Clippers vs. Grizzlies, April 9, 2012

The two teams are fighting for 4th place in the West...Is there an announcer left anywhere who still uses the word passing? You say ball movement, I say have a bowel movement...Z-Bo snares a board within two seconds of coming in, and then another the next time downcourt...Joey "Uncle Festus" Crawford Ts up Chris Paul. Since he's yapping all the time, why now?...Z-Bo backs in on Blake Griffin and steps back for a bucket and a foul...

Second quarter: Gilbert Arenas takes all of 10 seconds to get up his first shot...Marc Gasol (anagram: crams goal) executes a gorgeous pirouette and step-back on shot-blocking impresario DeAndre Jordan...

Second half: Gasol gets hammered while holding the ball and gets called for offensive fall, the worst call I've seen this year...Scatter-shot offense devised (?) by Coach Vinnie del Negro puts the Clips in a 15-point hole they can't dig themselves out of, although they cut it to 4 in the 4th...The announcers caution over and over not to get Chris Paul mad. He got mad, but Grizzlies survived it.

Notes: Announcers say Griffin is a 7-footer. Is this right? He looks 6-9 or -10. He has no outside game but is good for at least one startling dunk a game...Z-Bo has 5 straight double-doubles off the bench...The Griz could be a contender--they are 10-deep with two All-Stars (Z-Bo and Arenas) coming off the bench...Is O. J. Mayo pissed at being a sub, or does he look like that always now?...Maurice Speights is a nice-looking player, and a crowd fave...Good win for the Griz, as the Clippers had won 9 of 10. They are a half-game out of 4th now.