. In the third quarter, the Grizzlies trimmed San Antonios lead to 62-57 on a jumper by Conley, but the Spurs led by 10 entering the final quarter. NOTES: Grizzlies guard Tony Allen missed his second straight game with a left hand contusion. ... The Grizzlies recalled guard Jamaal Franklin from the NBA Development Leagues Fort Wayne Mad Ants Tuesday. Franklin, the franchises second-round draft pick a year ago, played one game for Fort Wayne and scored 15 points with four steals in 23 minutes. ... Lee, acquired from the Celtics as part of a three-team deal, made his debut and connected on his first shot, a 3-pointer in the second quarter. . . . San Antonio improved to a league-best 14-3 on the road this season. . . . The Grizzlies had won a franchise-record six straight overtime games before Tuesday nights loss. Rockies Jerseys 2020 . With Washington teammate Nene drawing double-teams coming off his big game against the Lakers, Gortat scored 25 points on 11-of-12 shooting and grabbed eight rebounds to lead the Wizards to a 100-92 win in overtime over Milwaukee on Wednesday night. Colorado Rockies Store .7 million, one-year contract.The deal, announced Friday, includes a $50,000 performance bonus if the left-hander appears in 60 games. https://www.cheaprockiesjerseys.us/ . -- Canadas Justin Shin shot an 8-under 64 on Thursday on PGA Wests Nicklaus Tournament Course to take the first-round lead in the Web.Conover, NC (SportsNetwork.com) - Jay Haas and Joe Durant both fired 8-under 64s on Friday and they share the lead after the opening round of the Greater Hickory Kia Classic at Rock Barn. Haas won this title in 2005 and 2009. Durant is a Champions Tour rookie, who is looking for his first win since 2006, when he won in Disney World on the PGA Tour. Roger Chapman, who won two majors in 2012, and Scott Dunlap share third place and are two strokes off the lead at minus-6. Bill Glasson, who matched the course record with his final-round 61 last year, opened with a 5-under 66. He was joined in fifth place by Rocco Mediate, Kirk Triplett, John Riegger and Mike Goodes. Defending champion Michael Allen and 2010 winner Gary Hallberg headline a group of eight players tied at minus-4. Haas got off to a quick start with a 15-foot eagle putt on the first. After a birdie at three and four, Haas dropped his approach shot to 12 feet at the fifth. He converted that putt for birdie and followed with his fourth straight birdie at the sixth, which got him to 6-under par through six holes. Pretty nice start, pretty magical start there, Haas said. Haas ran off four consecutive pars from the seventh. Starting at the 11th, the 16-time Champions Tour winner birdied three of four holes to gain a piece of the lead at minus-8. However, Haas 3-putted for bogey at the par-4 15th. After pars at 16 and 17, Haas had a chance to take the lead at the last, but his birdie effort from about 12 feet out sttayed above ground. Custom Colorado Rockies Jerseys. I played well all day. I couldnt be happier, admitted Haas. Durant saved par at the 10th to start his round and followed with a birdie putt on No. 11. He found a hazard at the 14th that led to a bogey. After a birdie on 16, Durant tripped to a 3-putt bogey at the 17th. He quickly atoned for that mistake with a birdie on No. 18 and that started a great run. Durant dropped his second shot at the par-5 first to eight feet and he rolled in that eagle effort. He followed with back-to-back 15-foot birdie putts at two and three to move to minus-5. He converted a 12-foot birdie try at five and made it two in a row as he also birdied the sixth. After a pair of pars, Durant drained a 12-foot birdie putt at the ninth, his last, to finish at 8-under. I had a good stretch of holes there from 18 thru the sixth, said Durant, who played on the PGA, Champions and Web.com Tours this year. I really putted well today. These next couple of weeks are really important for me. NOTES: Haas last won on the Champions Tour at the 2012 Principal Charity Classic ... This was the 16th time Haas had at least a piece of the first- round lead on the Champions Tour ... Despite not winning the last three events he was in that position, Haas has won eight of the previous 15 times he had the first-round lead ... Durant had a piece of the opening round lead twice earlier this year on the Champions Tour, but finished tied for fifth and sixth in those two events. ' ' '