Tonight at Oracle Arena on TNT the Memphis Grizzlies will gun for a road split in Game 2 of their second round NBA Playoffs series with the top-seeded Golden State Warriors, which can be live streamed free by clicking this link. Warriors fans can listen to the game on KNBR 680, while Grizzlies fans may do likewise 92.9 FM ESPN.
The Grizzlies will once again be without point guard Mike Conley, who is recovering from facial surgery. Without Conley's dogged perimeter defense, the Warriors' "Splash Bros" Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson were free to bomb 3-pointers, connecting on 6-of-13 in Game 1.
Even with defensive ace Tony Allen on the job, the Warriors couldn't be stopped from pouring it on from deep. "It's pretty tough," Grizzlies coach David Joerger said of guarding Curry. "He makes tough shots. You have to just keep your head up and keep pushing forward."
The Grizzlies also must find offense from somewhere besides Zach Randolph and Marc Gasol down low. After those two Allen led the team in scoring with 15 points on 6-of-11 shooting. That is an unsustainable pace for Allen, a defensive specialist. Jeff Green was added midseason to provide that punch from the outside but he mustered just nine points in 27 minutes.
Joerger admitted that finding any offensive rhythm without Conley on the floor is tough, even if his stats aren't gaudy.
"(Conley is) a real pick-and-roll threat, he's a threat in transition to go end-to-end," Joerger said. "He also shoots a high percentage from 3, especially as a catch-and-shoot guy. (The Warriors) have a lot of guys in the lane, they're very athletic and they're very long across at the wings, so it was really jammed up for Marc."
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