Memphis hits from outside to beat Blazers

NBA: Known for pounding opponents inside with Marc Gasol and Zach Randolph, the Memphis Grizzlies are showing they can be just as effective outside the paint.

Mike Conley and Courtney Lee each scored 18 points, and the Grizzlies beat Portland 97-82 Wednesday night at Memphis, Tennessee, to grab the franchise’s first 2-0 lead in a playoff series.

Memphis shot 50 percent (8 of 16) outside the arc and 42.7 percent overall.

“All we did is just take care of home court, which we were supposed to do,” Lee said. “We didn’t want those guys to come in here and get one and switch home-court advantage in their favor.”

Gasol had 15 points, and Randolph and Beno Udrih added 10 apiece.

LaMarcus Aldridge led Portland with 24 points and 14 rebounds, and he also had four blocks with two steals. Damian Lillard added 18 points.

Game 3 in this best-of-seven series is Saturday night in Portland, and the Trail Blazers hope to draw on their fans the way the Grizzlies have.

“We got to try to do something there,” Lillard said.

Portland’s shooting woes continued. Aldridge was 4 of 6 in the opening quarter and went 3 of 14 the rest of the way. Lillard was 5 of 16 and hit 1 of 5 outside the arc.

• Duncan powers Spurs to OT win: Tim Duncan scored 28 points, Kawhi Leonard added 23 and defending champion San Antonio beat the host Los Angeles Clippers 111-107 in overtime, tying their Western Conference playoff series at 1-1.

The Spurs blew 10-point leads in the third and fourth quarters, and got into overtime on a pair of free throws by Patty Mills with 8 seconds left in regulation. Duncan scored four straight points in the extra session while playing with five fouls.

• Atlanta turns back Brooklyn: Paul Millsap scored 19 points and top-seeded Atlanta again survived a tougher-than-expected test from visiting Brooklyn, holding on for a 96-91 victory and a 2-0 lead in their Eastern Conference playoff series.

• Rondo finished with Dallas: Rajon Rondo has played his last game for the Dallas Mavericks, and Chandler Parsons is out for the rest of the playoffs with a right knee injury that will require surgery.

After saying that Rondo was out indefinitely with a back injury sustained before he was benched in a Game 2 loss to Houston, coach Rick Carlisle acknowledged that Rondo will not play another game for Dallas.

• Billionaire Ressler agrees to buy Hawks: A group headed by billionaire Antony Ressler agreed on an $850 deal to purchase the Atlanta Hawks.

Kesler leads Anaheim to first-round sweep

NHL: Ryan Kesler scored twice in the third period and visiting Anaheim beat Winnipeg to sweep the Western Conference first-round series.

• Rangers top Penguins in OT: Kevin Hayes scored at 3:14 of overtime to give the visiting New York Rangers a win over Pittsburgh in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference first-round series.

• Ottawa stays alive: Mike Hoffman scored midway through the third period and Ottawa beat visiting Montreal 1-0 to avoid elimination.

• Tarasenko knocks in two for Blues: Vladimir Tarasenko scored twice and revived St. Louis sent Minnesota goalie Devan Dubnyk to an early exit and thoroughly dominated the Wild to even the Western Conference quarterfinal series 2-2 at St. Paul, Minnesota.

Former Spokane Chief Jared Spurgeon’s power-play goal early in the second period gave the Wild and their fans some life.

Baseball: Barry Bonds was cleared legally after 11 1/2 years in court. His reputation remains tainted in the mind of many baseball fans.

A federal court of appeals threw out the career home run leader’s obstruction of justice conviction, ruling 10-1 that his meandering answer before a grand jury in 2003 was not material to the government’s investigation into illegal steroids distribution.

FSU to investigate crab legs incident

College football: Jameis Winston has put his much-publicized crab legs caper back in the headlines.

Florida State issued a statement saying it will investigate Winston’s comments aired on ESPN that the ex-Seminoles quarterback believed he had an understanding with an unidentified grocery store employee that led to last year’s shoplifting incident.

Speaking earlier during an Atlantic Coast Conference coaches teleconference, Seminoles coach Jimbo Fisher said Winston’s comments are likely true but added it appears to be “totally an isolated incident.”

Real Madrid reaches Champions semifinals

Soccer: Javier Hernandez scored off a pass from Cristiano Ronaldo in the 88th minute, and defending champion Real Madrid beat crosstown rival Atletico Madrid 1-0 to reach the Champions League semifinals for the fifth straight year.

In the night’s other match, visiting Juventus tied Monaco 0-0 to advance on 1-0 aggregate and become the first Italian team to reach the semifinals since Inter Milan won the 2010 title.

Barcelona and Bayern Munich advanced Tuesday. The semifinal draw is Friday.