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Ugly ugly win but we are getting a lot of help tonight with the Pelicans and now Thunder both losing with the Jazz in a battle as well

Well just like that we are the 5 seed and .5 game back of the 4

I guess that's why we signed Jamal. Big win on the road when nothing seemed to be working.

dieng has got to be bitter. that's multiple times this year that hes gotten a 40 second hook. i dont even think bazz was given these quick hooks.

CoolBreeze44 wrote:

kekgeek1 wrote:Wasn't pretty. (Defense was good) but damn that was nice.

Huge when Wiggins and towns shoot poorly we found a way to win.

Game ball to Jamal. I'm not a fan of his game but please give me a game like tonight out of him in the playoffs

I don't agree with Jim Pete on Jamal whatsoever, but we would have lost tonight without him.

I think the thing with Jamal is I like him on our team. I think it is good to have a player like him who can save our butts in some games, like he did against Portland, Utah and tonight. The thing is if he doesn't have it going we have nobody to replace him with and he becomes a massive negative. Huge this offseason to add wing depth so when Jamal is garbage it is a super short time he hurts us

crazy-canuck wrote:dieng has got to be bitter. that's multiple times this year that hes gotten a 40 second hook. i dont even think bazz was given these quick hooks.

I can't remember who was in at the time he had later in the game but Dallas was playing mobile guys and sometimes Dieng just in the guy to play those guys and I'm a Dieng supporter. It's been a rough deal for him this year that's for sure

BloopOracle wrote:Ugly ugly win but we are getting a lot of help tonight with the Pelicans and now Thunder both losing with the Jazz in a battle as well

Watching this Utah grizzlies game and man Memphis is hanging around here with a bunch of guys nobody thought wpuldbje playing big minutes for them...some of them even a week ago. Marquis Teague and Jeff Teague are obviously brothers. Utah will probably win this game but as hot as they have been this has been embarrassing for them to have to work this hard against basically like for real a G-league team Memphis has been playing on the floor this quarter.

monsterpile wrote:

BloopOracle wrote:Ugly ugly win but we are getting a lot of help tonight with the Pelicans and now Thunder both losing with the Jazz in a battle as well

Watching this Utah grizzlies game and man Memphis is hanging around here with a bunch of guys nobody thought wpuldbje playing big minutes for them...some of them even a week ago. Marquis Teague and Jeff Teague are obviously brothers. Utah will probably win this game but as hot as they have been this has been embarrassing for them to have to work this hard against basically like for real a G-league team Memphis has been playing on the floor this quarter.

Marshon Brooks is going off. I loved him during the draft years ago.

kekgeek1 wrote:

monsterpile wrote:

BloopOracle wrote:Ugly ugly win but we are getting a lot of help tonight with the Pelicans and now Thunder both losing with the Jazz in a battle as well

Watching this Utah grizzlies game and man Memphis is hanging around here with a bunch of guys nobody thought wpuldbje playing big minutes for them...some of them even a week ago. Marquis Teague and Jeff Teague are obviously brothers. Utah will probably win this game but as hot as they have been this has been embarrassing for them to have to work this hard against basically like for real a G-league team Memphis has been playing on the floor this quarter.

Marshon Brooks is going off. I loved him during the draft years ago.

I've liked him too. The guy could always score but I remember him having a reputation of being a horrific defender despite having plenty of physical tools and shot selection...they were all good shots!!!!! Lol

Looking at the box score it looks like Marc Gasol was ballin. 28 points in 23 minutes on 11-12 from the floor. I wonder why they didn't put him back in in the 4th quarter...? Lol

kekgeek1 wrote:

CoolBreeze44 wrote:

kekgeek1 wrote:Wasn't pretty. (Defense was good) but damn that was nice.

Huge when Wiggins and towns shoot poorly we found a way to win.

Game ball to Jamal. I'm not a fan of his game but please give me a game like tonight out of him in the playoffs

I don't agree with Jim Pete on Jamal whatsoever, but we would have lost tonight without him.

I think the thing with Jamal is I like him on our team. I think it is good to have a player like him who can save our butts in some games, like he did against Portland, Utah and tonight. The thing is if he doesn't have it going we have nobody to replace him with and he becomes a massive negative. Huge this offseason to add wing depth so when Jamal is garbage it is a super short time he hurts us

I agree completely, Geek. I liked the Crawford signing at the outset and I've never regretted signing him since. The problem is that we are too reliant on him because we don't have another NBA-caliber wing on our bench if either Butler or Wiggins goes down. Even when Butler and Wiggins are both healthy, we can't necessary count on Belly as a two-way wing since he's more of a 4. When Crawford's shot is falling, he's a tremendous offensive force off the bench. He has guts and is a big shot maker who can carry the team offensively down the stretch as he did tonight. The problemis that he's always a defensive liability and he's a streaky shooter who, when not hitting his shots, is also an offensive liability. Moreover, he's really a guard who can't match up at all at the SF position.

Anyway, a huge road win tonight against a scrappy extremely well-coached Mavs team. Now the key to the season is winning our remaining home games, starting Sunday night against the Jazz.