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MassHysteria
Profile Joined October 2010
United States3678 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-05-28 04:19:00
May 28 2013 04:17 GMT
#3941
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.
"Just ban all the J's...even jinklejoes" --unnamed source
Ace
Profile Blog Joined October 2002
United States16096 Posts
May 28 2013 04:23 GMT
#3942
I had the Grizzlies going to the Finals too. ah well.
Math me up, scumboi. - Acrofales
slyboogie
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
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.
"We dug coal together." Boyd Crowder, Justified
RowdierBob
Profile Blog Joined May 2003
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.
"Terrans are pretty much space-Australians" - H
zeratul_jf
Profile Joined October 2011
United States808 Posts
May 28 2013 05:09 GMT
#3945
On May 28 2013 14:00 RowdierBob wrote:
Show nested quote +
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.


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
Profile Blog Joined October 2002
United States16096 Posts
May 28 2013 05:12 GMT
#3946
On May 28 2013 14:09 zeratul_jf wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 28 2013 14:00 RowdierBob wrote:
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.


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



Man I wish this happened SO bad. Stern rage would be so freaking epic.
Math me up, scumboi. - Acrofales
rabidch
Profile Joined January 2010
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
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RowdierBob
Profile Blog Joined May 2003
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.
"Terrans are pretty much space-Australians" - H
DystopiaX
Profile Joined October 2010
United States16236 Posts
May 28 2013 05:44 GMT
#3949
On May 28 2013 14:00 RowdierBob wrote:
Show nested quote +
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. + 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
Profile Blog Joined May 2003
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
"Terrans are pretty much space-Australians" - H
Itsmedudeman
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States19229 Posts
May 28 2013 06:08 GMT
#3951
On May 28 2013 14:30 RowdierBob wrote:
Show nested quote +
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.

I can understand. You don't 4-0 any team through a fluke or getting lucky.
XaI)CyRiC
Profile Joined October 2002
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.
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Ace
Profile Blog Joined October 2002
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.
Math me up, scumboi. - Acrofales
RowdierBob
Profile Blog Joined May 2003
Australia13358 Posts
May 28 2013 06:29 GMT
#3954
Grizz shot 32% from three the whole Playoffs.
"Terrans are pretty much space-Australians" - H
DystopiaX
Profile Joined October 2010
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
Profile Blog Joined May 2003
Australia13358 Posts
May 28 2013 06:34 GMT
#3956
The Nuggets were too poor of a road team to go very far IMO.
"Terrans are pretty much space-Australians" - H
MassHysteria
Profile Joined October 2010
United States3678 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-05-28 06:42:14
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).
"Just ban all the J's...even jinklejoes" --unnamed source
Ace
Profile Blog Joined October 2002
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.
Math me up, scumboi. - Acrofales
Dreamer.T
Profile Joined December 2009
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.
Forever the best, IMMvp <3
RowdierBob
Profile Blog Joined May 2003
Australia13358 Posts
May 28 2013 07:26 GMT
#3960
On May 28 2013 15:50 Ace wrote:
Show nested quote +
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.


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.
"Terrans are pretty much space-Australians" - H
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