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for 14th-ranked Florida State in last Saturdays win over No. 16 Miami capped an emotional couple days.On Monday, the senior defe

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- DeMarcus Walkers blocked extra point for 14th-ranked Florida State in last Saturdays win over No. 16 Miami capped an emotional couple days.On Monday, the senior defensive end said seeing Hurricane Matthew hit the Jacksonville area late last week took a toll -- Walkers family lives 10 minutes from Jacksonville Beach.Seeing the roads flooded, the pier getting knocked down, a picture of a shark swimming, it was hard, Walker said. Im trying to call my family and they werent picking up. I got a text from my mom that she had to go across to my aunts. It was heartbreaking.There were times throughout the game I was sidetracked, but I played a decent game and got a `W.Walker said no one in his family was hurt during the hurricane and that they were good following the storm.Walker ended up having two tackles in the game, but it was his block of Michael Badgleys extra point with 1:38 remaining that ended up being the difference in the Seminoles 20-19 win . Florida State fans have already nicknamed it `The Block at The Rock since the game was at Hard Rock Stadium. Its the latest among many memorable plays from the rivalry.Walker has a knack for coming up with blocks in rivalry games. He also blocked a field goal in last years game against Florida.The block against Miami also marked the first time since 1954 that Florida State has blocked PATs in consecutive games.I didnt know it was that big until today during warmup when people came up and said I was a part of history with `The Block at The Rock. I thought it wasnt a big deal. I saw everyone saying it on social media, Walker said. I needed to make a play. I didnt want to go to overtime because I was too tired.Going into Saturdays game against Wake Forest, Walker is tied for second in the Atlantic Coast Conference in sacks (6 1/2) while his 26 tackles are second on the team.Hopefully the win was a step in the right direction, he said. 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SAN ANTONIO -- Zach Randolphs miserable Western Conference finals debut led to a sleepless night and a long film session. The All-Star power forward and his Memphis Grizzlies are hardly down and out, though. In both rounds of the playoffs so far, Memphis has lost Game 1 before rallying back to knock out the Los Angeles Clippers and then the Oklahoma City Thunder. This time, Randolph had his worst game ever in the playoffs, managing two points in a 105-83 blowout. His only lower-scoring game in 40 playoff appearances was when he played 1 minute as a rookie for Portland in a 2002 game. "Its more frustrating than embarrassing," said Randolph, who missed his first seven shots in Game 1. "Its basketball. It happens to the best of them. "Muhammad Ali, he got knocked down before. What made him the greatest fighter in the world is he always bounced back." It took the Grizzlies two games to get off the mat in the first round, when they suffered a 21-point blowout at Los Angeles and then lost on a Chris Paul buzzer-beater in Game 2. Memphis then won the next four. There werent as many adjustments needed in Round 2, when Kevin Durants spectacular finish lifted Oklahoma City to a two-point win in the opener. Again, the Grizzlies won four straight to advance. So, the panic button is nowhere in sight for these comeback kids with Game 2 on Tuesday night in San Antonio. "Thats what you do in life. Every time you have a bad moment, youve got to bounce back and get up and go again," coach Lionel Hollins said. "You have a bad day, youve got to get up the next morning and make it a good day. Every team has lost games that have been really bad, theyve lost one-point buzzer-beaters, all of those types of things. "If youre going to be in life and live, youve got to get up and go do it again and try to be better." After last years West finals, the Spurs are wary of feeling good about any series lead. San Antonio won the first two games at home last year, and then lost four in a row to the Thunder. "Everything can change real fast," point guard Tony Parker said. The Spurs had a surprisingly easy time against the NBAs best defence in Game 1, shooting 53 per cent and making a franchise post-season-record 14 3-pointers on just 29 attempts. It took Memphis too long to settle in during its first conference finals apppearance, and San Antonio was up 17 by the end of the first quarter and 20 in the second quarter.dddddddddddd "We found out it wasnt as bad as it looked," Hollins said. "It was a lot of just out of position, playing with hyper speed and doing things that we dont normally do because of the moment and not just playing the game the way its supposed to be played." The mistakes were many. Point guard Mike Conley said Memphis needs to pick up its defence on Parker beyond the 3-point line and keep him from penetrating the lane so easily to set up the 3-point shooters around him. Once in scramble mode, the Grizzlies over-helped and left too many openings. On offence, the ball got stuck, which allowed the Spurs defence to recover and wipe out any scoring opportunities for Randolph around the basket. "All the things that we did wrong -- no pace, no moving the ball, no running back, no communicating -- if we do all that good and we are who we are and we lose, now were going to see," centre Marc Gasol said. "Its hard to get a lot of information about that last game because we just played so poorly." Game 2 provides a clean slate to try again, and Memphis hasnt had two straight poor games yet this post-season. "We adjust, I think, pretty well to teams and this is no different. We have to come out, make the same adjustments, stick to those adjustments and trust them because this team is so disciplined that theyre not going to stop what theyre doing," Conley said. "They do what they do very well. Theyre the best in the league at it." The Spurs were hesitant to take too much credit for what went right. "The ball happened to go into the basket," coach Gregg Popovich said. "Its a game. Some nights you make two, some nights you make 14. Thats a rarity. But theres never really a reason. ... We didnt run anything magical to get the shots. They just went in." It was quite the turnaround from the last round, when San Antonio made 44 per cent and struggled to make shots consistently. "Im a math guy," said Matt Bonner, who made four of his five 3-point attempts. "Its highly improbable were going to shoot at the clip we did last game. Theyve got the best defence in the league. Theyre going to come out and make adjustments and play better on defence for sure." ' ' '

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