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Didn't want to let this pass by without linking to it: there's a great interview with Mike Conley by Zach Lowe of Grantland up today.
In the interview, Conley talks about whether he's a righty or a lefty, how much the offense and defense have changed under Dave Joerger, and the increased scoring burden he's felt this year.
Be sure to check that out, if only for a story about TA hitting a lady with a towel.
• Q&A: Mike Conley on Being Tricky and the 'Why Not Us?' Grizzlies, Zach Lowe, Grantland
When Dave Joerger took over as head coach of the Grizzlies, one of the things he said early on (I can't remember exactly when) was that he didn't want the Grizzlies to play "vomit basketball."
Last night in Brooklyn, the Grizzlies didn't play vomit basketball so much as they played like vomit personified. If I hadn't already used up all my Oregon Trail references a week ago, I'd be making them again, this time in reference to the Grizzlies' field goal percentage:
I don't even know how to intelligently comment on this game. And it's not because it was something new that happened—something I hadn't already watched twenty times this season. The Grizzlies have been doing this since the preseason: digging themselves a massive hole and then trying to climb back out of it. They go cold shooting (starting 2 of 15 in this one, and going down by as much as 22 points in the first quarter, which is pretty impressively terrible) and then for long stretches it looks like they're inside Pink Floyd's "Comfortably Numb," hands like two balloons, getting stomped on by a team they should've been beating.
That's what's so frustrating about the Nets/Grizzlies game to me. It's not the specifics of how it happened, all though those are frustrating too. It's that it happened again.
Last night, the Grizzlies beat the Wizards 110-104 in a game that saw the Grizzlies use their advantages to dominate most of the first three quarters... and then give up 40 in the fourth as Washington made a furious attempt at a comeback. In case anyone had any doubts that these aren't Your Father's Washington Wizards (or, more accurately, your slightly older sibling's Wizards, since your father's Wizards were probably the title-winning Bullets), the fact that without Nene the Wiz were still able to play the Grizzlies as tough as they did should put that to rest. The Wizards are a pretty good team this year.
There are a lot of interesting things about last night's game—not least of which is the fact that in James Johnson's absence, Tayshaun Prince somehow turned back the clock and racked up 21 points on 8-11 shooting, including 2-3 from beyond the arc. I think I speak for a lot of Griz fans when I say I wasn't sure Tayshaun still had that kind of a performance in him, especially not against a team that actually has a good defense (9th out of 30 in defensive rating according to B-Ref). That I doubted that Prince could still score 20 points in a game even though he averaged 14 a game as recently as the 2010-2011 season says something about his struggles this year.
I come not to bury Tayshaun Prince, but to praise him.
He's always been one of my favorite players. I can say that honestly. I remember those title-winning Pistons, and I remember thinking Prince was awesome. The Grizzlies were swept out of the first round, taking a lot of the excitement of that first playoff appearance with it, and so I watched the Pistons, and I watched Tayshaun Prince.
This Tayshaun Prince is still that Tayshaun Prince, in some sense. In others, he's not. I'm not going to argue that he shouldn't be playing. The guy is an absolute warrior: before the season even started, he was so sick he lost a ton of weight and couldn't travel with the team. He played through it. He's been fighting who knows how many nagging injuries this year. He's played through all of those. When he finally got healthy around late December, his production picked up. He's not afraid to get taken out at the rim, like he did last night, when he hit the floor so hard it sounded sickening through crappy TV speakers.
Last night's game had a first half and a second half, and the two of them didn't have much to do with each other. At halftime, the Grizzlies were down 65-54 to a Cleveland team that was mercilessly abusing Zach Randolph by stationing Spencer Hawes far outside of the paint and daring Z-Bo to come out and contest. When Randolph left the paint, Hawes kicked to someone—usually either Kyrie Irving or Tristan Thompson—who had a clear path to score at the rim. When Randolph stayed put, Hawes sank an outside jumper. It was brutal, and Randolph didn't do much to help his case, getting benched in favor of James Johnson much earlier than normal and complaining about it to Dave Joerger all the way to the bench.
I have zero information about this, so this is just speculation, but here's what I think happened at halftime, with the Grizzlies trailing big after having given up two consecutive 30+ point quarters to Cleveland:
Z-Bo: [expletive] Can't believe you [expletive] took me out of the [expletive] game, Coach.
