Ya, they were played perfectly pretty much. They helped off the right people while still being able to get back. I agree with Simmons though that they should have Pondexter out there sooner and Tony Allen should have came off the bench to just stick on Ginobli whenever he was in. He was a liability when he wasn't guarding anyone out there --and he can't guard Parker.

Ace

United States16096 Posts

May 28 2013 04:23 GMT

#3942

I had the Grizzlies going to the Finals too. ah well.

slyboogie

United States3423 Posts

May 28 2013 04:23 GMT

#3943

I think the reason the Grizzlies didn't win the series was because people are trying to decide if playing Tayshaun Prince over Jerryd Bayless and Quincy Pondexter was a mistake. Isn't that very hypothetical a mistake? That's a question you ask to the 76ers or the Suns right? Oof, cognitive dissonance.

RowdierBob

Australia13358 Posts

May 28 2013 05:00 GMT

#3944

On May 28 2013 13:23 Ace wrote:
I had the Grizzlies going to the Finals too. ah well.

I did too. After watching the Spurs vs Dubs I thought the Spurs didn't have the juice to match is with the Grizz over 7 games.

How wrong I was. The Dubs may well have been the second best team in these WC Playoffs.

I hope Miami makes it now. I'm really intrigued to see the perimeter battle of Chalmers/Wade/LBJ against Parker/Green/Leonard. Leonard and Green have been killing it defensively so far but Wade and LBJ will be a whole new level of challenge for them.

zeratul_jf

United States808 Posts

May 28 2013 05:09 GMT

#3945

On May 28 2013 14:00 RowdierBob wrote:

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What would be funny is if Miami makes it to the finals and then both the Spurs and the Heat decide to sit their main guys and just play with benches like they did in the regular season. I would so rofl

Ace

United States16096 Posts

May 28 2013 05:12 GMT

#3946

On May 28 2013 14:09 zeratul_jf wrote:

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Man I wish this happened SO bad. Stern rage would be so freaking epic.

rabidch

United States20289 Posts

May 28 2013 05:15 GMT

#3947

i had the spurs going to the finals after westbrooks injury. i just didnt think they'd 4-0 the grizz, but it took 2 OTs to do it

RowdierBob

Australia13358 Posts

May 28 2013 05:30 GMT

#3948

On May 28 2013 14:15 rabidch wrote:
i had the spurs going to the finals after westbrooks injury. i just didnt think they'd 4-0 the grizz, but it took 2 OTs to do it

As weird as it sounds, they looked comfortable the whole series--even the OT games. In both those OT games it was really just a matter of the Spurs getting it together rather than the Grizz doing anything special. The series was dictated completely by the Spurs from game one and the Grizz never really got a look in.

DystopiaX

United States16236 Posts

May 28 2013 05:44 GMT

#3949

On May 28 2013 14:00 RowdierBob wrote:

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I did too. After watching the Spurs vs Dubs I thought the Spurs didn't have the juice to match is with the Grizz over 7 games.

How wrong I was. + Show Spoiler +

The Dubs may well have been the second best team in these WC Playoffs.

I hope Miami makes it now. I'm really intrigued to see the perimeter battle of Chalmers/Wade/LBJ against Parker/Green/Leonard. Leonard and Green have been killing it defensively so far but Wade and LBJ will be a whole new level of challenge for them.

Disagree. The dubs couldn't have asked for 2 better opponents in the playoffs, a Denver team that can't defend against the 3 and a Spurs team that doesn't like to play fast paced. I'd say that if the Grizz faced anyone other than the Spurs in the West they'd be in the finals.

RowdierBob

Australia13358 Posts

May 28 2013 06:01 GMT

#3950

Too many injuries to ever know.

But if I did a (particularly homer) power ranking for shits and giggles I'd go:

Spurs
Dubs
Grizz
OKC (minus WB--I think they would have been in the Finals with WB playing)
Nugs
Clips
Rox
Lolkers

Itsmedudeman

United States19229 Posts

May 28 2013 06:08 GMT

#3951

On May 28 2013 14:30 RowdierBob wrote:

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I can understand. You don't 4-0 any team through a fluke or getting lucky.

XaI)CyRiC

United States4471 Posts

May 28 2013 06:21 GMT

#3952

I think the Spurs were just a bad matchup for the Grizzlies. Their offense is so smooth, consistent, and equal opportunity that it's very difficult to slow or stop. On defense, they're simply a smart defensive team that will exploit weaknesses. That marginalized the Grizzlies defensive advantage, and killed them on offense due to their glaring lack of perimeter shooting/spacing.

The Grizzlies thrive on being physical and messy on both ends of the floor, and they're usually able to get to their opponents and throw them off of their games that way. However, the Spurs are too experienced and well-coached to lose track of themselves, and they follow and execute their system so well and so consistently no matter how far ahead or behind they are.

Ace

United States16096 Posts

May 28 2013 06:27 GMT

#3953

Gallo and Faried getting hurt were the real upsets for the playoffs. That Denver team had the highest ceiling of any of the West teams. Losing Gallo was brutal.

RowdierBob

Australia13358 Posts

May 28 2013 06:29 GMT

#3954

Grizz shot 32% from three the whole Playoffs.

DystopiaX

United States16236 Posts

May 28 2013 06:30 GMT

#3955

Which isn't surprising considering they're a below average team from deep anyway.

RowdierBob

Australia13358 Posts

May 28 2013 06:34 GMT

#3956

The Nuggets were too poor of a road team to go very far IMO.

MassHysteria

United States3678 Posts

May 28 2013 06:36 GMT

#3957

Grizz offense was above average for the first 2 rounds (if we compare it to their regular season) to the point where it was top 2 in the playoffs (last time I checked at least). So you could say that they had been playing bad defenses or that they finally came down to earth (probably the first more than anything for reasons Cyric put above).

Ace

United States16096 Posts

May 28 2013 06:50 GMT

#3958

On May 28 2013 15:34 RowdierBob wrote:
The Nuggets were too poor of a road team to go very far IMO.

HCA vs everyone but San Antonio is enough.

Dreamer.T

United States3584 Posts

May 28 2013 07:18 GMT

#3959

Anyone else listen to the NBA.com recap of the Spurs game. The narrator sounded funny I thought.

RowdierBob

Australia13358 Posts

May 28 2013 07:26 GMT

#3960

On May 28 2013 15:50 Ace wrote:

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HCA vs everyone but San Antonio is enough.

Gallo or no Gallo, I couldn't see them getting past the Spurs. And that's if Gallo was enough of a difference maker vs the Dubs to swing that series in their favour.