Paul held to one field goal in the second half, and Blake did nothing but argue as he constantly dropped and kicked rebounds out of bounds. ZBo and Gasol dominated, the grizz won the blocks, boards, second chance points and even fast break points. I don't know when Chris Paul was anointed untouchable by the NBA, but it's past old.
Grizz whip the ginger and his little ***** point guard
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paul gets away with push offs so much. Marc was awesome. He made DeAndre Jordan his ***** in the third. Crowd was calling for him to shoot it.
Not sure what Paul just said about Q at the press conference. Blake actually answered his cell phone while taking questions. And kept the ringer on, as it rang multiple times. But Paul was asked if Quincy's length bothered him, and he replied "ask him, he was my rookie" and then muttered "Q..." as he walked away. Not sure if that was a "yeah, I like him, he's good" or "that guy was my ***** as a rookie, don't even ask such a question" type answer. It felt like the latter.
Like I said after game two, this is a huge matchup problem for the Clips. If the bigs play the way they have been playing, this one will end in six. Also, the Grizz have just done an exceptional job on the double teams and switching defenders on Paul. They are doing very subtle things to him....one time they will body him and the next time they will play a step off of him. He can't get a feel of what to do because it's a different defensive look almost every time down the floor. It's just a brilliant defensive game plan. It's also playing into the Grizz's hands that Del Negro is a terrible coach. He is a poor game planner, and he's even poorer at making adjustments. When LAC is struggling to shoot the ball, this becomes so much more evident.
Key for game 5 will be the whistles. If our bigs can avoid foul trouble and stay on the floor, we will win game six. Look for the Clips to get really aggressive with Paul and Bledsoe taking it to the basket, and with Griffin looking more aggressively for his shot. They know if they can get the Memphis bigs off the floor, their bench will win the game for them.
FedEx Forum was rocking on Saturday. Best environment for a game in a long time. If they win game five, the next one in Memphis will be a zoo.
My wife and I went to game 4. It was our first nba game to attend and probably the first one we have watched outside an Nba finals in 5 years. We both had a great time.