Dallas Vs. Memphis game blog

[phyzik]

GO MEMPHIS!!! :drunk

[Jimcs50]

GO MEMPHIS!!! :drunk

Why???

We Texans root for other Texas teams.

Let SA knock Dallas out of the playoffs.

[SAGambler]

This could be a good, tough series.

Mavs have got to send a message tonight, or they are in for a long week.

Everyone says Dirk will start to fold in the playoffs. Tonight we will see.

Just watched an interview with Avery and he was talking about he needs leadership on the team. Guess he is still looking to Dirk to provide that.

Im looking for something like an 89 - 82 game and I think it could go either way.

I think as Gasaol goes, so goes the Grizz.

[CubanMustGo]

Go Game 7 :)

[Cant_Be_Faded]

Cubannnnnnn

[boutons_]

I bet Dallas comes out higher than a kite, the fans too, blows them out,
like they did to Pistons and Spurs.

[CubanMustGo]

Cubannnnnnn

Hey, ya know seven game series put more money in ol' Mark's pocket. He's gotta make up for all those plane tickets he gave away ...

[phyzik]

I think Gasaol and the grizzle's are going to come out swinging. Dallas will eventually take over, but it will be similar to the Heat/Bulls game.

[SAGambler]

Hey, ya know seven game series put more money in ol' Mark's pocket. He's gotta make up for all those plane tickets he gave away ...

Yeah, I bet that put quite a dent in his pocketbook....
:lmao :lmao :lmao
:flag: :flag:

[Pistons < Spurs]

Let's go Grizz!!!!

[Jimcs50]

Go Mavs go!

[RobinsontoDuncan]

i thought the plane tickets were donnated by American airlines

[RobinsontoDuncan]

Go Mavs go!


ummmm.... no Jim...no.

[Pistons < Spurs]

Watch for Atkins to be the man tonight! If he can give them some scoring, and distribution, the Grizz have a very good chance in this series.

If they rely simply on Gasol, it's over.

[CubanMustGo]

i thought the plane tickets were donnated by American airlines

It's a long story (even though you're right). There was a thread where half the people on ST were giving credit to Cubes and the other half (of which I was a member, along with ShoogarBear and others) pointed out how wrong they were. Like most other threads on ST it got way beyond silly. :lol

[Jimcs50]

ummmm.... no Jim...no.

Got to root for AJ

[CubanMustGo]

Startling development: 20 seconds into the game, Nowitski has already made a trip to the free throw line.

[phyzik]

Watch for Atkins to be the man tonight! If he can give them some scoring, and distribution, the Grizz have a very good chance in this series.

If they rely simply on Gasol, it's over.


agreed.

[CubanMustGo]

Grizz playing like a team that, for good reason, has never won a playoff game.

All their points from Tsakalidis so far.

[Pistons < Spurs]

Tsakalidis with all 3 of Memphis's buckets....

[CubanMustGo]

Gasol is cold.

[phyzik]

I hope Bavetta has a stroke this year :angel

He would be the one old man I WOULD punch. :drunk

[Horry For 3!]

Atkins sucks

[RobinsontoDuncan]

Got to root for AJ
I have no problem rooting for him in the regular season.

By the way, what are the spurs odds and the pistons odds for winning the championship this year?

[phyzik]

look out for Jones!!

[Spurologist]

EJ is on faiiiiiiiiya

[CubanMustGo]

Two threes from Jones tie it at 12.

[CubanMustGo]

Two fouls on Harris .. he'll sit out the rest of the quarter, not what Dallas wants.

[Spurologist]

:lol

Miller: AJ D is coming up short right now

[CubanMustGo]

Stack in for Harris. Can be either real good news or real bad .. which Stack will show?

Damp in for Diop, who picked up his second PF.

[CubanMustGo]

Did I mention Gasol was cold yet? :lol

[CubanMustGo]

22-20 Dallas with 2:41 left after Nowitski (11 pts on 5/7 shooting, 1/2 FT) hit the J. Memphis takes their first timeout.

[Spurologist]

Did I mention Gasol was cold yet? :lol

Memphis' chances rest on gasol's effectiveness

[CubanMustGo]

Gasol finally gets on the board with a two free throws with 1:00 left in the quarter. 24-22 Dallas.

