Who remembers Blake Griffin vs Cuse?

[shermstheman]

Watched a few minutes of the Nets game ( yes, really bored) and recall that game vs Griffin. Cuse had no answer. What he wanted, he got. It was like me playing against my 7 year old grandson, only worse. He only had 30 and 14 but he could have had 40 and 20. I counter these thoughts with how Cuse destroyed Hardin- that was a delight.

 

[Wrinkle]

I do. Jonny got hurt in that game, played on but was banged up

 

[skurey]

Dude hit his head on the backboard

 

[samspann1]

Knew it was going to be a long game when that Crocker scrub started hitting 3s early.

 

[orange79]

I prefer to forget that game.

 

[Briancuse]

I remember the dude with the long sleeve shirt hitting like 20 3s.

 

[phillydad]

Knew it was going to be a long game when that Crocker scrub started hitting 3s early.

I just remember them hitting 3's when they had a reputation of not being good from behind the arc.

 

[orange79]

I remember the dude with the long sleeve shirt hitting like 20 3s.

Tony Crocker. 6-11 from 3.

And people complaining about JB's short bench - take a look at this box. All 5 starters for OU played at least 33 minutes (and that was Blake Griffin). The others were 36, 37, 37, and 38.

Oklahoma 84-71 Syracuse (Mar 27, 2009) Box Score - ESPN

Box score for the Oklahoma Sooners vs. Syracuse Orange NCAAM game from March 27, 2009 on ESPN. Includes all points, rebounds and steals stats.

www.espn.com

 

[syrBossHogg]

Flynn was a warrior that whole postseason. Wish he didn't get bad injury luck in the pros.

 

[Cusefan0307]

Tony Crocker. 6-11 from 3.

And people complaining about JB's short bench - take a look at this box. All 5 starters for OU played at least 33 minutes (and that was Blake Griffin). The others were 36, 37, 37, and 38.

Oklahoma 84-71 Syracuse (Mar 27, 2009) Box Score - ESPN

Box score for the Oklahoma Sooners vs. Syracuse Orange NCAAM game from March 27, 2009 on ESPN. Includes all points, rebounds and steals stats.

www.espn.com

That game was not nearly as close as the score suggested. We were down by nearly 30 at one point in the second half.

 

[rrlbees]

Watched a few minutes of the Nets game ( yes, really bored) and recall that game vs Griffin. Cuse had no answer. What he wanted, he got. It was like me playing against my 7 year old grandson, only worse. He only had 30 and 14 but he could have had 40 and 20. I counter these thoughts with how Cuse destroyed Hardin- that was a delight.

no recollection of any such game.

 

[SUFan44]

Was amped for that game. Quickly drown my sorrows in light ales on Upper West Side.

 

[djorange1989]

58 out of their 84 points by two players. That game was a slaughter, would like to forget it.

 

[skurey]

I don't know that game was fine for me. We lost to a clearly better team. Losing close games to Butler and Marquette etc hurts much more.

 

[grepal]

Watched a few minutes of the Nets game ( yes, really bored) and recall that game vs Griffin. Cuse had no answer. What he wanted, he got. It was like me playing against my 7 year old grandson, only worse. He only had 30 and 14 but he could have had 40 and 20. I counter these thoughts with how Cuse destroyed Hardin- that was a delight.

He wrecked us. Just tore us up. IMO better job than when the Admiral crushed us in the ncaas at the dome.

 

[ROCcuse]

I do. Jonny got hurt in that game, played on but was banged up

Didn't he do that trying to draw a charge on Blake?

 

[Willy75]

Jonny taking that hit from Griffin was for me far scarier than Marek being run over by Zion. FWIW I always thought Griffin was an oversized punk.

 

[AlaskaSU]

I remember Griffin scoring at will without forcing .any shots. He was patient.

 

[Newhouser]

Flynn was a warrior but in that game he tried to hot dog a dunk on a breakaway when we were on a brief run and clanked it. Game was over but that didn't help.

 

[kuethstheman]

Watched a few minutes of the Nets game ( yes, really bored) and recall that game vs Griffin. Cuse had no answer. What he wanted, he got. It was like me playing against my 7 year old grandson, only worse. He only had 30 and 14 but he could have had 40 and 20. I counter these thoughts with how Cuse destroyed Hardin- that was a delight.

Thanks for that!

 

[SUOrangeSU]

Blake hit his damn head on the backboard in that game

 

[Cusefan0307]

We underperformed for our talent level that year because we didn't try to play defense in certain games.

 

[RF2044]

Crocker was a guy we wanted to shoot. And he made us pay.

 

[CardiacCuse]

was like a grown man against kindergarteners...rare extreme mismatch for the cuse...hard to watch

 

[OttoMets]

Flynn was a warrior but in that game he tried to hot dog a dunk on a breakaway when we were on a brief run and clanked it. Game was over but that didn't help.

I just found the clip after mentioning it in another thread and it was worse than I remembered. Summed up that team perfectly for me.

Blake Griffin breakaway slam vs. Syracuse NCAA Tournament 3.27.09 - YouTube

Like, come on, guy...there's such a thing as left-handed layups. And they're worth two points, about exactly as much as dunks.