Memphis Loses Huge Lead

Memphis Loses Huge Lead

By Nick Daniel

        

Chris Paul (front) driving around Zach Randolph (#50)

The Memphis Grizzlies and the Los Angeles Clippers are locked in a nail biting playoff series. On Sunday, the Memphis Grizzlies collapsed in the fourth quarter and let the Los Angeles Clippers come back from a 27 point deficit, ending the game on a 28-3 run. A major collapse like that can't happen from a playoff team! Losing that game lost the Grizzlies home court advantage. If a payoff team has a game in their control, they shouldn't lose control of the game. If a team does that, they don't deserve to be in the playoffs! Memphis has a chance to redeem themselves on Wednesday. Memphis fell in love with outside jumpers, and didn't play aggressive defense at the end of the game. Memphis gave the Clippers a ladder to climb out of the hole they built for  themselves. If Memphis doesn't finish well, they are going to be swepted by the Clippers. They need to get their head in the game. Something like just shouldn't happen! Memphis needs to fix their mistakes and win the second game of the series, or they are done for! Memphis just took a nap at the end of Sunday's game, they went into a coma. The Clippers just chipped away at the lead, and the Grizzlies let them. When Reggie Evans had that wide open lay-up, Zach Randolph didn't play aggressive, he just let him lay it in. Zach Randolph should have tied him up. Nick Young, acquired at the trade deadline by the Clippers, didn't shoot 50% in a game until his 17^th game as a Clipper. And in a span of one minute he hit three three pointers from the right corner. Then later in the game, the Grizzlies had a chance to win it, down one with eight seconds left. Rudy Gay had the ball, but instead of taking a quick shot so the Grizzlies could get the ball back if it was a miss, he let the seconds tick off the clock and put up a horrible shot. The Grizzlies got comfortable, and Clippers snuck on them and took the game right away from them!  On fan said "I was shocked that this happened, how can you lose a 27 point lead in the playoffs". Another basketball fan commented "Now the Clippers have the momentum in their favor". Memphis lost their momentum, now the Clippers have the advantage. A playoff team has to stay alert at all times, or they won't go far in the playoffs. For more info click on this link: http://hangtime.blogs.nba.com/2012/04/30/dont-go-to-sleep-on-the-clippers/#more-29322

Length: 431 words