[Vingianx]

i hope dallas loses, can't stand them

[FromWayDowntown]

Gasol may be cold, but he's also playing awfully soft right now.

[CubanMustGo]

28-22 at the end of one. Gasol is a waste of protoplasm so far:

0-5 FG 2-2 FT 2 Reb 1 TO - 2pts in 12 minutes.

[Pandaemonaeon]

Yeah, Damp looks like he has more energy than Pau and his faux beard.

[CubanMustGo]

Mavs outrebounded Memphis 14-3 in the first quarter. 8 offensive rebounds to none by the Grizkitties.

[Spurologist]

Memphis is making Dampier look like the 2nd best center in the nba

[FromWayDowntown]

Mavs outrebounded Memphis 14-3 in the first quarter. 8 offensive rebounds to none by the Grizkitties.

With all of that, they're within 4. They're either about to get run out of the building or they're going to hang around for most of the night.

[Duncanoypi]

Where art Pau?

[CubanMustGo]

Looks like the good Stack has made an appearance ... two in a row including a three. Battier has also shown up with two straight shots. 33-28 9:56 with Grizz to inbounds after a Stack foul ... and then a shooting foul on Dirk (1 PF). Jones hts 2 to pull it to within three.

[Spurologist]

haha Dhantey Jones. I remember when he used to throw down monster dunks at Duke. Now, didn't know he was even in the league.

[Tek_XX]

Gasol has planter as well? maybe it is the shoes

[picnroll]

Is Gasol's foot problem plantar fasciitis too?

[Spurologist]

Is Gasol's foot problem plantar fasciitis too?


Gasol has planter as well? maybe it is the shoes

same thought. nice

[CubanMustGo]

Is Gasol's foot problem plantar fasciitis too?

"It's better," Gasol said. "I just needed a few days of rest. A lot of things were bothering me. My knees and my foot started hurting (April 15) in Houston. It's gone away. I haven't felt it, and that's what we were looking for."[

[Tek_XX]

The just said it was planter, if so Memphis is going down maybe in 5

[CubanMustGo]

Cardinal in for Gasol. Guess he can't do much worse.

[picnroll]

You have to wonder how truthful these guys are when they saying they feel great. Kind of like a fighter who doesn't want to admit an injury going into a fight knowing the other fighter will go after it.

[Tek_XX]

They said he has had it since last summer, and it's "flarin" up.

[CubanMustGo]

Battier is bringing it. Gets a steal from Stack and Wright hits a short J to bring the Mavs lead back to one. Then of course Dallas gets another offensive rebound and stretches it back to three.

[CubanMustGo]

Howard picks up his third on a charge ... timeout Dallas, leading 42-37 with 5:47 left.

[Duncanoypi]

do i hear box-out from the Memphis bench...?

[Spurologist]

:lol

Miller owning himself: "You think you have a wide open layup but you don't"

[FromWayDowntown]

Sean Corbin just made a call and then turned to say something in the direction of Cuban's seats.

Curious.

[CubanMustGo]

Three fouls called on Memphis in 20 +/- seconds.

Marquis Daniels hits two in a row, the second a three, and Memphis calls timeout trailiing 51-42 w/3:17 remaining.

[CubanMustGo]

Gasol is back in the game. Goodie.

Terry hits a three, Dirk gets two more freebies, Memphis now trails 56-44. Miller hits a long J, so does Dirk. Nowitski gets hit with his second PF, Jones goes 1/2 at the line, Dirk rebounds but Stack throws it away. Diop picks up his third foul, Gasol scores the only way he can, at the line, as Dampier returns. Of course Pau misses the second FT. 58-48 1:19 left.

[1Parker1]

Damn, Grizz are a pretty good team on paper if you look at them. Didn't they end up #1 in the league in points allowed?

[CubanMustGo]

Damp dunks, Miller hits a three, Stack misses a three. 60-51 at the half.

