Playoffs Game Blog: Spurs @ Grizzlies - Game 4 - April 25

[Ice009]

Tron movie is better than Spurs

Well go watch Tron then and don't come back.

[spyder]

Well go watch Tron then and don't come back.

HA I will

[1Parker1]

This might be the last time we ever see the big three suit up together.

I certainly hope it's the last time Spurs fan see Richard Jefferson and Matt Bonner in Spurs uniforms...

[Pauleta14]

A lot of the fans in this thread as straight up pussies. I can't believe almost everyone has tossed the towel. Like you just said, you gotta look at it like this : With 2 out of 3 games at home you would be absolutely stupid to toss in the towel.

THIS

Spurs fans were supposed to be among the best, I'm really disapointed by the constant meltdown on this forum (since game 1!).
I wonder if they act the same way in their personal life, each time something doesn't go their way.

bunch of quitters...

[DieHardSpursFan1537]

THIS

Spurs fans were supposed to be among the best, I'm really disapointed by the constant meltdown on this forum (since game 1!).
I wonder if they act the same way in their personal life, each time something doesn't go their way.

bunch of quitters...

Yeah, this is pretty ing pathetic with a lot of people complaining and whining that it's over. Well it's not. Win Game 5 at home, manage to pull off a win in Memphis, and come back to San Antonio for game 7 and finish it off.

[Ice009]

Yeah, this is pretty ing pathetic with a lot of people complaining and whining that it's over. Well it's not. Win Game 5 at home, manage to pull off a win in Memphis, and come back to San Antonio for game 7 and finish it off.

WIN game 5 and put some pressure on the Grizzlies. Let's see if those shots fall for them with a bit of pressure.

[Dex]

Spurs have climbed out of this situation in the past 4 years, and yet everyone is acting like the Spurs are already fishing. I guess people have short memories.

It's certainly not the way I would've drawn it up, but most people thought this was going to six or seven games anyways. When a series goes seven games, there is usually not a comfortable way to get there.

Granted, the Spurs have made life difficult for themselves by now needing three straight wins. But considering we may only get one to three more Spurs games to watch until November, I think I'm going to put on my rally cap and hope for the best.

[dbreiden83080]

Spurs have climbed out of this situation in the past 4 years, and yet everyone is acting like the Spurs are already fishing. I guess people have short memories.

It's certainly not the way I would've drawn it up, but most people thought this was going to six or seven games anyways. When a series goes seven games, there is usually not a comfortable way to get there.

Granted, the Spurs have made life difficult for themselves by now needing three straight wins. But considering we may only get one to three more Spurs games to watch until November, I think I'm going to put on my rally cap and hope for the best.

if Tim was still in his prime i think we could still get this to 7 games. Dallas of 06 was way better than this team and we got that to game 7 down 3-1 but with Tim playing like a s of himself the odds are very long indeed..

[trollt]

one bad half of basketball.

more confident about winning now if tiago continues to start

[spurs10]

Spurs have climbed out of this situation in the past 4 years, and yet everyone is acting like the Spurs are already fishing. I guess people have short memories.

It's certainly not the way I would've drawn it up, but most people thought this was going to six or seven games anyways. When a series goes seven games, there is usually not a comfortable way to get there.

Granted, the Spurs have made life difficult for themselves by now needing three straight wins. But considering we may only get one to three more Spurs games to watch until November, I think I'm going to put on my rally cap and hope for the best.

Commendable at ude. It's not over yet. Hopefully another 48 hours will let Tim and Manu heal just a bit and everyone else have time to prepare for a ing fight like this Memphis team has yet to see. A complete beatdown might knock them on their heels, just enough.

[duncan228]

Views from the other side.

Griz up 3-1, but not overconfident as they head to San Antonio for Game 5
By Ronald Tillery
Memphis Commercial Appeal

They are within a game of pulling off one of the biggest upsets in NBA playoff history.

But the Griz aren’t overconfident even as they packed a 3-1 series lead over the Spurs and headed off to San Antonio for Game 5.

