OT: What A Difference A Day Makes

[ABM]

Utah -117

Memphis - 94


IMO, more of a statement on what the Blazers put the Grizzlies through last night.

 

[J_Ray]

Utah -117

Memphis - 94


IMO, more of a statement on what the Blazers put the Grizzlies through last night.

Utah matches up well w/ them, this is the third time they've destroyed Memphis this year.

 

[BlazerBeav]

And Memphis was the team running out of gas, unlike the game last night.

 

[BrianFromWA]

or maybe Zach doesn't have a burning desire to crush the Jazz.

 

[J_Ray]

A rare occurence also happened today, Mr. Andrei Kirilenko showed up to play 12pts/6reb/4ast/3blk/4stl which was almost another 5x5 for him.

 

[THE HCP]

Weird game. No DWill either. Back to backs are tough, especially that one! They got to that hotel about 3 AM.

 

[Mediocre Man]

I think it's more of a statement of how little talent Portland has available to them right now.

 

[MIXUM]

no williams and they still beat the grizz by double figures? wow we really suck bad then.

 

[Kaydow]

I think it's more of a statement of how little talent Portland has available to them right now.

Nah. Memphis had won 7/8 going into last night with a +9 point differential in those games. Their only loss was a 5 point loss at Dallas. They won in Phoenix by 25. They are a talented (but inconsistent) offensive team playing with a lot of confidence when they came to Portland. I'm not surprised they got whacked last night - they are not a deep team (they played four guys 40+ minutes against us the night before) and they were on a back-to-back coming off a hard fought win. And they were on the last game of a 4 game roadie, and young teams often lose focus on that last game - as we've done several times in recent years.

 

[Mediocre Man]

Nah. Memphis had won 7/8 going into last night with a +9 point differential in those games. Their only loss was a 5 point loss at Dallas. They won in Phoenix by 25. They are a talented (but inconsistent) offensive team playing with a lot of confidence when they came to Portland. I'm not surprised they got whacked last night - they are not a deep team (they played four guys 40+ minutes against us the night before) and they were on a back-to-back coming off a hard fought win. And they were on the last game of a 4 game roadie, and young teams often lose focus on that last game - as we've done several times in recent years.

You're right. Mills, Pendergraph, Cunningham, Howard and Randolph playing 95 minutes will win us a lot of games.

 

[ABM]

Thus far, Memphis laying down the beat-down, tonight.