Joerger: I can't believe you were so [expletive] bad on [expletive] defense that I had to [expletive] sit you, Zach.
Z-Bo: [expletive]
Joerger: [expletive]. At least pretend to be trying on that end.
Z-Bo: That's fine. I'll show you defense, [expletive].
And, as always, Mad Z-Bo is my favorite Z-Bo. In the second half, Z-Bo was clearly playing angry, and Los Cavaliers (it was one of the NBA's "Noches Ene-be-a" last night, so all the teams were en español) were the ones who suffered the consequences.
Randolph wasn't the only one who needed a boot applied to his posterior at the break last night. The whole team came out in the second half with a different energy and a heightened sense of urgency and intensity, and they—with Tony Allen on the floor to guard Kyrie Irving (and James Johnson guarding Irving some of the time, too)—came out and put the screws to the Cavs, putting up a 33-15 third quarter and then nearly repeating the defensive effort in the 23-16 fourth.
Chris Herrington described the Grizzlies' second half defense as "playoff caliber." I'd use a different term, though: "Grizzlies-like." Defensive intensity and execution has long been the identity of this team, and it's the gear that they've most struggled to find this year—all the way back to the beginning of the season. The defense just hasn't always been there, whether it was because of injuries and personnel changes or lineups or just plain lack of craps being given. When the Grizzlies came out in the second half last night—and let's be clear, this Cavs team is better than their record indicates, especially right now—they looked like themselves out there.
I'm not sure what's going to happen this summer. My feeling is that the roster is going to have to be overhauled to some extent—the most obvious places of interest are the two starting forward spots—and that next year's Grizzlies may not look all that much like this year's. But last night showed that this team, as currently configured, currently fighting for their playoff lives every time they take the floor in the month of March, has the extra gear that they need to be able to shut down the other guys in classic Grizzlies fashion.
If they can start hitting that gear consistently—even with Mike Conley and Marc Gasol operating at less than 100%—their odds of making it to a first round playoff series are going to be a great deal better. If they keep playing more halves like the first half last night, they'll be out of it before April. With any luck, last night was a wake-up call of sorts. If it takes making Z-Bo mad at every halfitme to get him to a place where he can play defense, cuss him out every night. Then the Grizzlies can feed #50 after the half and get back to playing to their strengths.
Thunder 113, Grizzlies 107
To reiterate something I said on Twitter immediately after the game ended last night: I did not expect the Grizzlies to win against Oklahoma City. The Thunder had lost three in a row at home—the last one to Cleveland—and Kendrick Perkins was out of the lineup, which meant that Thunder coach Scott Brooks had no choice but to play his best frontcourt players for the whole 48 minutes.
The problem last night was that the grizzlies played the first three quarters like they didn't expect to win, either, starting with a 4-0 run and then sinking to a 15 point deficit at the half. Early on, the Thunder did an excellent job of stifling the Grizzlies' interior game, with Ibaka, Collison, and
Collison's body doubleAdams carrying a majority of the workload. But. Even our old friend Hasheem Thabeet got in on the act, playing seventeen minutes and using up five fouls.
Z-Bo struggled early on, starting out 0-6 and later 2-10 from the field. Mike Conley still hasn't returned to his stunning early-season form. Gasol had a pretty good game, but it wasn't enough to keep the game close. Tayshaun Prince kept finding himself mysteriously wide open, and to his credit, he made the Thunder pay for it, going 5-9 from the field for 12 points. But nothing seemed to get the Grizzlies defense to tighten up, and they never gained any ground on the Thunder.
It wasn't until the end of the third quarter and the beginning of the fourth that the Grizzlies started to prove they had a pulse, and then it was largely because of who else but the Lords of Basketball Chaos. An all-bench lineup of Nick Calathes, Mike Miller, Tony Allen, James Johnson, and Kosta Koufos started bringing the pain, getting stops on one end and converting them into point-blank looks at the basket and/or Mike Miller letting it fly with reckless abandon, to the tune of 4-5 from long range. The energy level increased, and even when Durant and Westbrook returned to the game, they kept shrinking the lead.
