Game Blog: Clippers vs. Grizzlies - Game 6

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Originally Posted by timvp

Oh well. If the Spurs can't beat this version of the Grizzlies they don't deserve anything. These Grizzlies will scrap but unless Randolph's knee regenerates between now and the start of the series, the Spurs have to be pretty damn confident.

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That's what I reckon. Neither of these teams scare me, and if we inexplicably fall in a heap then we didn't deserve to beat them in the first place.

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Originally Posted by timtonymanu

I think Game 2 is scheduled for Thursday (which I'm already gonna F-in miss), Game 3 and 4 is Saturday/Sunday most likely.

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Thanks.

Grizz no longer have the "Manu stopper"

Spurs in 5.

Del Negro turns in a spectacularly bad coaching job. Clips clearly disgusted with him.

Really hope Paul just decides to win game 7 so Spurs can decimate them. But that's probably a dream. Spurs vs. the Lionel train and an amped up Grizz on Tuesday.

Winner of Game 1 probably takes the series.

If the Grizzlies win game 7 they're definitely building some rhythm that will help them against the Spurs. I think game 7's basically falls into two categories. One is that the road team is happy and exhausted to get to that point and just get blown away. The other is two evenly matched teams battle to the last minutes of the game.

Clippers ball movement is so stagnant its almost hard to watch. The amount of their possesions that end up being 1 on 1 basketball has to be close to 30%

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Originally Posted by Budkin

Grizz no longer have the "Manu stopper"

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Manu no longer need to be stopped..

If the Clippers do prevail, they'll be exhausted. Not just by the seven-game series, but with the prospect of two big away games in three days. Would they even bother flying back to LA just for the one day? Either way, I just can't see them being mentally prepared after such a draining opening round. Thus I'm hopping the Clippers steal it.

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Originally Posted by timtonymanu

I think Game 2 is scheduled for Thursday (which I'm already gonna F-in miss), Game 3 and 4 is Saturday/Sunday most likely.

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not a bad scenario considering the circumstances: games at home with no btb.

Ideal scenario we win the 2 home games and game 3 then game 4 we see what happen

It'll be Memphis, and I welcome it. You can see in last night's game that CP3 is not all there. I think we match up fairly decently this year.

We need to run their bigs through the spin cycle with the pick and roll, to tire the hell out of them. But the big issue will be rebounding of course. If our wings continue to rebound like they did in Utah, though, it should help mitigate Zbos tenacity on that front.

Hope the Griz win so we get some payback for last year.