Randolph left early in game because fiance went into labor.

The rest of the team looks like afterbirth.
Down 19 with4 minutes left.

Randolph left early in game because fiance went into labor.

The rest of the team looks like afterbirth.
Down 19 with4 minutes left.

Or maybe I should say his girl friend

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Down 22 going into 4th.

Crowd is booing.

Dominated the Warriors.

Finally played well.

And Joerger shortened the bench, basically keeping a much shorter rotation.

It will be real interesting to see what they do against the Pacers on Monday.

Did not play well against the Pacers.

Right now, Marc Gasol is not a top 10 center in the league, and looks tired.

Bayless is still injured, and QPon broke his nose last night.

Prince sucks, but maybe he will recover from his sickness he had this preseason.

Not a great start to the season. They look like a .500 team.

Heads need to start rolling. This is just embarrassing.

To Iowa;s point above, they went back to the extended rotation the last two games and have been wiped out.

Is this ship going to sink with Ed Davis? I have no idea what the front office sees in him. Last night, the Grizz fought back and tied it up late in the third, they insert Davis and the Raptors go on an 8-1 run to close out the quarter, then he plays the entire 4th Q and the Raptors get up by 20. Sports guy on the radio suggested maybe Joerger was trying to prove a point to the front office by leaving him in.

Rumblings have been that Davis was also part of the reason that Hollins split. I don't know the full story there but I thought I read somewhere that Hollins wasn't keen on trading Rudy and was also not caving to front office pressure to play Ed Davis. Someone in the front office is pushing buttons and not letting these coaches do their jobs.

Whatever it is, it needs to be rectified quick. The GS win is the only impressive victory we have, the other 2 were nailbiters to teams that the Grizz should have handled easily and the losses have been horrific performances. The Pelicans I don't think have won a game since beating the Grizz.

Along with that, the game the Grizzlies looked their best (GSW) was when Joerger shortened up the bench.

No Davis
No Leuer
and limited minutes for the crapcakes on the perimeter.

Someone mentioned they saw an interview and it was suggesting that Joerger is listening to top management and playing the bench more, with craptacular results.

God I hope that they don't lose to the Lolakers tonight.

Thank goodness they won.

Joerger shortened the rotation again tonight.
Another win.

2 in a row on this road swing...

Young Zach Randolph, at 23, set up his contract with Portland with deferred compensation, so he is still getting $5 million a year from them.

quote:

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He signed a six-year, $84-million extension with Portland at age 23 in 2004. But $25 million, or about 30%, was scheduled to be paid between 2012 to 2017. In 2011, he agreed to a four-year, $66-million deal with the Grizzlies. This time, he deferred $9.9 million, or about 15%.

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Article on athletes be willing to accept deferred compensation:
http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-worst-sports-contracts-20131117,0,56454.story#axzz2kvnCu7hj

Big game against the Clap tonight.

I'm not sure why I'm staying up late for this game.
It is sure to disappoint.

I can't stand watching CP3 flop and get the calls.

TA was ejected in mid first quarter for falling for a CP3 fake.

Now I'm glad I stayed up late for this game.
It sure is satisfying to knock the Clippers down, especially with the mega-whiner as the head coach.

Joerger shortened the bench again.

Clippers will pick up a lot of regular season wins. I don't think they win a playoff series against the Spurs, Grizzlies, or Rockets.

2 years ago they backed up DJ and Blake with Reggie Evans and Kenyon Martin. Last year they took a step back with Lamar Kardashian and Ryan Hollins in the reserve role. Now they go even worse with Mullins and Hollins.

Gif of the Tony Allen Flagrant 2.
I don't think it was intentional, but I also don't fault the refs for going F2.

I like it. Kick him harder next time.

Bruce Bowen would be proud.

CP3 clearly flops on the play.

Grantland did a piece on this event.
http://www.grantland.com/blog/the-triangle/post/_/id/83059/a-few-of-things-about-tony-allen-kicking-chris-paul-in-the-face

Kinda funny, and someone on the Grizz board made a good point on look how many guys come rushing over to CP360's defense to confront Allen, and this an opponent that the Clips have significant history with. Also, CP360 still did a floppy toss of the ball.

Longer gif:

And still another camera angle of the event.

I just can't stop watching the gif. I don't think another player I've ever watched deserved to get kicked in the face more than CP360.

Hilarious gif..

Grizz may have caught a break tonight with Curry out for Golden State. We'll see. Would be nice to head back to Memphis 4-0 on this road swing.

Interesting and/or ironic? Steph Curry out with a concussion on the night it is Steph Curry bobble head night.

Overtime

4-0. On the road trip. Things are looking up.

Chose not to stay up because I was expecting a disappointing night.

5-0 against California teams
0-2 vs Texas teams.

Next two are against Spurs & Rockets

Gasol out injured early against the Spurs.