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Originally Posted by Bryan_Wilson
To be fair about Memphis and their games against PHX and ATL the mins are misleading. Against PHX they had a 21pt lead in the 4th and when it went down to 12 or 13 Gasol went back in. That's not something you do when you are intentionally tanking to the maximum potential. And against ATL they were down by almost 30 when they took him out.
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That's a fair point. Moreso, about the ATL game.
Versus PHX, they brought Tyreke Evans off the bench, even though he had been starting. When MEM had a 17 point lead at half time, they only played Gasol 11 minutes in the 2nd half. They gave Selden, Harrison & Martin each about 10 min more than they're season averages.
It's subtle stuff, but even in the PHX game, they were trying their best to lose that game. Only their backups got hot & PHX wasn't good enough to catch up without Booker in the lineup.