NBA Season Wrap Up: Memphis Grizzlies
The West is set. The well-aged Spurs are moving on to face the Eastern Conference champ and we are looking back at each team as they are sent home. Click here to see what went wrong and what's next for each Western Conference playoff that has been eliminated.
Memphis Grizzlies:
This season will forever be separated into two parts: BRT and ART. Before the Rudy trade...
Memphis Grizzlies coach Lionel Hollins & Jerryd Bayless have a brief altercation during game 4 loss to Spurs
The Memphis Grizzlies were swept out of the Western Conference finals by the San Antonio Spurs. During Monday’s match up, Griz head coach Lionel Hollins and guard Jerryd Bayless had an exchange on the bench following Bayless missing a defensive assignment.
On the next play, Quincy Pondexter was fouled and Bayless was pulled from the game in favor of Tony Allen.
The two began talking...
Grizzlies Coach Lionel Hollins Shoves Jerryd Bayless After Benching Him for Defensive Mistake (Video)
Lionel Hollins is expected to be one of the hottest coaching free agents on the market this summer, when his contract with the Grizzlies is up. The Grizzlies’ overall impressive run to the Western Conference finals only gave him more leverage, and no other active coach with an expiring deal will be able to demand the salary and control Hollins will.
(In case anybody wants to protest...
Lionel Hollins Shoves Jerryd Bayless (Video)
On Monday evening, the Memphis Grizzlies were swept in the Western Conference Finals by the San Antonio Spurs; but before Game 4 was decided and with 3:54 left to go in the game, there was a moment in the game that caught the eyes of NBA observers everywhere. Coach Lionel Hollins shoved Jerryd Bayless on [...]The post Lionel Hollins Shoves Jerryd Bayless (Video) appeared first on The NBA Mistress.
Lionel Hollins Shoved Jerryd Bayless On Grizzlies Bench During Game 4
During the fourth quarter of the Grizzlies loss to the Spurs on Monday night, frustrations boiled over on the Grizzlies sideline. Lionel Hollins, coach of the Grizzlies, was having a heated conversation with Jerryd Bayless about the importance of help defense and it led to a shove by the coach. The Spurs swept the Grizzlies out of the Playoffs, but at least sportswriters can follow...
Lionel Hollins gets into it with Jerryd Bayless on bench (Video)
Memphis Grizzlies head coach Lionel Hollins gave guard Jerryd Bayless a little shove after pulling him out of the game with 3:54 left in the fourth quarter of Monday night's Game 4 of the Western Conference Finals.
Hollins appeared to be frustrated with the subpar defensive play by Bayless on San Antonio Spurs guard Tony Parker, and gave Bayless a light shove as he went...
Grizzlies Coach Lionel Hollins Shoves Jerryd Bayless to the Bench
If Hollins was a college coach he would be fired by now, but in the pros this becomes nothing but a small footnote. Jerryd Bayless was being a mini version of JR Smith and that caused Hollins to do this.
Considering the Grizzlies were swept, I wouldn’t expect much more to come from this, it wasn’t like he hit with a D Wade elbow or anything.
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Lionel Hollins shoves Jerryd Bayless
On the brink of being swept by the San Antonio Spurs, Memphis Grizzlies head coach Lionel Hollins let his frustrations get the best of him in the fourth quarter. Down 89-81 with 3:54 to go, Hollins, upset with Bayless’ defensive positioning, shoved Jerryd Bayless into his seat on the bench as he subbed the guard out of the game. The Spurs went on to complete the sweep 93-86 and...
Lionel Hollins, Jerryd Bayless have mixup on bench (Video)
Memphis Grizzlies coach Lionel Hollins got into it with point guard Jerryd Bayless in the fourth quarter of Game 4 of the Eastern Conference finals on Sunday. Bayless entered the game for Tony Allen with 4:43 left in the fourth quarter and the Grizzlies down 87-79 to the San Antonio Spurs. Hollins pulled Bayless less [...]
Lionel Hollins pushes Jerryd Bayless onto chair on Grizzlies bench
If a GIF could sum up a playoff series, this one featuring Memphis head coach Lionel Hollins is one of them.
After Memphis guard Jerryd Bayless left play in the fourth quarter of game four, watch Lionel provides a little push to Bayless who falls onto a open chair on the Grizzlies bench:
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Lionel Hollins pushes Jerryd Bayless onto chair on Grizzlies bench [Guyism]
Report: Mavericks Interested In Jarrett Jack, Jerryd Bayless
According to Dwain Price of the Star Telegram, the Dallas Mavericks are interested in free-agent point guards, Jarrett Jack and Jerryd Bayless. Jack averaged 17.2 points, 4.7 assists and 4.4 rebounds in 12 playoff games off the bench for the Warriors and Bayless is currently averaging 9.5 points, 2.2 rebounds and 2.0 assists for the Memphis Grizzlies in the Western Conference Finals...
More Bayless & Pondexter Please
As the Spurs hit the road to take on the Grizzlies in Memphis, the Grizz have to figure out a way to make sure they protect their home court advantage to survive. How can they do this (besides the obvious answer of better defense)? Easy. More Jerryd Bayless and Quincy Pondexter and less Tony Allen and Tayshaun Prince. This isn’t really a knock on Allen and Prince, it’s more of...
