Both the host Oklahoma City Thunder and Memphis Grizzlies want to put the first game of the Western Conference playoff series in the rearview mirror – for very different reasons.
Thunder, on Sunday after the 131-80 explosion victory in the opener trying to complain.
Oklahoma City Center Isaiah Hartenstein, “We will not act as if we have won the last match until 50.” He said. “We are hungry.”
Grizzlies enters the second match of the series on Tuesday and is the fifth largest margin in the history of NBA Playoff and the largest margin of a game in the history of the league.
“A game at the end of the day,” he said. “If we lose 50 or lose in a bell beater, the series is still 1-0. It is definitely not the result we want, but there is still an opportunity to get one on the way.”
Memphis Temporary Coach Tuomas Iisalo’s message to his team after the explosion of Sunday.
“Our goal is to win one here,” Iisalo said. “There is an old word that says that a Playoff series does not start without a wins.”
Good news for Grizzlies? It is difficult for them to imagine that things go worse than the opener.
Memphis’s new beginners, 17 of Ja Morant 6 days and Jaren Jackson Jr.
“We will never play bad again, Mora Horant said.
Bad news for Memphis?
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, the favorite Oklahoma City star of NBA’s most valuable player honor, took the worst game of the season in Thunder’s explosion victory. Gilgeous-Alexander received only 15 points on 4 of 13 of the ground.
Gilgeous-Alexander said, “Every shot I shot made you feel good,” he said. “This is the only thing you can really want. They will feel good and miss yourself, they will feel bad, and sometimes they will do it, but you are on the right track as long as they feel good.”
So the climb may be uphill for Memphis.
“They’re a great team,” Grizzlies said, I am getting advanced santi. “I think you need to have a perfect game, especially in playoffs, against a team that wins many games.”
Memphis may not have to be perfect, but to return to the series, it must be much better than the opener.
Grizzlies lost 13 or more of each of the four normal season matches against Thunder.
“No magic tricks,” Iisalo said. “We will watch the tape and we will do things better in the next game.”
Although Oklahoma City’s defense is the best of the NBA this season, Thunder coach Mark Daigneault said that the game on Sunday is contrary to a game – especially in the normal season against a team in the league.
“We did a good job in terms of execution, but at the same time, a good job for the players of this caliber will not usually do (Sunday), Da Daigneault said,” So we must be ready for them to be better, we expect them to be better and we need to rise to the level of this game. “
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