"This is pretty much how a team should work.

Starting Griz shooting guard Sam Young loses his starting job on the same day his car gets stolen while he's at a Memphis ATM.

And it's one of the happiest days of his life.

O.J. Mayo, who lost his starting job in November, is back in the lineup and produces 16 points with some sorely needed outside shooting.

And it's one of the most humbling days of his life.

This is how a team like the Grizzlies somehow claws back from a 10-point halftime deficit on Friday night and beats the Oklahoma City Thunder, 95-83, to even the Western Conference semifinal series at 3-3 and force a deciding Game 7 in Oklahoma City on Sunday afternoon.

"All year, I trusted the decision that coach (Lionel) Hollins makes, and I've got his back 120 percent," Mayo said. "He told me in film session today before shootaround that he was going to put me in the starting lineup. It was my responsibility to come out, give us a great start and stretch the floor for Zach (Randolph) and Marc (Gasol) to let them go to work.

"We had no choice tonight to get juiced because nobody wanted to go home. We wanted to be resilient."

Young said that like Mayo stepping aside as a starter because Hollins thought Mayo's offense was needed more off the bench, he had no problem reversing the role.

"The main thing is to get the win, and I can't be selfish," said Young, whose Camaro was stolen early Friday and retrieved thanks to OnStar. "I'm fortunate to be in my second year in the league on a team that's going to play a seventh game to get to the conference finals.

"Zach (Randolph) told me he played 10 years in this league and never won a playoff series until this year. I have no problem embracing this role.""