It's about players stepping up to the challenge.

When players like 可愛，Neil, Green, Bonner, and Diaw in Spurs stepped up and played well, who did they have in Grizzlies to counter? Let's forget about GDP. Parker played great, as expected; TD played ok and focused on defense; Manu provided important spark in the 3rd quarter and played poorly in other minutes. It's the role players kept pounding at both ends.  

Memphis OTOH, except for Conley and Marc played some quality minutes, the rest of the team, led by ZBo played uninspired at both ends. If this wan't a blowout, 那就沒天理了。

Memphis does have a depth problem, and they rely heavily on the 2 big guys to perform well at both ends at same time. As I said before, Memphis didn't have players with good post entry passes. Getting Prince was a good move, but still ZBo couldn't esablish position deep down low, and he's inefficient 15 feet out. 

Spurs played beautifully moving the ball and moving bodies. Everyone, led by Parker, kept moving, and never shied away from good open shots. Nobody hesitated, and everyone fought for rebounds and loose balls.

Let's wait and see how Memphis adjust in game 2, to emphasis establishing their inside game, and keep Spurs perimeter in better check. Memphis isn't an offensive power house. They need to keep the points in 80s and 90s and then win on efficiency. If they keep allowing Spurs scoring 100+ points at ease, this would be a short and painless series.

Come on, make things more interesting!  

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• 小嘎嫂中投看著跟他哥一模一樣。 -tscb- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/19/2013 postreply 15:30:38

• 比他哥準。 -白娘子- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/19/2013 postreply 15:32:44

• 熊單防很好,尤其是on-the-ball defense. 有沒有他們防P&R好的例子？ -Net-A-Porter- ♀ (114 bytes) () 05/19/2013 postreply 15:35:04

• 去年馬刺雷霆第一二場和今天挺象的。 -i751- ♂ (135 bytes) () 05/19/2013 postreply 15:40:11

• 有點像。後來雷霆調整用Selfolosha捏住跑車。熊後衛Allen防不住跑車那沒其他人。 -Net-A-Porter- ♀ (35 bytes) () 05/19/2013 postreply 15:44:29

• Allen 比Selfolosha 防的好，防守一陣的。下場看看。 -白娘子- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/19/2013 postreply 15:46:37

• Exactly, Grizzlies will study the tape for next game. -ctgolfer- ♂ (0 bytes) () 05/19/2013 postreply 16:08:52

• 內線根本就不需要幫助，1對1，鄧呆，splitter玩不過噶騷阮豆腐， -82481- ♂ (0 bytes) () 05/19/2013 postreply 16:21:51

• 今天有不少help defense是針對 parker 的突破，但是parker 分出，外線投中。 -Warsteiner- ♂ (0 bytes) () 05/19/2013 postreply 16:38:12