Mavericks Interested In Jarrett Jack, Bayless
The Dallas Mavericks are expected to pursue Jarrett Jack and Jerryd Bayless, according to a source.
The Mavericks will first pursue Dwight Howard and Chris Paul, but both are considered relative longshots.
Both Jack and Bayless have been key reserves during the playoffs for the Warriors and Grizzlies, respectively.
Ginobili: Grizzlies' late-game rally might inspire them in Game 3
It took seven quarters, in which the Spurs outscored Memphis by 34 points, but the Grizzlies may have found a viable solution against San Antonio's pack-the-paint strategy -- spread the floor with Jerryd Bayless and Quincy Pondexter to make them pay for doubling Zach Randolph in the post.
Another fortuitous circumstance -- the nominally foul-averse Tim Duncan, averaging...
Grizzlies grind back, but Spurs hold on for OT win
Via AP
The Spurs got confident, and fans were dismissing the Memphis Grizzlies after an 18 point deficit late in the third. However, the Grinding Grizzlies shutdown San Antonio to force OT. This is where Duncan stamps his legendary class. The Grizzlies take the series to Memphis down 0-2, but they’re no strangers to that.
per AP:
Tony Parker had 15 points and a career...
Spurs blow lead, hold off Griz in OT
Tony Parker had 15 points and a career playoff-high 18 assists, Tim Duncan scored San Antonio's first six points of overtime and the Spurs bounced back after squandering a 13-point lead in the fourth quarter to beat the Memphis Grizzlies 93-89 on Tuesday night.
The Spurs took a 2-0 lead in the Western Conference finals with Game 3 on Saturday in Memphis.
Duncan opened the extra...
Spurs 93, Grizzlies 89, OT
Tony Parker had 15 points and a career playoff-high 18 assists, Tim Duncan scored San Antonio's first six points of overtime and the Spurs bounced back after squandering a 13-point lead in the fourth quarter to beat the Memphis Grizzlies 93-89 on Tuesday night.
The Spurs took a 2-0 lead in the Western Conference finals with Game 3 on Saturday in Memphis.
Duncan opened the extra...
Spurs blow late lead, beat Grizzlies in OT
SAN ANTONIO (AP) -- Tony Parker had 15 points and a career playoff-high 18 assists, Tim Duncan scored San Antonio's first six points of overtime and the Spurs bounced back after squandering a 13-point lead in the fourth quarter to beat the Memphis Grizzlies 93-89 on Tuesday night.
The Spurs took a 2-0 lead in the Western Conference finals with Game 3 on Saturday in Memphis....
Quincy Pondexter throws down monster dunk on Boris Diaw
Just when it looked like the Memphis Grizzlies were left for dead in game two of the 2013 Western Conference Finals, the play of Quincy Pondexter and Jerryd Bayless kept them alive.
The most notable moment from Memphis comeback was this poster dunk that Pondexter served up in the grill of Spurs center Boris Diaw:
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Quincy Pondexter throws down dunk on Boris Diaw [CBS Sports]
Lionel Hollins Forgets Jerryd Bayless’ Name During Postgame Press Conference
It’s May and Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals is in the books, you’d think a head coach would know all of his players by now. That wasn’t the case Sunday night after the Grizzlies lost to the Spurs 105-83. While talking about the importance of shooters making shots, citing Quincy Pondexter, Mike Conley and “Gosh, I can’t even remember his name right now,” Lionel...
Grizzlies Coach Lionel Hollins Forgets Jerryd Bayless’ Name During Postgame Interview (Video)
Jerryd Bayless did not play particularly well in the Grizzlies’ Game 1 loss to the Spurs on Sunday. The fifth-year guard out of Arizona was run ragged by the Spurs’ screen-setting, directly contributing to several of the Spurs’ 14 3-pointers, a franchise playoff record.
Still, after playing in 92 games this season, including playoffs, Bayless should at least expect his coach...
Grizzlies coach Lionel Hollins forgets his own player's name
The Grizzlies' 105-83 loss in San Antonio in Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals must have really taken a lot out of Memphis Head Coach Lionel Hollins. Watch as he needs a few moments to collect himself and remember the identity of one of his key bench players - Jerryd Bayless. At least he got to it eventually and didn't call him O.J. Mayo or Steve Francis.
Maybe...
Memphis Coach Lionel Hollins Forgets Jerryd Bayless’ Name (VIDEO)
If you watched Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals, you witnessed the San Antonio Spurs exploiting the Memphis Grizzlies, which resulted in a 105-83 blowout.
Although it was a painful game to watch, it’s game 1 so there is no need for the Grizzlies to hit the panic button just yet. However, something should be said for their head coach Lionel Hollins forgetting his backup point...
Veteran Spurs Take Game One
With the final buzzer sounding for a Game One victory that seemed one sided, the Spurs knew there wouldn’t be a repeat of these two teams last Game one match-up that resulted in a Spurs loss. The San Antonio Spurs struck first in a 105-83 win that left many fans wondering if this series is going to be as close as many expected.
The San Antonio Spurs got off to a 17-point...
Which Memphis team do we have here?
With eight wins in their last nine games, some NBA pundits believe the Memphis Grizzlies are the favorites in the Western Conference to advance to the NBA Finals. The teams split the season-series this year, indicating the margin between the two is rather slim. The difference -- as in most series -- will come down to small adjustments and key performances from the supporting cast...
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