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They're not good enough to beat any of the top 4 seeds but I don't think they get swept either tbh. I'd want to play the Rockets if I were a Memphis fan tbh.
7-0 dating back to last year's WCF. And.....The Grizzlies don't have Hollins anymore.
They're not good enough to beat any of the top 4 seeds but I don't think they get swept either tbh. I'd want to play the Rockets if I were a Memphis fan tbh.
Lmao. Easy sweep.
It wouldn't be a sweep like last year, maybe a 5 game series, 6 at most. Spurs would still win imo.
Spurs are even better equipped to beat them this year tbh; they can't abuse Neal's ballhandling.
Spurs stay sweeping the 1st round match up since 2012.
Hope you're right. The homer in me wants to believe you, tbh.
Imo we would lose either a game 3 or 4 this time around, at least.
bye week tbh
Prolly won't matter anyway. I see the Grizz rising to the 7 seed and the Spurs staying at 1.
I haven't been keeping up this year, is Z-Bo staying consistent or on noticeable decline? If he's clearly going down, that would be a huge plus for the Spurs. I still get nightmares from 2011 when he repeatedly abused the midget Dewhataburger in the paint. It was like playing an 8 year old tbh but if that's long gone and ancient history than we're prolly good. At least we have real post defenders now.
Everyone and their mama knows the spurs are going back to the finals.
stop being a pussy and man up. happen in 2011. Living in the past Smh.
yall s forgetting last year 3 of those games were very close
now that Splitter got that guap and forgot how to play basketball and Splitter/Duncan lineups are complete garbajosa, they lose that edge they had over Memphis frontcourt last season
and they have more reliable shooting this season. Goes 6 imo, won't be as easy as yall think.
I like your all or nothing approach Kool but I can't agree until I get some real analysis on why we will destroy Memphis.
See: last year
That was as thorough a beating as can be expected in a WCF.
Splitter and Duncan have played well against the Grizz this year; that lineup has been fine since the middle of December tbh. Even if it doesn't, Diaw has shown a great ability to play against Gasol. As much as everyone rags on black coaches, it can't be denied they've missed Hollins this season. We'll see how this new guy fares in the POs.
The Spurs' strategy against Memphis is simple: clog the paint and let their wing players beat you from the perimeter. You can't possibly ask Tony Allen and T Prince carry the scoring load for the Grizzlies. Conley is the only player who shows up against the Spurs. Overall, I'm not worried and I expect the Spurs to finish Memphis in 5 games tops.
Decent take, thanks.
No problem
Memphis has better shooters this year. I think they'd be tougher than last year, but I'd still take the Spurs in a series.
The spurs fear the Grizzlies as much as an elephant fears an ant.
Or as much as a Dale fears a Katherine (bruises = evidence)
to the to the no. lmao. The Grizzlies only beat us a few years ago by pure fluke. Manu was our best player that season and got hurt in the FINAL GAME OF THE YEAR, throwing out entire team balance off. Manu misses the first game and we barely lose it, giving Memphis a ton of confidence and momentum. Randolph has the series of his life and tbh Gasol played off it perfectly. Duncan kept having to go back and forth defending each guy at times because Dyess and Splitter were too soft, so Duncan (who was having his worst season ever), was cashed physically all the time.
I predicted the Spurs would wax those clowns if they met again and sure enough, Grizz got crushed during the season the swept the next time they met in the playoffs.
Going through history, the Spurs OWN the Grizzlies. . .the Spurs' record against them is absolutely hilarious. The Grizzlies were just lucky having that perfect storm of timely injuries and down years (for Spurs) and Randolph selling his soul for one great series the time they won.
I have zero fear of the Grizzlies tbh. Last series I even perfectly predicted the Grizzlies' never cracking 93 points while the Spurs always would, and that's exactly what happened. The matchup is that predictable.
Good analysis and confidence in this thread. I just hope Spurs don't peak too soon which has been an issue in the past...
as long errors doesnt get a single miinute till end of the season...spurs have a high chance of finals again
Memphis has some decent 3pt shooters now with Mike Miller & Courtney Lee, but SA is best at exposing their bigs, I see 6 games at best if Memphis gets their 3pt shot going but I think most likely it would be a 5 game series.
They match up well against OKC, but only won 1 out of 4 this season against them, though all games were compe ive with KD going off in the 2nd half. If Memphis can contain KD & Alpha has a bad shooting series, it could go down to 6-7 games, though right now I see OKC winning in 5-6.
Problem with Memphis has always been their offense, top defensive teams like OKC & San Antonio are just as good on D but are far better on O, which means they really don't have a shot because they lack a legit go-to scoring wing. Conley is a decent PG but he's not consistent enough as a scorer. For every 20+ point game he has these 10-12 scoring nights where you can't even find him on the court because he doesn't do enough.
Memphis though have won 4 out of their last 5 with 3 road games with wins against Chicago & Portland, they even beat Houston on b2b games with one on the road. Rockets would definitely be worried about matching up with Memphis because they're not an elite defensive team & Memphis has the defenders to contain Harden & Howard.
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