Popovich inspired Randolph THE NBA Playoffs semi final

Yesterday. San Antonio. "San Antonio"-"Memphis": 105-83. "The Spurs ' coach Gregg Popovich and team leader Tony PARKER. Photo By REUTERS."San Antonio" led in the semi final series with "Memfisom" West

SAN ANTONIO-MEMPHIS-105: 83 (31: 14, 20:23, 22:20, 32: 26)

19 May. San Antonio. AT&T Center. 18581 Viewer.

From the series: 1-0.

The second game-22 may in San Antonio.

For the "Grizzlies" that was the first-ever semifinal duel.

But hardly an uncertain game are worth it to write off exclusively on preddebûtnyj so nervous.

Still, 2 years ago, Memphis was already "San Antonio" in the playoffs, albeit at a lower stage.

And then the players Lionel Hollinza in much more considered outsiders. Rather the case in team approach the Club from Tennessee to the Cup series. "Siow to quickly go" is just about the "Memphis" -2013. Because the two previous play-off "bears" also started out with guest defeats that did not prevent them subsequently leave the sidelines and "Clippers" and "Oklahoma."

However, with the accomplished and "Spurs" such number may or may not pass. 4-multiple NBA champions led by Tim Duncan and coach Gregg Popovich to amaze, coming up with some unexpected moves. But is there a zagashnike in "Memphis" hidden trumps? In match no. 1 not found. "San Antonio" easily found a pivotal figure in the wealthy part of the guests – Zach Randolph, from the first minute having begun to transfer his custody from one lawyer to another like a baton.

The result is a measly two points, which scraped together the "evil genius" defenses "of Oklahoma" and "Clippers". While the "Memphis" to protect not excelled, allowing the sniper "San Antonio" update the playoff record for number of threes per game (14), most of which were carried out with the full knowledge of the opponent. Already in the starting period of the preponderance of "Spurs" reaches "+17". And when the 4 minutes before the end of the third quarter of the guests coming to the owners on a more or lesser distance (56-62), immediately followed by a knockout 11 spurt: 1. Popovich's team performed, of course.

Now Hollinzu will have to seriously break your head over how the following matches ensure reliable delivery of the ball in a three-second zone to Randolph and parallel to defend their own "perimeter". Well, the players ' San Antonio ' need to continue doing the same thing as the last 20 years, listening to Popovich. So he knows exactly how to get to the NBA Finals, where the helmsman "San Antonio", by the way, has never lost.