The Memphis Grizzlies and Chicago Bulls have been engaged this year in parallel efforts to shed their old-school identities in favor of more modern, pace-and-space attacks.
It's been a battle for survival, really, as both the Grizz and Bulls have watched a league changing around them while struggling to slot ill-fitting personnel into styles that better suit the times.
Chicago's 98-85 win over Memphis on Wednesday showed the Grizzlies are a lot further away from adapting than the Bulls are.
Because while Chicago got an early burst from an unusually aggressive Derrick Rose, who attacked the basket and pushed the ball in a season-best 10-point first quarter, Mike Conley struggled to get anything going offensively all night. He finished with only eight points and seven rebounds in 34 minutes.
Conley was hardly the Grizzlies' main problem, though, as the team shot just 42.1 percent from the field and made only five of 19 shots from long range on the night. As they so often have for the Grizzlies this season, possessions stalled, contested jumpers became the norm and points were painfully hard to come b ...
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