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• Spurs recover to beat Grizzlies 93-89 in overtime, take uncomfortable 2-0 lead in West finals
• SAN ANTONIO (AP) -- If the Western Conference finals seem the slightest bit over after two San Antonio wins, hold that thought for a minute.
• The Spurs have been here before and don't feel at all comfortable with a 2-0 lead. And if there's any team that's not fazed by such a hole, it's the Memphis Grizzlies.
• With the series shifting to Tennessee for Game 3 on Saturday, it's just starting to get interesting.
• Tony Parker had 15 points and a career playoff-high 18 assists, Tim Duncan scored San Antonio's first six points of overtime and the Spurs bounced back after squandering a 13-point lead in the fourth quarter to beat the Grizzlies 93-89 on Tuesday night.
• "I think everybody understands that we haven't done anything yet," Parker said. "We just protected our home court."
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Today in History
The Associated Press
•• Today is Wednesday, May 22, the 142nd day of 2013. There are 223 days left in the year.
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• Today's Highlight in History:
• On May 22, 1913, the American Cancer Society was founded in New York by a group of doctors and business leaders under its original name, the American Society for the Control of Cancer.
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• In 1813, composer Richard Wagner was born in Leipzig, Germany.
• In 1860, the United States and Japan exchanged ratifications of the Treaty of Amity and Commerce during a ceremony in Washington.
• In 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt appeared before Congress to explain his decision to veto a bill that would have allowed World War I veterans to cash in bonus certificates before their 1945 due date.
• In 1939, the foreign ministers of Germany and Italy, Joachim von Ribbentrop and (Continued on page 34)
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