Grizzlies/Spurs Opening Night Review

So I attended the Grizzlies/Spurs game last night. First off, there were actually more people there than I originally thought would be. They passed out flags to the first 15,000 fans and that really made the atmosphere better. The pregame festivities were great. Michael Buffer was cool. The fruit booty did a good job on the National Anthem. Honestly, do you really care about that? My surprise of the night was Darko Milicic. He did the best he could do on Tim Duncan. There's a reason Duncan is a 4 time champion. The guy is unguardable. Tony Parker almost gave Damon Stoudamire a career ending injury in the first quarter, but that being said, Stoudamire did some good things last night. As much as I would like Kyle Lowry to start and Mike Conley to back him up, Damon is a better PG than Conley right now. You see the complaints about his lack of speed, but you look up at the scoreboard and the guys got 13 points on the board. I don't know how he does it. Now this is the time where I get to really whine. WHY DOES CASEY JACOBSEN PLAY OVER TARENCE KINSEY? Kinsey doesn't shoot the ball as well from the outside, but his mid-range game is better, his defense is better, he's quicker up and down the court, and he can create his own shot. Greg Popovich said the Grizz looked like a playoff team last night and they did. Consistency will be the problem as the season goes on. The effort was great, but San Antonio really hasn't started playing ball yet. They will need consistent double digit efforts from a lot of players each night to be successful. Ultimately, this team will make the playoffs.