Prior to Sunday’s dramatic overtime win for his club in Denver, Nuggets head coach Michael Malone described the game plan for attempting to contain New Orleans: “You try to make them play in the halfcourt, because lately the points they’re scoring off forced turnovers, the steals they’re getting per game, are just off the charts.”
The same strategy applies for every NBA team facing Memphis. When the Pelicans visit the Grizzlies in FedEx Forum on Tuesday (6:30 p.m., TNT, 100.3 FM), it will be a matchup of teams that have used similar approaches to success, particularly of late for New Orleans.