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• Soul singer Al Green closed out the day on the Congo Square stage.
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• MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- Chris Paul begged coach Vinny Del Negro to put him back into the game for the fourth quarter and not give up despite being down 21 points.

• The result was another Clippers comeback -- one of the greatest in NBA playoff history.
• Paul hit a pair of free throws with 23.7 seconds left, and the Clippers rallied from a deficit that had been as much as 27 to stun the Memphis Grizzlies 99-98 Sunday night in the opening game of their Western Conference series.
• The key, Paul said, is to keep believing.
• "Unfortunately, that's how we play," he said. "We get killed in the first three quarters and in the fourth quarter we like to try to stand up for ourselves, and we found a way to win tonight."
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