NBA Playoffs Rd 2: (1) Oklahoma City Thunder vs. (5) Memphis Grizzlies

[King Taharqa]

[1] Oklahoma City Thunder (60-22)

PG-#15 Reggie Jackson
Boston College '11
6'3 208 lbs
5.3 PPG 2.4 RPG 1.7 APG


SG-#2 Thabo Sefolosha
SWITZERLAND '06
6'7 215 lbs
7.6 PPG 3.9 RPG 1.5 APG 41.9 3PT%


SF-#35 Kevin Durant
Texas '07
6'9 235 lbs
28.1 PPG 7.9 RPG 4.6 APG 51.0 FG% 90.5 FT% 41.6 3PT%


PF-#9 Serge Ibaka
CONGO '08
6'10 235 lbs
13.2 PPG 7.7 RPG 3.0 BPG


C-#5 Kendrick Perkins
Clifton J. Ozen HS '05 (Beaumont, TX)
6'10 275 lbs
4.2 PPG 6.0 RPG 1.4 APG 1.1 BPG

BENCH
PG-#6 Derek Fisher
SG-#23 Kevin Martin
SF-#8 Ronnie Brewer
PF-#4 Nick Collison
C-#34 Hasheem Thabeet

HEAD COACH

Scott Brooks

 

 

[King Taharqa]

[5] Memphis Grizzlies (56-26)


PG-#11 Mike Conley
Ohio State '07
6'1 185 lbs
14.6 PPG 2.8 RPG 6.1 APG 36.2 3PT%


SG-#9 Tony Allen
Oklahoma State '04
6'4 213 lbs
8.9 PPG 4.6 RPG 1.2 APG


SF-#21 Tayshaun Prince
Kentucky '01
6'9 215 lbs
10.4 PPG 4.4 RPG 2.4 APG


PF-#50 Zach "Z-Bo" Randolph
Michigan State '01
6'9 260 lbs
15.4 PPG 11.2 RPG 1.4 APG


C-#33 Marc Gasol
SPAIN '07
7'1 265 lbs
14.1 PPG 7.8 RPG 4.0 APG

BENCH
PG-#7 Jerryd Bayless
SG-#55 Keyon Dooling
SF-#20 Quincy Poindexter
PF-#32 Ed Davis
C-#30 Jon Leur

HEAD COACH

Lionel Hollins

 

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With the loss of Westbrook to injury, things will be very tough for OKC in this round against one of if not the best defense in the league. Gasol & Z-Bo are the best front court in the league, so OKC's Ibaka and Perkins will have their hands full trying to slow them down. OKC will need steady contributions for Kevin Martin and Ibaka to make up for the loss of Westbrook. I expect Durant to continue his spectactular play, but I dont expect it to be enough to outlast a hot Grizzlies team. Give me the Grizzlies in 6 games over OKC.

[Kevin Greene]

Griz in 6

[Sapper]

This is all on the PG match ups - but I actually think OKC still takes this in 6.

[nickzz]

memphis really should have closed that one out. durant stole the game.

[Kakarot]

OKC in 6

[Guest]

Memphis will need to tidy up if they want to put OKC out. They could cause a 'shock', but I think OKC will take this in five or six. 

[Kevin Greene]

That was a pathetic effort by Randolf as the clock ran out on regulation.

[Kevin Greene]

Poor DFish, well past his prime.

Nice inbound bud.

[Dilla]

A possible Memphis Grizzlies vs Golden State Warriors WCF?

Do want (SA will probably prevail, though. And I not counting the Thunder out, it's just funny to think about).

 

[TNPanther]

Huge Grizzlies fan right here. This is our year, no doubt. No better opportunity to win it all than now.

[CarolinaPanthers8789]

Good for Memphis, they're gonna be a tough out.

[X-Clown]

Kevin Durant in an elimination game at home goes 5-21 with 7 turnovers, including a miss at the end of the game that would have tied the game up. I figured this thread would have blown up with people discussing Durant's lack of clutch play, like we see all the time anytime that a certain other 4 time MVP has a poor shooting night (even in a win), but I see nothing about that here.

[CarolinaPanthers8789]

Ahh there it is, the clown coming to trash Durant when his beloved superstar was all over the court missing shots and flopping. Not to mention OKC was facing a formidable opponent in Memphis where Miami was facing a depleted Chicago team. Looks like blind love to me.