Gotta love the over tonight

No way Z Bo shoots as poorly as he did in Game 1.  Agreed Spurs should not shoot 14 3 pointers tonight.  But, Pop said it best the only way the Spurs are going to beat the Grizzlies is to push the ball if they play 1/2 court they are sunk.  Evidenced by the way the Grizz cut a 20+ point lead down to 6 in the 3rd quarter when the Spurs stopped pushing the ball. Also was over in game 1 and thanks to Z Bo needed a 58 point 4th to win. Tonight it might go over by the middle of the 4th quarter.

stats to back up the play:

Spurs 4-0 over in Western Conference Finals

Grizzlies went over both games in LA and under 1st over 2nd in OKC.

Final thought!  I think Grizzlies employ Golden States tactics.  Spurs want to run, run at them.  I think you see an up and down game and Spurs top the century mark again.

Spurs 102

Grizz 96

Grizzlies have 2 options neither is really great defend the 3 so they are not knocking them down all night or defend the paint so Parker and company are not taking it to the hole all night.  Congratulate the Grizz for making it this far but bottom line if Ibaka made shots he made all season and Westbrook had not been injured we would not even be discussing the Grizz right now OKC would of won as predicted in 5.

Patrick Patterson better be ready. I feel a stretcher waiting for him next season when he meets OKC. A bench player might accidentally Kobe Bryant him and break his ankle.

agreed trung I do not see a 58 point quarter but 182/4=45.5 in Game 1 as you mentioned quarters 2 and 3(in which Spurs stopped running and let Memphis back in) totaled 43 and 44 quarter 1 was 45 and Grizz only scored 18. So 2 more points in quarters 2 and 3 and we do not even need 58 in garbage time.  Z Bo was 1 for 9 he will come to play tonight and should get us the additional 2 points per quarter. As stated without going into a whole lot of math. It comes down to this do you think the Grizzlies or the Spurs are going to win, let alone cover. Spurs need pace to win and Grizz wants it to be 1/2 court grind it out.  I see Spurs winning on their home floor where their lowest total these playoffs has been 91 twice once against the Lakers in a laugher and once against the Warriors in which they lost. Memphis learned in Game 1 if they want Randolph who they need if they want to win they are going to have to quicken the pace and beat the defense down the floor in essence what the Spurs are trying to do. Hence the reason I believe both teams hit 90+ tonight and Spurs might eclipse the century mark if they can get hot from deep again

over looked dead but 63 point 3rd quarter and all of a sudden the over does not look good it looks great! come on 43 point 4th quarter