How do you beat Memphis?

[G-Dawgg]

Gasol and Randolph would have a field day posting up that lineup...

True, but we'd be able to put up numbers quicker than them and we may be able to tire-out their bigs....

[Isitjustme?]

Put Splitter on Randolph.

[Proxy]

Inject confidence in Parker.

[Fireball]

TP has to be more aggressive, put Splitter in and hit at least 30% on threes ...

[Obstructed_View]

Showing up would be nice.

[TampaDude]

Score more points than the Grizzlies.

[johnnyblues]

Tony effin Parker.

[Jimcs50]

um, how about hit 3 pointers in some semblance of their regular season percentage?

[GrandeDavid]

Average performance from Parker and use of Splitter and less use of Blair/Bonner automatically ends this series in the Spurs' favor.

100% agree with you.

[hater]

wake parker up. otherwise just go home and end your misery

[CubanMustGo]

This is a ing 8 seed. It's not like plenty of other teams didn't beat them this season. Play with some confidence, get Splitter some PT, hit more than 20% of your 3FGAs, and gotdammit Tony pretend you've been in the league more than a couple of days.

[ElNono]

If you want to get Tony going, run a few isos for him one-on-one against Conley... he should be able to burn him... Make them have to send help, leaving somebody else open. At that point, it comes down to making the right decisions...

[GSH]

You make layups, point-blank shots, and free throws. The Spurs would be up 3-0 right now, if they had done those three things. Seriously, people, the Griz aren't exactly blowing us out of these games.

[Capt Bringdown]

Average performance from Parker and use of Splitter and less use of Blair/Bonner automatically ends this series in the Spurs' favor.

This. Splitter can take minutes from Dice/Blair/Bonner. Folks are concentrating on Blair/Bonner, and for good reason, but Dice is part of the problem too IMO.

[ducks]

This is a ing 8 seed. It's not like plenty of other teams didn't beat them this season. Play with some confidence, get Splitter some PT, hit more than 20% of your 3FGAs, and gotdammit Tony pretend you've been in the league more than a couple of days.

so why are the lakers 2-2 to a 7 seed without their second best player

[Budkin]

Parker needs to pull his head out and we need to hit our 3s.

[sa_butta]

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[SenorSpur]

I keep thinking and thinking and thinking.

But really...

How do you beat a team that is bigger, stronger, longer, faster, and more aggressive at every-single-position on the floor?

How do you do it? There is not one position on the floor that exists that the Grizzlies are not physically superior.

How do you overcome that?

Here's how you overcome it. Add a few players of similar ilk over the offseason. Players that would allow you to better match their length, size and physicality.

[SenorSpur]

The Spurs have beaten more physically talented in the teams in the past by being smart. It's the equalizer and it's the one thing the Spurs HAVE always been able to count on, but for whatever reason it's not there from the coach down to the players. Tony Parker with all his unforced TOs, RJ having brain farts at critical times (i.e. that one pass that wasn't there where he tried to get it to TD had me pulling my hair out), and Pop with stupid rotations and not calling a TO at the end.

the Spurs look like a stupid basketball team. for the first time in the Duncan Era, they've been outsmarted by an opposing team in the playoffs. what's so ing embarassing is that the opposing team has ZACH ING RANDOLPH AND TONY ALLEN ON IT.

And let's not forget the important fact that the reason the Spurs can't squeeze teams in crunch time, as they have before, is partly because they are no longer a superior defensive team. They simply cannot get stops in the manner in which we've all become accustomed. Combine that with stupid turnovers and the offensive struggles, and this is what you get - down 2-1 to a younger, physically stronger, but inexperienced team.

[Obstructed_View]

Honest to God, do any of you guys remember seeing the Spurs have so many layups and chip shots rim out?

[lefty]

- Start Hill instead of Parker and tell him to harass Conley - disrupt his rythm.
- Play Tiago
- Don't play Bonner

[Dex]

Honest to God, do any of you guys remember seeing the Spurs have so many layups and chip shots rim out?

Almost seems like the Spurs have been cursed recently. Shots rim out. Bad bounces go against them. Even routine plays like driving around a screen or throwing a post up pass are turning into turnovers.

What's worse is every time the Spurs miss a bunny or blow an opportunity, it always seems to lead to a 4 or 5-point-swing. Blow a layup on one end, and the other team gets out and scores on the other. This has been happening consistently since after the All-Star Break and has lead to several of these late game breakdowns.

Couple that with Memphis playing like gangbusters, and it's a recipe for disaster. The defining point was Zach Randolph's three on Saturday. I was honestly more ty about losing to that shot than losing the game altogether. Spurs make a good defensive stand, get possibly one of the worst shots out of Memphis they can hope for, and ZBo still swishes it for three. It just exemplified that the Spurs just can't catch a break.

A small part of it comes down to hoping the laws of averages play their hand before the series is over. The rest of the substantial portion comes down to execution and attention to detail (oh, and making a damn three here or there would make things significantly easier, too). The Spurs can't afford to wait for things to start going their way.

[41times]

You have GOT to win the Turn over battle.
And you have got to shoot a higher percentage of shots.

Because theGrizz will get more rebounds and more 2nd chance points.

Take Care of the Ball and the Ball will take care of you!

[spurtech09]

take care of the ball....alot of ball movement.....get blair more involved ....team basketball....maybe get splitter involved.....tony needs to be more agressive.....rj needs to be more agressive....neal needs to start taking more shots

[spurtech09]

spurs are capable of scoring alot of points....stop holding back at let the pigeons lose......