You know the rest. Gasol came back in, but Durant started Durant-ing, and the Grizzlies were never able to get over the hump and into the lead. But there for the last quarter, it was an exciting basketball game again—it felt like a real contest for a while.
And then it was over, and the Grizzlies lost.
But let's not be Cavalier about it
See what I did there? Tonight the Grizzlies are back home for another weekend back-to-back to face the 24-36 Cleveland Cavaliers. The last time these two teams played—in Cleveland—the Grizzlies lost in overtime in one of the Conley-less games earlier in February.
I think it's going to be interesting to see Kyrie Irving in action against a not-quite-all-there Mike Conley. Other than that, I'm not really sure what else to say about this game—other than how it fits into the overall picture of the Grizzlies' mad dash to make the playoffs.
There are 17 games on the schedule in March. 9 of them are against Eastern Conference teams (though two of them are against Indiana and Miami), and only 3 of them are against Western Conference playoff teams (two against Portland and one against Golden State). It seems reasonable that the Grizzlies could go something like 12-5 or 11-6 in this stretch—and they'd better. The way things are going, I'm not sure 10-7 or 9-8 will do it. All of these are winnable games. It's just going to come down to winning enough of them to ensure that the Grizzlies are in the right place at the right time.
That starts tonight at the Forum against Cleveland.
Well, the Grizzlies won.
At times, it may have looked like they were trying not to, but they won.
And it's not just that: the Grizzlies won, and the Suns lost, and the Warriors got drilled. The Mavericks won, but that's just going to have to be okay for now. Last night was a very good night for the Grizzlies as they continue their pursuit of the 8th spot and a playoff berth.
All those things happened, leaving the Grizzlies just half a game back of the 8th and final playoff spot in the Western Conference, moving Dallas up to 6th. With 26 games left to play, the Griz are in perfect position to make a run at the postseason.
The problem with that? They'll never make it if they play the way they did in the second half of last night. Sure, it was related to effort—the Lakers are a bad team, and everyone (including the Lakers) knows this—and on other nights the starters will try harder. But everyone involved from the coach down can't afford to make many more performances like the one last night if this team is serious about making it into the playoffs.
Herewith, some scattered thoughts:
The James Johnson/Tony Allen combo needs a nickname, and they need one fast. I've been calling Tony Allen the Lord of Basketball Chaos for years, so I just made it plural. I soon realized that the L.O.B.C. sounds like a great name for some sort of outlaw motorcycle gang, and Twitter took it from there:
.@FlyerGrizBlog "Somebody on Twitter needs to make a "Lords of Basketball Chaos" motorcycle club logo."/As requested. pic.twitter.com/eUhY1DhMqS
— John Lambert (@jl2117) February 27, 2014
In a move that I speculated about in yesterday's Tuesday 3-Pointer, the Grizzlies have claimed point guard Beno Udrih off waivers after he was bought out by the New York Knicks.
Udrih brings playoff experience (he's played in 36 playoff games, all for the Spurs at the beginning of his career) to the mix, and in all honesty, I'm not sure who else they would've gotten as a 3rd point guard who would've been better. Udrih has been in the league since the 04-05 season, and he's bounced around a fair bit in that time, but he can't be any worse than Gilbert Arenas or Keyon Dooling, right?
• Memphis Grizzlies claim Beno Udrih off waivers - ESPN, Marc Stein, ESPN.com
A look at the playoff race
Well, Saturday night's loss to the Charlotte Bobcats wasn't the most positive outcome of the weekend, but given some of the games we've seen this season out of the Grizzlies, it wasn't as bad as it could have been. What it didn't do, however, was move the Grizzlies any closer to making the playoffs.
As of this morning, here's what those standings look like:
The Grizzlies are still in 9th place, two games back of the Phoenix Suns. Dallas is back in 7th and Golden State, who were down to 8th last week, have moved back up to the 6th seed (even though there are those who, as recently as last week, said they think Golden State is likely to be the team that drops out of the playoffs altogether).
Things are still tight, in other words.
At this point—given the way that the Grizzlies are playing, and the huge pile of mishaps and brainfarts that have led us all to this point as watchers of this team—I wouldn't be shocked if they end up as the six seed, and I wouldn't be shocked if they end up missing the playoffs entirely by half a game. Things are so close in the West this year that the 20-point loss to the Raptors at home in November could be enough to keep the Griz out of the postseason. Or any one of the losses to the Pelicans. Or... the list goes on.
