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He pulled on his elbow on at the end too, held on to it for a few seconds.
I'd be pissed too if Manu (and Gary) had just all over me.
Somebody needs to get the video of the very last rebound at the end of the game and put it on here. Gasol hammered Manu in the back of the neck on the rebound. It should be reviewed by the league.
Manu turned and looked at Gasol after he did it very upset. He was holding his neck all they way into the lockeroom.
He pulled on his elbow on at the end too, held on to it for a few seconds.
I'd be pissed too if Manu (and Gary) had just all over me.
Gasol was doing alot of like that. but Dice was playing pretty rough too.
The common denominator about the Gasol brothers seems to be that they both enjoy the really hard. Not that there's anything wrong with that.
One of the reason that prick has been kicking our butts. Somebody needs to drop him. Where is Horry or Bowen when you need them.
i didnt' see that part.. vid pls?
Battier took a cheap ass shot on Duncan from behind on a play where they were just running up the floor, and sort of trailing the play. Like I said, it was from behind and there was absolutely no reason for it. It reminded me of something that happens on a football kickoff, when someone takes a cheap shot way away from the ball, just because nobody is looking.
And on another play Battier just ran up on Tim's ankle under the basket. Tim was looking for a rebound, but I swear Battier's head was looking down. I know there's no way to say for sure, but it really, really looked like he intentionally came down on Tim's achilles from behind. I sure as couldn't see anything else productive that he was trying to do in that spot.
I've always thought pretty highly of Battier, but those two make me not like him so much. Those weren't good hard playoff fouls. One was totally off the ball and away from play, and the other sure looked like an attempt to hobble another player.
there was one when gasol hit tony in the mouth and seemed to do it on purpose
The Grizz were throwing the usual playoffs cheap shots from the start of the series at game 1 when every time they swiped for the ball they got a piece of a Spurs player's eye too. They weren't afraid to announce that they only way they'd overcome the talent disadvantage in the series was through physical play. Kinda like how the Mavs threw plenty of cheap shots, even clotheslines, at the Spurs guards last year.
From the end of this game I think Gasol briefly held on to Manu's injured elbow with both of his arms. Must feel pretty ty to lose to a "faker" with one arm out there.
Every minute Battier's on the court he's up to dirty plays especially since his athleticism has declined significantly and its the ing playoffs. He could even teach some of our veterans how to sell fouls as well.
Last edited by Cane; 04-28-2011 at 02:29 AM.
From what I saw, Gasol and Battier excessively fouled the out of Manu, swiping at his head and face...
I remember Splitter fronting Z-Bo on defense who then pushed Splitter with both hands ... Splitter flew a few meters and Randolph has the easy bucket. No dirty foul, but pushing with both hands (full arm extension) normally is a technical foul ...
Incidental contact imo, which Manu responded to understandably yet unknowingly.
MEM game plan from the very beginning has been to play rough and actually hit people whenever they can. They thought if they imposed their physicality the spurs would cave in - until last night it has worked for them as only last night I actually saw some spurs getting back at them.
Game 6 at MEM will require some kind of performance like what Horry did in PHX a few years ago. I think the Spurs will have to play really rough all over the floor and foul hard if possible. MEM needs to respect the Spurs and the Spurs need to earn that respect.
The Griz aren't really too dirty of a team, they just play up into you. They're pretty physical. Spurs are starting to like the taste of blood. Props to the officials, too, for letting the two teams play. I honestly did not seen such even officiating throughout the season. Spurs should be hype for this next game and come out ready to play a hard-nosed game. Bruce thrived on those kinds of games.
Yes, Shane was definetly playing with an edge. He was pushing a lot early on, and being very physical. I like those kind of players, but we really don't have any. We have to fight back. We can't complain about it because nothing is going to change, and we must fight back to give ourselves a chance.
If you're not playing scrappy this time of year, then something is wrong. When we play hard we're either right there at the end and lose, or we win. When we didn't fight, we got killed. No matter the gameplan we have to fight for the 50/50's, scrap in the paint etc.
Meh. Cheap shots are part of any physical team's playoff game. It's not like Elie, Horry, or Bowen didn't try to get in cheap shots whenever they could get away with it.
Of course, I thought that Arthur foul on Bonner should have been a flagrant. It was an obviously intentional hit to the back of the head, but whatever.
The only reasonable post in this thread.
I would add that the refs seemed to tighten up in the 4th and call a bit more stuff, not sure why, maybe they thought the game might get out of control. This really helped the Spurs. Interestingly the Grizz weren't complaining about the calls, I think they knew they were on the edge of fouling at all times and just hoped they'd continue to be "allowed to play".
I saw that, too. That was lame and stupid of Gasol and I think will contribute to Memphis' demise. The Grizzlies played the best they possibly can and the Spurs continued to miss some easy shots and had a few turnovers. I expect the Spurs to come back focused and physical for Game 6.
The physical teams win. The Spurs would have lost many times if not for our more physical players risking suspension and fines by delivering the pain to the opponent. Regular season is over.
It would take a good lick to drop Gasol. That's a big corn fed er.
I bet McDyess could do it, but he won't.
I really dont like Battier.
Video anyone?
We just need that one guy to come in for a possesion and hammer somebody, preferably tony allen. Cause im sure you can get under his skin pretty easily and get him to do stupid stuff that hurts his team after that. I mean seriously, the dude punched his own teammate.
this man gets it
I saw the play too. Thought it was a bit bush-league too, considering the clock had expired. Too bad the Spurs don't have an enforcer to exact some measure of physical revenge on these guys. To me, that's part of the problem, the Spurs lack of physicality. The Grizz has brought the fight to the Spurs, but the Spurs have rarely responded.
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