[CubanMustGo]

Halftime stats:

Grizz: 17-28 FG (60.7%), 5-9 3FG (55%), 12-16 FT (75%), 6 Reb (1 off), 6 Stl, 3 Blk, 9 TOs, 16 PFs

Mavs: 21-41 FG (51.2%), 5-10 3FG (50%), 13-15 FT (86.7%), 24 reb (12 off), 4 Stl, 1 Blk, 10 TOs, 15 PFs

[1Parker1]

This looks like its going to be an awesome series to watch. I love playoff basketball :tu

[CubanMustGo]

Leading individuals:

Dallas - Nowitski 19 pts (6/10 FG, 0/1 3FG, 7/8 FT), 5 Reb], Terry 9, Dampier 7 reb (5 off)
Grizz - Jones 12 (3/4 FG, 2/2 3FG, 4/6 FT), Miller, Wright 7. Tsakalidis is the only Grizz with > 1 board (2).

Damp outrebounded the whole Memphis side playing only 12 minutes.

Here's a clue, Memphis:

D-E-S-I-R-E

Get some.

[FromWayDowntown]

Dallas has missed 20 shots and rebounded 12 of those. Tough to beat a team when it does that.

Memphis shooting 61% in the first half is keeping them around. If they can get on the glass and limit second chances, their inevitable cool down won't bury them.

[boutons_]

It sounds like Pau is playing hurt?

No Pau, no chance.

Grizz shooting 61% and losing. -18 RBs will kind of show up. :)

[infinite styles]

I think Atkins is trying to help Dallas win or either he just sucks that bad. He's starting to look like Nazr on rotations.

[mavsfan1000]

It is called good defense. Pau might be a step slow but all you do on Gasol is back off him and force him to shoot jumpers and be ready to contest. Pau never pumpfakes and that is stupid.

[1Parker1]

I think Atkins is trying to help Dallas win or either he just sucks that bad. He's starting to look like Nazr on rotations.

Atkins needs to take some lessons from Earl Boykins on how to play ball in the NBA when you're below 6'0. :smokin

[CubanMustGo]

Dallas getting it done despite having players in foul trouble all game.

[CubanMustGo]

Damn, Grizz are a pretty good team on paper if you look at them. Didn't they end up #1 in the league in points allowed?

The rebounding is what's killing them. Take away half of Dallas' second chances and Dallas is under 50 points for the half. Not great but better than 60!

[picnroll]

It is called good defense. Pau might be a step slow but all you do on Gasol is back off him and force him to shoot jumpers and be ready to contest. Pau never pumpfakes and that is stupid.
wtf are you talking about. In four games Gasol averaged over 23 points against the Mavs. The injury you keep saying isn't hampering Duncan that much is likely why Gasol isn't putting his usual numbers up

[CubanMustGo]

Gasol sighting! Hits a 14-foot J and corrals a rebound. Of course Atkins misses a three after that.

Must have gotten tired of me ragging on him! :lol

[CubanMustGo]

Howard hits a J. Diop is called for his fourth PF with 10:41 left. I think Damp's doing a much better job tonight anyway ... he comes in for Diop.

Jones misses a three, Grizz get their SECOND offensive board and Atkins hits the finger roll. 62-55 10:06 3rd. Atkins fouls Dirk, dammit, and of course he hits 'em both. 64-55.

Battier gets sloppy, Griffin steals it, lays it in and one. 67-55.

[CubanMustGo]

Gasol misses, memphis off board, Gasol hits from 17, Griffin misses, Gasol misses again, Battier with another offensive board and the putback. 67-59.

Tsakalidis fouls guess who. Two more for Dirk, who spends more time at the free throw line than anyone in the WC not named Kobe. 69-59.

Jackson misses a three, Dirk rebounds, Pau steals it from Terry, slam dunk Pau!

Timeout Dallas. 69-61 with 7:50 remaining in the third.

[Spurologist]

Damn Battier all over the floor to get the ball

[CubanMustGo]

Not a lot of defense goin' on ... Terry hits the long J, Jackson with the reverse for Memphis, Dirk hits one, Damp gets a steal but Howard is called for the charge, Gasol hits the turnaround J, Dirk misses, Eddie Jones hits one from the wing, 73-67.

Battier with the steal, Jones with the layup, 73-69.

Terry hits the 17-footer for Dallas, 75-69.

[FromWayDowntown]

Pau is having more success, but he's still playing Charmin-like soft.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Go Grizz! :elephant

[Sense]

Grizz are gonna give these mavs a scare, they are physical...

