Post#45 » by younggunsmn » Sat Apr 16, 2022 3:42 am
Looked back through the box scores of our 4 meetings during the regular season.
Russell was lights out and had 4 great games.
Ant had 3 good games and one stinker.
KAT had 3 good games and foul trouble in the 4th limited his minutes.
That game was the one where Steven Adams played the most minutes.
How much time the grizz give Adams is a big question for this series.
That 4th game, which we won despite giving up 26 (yes 26 that is not a typo) offensive rebounds with KAT and Vando both getting in foul trouble, is the one that has me a bit worried.
I think to win the series we can't let Bane, Brooks, Melton, and Brandon Clarke get hot. Bane especially has been hyperefficient this year. It's going to take great team defense and doing a great job both not fouling and challenging shots at the 3 point line.
I think it would be smart to have a more balanced offensive approach to take pressure off of KAT after his performance in the play-in game.
We also need for Russell and Beasley (and maybe even Prince) to heat up from 3. The grizzlies are a better defensive team than the Clippers. They may not have to load up on KAT to stop us. It's going to be harder to get to the rim, Ja, Melton, and Bane are all very good defenders and JJJ can defend both the rim and perimeter. If you look at how we played them in the regular season, we match up very well, but the grizz also shot pretty poorly in those games. But we matchup much better with the Grizz than we do the Suns.
I think we will win at least a couple games and am cautiously optimistic we can win in 6 or 7.
Then bring on Jokic and the Nuggets!