The Grizzlies have had such an up and down season so far that you'd hate to see them miss out on the playoffs because even though they played well, none of the teams ahead of them in the standings fell off enough for the Griz to catch them. But that might be exactly what happens.
...or they might end up being the sixth seed. We'll see.
Zach Randolph Community Assistance Fund
The Zach Randolph Community Assistance Fund donated $20,000 to MLGW's Plus-1 program, which in turn will pay for the utility bills of 100 families in need.
Randolph set up the fund with MIFA. The Griz press release about yesterday's donation explains what the Z.R.C.A.F. (I love a good acronym) is all about:
The partnership between Randolph and MIFA is founded in shared goals: Randolph is committed to making a deep and meaningful impact in the lives of families in need, and MIFA has the infrastructure, the reach and the reputation to help Randolph maximize his community contributions. Amounts distributed out of the Zach Randolph Fund will go to non-profits, schools and community centers chosen by Randolph himself.
To me, this is great—not only is it a good way for Randolph to continue to do really good things for the community, but it's also a great way for him to utilize infrastructure that's already in place to make sure what he's doing is helping as many people as it possibly can.
The "turnaround" of Zach Randolph has been such a huge narrative since he got here and started playing well and, for the most part, staying out of trouble. I'm not going to rhapsodize about the guy, because I think every person has facets, some of which can be blocked from view by others. But it's undeniable that Randolph has used his money and his name to do good things for the city of Memphis, and that he has now set up the Z.R.C.A.F. (which sounds like it should be some sort of rebel army or Zimbabwean professional sports league) in order to be able to give back to the community in the most efficient manner possible—which can only be a good thing.
Free agents on the market: Grainger, Udrih
Now that the trade deadline has passed and teams have started to buy out and/or waive the players they couldn't
unload on some idiot GM trade away on deadline day, some interesting names have come up on the market with possible Griz implications:
• Danny Granger — potentially an immediate wing piece to throw into the rotation, presumably in the place of Tayshaun Prince or maybe to soak up some of Mike Miller's minutes. Granger is a shell of his former self this season, but he's still good enough to be a contributor on a contender. That said, I don't think the Grizzlies will sign him. I think they're too worried about settling into a rotation with the players they've got to be adding any more pieces to the mix. As much as I think Granger could contribute, I don't think acquiring him is worth turning the wing rotation into even more of a logjam than it already is.
• Beno Udrih — Much more interesting from a Griz perspective is Beno Udrih, waived by the Knicks (who immediately then saw Raymond Felton arrested on felony gun charges, so... maybe they want him back). Udrih, for the right price, becomes a great acquisition to be the third point guard on this team. Pressure on Calathes to keep playing well, and also solid insurance in case Conley or Calathes has to miss a game or two down the stretch. Assuming he's available for the vet minumum, I think picking up Udrih off the scrap heap would be a wise move for the Griz that wouldn't cost them much. The counter argument is that they've done pretty well bringing in D-League players and other younger prospects, so maybe Udrih would be taking up a roster spot that could go to a Darius Morris type. I understand that line of reasoning, but still think Udrih would be a good pick up given the circumstances.
• Gilbert Arenas — Is probably on a couch somewhere. And that's okay.
It's been a while since we could refer to FedExForum as "The Grindhouse" and mean it. The Grizzlies have struggled at home this year—especially early in the season when things were falling apart.
Last night, though... last night was a return to form. Last night was church, with Tony Allen and James Johnson giving the sermon.
First things first: it was James Johnson neck tattoo giveaway night at the Forum last night, and don't think for a second that James Johnson didn't know it. In 17 minutes, Johnson had 15 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists, and one of the most vicious blocks I've seen in a while—spiking a Willie Green layup straight into the foul line—but the stat line, while impressive, isn't what mattered.
What mattered was this:
In one of the craziest things I've ever seen in person—and the type of play that happens in All Star games but almost never in real NBA competition, that Johnson dunk off the backboard almost brought the roof down around us all. I was sitting next to Chris Herrington at the table last night, and we just looked at each other and laughed. There was no other appropriate reaction. James Johnson, in one move, made himself even more of a Grizzly legend than he already was.