[RON ARTEST]

Pau is having more success, but he's still playing Charmin-like soft. :lol

[Amuseddaysleeper]

everytime the grizz make a run they have a COMPLETE defensive breakdown to give it right back! :madrun

[CubanMustGo]

BobbyJack hits a three from the top of the arc to close it to three, Dirk misses then picks up his third foul on a Gasol shot attempt. Pau hits both, it's 75-74 with 3:27 left.

[FromWayDowntown]

Better rebounding making a big difference for Memphis in the 3rd. Bobby Jackson gives them some nice toughness; between BJax and Eddie Jones, they have a couple of guys with playoff swagger.

Battier has been nails for the Grizz all night long, too.

Mavs have struggled even with some open looks, but Daniels with a nice cut, no Memphis help, and a crowd-aiding dunk.

[RON ARTEST]

wow i cant believe memphis is hanging in there. this looks like its gonn be a pretty damn good series if it stays competitive like this.

[CubanMustGo]

They got some of that

D-E-S-I-R-E

at halftime. :elephant

[RON ARTEST]

damn i cant believe i have more then 2oo posts already. that shows how great this forum is.

[RON ARTEST]

damn it gasol make the damn free throw!

[FromWayDowntown]

wow i cant believe memphis is hanging in there. this looks like its gonn be a pretty damn good series if it stays competitive like this.

I think that if Gasol decides he wants to play with some agression, the Grizz have the horses to hang with the Mavericks for a few games. I think Dallas is legitimately a title contender and I'd be shocked if Memphis beat them. But I also think the Grizz bring a little more grit than they have in past years and their depth has been their calling card for years now. Having a legit player in front of Miller makes it much more comfortable to bring him off the bench, and he's got the ability to create all sorts of problems with his range and his ability to slash to the basket.

The Grizz are shooting over 60% through almost all of 3 quarters. When they cool off in the 4th, the Mavs will have the opportunity to open the game up.

[FromWayDowntown]

Did AJ just shut Cuban up? He was shouting, and then he seemed to look at the bench, say OK and shut up.

[CubanMustGo]

Dirk with the fadeaway ... BJack loses it to Harris after a nice Battier offensive board, Battier with the foul on Stack. Stack hits two, back to an 81-76 lead with just under a minute to go.

[RON ARTEST]

Did AJ just shut Cuban up? He was shouting, and then he seemed to look at the bench, say OK and shut up.i think he did. :lol

[FromWayDowntown]

Another observation: the series seems to have developed subplot #1: Battier vs. Stackhouse. That matchup is getting physical and heated.

[RON ARTEST]

why the fuck cant they make a fuckin free throw?

[CubanMustGo]

Tsakalidis padding the offensive board stats ... eventually draws the foul on Stackhouse, his third. Another 1/2 effort for the Grizz from the line. 81-76 until Daniel hts a shot, Gasol answers on the other end and it'll be an 83-78 deficit for Memphis entering the fourth.

[RON ARTEST]

wow the mavs shoot more running one handers then i have ever seen. gasol scores. dallas still leads 83-78. did dick stockton just compare the mavs defense to the spurs? :lol i hope not.

[Spurologist]

What is this world coming to. Where is the pau that hammered one down in KG's grill. He's now shooting pussy floaters. I don't think he's healthy.

[FromWayDowntown]

Dallas pulls away in the 4th to win by double-digits. [/hunch]

[CubanMustGo]

Grizz with 10 rebounds (4 offensive) in the third quarter, still trail Dallas 29-16 overall.

[Horry For 3!]

Grizzles could easily win their first playoff game but we'll have to see what happens

[CubanMustGo]

Dirk with 27, Terry 13, Daniels 11, Stack 10. 9 boards from Damp and 7 from Dirk.

Gasol and Jones have 16 for Memphis, BJack 10. Tsalaidis with 6 boards.

[Spurologist]

Grizzles could easily win their first playoff game but we'll have to see what happens

that'll make for a good post game press conference with AJ

[FromWayDowntown]

Dampier looking downright Rasho-esque with the softy from 4 feet with nobody between him and the hoop.

[FromWayDowntown]

Pau with a serious brick from 18.

[RON ARTEST]

healthy or not i think hes just soft.

