Re: Grizzlies

["Dan Forant" <dforant1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Oh yes I agree the Memphis press may have hurt their chances. If they would
have let us come down and set up we would have made a feeble attempt at it
and eventually fired up a lot more 3's. Why would anyone press us??

DanF

----- Original Message -----
From: <Tammo29@AOL.com>
To: <celtics@igtc.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2003 11:33 AM
Subject: Re: Grizzlies


> >I don't follow
> >>many teams besides the Celts so if anyone can ad to this, please do.
>
>   The Grizzlies have a tendency to fight real hard for three and a half
> quarters and then let things slip away in the end.  A lot of people,
> including their coach, attribute this to the teams youth.  Sort of sounds
> familiar, doesn't it?
> Anyway, they rarely have trouble scoring.  Defense is their usual
downfall.
>
>   I was curious as to how we would handle their zone, since zones have
given
> us trouble in the past.  We did OK.  Pierce and Bremer were both hitting
well
> from outside....not much penetration. But they really didn't get too much
of
> a chance to use it since the game was so up and down.  I think the main
> reason for that was the press they used.  I haven't seen them press as
much
> as they did last night.  I think Hubie probably saw a rookie point guard
and
> thought he had an advantage if they went to the press.  But Bremer handled
> that extremely well.
> I think the press might have actually hurt Memphis when all was said and
> done.
>
> TAM