Wounded Beast: Grizzlies reach Conference Finals

[andrei]

WTF? This should not be happening. The team with two of the top three scorers and a top rebounder out for the rest of the season is not supposed to reach conference final. This team was supposed to be out after first round matchup against excellent Golden State team. This team was supposed to be wiped out by ferocious Minnesota in the second round. NO!

The Grizzlies showed that you cannot underestimate the heart of the champion (to quote Rudy T.). We struggle. We fight to the end. We make our opponents work for every shot they attempt, every point they score. We never give up.

We have Mike Conley stepping up while injured and outplaying the MVP candidate Russell Westbrook. We have Tayshawn Prince, Mike James, Ben Wallace and Kosta Koufos stepping up big time and filling the shoes of injured Zach and K-Mart. Most importantly, we have Godlike Center in Marc Gasol who struggled the first few games of both series but then finished off Golden State with 42 points and 16 boards and Minnesota with 38 points and 17 boards.

Now, we are in the Final Four. Another tough series ahead against San Antonio. They’ve had a great playoffs so far – easily eliminating OKC and Denver. They are fighters, like us. They stepped up from a 7th seed to Conference Finals. Two teams fighting for a chance to reach CSL Finals as we are approaching the end of the very first new CSL season. Game 1 at Memphis. Go Grizzlies! Time is now… #Believe

[emplep7]

Good job man. I think your the favorite now to come out of the West with how you have the team playing. Good luck.

[Dennis]

Will be interesting.. Playoffs are all about matchups. Having Conley playing against WB helps a lot! Like it is nice to have Rondo play Wall or George against Dragic. The Key matchups decide a Playoff series. Will be an interesting series against SA as you cant really say how strong they are because Jeff just faced inactive teams.

BTW, did you adjust something during your playoffs or did you play always 10s? No offense, just curios to know..

[Rob]

If only DJ didnt get injured... jk. Congrats man I think youll come out of the west.

[Dennis]

Conley best CSL PG?:)

[andrei]

as rhoxxy said a few days ago - Conley is a warrior. He is a perfect player on this team so I expect him to play his entire carreer with us Too bad we have so many injuries that he has to score 30+ occasionally. But he is great defensively and offensively and I think Lee is the perfect SG to play with Conley.

Also, to answer you question above Dennis, I experimented earlier in the season and ended up with 9-15 record. Then switched to 10s and we are where we are.

[Cyrisnyte]

San Antonio should not have really made the playoffs. If the league was filled with active GMs we would not have been here.

I think we have VERY little chance of beating the Grizzlies and the only reason we got this far is we faced CPU teams.