It didn't hurt that Johnson augmented his black-belt level game (including pointing to his neck tattoo as he ran back down the court after one score) by playing some of the best defense on Blake Griffin (yes, JJ was a power forward for a while last night) that any Grizzly has played in recent memory. A lineup of Mike Conley, Courtney Lee, Tony Allen, James Johnson, and Zach Randolph took the swarming defense and bullying interior offense and cranked it up to Spinal Tap levels, and it was joyous. The Forum was rocking. The crowd was getting into it. The Clippers were clearly getting frustrated by their inability to stem the Grizzly tide.
Meanwhile, the other crucial question was answered: would Tony Allen be worth anything when he finally returned from injury?
The answer, of course, was yes. After coming in with 2.1 seconds left in the first quarter to the loudest ovation I've heard in the building since Zach Randolph skipped into the tunnel after he got tossed in Game 6 last year. He proceeded to destroy everything in his path, terrorizing the Clippers' guards, stealing the ball every opportunity he got (and blocking a last-second three into oblivion), sinking a three-pointer as the shot clock expired...
...in short, Tony Allen came out onto the court for the first time in weeks and immediately started doing Tony Allen things. He did them coming off the bench, but he still played almost 20 minutes—and sometimes, it's not about who starts the game, but who finishes it.
Last night was the kind of night the Grizzlies haven't had in a while, not like that. The Clippers rivalry is a real thing, no doubt. These two teams don't like each other. The Clippers seem to bring out a darkness in the Griz home crowd—a level of vitriol that sometimes feels like it isn't commensurate to what's happening on the court. The Grindhouse only feels like that—like a giant riot about to break out, a brooding, threatening energy rippling through 18,000 people, like everyone's just waiting for the cue to start throwing chairs and lighting things on fire like Berliners at a Bill Haley and the Comets show—when Chris Paul and Blake Griffin and The Whole Sick Crew are out there. It's a glorious thing, and it's that edge, that heart of darkness, that sets Memphis apart as an NBA city to me. The crowd only taps into it when they have to, but when it's more like Wrestlemania than a Tigers game, that's when the FedExForum really becomes the Grindhouse.
Last night, James Johnson Neck Tattoo Night was the clearest display of that in a while. It had to be the Clippers. It had to be the neck tattoos. It had to be the return of Tony Allen. The elements were there, and the alchemy was flawless.
At yesterday's trade deadline, the Grizzlies did what most people who watch the team closely thought they might do: nothing at all. Everyone who was on the roster on Thursday is on the roster today as the Griz prepare for tonight's rivalry grudge match against the Los Angeles Clippers.
Going into the deadline—really over the last week or so—it seemed like the Grizzlies were looking for two things: to upgrade at the small forward spot, and/or to move out from under Tayshaun Prince's contract ($7.2 million this year and $7.7 million next year). The fact that the Grizzlies had moves they could make but not moves that they had to make was nice for a change. It was strange to sit back and watch the (mostly pretty inconsequential) trades start flying around noon yesterday knowing that if the Grizzlies did nothing at all, they'd still be fine.
The biggest thing Grizzlies fans were worried about going into the deadline was whether Tony Allen would still be in Beale Street Blue come tonight's game. The answer (despite Minnesota's attempts to pry him away in a deal involving Chase Budinger and JJ Barea) is yes—yes, and he's going to be playing tonight, for what feels like the first time all season. It seems the Griz weren't able to conjure up a deal that made it worth parting with their Lord of Basketball Chaos just yet, no matter how much the chaos generated this season has been of an unwanted kind.
Realistically, that's probably for the best. There were teams interested in Allen—Minnesota, of course, looking to shore up their defense—but none had the right return package to entice the Griz into dealing the Grindfather/spirit animal/head cheerleader. On the court, Courtney Lee's two-way abilities may make him a better fit at the shooting guard spot, but one wonders now whether Allen may work his way back into the starting lineup as a 3. (Which would sound crazy if you did watch him frustrate Kevin Durant for five games in the playoffs last year.)
