Biggems
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Well time to go fishing with Kenny.
As a Spurs fan, I am super disappointed. I swear, we were very un-Spur-like in that series. We got raped on the glass. We played poor defense. We chucked a ton of 3s, that had no shot of going in. We played like bumbling idiots in the closing minutes of 3 games....Actually, this series kind of resembled the 2006 Dallas series. We had games 1, 3, and 6 in our grasp....but we turned it over, took poor shots, and played bad D. Meanwhile, Memphis attacked the glass, played excellent D, and made their shots and FTs.
What makes me the most upset is the team was afraid to shoot on several occasions in the series. During the regular season, they would just catch and shoot. In this series, they would hesitate or pass, giving up a wide open look, and settling for a highly contested look.
The Grizzlies outhustled, outshot, and simply outplayed the Spurs in this series. I have to give them full credit. My only solace, is that the Spurs did go down fighting and they didn't lose here in SA. If we were going to lose the series, I wanted it to be in Memphis. It sucks to lose your last game at home...but also, it is so much nicer for the winning team, they get to celebrate with their fans.
I normally do not bring up the officiating, but I do have one issue. Zach Randolph was allowed to do whatever he wanted and was hardly whistled. Meanwhile, if a Spurs player even looked at him funny, it was a foul. Twice last night he should have been called for offensive fouls for shoving Matt Bonner, both with full arm extensions, but neither time it was called. Then a few seconds later, Matt barely touches him and its a foul. That is pathetic officiating. It actually reminded me of how the refs let Karl Malone do whatever he pleased, but not the people that guarded him. The only difference, Zach isn't a cheating, dirty, cheapshot artist the way Malone was. Still, it is hard to defend someone who is allowed to maul you on both ends, but you can't even breathe on without being called for a foul. Other than this, I have no issues with the way the series was officiated.
I will say this. The league does need to look at its review policy. In game 5, at the end of the half, the Spurs should have gotten 1.6 seconds to run a play, but the clock say 0.7. The refs could not review the clock, because it did not go all the way down to 0.00. IMO, the amount of time on the clock should always be reviewable, no matter how much time is left, or at least make it in the final minute of each quarter or half. This time it happened to the Spurs. I have seen it happen to other teams too. It just isn't fair that the team gets hosed on critical seconds.
Well Memphis, get ready for Kevin Durant. You think your boy ZBo was getting calls, wait till you see KD. That guy lives at the FT line. It is going to be interesting to see who shoots more FTs in this series, ZBo or KD. I honestly hope the refs let the teams play and both only average about 25-30 FTs a game. Unfortuately, I have a feeling the teams will average 40-50 a game.
Lastly, Arthur, I hate you. I know you will never, ever, shoot again the way you did in this series. You owned my Spurs. You missed like 3 shots the entire series. You will never, ever play this lights out again. I am going out on a limb and saying that you will disappear against OKC.....that is all. BTW, in this series, a new Spurs killer was born...00
GO SPURS GO
As a Spurs fan, I am super disappointed. I swear, we were very un-Spur-like in that series. We got raped on the glass. We played poor defense. We chucked a ton of 3s, that had no shot of going in. We played like bumbling idiots in the closing minutes of 3 games....Actually, this series kind of resembled the 2006 Dallas series. We had games 1, 3, and 6 in our grasp....but we turned it over, took poor shots, and played bad D. Meanwhile, Memphis attacked the glass, played excellent D, and made their shots and FTs.
What makes me the most upset is the team was afraid to shoot on several occasions in the series. During the regular season, they would just catch and shoot. In this series, they would hesitate or pass, giving up a wide open look, and settling for a highly contested look.
The Grizzlies outhustled, outshot, and simply outplayed the Spurs in this series. I have to give them full credit. My only solace, is that the Spurs did go down fighting and they didn't lose here in SA. If we were going to lose the series, I wanted it to be in Memphis. It sucks to lose your last game at home...but also, it is so much nicer for the winning team, they get to celebrate with their fans.
I normally do not bring up the officiating, but I do have one issue. Zach Randolph was allowed to do whatever he wanted and was hardly whistled. Meanwhile, if a Spurs player even looked at him funny, it was a foul. Twice last night he should have been called for offensive fouls for shoving Matt Bonner, both with full arm extensions, but neither time it was called. Then a few seconds later, Matt barely touches him and its a foul. That is pathetic officiating. It actually reminded me of how the refs let Karl Malone do whatever he pleased, but not the people that guarded him. The only difference, Zach isn't a cheating, dirty, cheapshot artist the way Malone was. Still, it is hard to defend someone who is allowed to maul you on both ends, but you can't even breathe on without being called for a foul. Other than this, I have no issues with the way the series was officiated.
I will say this. The league does need to look at its review policy. In game 5, at the end of the half, the Spurs should have gotten 1.6 seconds to run a play, but the clock say 0.7. The refs could not review the clock, because it did not go all the way down to 0.00. IMO, the amount of time on the clock should always be reviewable, no matter how much time is left, or at least make it in the final minute of each quarter or half. This time it happened to the Spurs. I have seen it happen to other teams too. It just isn't fair that the team gets hosed on critical seconds.
Well Memphis, get ready for Kevin Durant. You think your boy ZBo was getting calls, wait till you see KD. That guy lives at the FT line. It is going to be interesting to see who shoots more FTs in this series, ZBo or KD. I honestly hope the refs let the teams play and both only average about 25-30 FTs a game. Unfortuately, I have a feeling the teams will average 40-50 a game.
Lastly, Arthur, I hate you. I know you will never, ever, shoot again the way you did in this series. You owned my Spurs. You missed like 3 shots the entire series. You will never, ever play this lights out again. I am going out on a limb and saying that you will disappear against OKC.....that is all. BTW, in this series, a new Spurs killer was born...00
GO SPURS GO
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