“Our mindset has to be the same. Being up 3-1 means nothing. We have to go out and be ready to play,” Griz coach Lionel Hollins said today after holding a brief film session to prepare for Wednesday’s 7:30 p.m. game in AT&T Center.

Memphis is trying to become just the second No. 8 seed to eliminate a No. 1 seed since the first-round format expanded to seven games. Golden State was the first team to accomplish the feat with its series upset over Dallas in 2007.

Hollins continues to implore his team not to take the Spurs lightly, reminding the Griz that their opponent won 61 regular-season games for a reason.

“I expect their best effort,” Hollins said of the Spurs.

Keep reading...

http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2011/apr/26/Griz/

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Geoff Calkins: Grizzlies’ grit comes to surface in Game 4
By Geoff Calkins
Memphis Commercial Appeal

With 5:43 left in the game, an astonishing thing happened at FedExForum. This is the way it will forever read in the box score.

SUB: GREEN FOR DUNCAN.

SUB: SPLITTER FOR GINOBILI.

SUB: BLAIR FOR HILL.

SUB: NOVAK FOR BONNER.

The Grizzlies were up by 20. The San Antonio Spurs were waving the white flag.

Out came Tim Duncan. Out came Manu Ginobili. Someday, those two men will make it to the Hall of Fame. But they didn’t stand a chance against what hit them Monday night in Memphis.

“Wow,” said Grizzlies owner Mike Heisley.

Right. What he said.

The Grizzlies didn’t just defeat the Spurs — the final was 104-86 — they overpowered them with a breathtaking second-half run that made surrender seem like the only logical option.

“The second half was just incredible to watch,” said Grizzlies coach Lionel Hollins. “It was an incredible performance.”

He could have thrown in a couple more “incredibles” and it wouldn’t have been excessive.

A No. 8 seed has beaten a No. 1 seed in the NBA playoffs before. But has a No. 8 seed run a No. 1 seed right out of the building?

“The third quarter was weird,” said Spurs guard Tony Parker, which is one way to describe it.

Keep reading...

http://www.commercialappeal.com/news...urface-game-4/

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Griz rout Spurs, 104-86, for 3-1 lead in series
By Ronald Tillery
Memphis Commercial Appeal

Grizzlies coach Lionel Hollins walked into the locker room at halftime and basically hypnotized his players into thinking they were down a bunch.

They trailed by only two points, but Hollins wasn’t at all happy with the energy level. So he implored his troops to rush out into the second half and play with a sense of desperation.

“We responded well,” Griz forward Zach Randolph said.

That would be an understatement.

The Grizzlies opened the third quarter on a 14-0 run fueled by the scrappy, defensive play that has defined their season and pulled away Monday night for a 104-86 victory over the San Antonio Spurs in Game 4 of their first-round playoff series.

Keep reading...

http://www.commercialappeal.com/news...1-lead-series/

[DieHardSpursFan1537]

I don't get why people are already bailing out, claiming it's over. Well it's not.

Win at home, go back to Memphis, and return home. The 2 home games aren't too hard. I am fully confident in those two games. But Game 6 in Memphis is for all the glory. It's not going to be easy. We're 0-4 in Memphis this year.

[Chomag]

I don't get why people are already bailing out, claiming it's over. Well it's not.

Win at home, go back to Memphis, and return home. The 2 home games aren't too hard. I am fully confident in those two games. But Game 6 in Memphis is for all the glory. It's not going to be easy. We're 0-4 in Memphis this year.

After watching the team just quit like they did late in the second half it does kind of make it hard to Believe. Hopefully their at ude can change overnight.

[Obstructed_View]

I don't get why people are already bailing out, claiming it's over. Well it's not.

Win at home, go back to Memphis, and return home. The 2 home games aren't too hard. I am fully confident in those two games. But Game 6 in Memphis is for all the glory. It's not going to be easy. We're 0-4 in Memphis this year.

Because the Spurs did.

[FromWayDowntown]

Bad job tonight at the building. A LOT of empty seats.

Disappointing.

Not surprising. But disappointing.

[Destro]

Getting the damn Memphis broadcast on NBA Tv