So, I haven't talked about my Grizz very much lately. Those reasons were more personal than anything to do with the Grizz. I don't know if you've been watching, but the Grizz have won 4 out of 5 games.
Luckily for you, the loyal evilblog reader, JPinto and myself took time out of our busy schedules to go see the boys last night. All I can say is wow. Granted we were playing a terrible team, but it was a terrible team we lost to two weeks ago.
This team is doing a few things really well right now. One is rebounding. They are actually dominating the boards on teams. Marc Gasol and Zach Randolph get almost every rebound. As a long time Grizz fan, it is shocking to see a team with Memphis on their chest out rebound a team by 20 as they did at Philly on Friday night.
Another thing they are doing well is not settling. They only shot 9 threes last night. Granted, I think they are actually overpassing a little right now, but that's much better than settling for threes on every other possession. We're running the offense through Marc Gasol and Rudy and when the starters are in it works really well.
The last thing we're doing is playing a little defense. I'm not saying they are a bunch of stoppers out there, but they are helping and rotating better. It would be better if any of our perimeter defenders could stay in front of their man, but at least those guys aren't getting lay ups anymore. Progress.
Anyway, there is hope in Grizzland and I for one am looking forward to the game verse Phoenix tomorrow night. It'll be nice to see us play a good team for the first time in a bit. Until then, go grizz!!!!
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I also like 2 other sideshow things about the Grizz:
1. The purging of all things AI from the Grizzlies system!
2. With Haddadi and Casspi shaking hands, there's hope for a 2 state solution in the Middle East! Wait, I forgot, some people from America (like Ralph Lawler and Michael Smith) might
screw that up.
I was struck by something late in the game, when it looked like the Grizz might ruin their win. They put most of the starters back in, and when they finally put Marc Gasol back in, he and Rudy exchanged this kinda’ “all right we gonna’ get this done now” point and confident, knowing wink. I really dig that those two are jelling like that now.
JPinto hit on something I forgot to mention. Tinley got a lot of run last night. He is aggressive pushing the ball up the floor with the dribble and the pass. This is an important note. I don't know if I've ever seen Conley fire a ball up court quickly. Tinsley did it three or four times last night. I like that a lot. If he gets back to his former self, there will be no doubt who the starting point guard should be. I did like that Conley decided to take it to the hole twice in the fourth. Sadly, that does not happen near enough.
Let's not forget the
5 game method.
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