Speaking of playoffs: the Grizzlies and Clippers have played 13 playoff games against each other in the last two years. The Grizzlies hold a 7-6 edge in playoff wins, but as every one of you already knows, these two teams don't like each other all that much. Which makes it interesting that the first team in town after the trade deadline—the first game after the Grizzlies decided that who they've got is who they've got—are the Clippers.
DeAndre Jordan has said in interviews that last year's Grizzlies series is what inspired him to work on his rebounding this year. Blake Griffin is having a pretty great season, continuing to expand his game and hone his skills. Chris Paul is back from injury and doing his usual Chris Paul thing.
They (the Clippers) still need a backup big man, and they didn't trade for one yesterday. Instead, they traded Byron Mullens to the Sixers for nothing, and Antawn Jamison to the Hawks for nothing, both in an effort to reduce whatever luxury tax bill they were facing. Reports this morning is that the Clips are frontrunners to sign Glen "Big Baby" Davis, who was bought out by the Magic yesterday after they couldn't trade him, and rumors were going around last night that they've also worked out former Hawk Ivan Johnson, who is currently playing in China.
I still feel like the Clippers are a good matchup for the Grizzlies—even with Jordan and Griffin playing the way they are, with Gasol back from injury, they can't spend as much time guarding him with Jordan, meaning it's back to the old Griffin-versus-Randolph WWF (or, I guess, WWE) match under the rim on both ends of the floor, a style of play that Randolph will almost always win.
One question is how well will Tony Allen be able to play in his first game action in a long time. Undoubtedly he'll have quite a bit of rust to shake off. The other question is who's going to guard Chris Paul? The last time the Clippers were in Memphis, I seem to remember Jerryd Bayless did it some, and somehow (miraculously?) wasn't terrible. Coach Dave Joerger's newfound trust in Nick Calathes' defense—he subbed Calathes in for defense at the end of the Knicks game on Tuesday—means we may see Calathes get matched up on Paul some, but I'm not sure I like the sound of that. I'll have to see it to believe it.
Whether or not the Grizzlies get the win over the Clippers tonight, I think the message the front office sent to the locker room yesterday is pretty clear: you're our guys, and (maybe more importantly) we value this group enough that we didn't feel like we had to break up what we've got to save money.
It's going to be an interesting summer—Tayshaun Prince will become an expiring contract, Zach Randolph will either opt in to his $16 million player option or he'll opt out and sign to a longer deal with the team (which, for the record, is the outcome I'm expecting at this point), Ed Davis becomes a restricted free agent, James Johnson will be a free agent, and all kinds of other things, and the Grizzlies will have every opportunity to overhaul the roster in whatever way they see fit.
For now, though, the Grizzlies are going to battle with the guys that they have. After the year they've had, it's probably the right decision.
A stellar first half,
A second half of ugly:
Mike Miller still lives.
Mike Conley's ankle
An All Star break of healing
Hesistation moves.
Tayshaun guards Melo:
Johnson could not stop fouling
Five in twelve minutes.
Calathes assists
Five dimes in nineteen minutes
Such a great passer.
Too close for comfort
"A win is a win" is true
On to the Clippers.
In Other News...
• The next game the Grizzlies play—Friday night's home game against the Clippers—will take place after the trade deadline. We've really only seen one rumor pop up so far, but over the next day and a half you can rest assured that lots of phone calls are being made to and from the Grizzlies to kick the tires. More rumors will probably come. Don't panic.
• Supposedly—this is according to reports that circulated before Tuesday night's game—Tony Allen will be back in action on Friday night against the Clippers. While I'm not sure Chris Paul is a great opponent against whom to shake off the rust of not playing for so long, I hope Allen is back in action. Like it or not, he's still very much these Grizzlies' spirit animal.
• Phoenix beat Denver last night, but Dallas lost to Miami. Golden State plays the Kings tonight and the Rockets tomorrow. Plenty of opportunities for the Grizzlies to gain a little bit of ground on some playoff rivals if they can beat the Clippers Friday and the Bobcats in Charlotte on Saturday. As it stands, Golden State is 7th at 31-22 (11 games back of OKC), Dallas is 8th at 32-24 (also 11 games back) and Memphis is 9th at 30-23 (which puts them at 12 games back of OKC). Once you add Phoenix into the mix, the 6-9 seeds are separated by a game and a half. Things are tightening up.
Author's Note: This started as a Tuesday 3-Pointer and got away from me.
