Lionel Hollins

     Yes, it is time for the yearly one-word rant now that the NBA has bestowed all of its annual individual awards: Why?     Actually, more to the point, the issue should be: When?     As much as anything, it is the Coach of the Year balloting, or,...

The Sports Xchange By Ron Higgins, The Sports Xchange Grizzlies 118, Clippers 105 MEMPHIS -- The Memphis Grizzlies picked a perfect time to win four consecutive playoff games for the first time in the 18-year history of the franchise. They fought...

The Sports Xchange By Ron Higgins, The Sports Xchange Grizzlies knock out Clippers MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- The Memphis Grizzlies picked a perfect time to win four consecutive playoff games for the first time in the 18-year history of the franchise. They...

The Los Angeles Clippers won’t know until close to tip-off on Friday whether or not they will have All-Star forward Blake Griffin available for Game 6 of the Western Conference playoff series against the host Memphis Grizzlies. The Clippers need a...

It was in the Grizzlies' opener at San Antonio just after Christmas during the strike-shortened 2011-12 season that Quincy Pondexter got introduced to coach Lionel Hollins' substitution strategy. Just five days before, Pondexter, as a starting forward...

It's mid-May, many more games to go before the goal is accomplished. His hip hurts. Foot and knee, too. Tayshaun Prince has been here before. A veteran of eight postseason runs dating to his time in Detroit, Prince is very familiar with shrugging off...

At the side of the practice court following Thursday's workout, Tony Allen was midway through a surface-level assessment of the Grizzlies-Thunder series to date when he committed team sports' most unforgivable sin: He acknowledged looking ahead,...

The Sports Xchange NBA playoffs: Game 3 a jumpball for momentum Miami regained control of its Eastern Conference semifinals series on Wednesday, tying things up with the Chicago Bulls as the proceedings shift to Chicago. Thursday was largely a travel...

Grizzlies coach Lionel Hollins finished sixth in NBA's Coach of the Year balloting Wednesday when the award was handed to Denver Nuggets coach George Karl. A first-time winner, Karl was acknowledged for guiding a roster that lacked an All-Star to a 57-...

OKLAHOMA CITY -- Mike Conley scored six of his 26 points in the final two minutes as Memphis overcame Kevin Durant and the Oklahoma City Thunder 99-93 on Tuesday at Chesapeake Energy Arena. Durant had 36 points, 11 rebounds and nine assists for Oklahoma...

There has to be more to the story of the suspension of Heights Senior Class President Wesley Teague than just the tweet he sent out last week saying: “Heights U is the equivalent to the WSU football team”. Was that one tweet really so...

Lakers Coach Mike D'Antoni did not receive any votes for the "2013-13 NBA Coach of the Year." George Karl, of the Denver Nuggets, was awarded the Red Auerbach Trophy for leading the Denver Nuggets to a 57-25 record.  The Nuggets were recently eliminated...