Grizzlies (29-22) @ Thunder (40-12)

vanjulio · Post #1 » by **vanjulio** » Mon Apr 2, 2012 12:52 pm

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Who: Memphis Grizzlies(29-22) @ Oklahoma City Thunder(40-12)
When: April 2, 2012
Where: Ford Center - Oklahoma City
Time: 7:00 PM CST
TV: FSOK, FSS, NBALP
Season Series: 0-3
Team Trivia: Daequon Cook (INJ) and Mike Conley (INJ) both played at OSU, who fell to Kansas in the Final Four Saturday night. Darrell Arthur, Josh Selby, Nick Collison, and Cole Aldrich attended Kansas, while Nazr Mohammed attended Kentucky - whose teams play tonight in the NCAA championship during this game.

Grizzlies Starters

Oklahoma City Thundercats

Bench Heroes

vanjulio · Post #2 » by **vanjulio** » Tue Apr 3, 2012 12:51 am

grizz totally outplaying thunder so far but refs keeping them in it. handed out 2 techs to OJ and Pondexter. Phantom calls, ballout calls, and just trash. Mayo pump faked at end of 1st quarter to get Harden to jump directly into him on a 3 ball - and no call. I think the Grizz might snap on this one if they lose especially and still outplay the thunder.

NBA - where rigged officiating happens...

vanjulio · Post #3 » by **vanjulio** » Tue Apr 3, 2012 1:16 am

alright 42-44 at half. not bad. doable. Though I hate to see what happens if the OKC warms up... We gotta keep the gas up and connect more buckets.

MemGrizz723 · Post #4 » by **MemGrizz723** » Tue Apr 3, 2012 2:37 am

What a WIN!!!!

Not gonna lie, did not expect to win this game.

Jajwanda · Post #5 » by **Jajwanda** » Tue Apr 3, 2012 3:26 am

Hollins really needs to consider going with Gay at the 4 once Conley returns. With Conley and Allen providing tough D on Westbrook and Durant you force OKC to adjust to you or get burnt with Gay blasting right by Ibaka.

mid-post · Post #6 » by **mid-post** » Tue Apr 3, 2012 3:47 am

OJ has been playing great ball this season. His offensive numbers aren't all that impressive but he's playing like a beast out there, good controlled aggression on offense and defense. Maybe it's because it's a contract year, but man OJ looks hungry, plays with that Tony Allen energy now!

GrizzledGrizzFan · Post #7 » by **GrizzledGrizzFan** » Tue Apr 3, 2012 11:57 am

I realize that he won't win it, but coach Hollins absolutely deserves to be in the thick of the conversation regarding the Coach of the Year award.

vanjulio · Post #8 » by **vanjulio** » Tue Apr 3, 2012 1:47 pm

I thought I had maybe jinxed the grizz by writing their record as 29-22 before the game last night but in fact they made it true! :lol:

Jan_Sobieski · Post #9 » by **Jan_Sobieski** » Tue Apr 3, 2012 2:41 pm

This team going to do damage in the playoffs

dark-child · Post #10 » by **dark-child** » Tue Apr 3, 2012 6:11 pm

mid-post wrote:OJ has been playing great ball this season. His offensive numbers aren't all that impressive but he's playing like a beast out there, good controlled aggression on offense and defense. Maybe it's because it's a contract year, but man OJ looks hungry, plays with that Tony Allen energy now!

MO MONEY!, MO MONEY! MO MONEY!

Do the Grizz Brass now consider matching any offer or try to figure out a way to keep him long term?
A backcourt of Tony Allen/OJ Mayo has been really good but I am not sure what the plus/minus is but he has performed admirable when not matched up againist lighting bugs at the point.