Memphis Grizzlies seeks to upset Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 7
- May 14th, 2011
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The Memphis Grizzlies hopes no less than a win when they visit the home-team Oklahoma City Thunder in the crucial Game 7 of their second round National Basketball Association playoff series.Beating the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 6 to tie their playoff series 3-3, the visiting Memphis Grizzlies is picked as favorite to win Game 7 on Sunday evening.Despite playing on enemy’s territory in the game deciding Game 7, the Memphis Grizzlies is still tagged as favorite to win their game due to their stronger roster compared to the home-team.Having beaten the top seeded San Antonio Spurs in round one of the NBA playoffs, the Grizzlies has proven that it has what it takes to win the NBA crown this year.
To beat the Thunder and reach the NBA Western Conference Finals, the Grizzlies need to play tough on defense and superb on offence.The Grizzlies must do their best to limit the scoring of Thunder superstars Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook for them to have the chance winning their match-up.
The Grizzlies had been successful in stopping Durant in Game 6 as the latter scored 11 points and they could do it again if the team plays all out on game day.Grizzlies superstar power-forward Zach Randolph also need to play superb in terms of scoring and rebounding to defeat the Thunder in this game and their series.
The reserves of the Grizzlies lead by OJ Mayo also need to contribute big in this game to defeat the Thunder.The odds of winning is on the side of the Grizzlies in this game all they need to do is to play with their best efforts and execute their game-plan well come game-time.
The home-team Thunder for its part can win this game and the series if both Durant and Westbrook can score big in this all important game.Durant and Westbrook must do their best to score amids the strong defense to be set up by the Grizzlies.
The Thunder must also play huge in defense in 48 minutes and stop the front-line of the Grizzlies from doing damage on them on the inside lead by Randolph.The Thunder might be the underdog in this game but the team can still win if they can play with their 110 percent efforts and come up with a good game plan come game-time.
