Game Thread: Spurs vs Grizzlies -- Game 1 - Sun. (4/17) - 7:00PM CST (3:00AM Riga)

[BillMc]

Tony with 1 or 2 WCF 2013 flashbacks. Need more of that.

[.G.]

Who ed up Kawhi's edge up? Either that or his braid game headed towards Stevie wonder levels.

[TheGreatYacht]

K. AndersonSF

Has not entered game

One of my keys to the game

[ajh18]

Tim Duncan getting into his playoff groove. 2-3 shooting, 9 rebounds, 2 blocks in the first half. With this roster, that's exactly the type of play we need from him.

[Ron Swanson]

Spurs lead by 11....48-37.

[BillMc]

Kawhi 3 steals, 2 blocks in the first half... Timmy with 2 blocks as well... Danny 2 steals... Out best defenders have been there, just need a dose of offense and we can rest some in the 4th.

[313]

Hard to take much from this glorified scrimmage of a series, but if Spurs don't wrap this up in 4. Can't afford to let OKC rest up while we have to play unnecessary games.

[Stabula]

I just ate the quesalupa that the got geriatric Asian sells on TV and my ass is ing raining

[Mnky]

One of my keys to the game

Y'all throwed.

[dabom]

One of my keys to the game

[DPG21920]

Starters shooting .516, bench shooting .231, look no further.

There was a point deep into the 2nd Q I believe where both starters/bench were shooting poorly, but the last few minutes TP/Kawhi/LMA hit more and more as the Q ended. But ya, shooting from the bench is a big issue that will hopefully get worked out this series. Hoping SA gets big leads early and uses the bench to get run.

Kawhi/LMA on pace for 40 minute games which should not have to happen.

[dabom]

SAGirl on suicide watch.

[SupremeGuy]

Matt Barnes going nuclear.with 2pts

[Silver&Black]

Danny 2 steals...

Is Danny Green playing? Could have fooled me....

[Gametight]

I thought I counted Kawhi with 5 steals with 1 maybe being questionable.

[beirmeistr]

I just ate the quesalupa that the got geriatric Asian sells on TV and my ass is ing raining

sounds like a salupa

[TheDoctor]

Did he check his elbow?

You know it He checked his elbow, looked at crowd then at the nearest official.

[Arcadian]

Dynamic Duo doing some work early.

This team is such a mediocre-to- ty offensive team, though. I hope they can find a way to score 10-20 more points per game, or they won't be winning anything beyond round 1.

[BillMc]

Is Danny Green playing? Could have fooled me....

Danny doesn't do offense anymore. Kind of like Kobe stopped doing defense the last decade of his career.

[Chinook]

Is Danny Green playing? Could have fooled me....

He would have had another steal had the ref not gotten in the way. Really, the biggest issue is that Memphis isn't guarding him, and the Spurs aren't passing him the ball. I don't think it's a lack of faith in Danny's shooting, either. I think there is too much iso play going on, and Green is being hurt most by it. His D has been fine here. I have no idea what people are watching.

[hater]

matt Barnes about to go off on Kawhi s. Shut is imkinent

[Keepin' it real]

This is a great match up for LMA. Even in the regular season as I linked before, he destroyed MEM. Had his highest FG% against MEM this year and averaged over 20 points. He's doing his thing (missed a few easy ones) but he was absolutely dominating in the first half.

Not worried about LMA here.

But what about:

LMA with the pussy move

[BillMc]

Dynamic Duo doing some work early.

This team is such a mediocre-to- ty offensive team, though. I hope they can find a way to score 10-2] more points per game, or they won't be winning anything beyond round 1.

Somehow we had the second best shooting percentage in the league, I think. All LMA and Kawhi (both over 50% for the season)

[Mugen]

RC should be on the phone offering TP for Conley straight up at halftime tbh...

[sasaint]

Tim Duncan getting into his playoff groove. 2-3 shooting, 9 rebounds, 2 blocks in the first half. With this roster, that's exactly the type of play we need from him.

Stats aside, he moved well!