Tonight at 8:00 p.m. ET the Oklahoma City Thunder and Memphis Grizzlies will resume their tense Western Conference first round matchup in the FedEx Forum, after the Grizzlies survived an overtime Game 2 to even the series. Watch tonight's matchup on TNT or live stream it free by clicking this link. Thunder fans can listen to the game on WWLS 98.1, while Grizzlies fans may do the same on 92.9 Memphis.
Oklahoma City didn't lose Game 2 for a lack of trying-the Grizzlies felt fortunate to leave OKC with a split after Kevin Durant sank a miraculous 3-pointer late in the fourth quarter as he got fouled for a four-point play. Memphis outlasted KD and co. in overtime, however, which Memphis point guard Mike Conley was happy with.
"It's going to be tough against a team that's played so well, especially on the road," Conley said Wednesday of the Thunder. "But we're happy with our position, I can tell you that much."
OKC has a notable home court advantage, but tonight they'll be in enemy territory. "Everybody's going to be there. They're going to have T-shirts. They're going to be swinging towels," Durant said. "It's the playoffs. It's going to be hostile, but we've been there before."
The Thunder will want to get off to a hot start a la Game 1, especially if Tony Allen is going to stick with Durant again. He made life very hard for the NBA's top scorer, and will use the crowd energy to maintain his effort level.
"We got to understand it's one game at a time," Allen said. "It's the playoffs. Each game counts. Each possession counts. We can't get caught up in that." Fellow Grizzly Mike Miller acknowledged controlling the score early on.
"Our team is a team that can't play too far from behind because we play a certain style of basketball, and it's tough," Miller said. "Our starts are big for us. They do have some pressure. They have some expectations."
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