San Antonio Spurs Look to Tie Series in Game 4
The San Antonio Spurs, after Saturday's Game 3 loss have fallen behind in this opening round series 2-1. Despite starting the postseason as the No. 1 seed in the Western Conference, the Spurs have looked completely vulnerable against the No. 8 seed Memphis Grizzlies.
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Now with Game 4 in Memphis, the Spurs are in danger of dropping a third game to the upstart Grizzlies. Before this series, the Grizz had never won a playoff game in their franchise's history?now they've won two, one on the road and one at home.
If there's a team that can seriously pull of an upset, it's the Grizzlies.
During this series, Memphis has played stifling defense on the Spurs and have clogged the paint with their big men Zach Randolph and Marc Gasol. Because of their size underneath, the Spurs had had trouble scoring down low and their leading scorer Tony Parker has had problems with his penetration.
As for the Spurs' long-range game, the Grizzlies succeeded in locking down the Spurs from beyond the arc in Game 3 to 13.3%. That said, they have found the recipe in stopping the Spurs.
If the Memphis hold back the Spurs once again in Memphis, the Spurs will have the daunting task of trying to win their next three games. That's definitely not an easy job.
Should San Antonio fail to find a way to respond to the Grizzlies tonight, this series should be over and we'll witness one of the first major upsets of this postseason.
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