Not bad – the first time these teams matched up he went 0-for-4 and scored one point … In a 12-point win over Toronto, Golden State got Andrew Bogut back on the same night that Stephen Curry rolled an ankle again. Last night, he had it cooking though, scoring 14 in the third quarter alone and finishing with 27 points and seven assists. It’s actually getting the PT that’s the problem … Evan Turner must rely on the pull-up midrange jumper more than any other player in the NBA. He seems to always put up numbers when he gets the PT. Two And A Half Men thought they could survive without Charlie Sheen … Without Mike Conley, Jerryd Bayless erupted for 21 points and nine assists. An email from the Dime crew: “Why is Memphis always trying to trade Rudy Gay and yet they go to him every time they need a late bucket? Why give that up?” Your guess is as good as ours. In his last five games, Gay had shot just 29 percent. But it was Gay who made the difference, tweeting out “I’m long over due!” before the game, and then going out and backing it up with 26 points, seven boards and five dimes. Gasol was feasting all night, scoring 27 points in the final three quarters, and raining perimeter jumpers consistently. After two Gay freebies, Nick Young got a great look at a triple to tie it, but Marc Gasol came out of nowhere and got all ball from behind him. Jrue Holiday found Young in the lane, but Thad shot it like the ball was covered in boiling water, flipping it at the rim as fast as possible. On the other end, Philly countered with an ugly miss from Thaddeus Young (23 points, four steals).
Down one in the last minute, Gay had a man’s rebound over Turner, and then went right through a foul to score on a jump hook in the lane.
This time, the Gay-on-Turner post-up worked out a little better in Memphis’ three-point win in Philadelphia. That was back in 2011, and since then, Gay, Zach Randolph and the Grizz can’t go a week without someone pointing out that their marriage is doomed for failure. The last time Rudy Gay posted up Evan Turner, the Sixers appointed nerd damn near ripped Gay’s arm out of his socket.