First off, I was kind of perplexed that all these guys talking about how the Grizz front line was just going to dominate, when the history of the games this season said otherwise.
Prior games showed that Randolph struggled; that Gasol was good but not dominant; and that they had no other shooter that lit things up other than Gay, who they traded in January.
Pre-game, Magic and others were talking about how unless the Spurs could speed up the pace, Grizzlies will just grind them down in a half-court game.
By half-time, Magic was talking about how the Grizzlies needed to push the pace and get out of the slow pace half-court game, as if nothing different was ever said an hour earlier.
I would have loved to have been a panelist pre-game to ask them all, "why do you think the Grizzlies are going to dominate the Spurs front line when it was the Spurs who did most of the dominating in all 4 games they played this year?"
Spurs are clearly more comfortable playing this kind of ball than what they had to play against Golden State.
Prior games showed that Randolph struggled; that Gasol was good but not dominant; and that they had no other shooter that lit things up other than Gay, who they traded in January.
Pre-game, Magic and others were talking about how unless the Spurs could speed up the pace, Grizzlies will just grind them down in a half-court game.
By half-time, Magic was talking about how the Grizzlies needed to push the pace and get out of the slow pace half-court game, as if nothing different was ever said an hour earlier.
I would have loved to have been a panelist pre-game to ask them all, "why do you think the Grizzlies are going to dominate the Spurs front line when it was the Spurs who did most of the dominating in all 4 games they played this year?"
Spurs are clearly more comfortable playing this kind of ball than what they had to play against Golden State.