I wouldnt say OKC's in trouble but now its a best of 5 series which leaves any team very vulnerable. Congrats Grizz.
Have to agree here. Watching Memphis and OKC go at it, really puts things in perspective. Miami, in my opinion, can't handle teams like this anymore
Well I think the Grizz are just a mismatch for the Heat, but they are mismatch to most of the league except the Spurs only cuz we got TD and Splitter. I think Brooks might not to put Perkins and Ibaka out there a lot next game.
Depends how Miami plays. They could use Battier/Lebron to be annoying and front ZBO. It's a very common defense they do. They would leave Prince and Allen as their leave them open guys. Or they might keep two bigs with Bosh and Birdman or Haslem and one of them and use Bosh and his length to front ZBO. Lebron of course is the game changer and how they use him. Because if you imagine Miami to play small who does ZBO or Gasol hide on defensively? You put them on a 3 point shooter and you have the situation like in 2011 where Ibaka was leaving shooters wide open because he was uncomfortable leaving and defending ouside the paint. Would be a very interesting matchup. I do think Tony Allen would struggle covering Lebron in the post so Prince would go on Lebron and Allen on Wade. Wade would post up Lee immediately if they threw him on Wade. And Beno would not be as effective as he was tonight. They blitz and trap PnR at an insane rate. Would be a fun matchup no doubt but Spoelstra is probably the better coach in that series and the Heat have the best player, that gives them hope even if they don't play as big as Memphis
Memphis is a damn good team. I said they were capable of beating any team in a series. I was hoping they'd face the Spurs.
Well I watched it with the Cavaliers, the Cavs made the finals and were expected to get back and never did. Its entirely possible this happens to OKC. Last year they had the injury bug but this year they have a tough road to the finals.
I have bigger issues with the officiating, but that's how it is in sports. I'm not calling for SB head. He's a fine coach. Memphis played resilient , tough ball tonight, and earned the win. No use in whining about it.
LAC up 26 at halftime. I want to turn it off but with GS and their 3 point shooting, they could win a quarter by 14-15 and make it a game. Gonna hang around for this
