It's about players stepping up to the challenge.

When players like 可爱，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, 那就没天理了。

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!  

所有跟帖： 

• 小嘎嫂中投看着跟他哥一模一样。 -tscb- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/19/2013 postreply 15:30:38

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

• 熊单防很好,尤其是on-the-ball defense. 有没有他们防P&R好的例子？ -Net-A-Porter- ♀ (114 bytes) () 05/19/2013 postreply 15:35:04

• 去年马刺雷霆第一二场和今天挺象的。 -i751- ♂ (135 bytes) () 05/19/2013 postreply 15:40:11

• 有点像。后来雷霆调整用Selfolosha捏住跑车。熊后卫Allen防不住跑车那没其他人。 -Net-A-Porter- ♀ (35 bytes) () 05/19/2013 postreply 15:44:29

• Allen 比Selfolosha 防的好，防守一阵的。下场看看。 -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

• 内线根本就不需要帮助，1对1，邓呆，splitter玩不过噶骚阮豆腐， -82481- ♂ (0 bytes) () 05/19/2013 postreply 16:21:51

• 今天有不少help defense是针对 parker 的突破，但是parker 分出，外线投中。 -Warsteiner- ♂ (0 bytes) () 05/19/2013 postreply 16:38:12