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CHARLOTTE, N. Cleveland Indians Jerseys .C. - Marc Gasol isnt reading too much into the Memphis Grizzlies first 3-0 start.Thats better than being 0-3, he said with a shrug of his shoulders.Gasol scored 22 points, Zach Randolph had 12 points and 12 rebounds and the Grizzlies defeated the Charlotte Hornets 71-69 on Saturday night.Gasol said the Grizzlies, who played without the concussion-sidelined Courtney Lee, will have to improve dramatically on offence if they hope to keep winning. They beat the Hornets despite shooting 36 per cent from the field.It wasnt pretty, Gasol said. It felt like a quarter was missing. But well take the win.The Hornets (1-1) were led by Al Jefferson, who scored 19 points on 8-of-19 shooting. Michael Kidd-Gilchrist had 11 points and 12 rebounds, but the teams big free-agent acquisition, Lance Stephenson, scored two points and didnt play in the fourth quarter.The Hornets gave Stephenson a $27 million, three-year contract in the off-season.But coach Steve Clifford used Gary Neal late in the game. He also seemed to send a message to Stephenson afterwards.He just didnt play very well, Clifford said. I coach to win. I went with the team that played the best. The guys that know what theyre doing out there and played the best are the guys that played. The guys that continue to play like that will be the guys that play.Stephenson, who has been bothered by a groin injury, stood near the end of the bench for most of the last five minutes and cheered his teammates, although he looked a little perturbed.Im frustrated, Stephenson said. But thats part of being a pro, just learning from your mistakes, getting better every time and have no regrets.With the Grizzlies trailing 69-68, Gasol scored off a drive on a pick-and-roll and drew a foul from Marvin Williams for a 3-point play 58 seconds left.They were playing so far off the pick-and-roll, I made a little space and just drove it to the basket and got lucky and scored, Gasol said.Kemba Walker, who made two big shots including the overtime winner in the opener against Milwaukee, missed a 16-foot jumper with 5 seconds left that would have tied the game.The Grizzlies limited Charlottes version of the big three — Jefferson, Stephenson and Walker — to a combined six points on 2-of-14 shooting to take a 36-30 lead at halftime. Kidd-Gilchrist kept Charlotte in the game with 10 points and 10 rebounds in the first half.To go 2-1 on your first week Id be high -fiving you, bot to go 3-0 and beating Indiana on the road is very good, Grizzlies coach David Joerger said.BENCH PLAYGrizzlies starters outscored opposing starters 171-95 in their previous two games, but the teams bench production had been limited. Vince Carter gave Memphis a boost with nine points, although the Grizzlies reserves were still outscored 29-20.NO DefenceClifford was visibly upset with his teams play, particularly on defence, and pounded a table several times during his news conference as if slamming home a point. The disappointment, to be honest, if we defend in the last three minutes, we win the game, Clifford said. So we bit on two shot fakes that you cant do in this league. ... Two blown coverages and two things we worked on this morning. We did a good job the whole game but two bad individual defensive plays and two blown coverages in the last three minutes cost us. Its disappointing. Very disappointing.___TIP-INSGrizzlies: Joerger said Lee will be out a while with a concussion. Lee was injured in the first half of Memphiss 97-89 win over Indiana on Friday. Tayshaun Prince started in his place.Hornets: Bobby Phills retired No. 13 jersey has returned to the rafters in Charlotte. The Hornets raised Phills jersey during a ceremony at halftime. Phills jersey originally was raised at the Charlotte Coliseum on Feb. 9, 2000, following his death in an automobile accident a month earlier. When the Hornets moved to New Orleans, his retired jersey went with the team.UP NEXTGrizzlies: Host New Orleans on Monday.Hornets: Play at New York Knicks on Sunday. Zach Duke Jersey . Fifth-seeded Cilic gained his fourth title in Zagreb and became the third Croat overall to win at least 10 career titles. Cilic also lifted his career record in Zagreb to 22-4, winning 20 of his last 21 matches at the event. Eddie Robinson Jersey .com) - The San Antonio Spurs will try to even their series with the Dallas Mavericks Monday night when the two teams collide at American Airlines Arena for Game 4. http://www.indianssale.com/indians-carlos-carrasco-jersey/ . Cruz set the tone with a two-run homer in the first inning, and Baltimore scored eight times in the eighth to pull away for a 12-3 victory in Game 1. The major league leader with 40 homers during the regular season, Cruz added an RBI single to his early blast off Max Scherzer.REGINA -- Calgary Stampeders kicker Rene Paredes was serenaded by Drakes "Started from the Bottom" as he headed to the stage to accept his award as the CFLs Most Outstanding Special Teams Player award. "Started from the bottom, now were here," went the refrain. For a player ignored in the draft, it was a fitting soundtrack. Paredes recalls that three kickers went in the first three rounds. "It really doesnt matter any more," he said, his trophy on a table next to him. Paredes received 47-of-50 votes by the Football Reporters of Canada and the leagues eight head coaches in winning the award Thursday night. Montreal linebacker Marc Beswick was the Eastern nominee. "Coming into this league undrafted, it was very hard and tough. All I could do was use it as motivation," Paredes said. Paredes may have got some more motivation in that his team was mistakenly etched on the trophy as the Saskatchewan Roughriders. It is slated to be fixed. The 28-year-old from Montreal was close to perfection in 2013. He was good on 54-of-57 field goals -- a success rate of 94.7 per cent -- and set a record for most consecutive field goals in the regular season with 39. The previous mark was 30 by Paul McCallum. Paredes led the league in field goals made (54), points (213) and converts (49). He also averaged 63.5 yards a kickoff. But the Stampeders 35-13 loss to Saskatchewan in the Western final still rankles. "Its still tough to swallow," he said in an earlier interview. Paredes is as close to automatic as it gets in field goal kicking. He has missed just six-of-100 attempts over the last two seasons and 129 of 145 in his three-year career. He refuses to rest on his laurels. "When theres a lot of success youve got to work harder and tthats what I did in the off-season. Joe Carter Indians Jersey. . My goal was to get better. Ill take the same approach this off-season, get better, and well see what happens next year." Asked how he follows this season, he said: "I guess go 95 per cent. And the Grey Cup. I wish I had the Grey Cup." Paredes, however, limits his actual kicking in the off-season in his Montreal home to allow his body to recover from the rigours of the season. He rests until January when he starts working out. He starts kicking in April, starting with a four- or five-day session with kicking guru Don Sweet. After that, he may kick once a week or every two weeks. "The main thing is to keep my leg strength," he said. "You dont forget how to kick. Thats what youve got training camp for. Obviously you have to kick, I cant go to training camp without kicking but I dont try to tire my leg out in the off-season." Kicking takes a toll. Paredes reckons he kicks maybe 2,000 to 3,000 balls a season. "Your leg is tired. I felt it towards the end of the season," he said. "Not really injuries but it was bothering me." A former star kicker for Concordia, Paredes arrived in Calgary after a couple of stints in Winnipegs camp. He won the job after Rob Maver went down in the first game of the 2011 season and Stamps GM-coach John Hufnagel brought in Paredes and three others as possible replacements. Paredes was the last kicker standing, making a 50-yarder in his first field-goal attempt. Born in Venezuela to Peruvian parents, Paredes moved to Miami and then Montreal. A former soccer player, he switched to football after his high school football coach asked his soccer counterpart who had the strongest leg. The CFL awards are sponsored by Gibsons Finest. ' ' '