Memphis stinks. The Grizzlies are 11-28 on the year, and are in last place in the Southwest division. But for whatever reason, the Grizzlies just have the Sonics down, having beaten them in all 3 matchups this year. Each loss has been progressively worse, as the Sonics have lost by 7, 18 and tonight 24 points. If you take out the 3 games the Grizzlies have beaten the Sonics in, their record falls to 8-28: that's actually worse than the Sonics.
Tonight's loss, Seattle's 9th straight, was a microcosm of the entire losing streak. It played out almost identically to the rest of their losses, with Durant and Szczerbiak leading the team in scoring with 22 and 19 respectively, and Wilcox and Collison chipping in 13 and 12 apiece. No one else provided any significant output. In fact three of the starters, Jeff Green, Kurt Thomas and Earl Watson combined for 10 points in over 60 minutes of court time. That's not good enough, and isn't going to be good enough 9 times out of 10 in the NBA.
More thoughts tomorrow before/after the Sonics play the Mavericks.
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