Thursday, November 25, 2004
GAME 13: SUPERSONICS 93, GRIZZLIES 82
SuperSonics 93, Grizzlies 82
My short notes after the game: the Sonics shot like crap in the first half, but were able to get to the free-throw line a gazillion times to somehow crawl to within two points of the Grizzlies at half. In the third quarter, the shots finally started falling in a big way, and the Sonics opened up double-digit leads, and went into the 4th quarter up by 10. Ray Allen appeared to have sprained his left ankle (non-surgery ankle) for the second time in the game and went to the locker room with 9:35 left in the game, but he eventually came back in, though all he did was try to bomb threes (missing) upon his return. The Grizzlies did manage to crawl within two points of the Sonics in the 4th quarter, but the Sonics were able to come through with a couple of key defensive stops (and a few key blown Grizzly layups), and the play of Nick Collison down the stretch was also great, especially considering Danny Fortson wasn't really able to do a lot in this game. Collison came in after Jerome James (who had a pretty good third quarter) had fouled out.
Good gracious, Batman! This team is 11-2. They just reeled off a 5-1 road trip. I said I'd pass judgment on whether I thought this was just a fast start that would end with them nosediving, but they came out after that throttling in Boston and handcuffed Kevin Garnett two days later. I'm not going to jump out and say this is a 50-win team or anything like that, but I feel pretty good about this team right now. Their wins have come in many different ways, and tonight they really had no business being in the game at halftime because of how crappy they shot. However, they'd gotten to the line a bunch of times; Allen (he had most of his scoring from the line tonight) sank quite a few free throws in that first half to keep the Sonics within reach.
Peek at the boxscore
starters: Rashard Lewis 27 pts/11 rebs (11-23 FG, 4-4 free throws, 1-7 3pt), Ray Allen 20 pts/5 rebs/5 ast (4-15 FG, 11-11 free throws, 1-6 3pt), Luke Ridnour 14 pts/5 ast, Reggie Evans 6 pts/7 rebs
bench: Antonio Daniels 8 pts/5 rebs/3 ast, Vlad Radmanovic 4 pts (2-9 FG, 0-3 3pt), Nick Collison 4 pts/6 rebs/13 mins, Danny Fortson 5 pts/4 rebs/11 minutes
Jerome James watch: 6 pts/4 rebs/2 ast/19 mins
team: shot 31-for-76 (40.8%) from the floor, but shot 27-for-32 from the line (84.4%), helping them overcome the 4-for-21 night (19%) from downtown. Outrebounded Memphis 45-38.
My short notes after the game: the Sonics shot like crap in the first half, but were able to get to the free-throw line a gazillion times to somehow crawl to within two points of the Grizzlies at half. In the third quarter, the shots finally started falling in a big way, and the Sonics opened up double-digit leads, and went into the 4th quarter up by 10. Ray Allen appeared to have sprained his left ankle (non-surgery ankle) for the second time in the game and went to the locker room with 9:35 left in the game, but he eventually came back in, though all he did was try to bomb threes (missing) upon his return. The Grizzlies did manage to crawl within two points of the Sonics in the 4th quarter, but the Sonics were able to come through with a couple of key defensive stops (and a few key blown Grizzly layups), and the play of Nick Collison down the stretch was also great, especially considering Danny Fortson wasn't really able to do a lot in this game. Collison came in after Jerome James (who had a pretty good third quarter) had fouled out.
Good gracious, Batman! This team is 11-2. They just reeled off a 5-1 road trip. I said I'd pass judgment on whether I thought this was just a fast start that would end with them nosediving, but they came out after that throttling in Boston and handcuffed Kevin Garnett two days later. I'm not going to jump out and say this is a 50-win team or anything like that, but I feel pretty good about this team right now. Their wins have come in many different ways, and tonight they really had no business being in the game at halftime because of how crappy they shot. However, they'd gotten to the line a bunch of times; Allen (he had most of his scoring from the line tonight) sank quite a few free throws in that first half to keep the Sonics within reach.
Peek at the boxscore
starters: Rashard Lewis 27 pts/11 rebs (11-23 FG, 4-4 free throws, 1-7 3pt), Ray Allen 20 pts/5 rebs/5 ast (4-15 FG, 11-11 free throws, 1-6 3pt), Luke Ridnour 14 pts/5 ast, Reggie Evans 6 pts/7 rebs
bench: Antonio Daniels 8 pts/5 rebs/3 ast, Vlad Radmanovic 4 pts (2-9 FG, 0-3 3pt), Nick Collison 4 pts/6 rebs/13 mins, Danny Fortson 5 pts/4 rebs/11 minutes
Jerome James watch: 6 pts/4 rebs/2 ast/19 mins
team: shot 31-for-76 (40.8%) from the floor, but shot 27-for-32 from the line (84.4%), helping them overcome the 4-for-21 night (19%) from downtown. Outrebounded Memphis 45-38.
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