[CubanMustGo]

Damp misses the short J to start the quarter, Wright gets the board but Harris steals it right back. Turnovers tied at 13 each. Stack misses the jumper from the top of the key, Gasol rebounds and misses a longer jumper from the top of the key. Dirk with the board.
Gasol fouls Dirk in the act .. Mr. Automatic hits two more. 85-78, 10:32.

[RON ARTEST]

why the hell do they keep turning the ball over!?

[CubanMustGo]

Damp with the steal, Terry misses a three, Damp cleans up the trash, scores and one. Hits the FT. Gasol is back to his first half form, misses the shortie but Tsakalidis gets the board and puts it back. 88-80.

Terry misses a J from the left wing, rebound to Memphis, Miller misses a 20-footer. Rebound Daniels, Stackhouse misses, Tsakalidis rebounds, BJack turns it over AGAIN, Terry slams it home and Memphis takes another timeout once again trailing by 10. 8:14 left.

[SenorSpur]

Pau is playing like a feline.

[RON ARTEST]

Pau is playing like a feline.
:lol :lol :lol :lol :lol

[CubanMustGo]

Daniels with yet another steal, this time from Tsakalidis. Memphis shot their wad in the third, stick a fork in 'em, they're done. Terry with the J from the left baseline, 92-80.

[FromWayDowntown]

A bounce pass to a big man moving in traffic? To Tsakalidis on top of that? Some of these Grizzlies are playing like they've never been to a playoff game before.

Miller can be dangerous, but right now, he's hurting the Grizzlies more than the Mavericks.

[ducks]

mem are playing like the lowly knicks

[SenorSpur]

Bitch-ass Grizzlies don't know how to take care of the ball. It's as if the ball is a hot potato.

[Horry For 3!]

Grizzles could easily win their first playoff game but we'll have to see what happens
Not anymore

[RON ARTEST]

why is dallas acting like they just won the championship? the bench is jumping up and down like kangaroos.

[Spurologist]

A bounce pass to a big man moving in traffic? To Tsakalidis on top of that? Some of these Grizzlies are playing like they've never been to a playoff game before.

Miller can be dangerous, but right now, he's hurting the Grizzlies more than the Mavericks.

how many playoff games have they won? hmhmhm

[01Snake]

Wow! From the looks of the Dallas bench, you would think they just won the championship. :lol:

[CubanMustGo]

Tsakalidis gets one back, Stackhouse misses a J but Damp cleans the glass, feeds Stack who is fouled by Tsakalidis. Hits both. Diop in for Damp (why???). 94-82.

Daniels steals from Miller, hits the finger roll, another timeout Memphis. 96-82. 6:39.

Somewhere Dandy Don Meridith is singing "Turn out the lights, the party's over," Grizz.

[CubanMustGo]

Foul on Terry, Jones blows the layup. Dirk with the board and Tsakalidis with the foul and the tech.

Stack hits the tech and 1/2 to make it a 98-82 lead. Dallas on a 15-4 run this quarter. Bombs away from a clearly perturbed Tsakalidis, rebound to Dirk, foul on Atkins.

That's it for me ... work and the attendant 5:45AM alarm clock setting calls. Good night!

[Spurologist]

wtf? is Jake their #1 option

[Darrin]

The Grizz should be in Memphis tonight opening up against the LA Clippers.

[boutons_]

Jake's hands for catching passes are right up there with Nazr's.

Jake put nice hard body foul on Stack shooting, but he could do it a lot harder.

[mavsfan1000]

Wow! From the looks of the Dallas bench, you would think they just won the championship. :lol:
Winning game 1 is something new for them. :lol

[infinite styles]

wtf? is Jake their #1 option

I had the same "WTF?" for the night. :lol

[StylisticS]

Pau is playing like a feline.
:lol :lol :lol
I gotta use this.

[phyzik]

If the Grizzlies continue to give this much compotition to the Mavericks, they (Dallas) dont have a chance in round 2 if they make it.

[mavsfan1000]

Dallas's bigs played smart though against him. They forced him to be a jump shooter and gave him ton of room so he could get by them and than got physical around the basket against Gasol. Gasol did play scared though. Playoffs have not been friendly to him. :lol

[T Park]

Gasol is one of the most overrated players in the NBA.

Period....

[RON ARTEST]

Gasol is one of the most overrated players in the NBA.

Period....
what? if anything hes underated are you kidding me? people barely even talk about him when they talk about big men in the NBA. hes 20 and 10 every night and his passing skill have imroved every season that goes bye. you have no idea what the fuck your talking about. i agree with most that he is a soft player but get real.

[ManuTim_best of Fwiendz]

i don't get to see the Gasol play, so I can't judge his game, but I think T Park's just firing off his mouth about someone else's team's franchise player.

[rayray2k8]

Gasol is one of the most overrated players in the NBA.

Period....

My pops ragged on him pretty good, calling him a hippie.
I say he looks more like a bum.
Maybe if they gave him a dollar he would of worked a bit harder. :lol
And when Gasol hit the floor over the camera men, i heard him say "Hes looking for loose change"!!
I think im gonna be hitting the photoshop soon. :spin

[ponky]

HAHAHA, this thread was a great read. There is nothing wrong with Gasol, he was just getting some rest for the playoffs. You really think a softie like Gasol would be playing if his foot was bothering him tonight? Check out the last two season and check the number of games he actually did miss due to foot injuries. If his foot was bothering him there's no way he would have played tonight. We are just a better team but it's cool if some of you don't recognize, you will in about two weeks time.

[ponky]

My pops ragged on him pretty good, calling him a hippie.
I say he looks more like a bum.
Maybe if they gave him a dollar he would of worked a bit harder. :lol
And when Gasol hit the floor over the camera men, i heard him say "Hes looking for loose change"!!
I think im gonna be hitting the photoshop soon. :spin


maybe you should work on trimming your eyebrows and losing the elf hat first, goodnight!

[v2000]

boy it was a great game. i was actually at the game. I was walking around with a sign that said "The Lakers SUCK!". everyone loved it.

[CubanMustGo]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/dailydime?page=dailydime-060424

The beauty of the playoffs is that there's no hiding who you are. During the regular season, what with the blur of games and varying schedules, a good player who gets enough touches and plays enough minutes can produce the kind of stats and highlights that will fool 78.4 percent of the people who call themselves basketball fans or experts or aficionados or whatever other title looks good on the business card in your mind.

Pau Gasol is a good player. Maybe even a very good player. Great player? Franchise player? Put-a-team-on-his-back-and-carry-them player? I've heard people refer to him in those terms. I've never seen it, although to be honest, I saw the Grizzlies live twice and maybe a dozen times on TV.

Including Game 1 against the Mavericks.

Gasol finished with a team-leading 24 points, seven rebounds, four assists and two blocked shots. In a team-leading 41 minutes. Respectable numbers. Good-player numbers. Maybe even very-good-player numbers.

They were also meaningless numbers, in the context of winning or losing the game. Which is why numbers can't be trusted to assess a team or a player or a game. (Sorry, Hubie.) Gasol was so timid in going scoreless in the first half that his supporters were left murmuring about his foot injury obviously bothering him. That theory was blown up by coach Mike Fratello, who told a reporter coming out of the locker room that his star forward was physically fine but that his "confidence" apparently was shaken. I only wish the reporter had told us how exactly Fratello said it, since I can't think of more damning words by a coach about his star at halftime of a team's first playoff game.

Gasol, of course, then offered more proof there was nothing physically wrong by galloping down court to finish a third-quarter fastbreak with Bobby Jackson.

The only mystery is that GM Jerry West didn't storm the court right after that dunk and hold a press conference to announce that Gasol had been suspended for not showing up until the third quarter of a playoff game. That, after all, would seem the only appropriate response in light of 76ers GM Billy King going off on Allen Iverson and Chris Webber for showing up less than an hour before the team's next-to-last regular-season game.

Now, anybody willing to dismiss his first half because of his second-half production doesn't understand the responsibility of the star of an underdog team. This is, supposedly, the Grizzlies' leader, their go-to guy. And it's not that he just didn't score. That happens. He wasn't doing anything, other than waiting for the defense to collapse enough for him to get rid of the ball. He looked nervous, or scared, take your pick.

That will happen sometimes to good players. Maybe even to very good players. Great players? Franchise players? Never.

-- Ric Bucher, ESPN The Magazine