When Keeping it Real Goes Wrong Again
Just when you think we (meaning all of us in the Grizzlies Sphere of Influence) have finally moved on, former Grizzlies head coach Lionel Hollins takes to Fox 13 to give an "exclusive in-depth interview" in what amounts to his first major media appearance locally since his contract was not renewed back in June of last year. You can find the interview (and a written summary of it) here.
Honestly, I'm not sure what Hollins was trying to accomplish.
In the interview, he blames the fact that he was let go on the oft-repeated incident where he went off on John Hollinger for interrupting Austin Daye during a drill. He says Jason Levien didn't want to get to know him. And he also says this:
"I could take them not wanting me but I couldn't take them trying to destroy my reputation and credibility."
Which, I mean... what?
Yet again, Lionel Hollins apparently doesn't understand that if you openly question and/or mock your employer's decision-making, when said employer's management are not the people who hired you, weeks before said employer has to decide whether or not they want to renew your contract, that employer is unlikely to want to renew that contract.
While I was writing for Grizzly Bear Blues I feel like I went over this a million times. Hollins clearly miscalculated, and thought that by being open and honest (read: grumbling) about his disagreements with the front office in the media, he could put some pressure on them to keep him around and do things his way. Instead, he convinced them that he wasn't going to be willing to go along with the way they (meaning Pera/Levien/Lash/Hollinger) wanted to run the Grizzlies, so they hired somebody else instead of renewing Hollins' contract.
That's "destroying my reputation and credibility"? Seriously?
And what team is going to hire Hollins next, given that he is apparently still so mad at the Grizzlies that he has to take to the media to talk about all the ways he was wronged—and all the while refusing to take any responsibility for the "champagne taste on a beer budget" comments around the Rudy trade, the complaining about not having enough bigs (which, I mean, HELLO SIR HAVE YOU MET ED DAVIS), the comments in the press about how Dave Joerger wasn't the defensive coach until Lionel made him the defensive coach...
If anything, it's Hollins who is/was trying to "destroy the reputation and credibility" of the Grizzlies front office. And in the minds of a lot of Griz fans, he probably has. So to take to the airwaves now—now of all times—and continue to bring out the same story about how he was fired when all he wanted to do was get along... I don't get it. I'm not sure what he's trying to do.
Another Gasol Injury?
The Grizzlies were taking care of business and hanging on to a slim lead over the Magic last night when, some time in the middle of the third quarter, Jameer Nelson ran into Marc Gasol's left knee while trying to fight around a screen. Gasol immediately doubled over and waved for the bench, motioning for Dave Joerger to call a timeout.
Grizzlies fans the world over watched as he hobbled off into the locker room, trying not to panic. The rest of the game seemed both less important and more important, and the snakebit season of injuries looked for a minute like it was all going back down the drain.
Gasol came back out after long and sat on the bench. According to reports, he wanted to get back in the game, but every coach and player told him no (which is fortunate). Normally I'd say that's encouraging, but who knows. The official word is that he "re-aggravated" his knee injury and he'll have an MRI at some point over the All Star break. Gasol's a tough guy; tough enough that his wanting to re-enter the game has almost nothing to do with whether or not he made his knee injury worse.
Things were already looking rough in Gasol-ville. His lackluster play over the last two or three games can easily be attributed to the fact that he's simply not healthy. It's possible that he rushed back from the injury too soon in the first place. According to the Commercial Appeal's Ron Tillery, Joerger admitted that it'll probably be next season before Gasol is back to 100%. For him to have a setback on the path to healing—even a small one—means the Grizzlies' already tenuous playoff hopes are in that much more jeopardy.
With any luck, Gasol just tweaked the knee and freaked out, and he's fine. But this hasn't been a season of luck, now, has it?
Grizzlies 86, Magic 81
In light of the Gasol situation, the outcome of last night's game seemed unimportant, but it wasn't. Dallas beat Indiana last night, so a Grizzlies loss would have lost valuable ground in the race for the 8th spot. I've been saying all along that I didn't think Dallas was going to be able to hang on to the last seed, but it's starting to look like a possibility. We'll see how things go after the break—whether the Grizzlies can get a run together and/or whether the Mavericks will start to fade—but as of right now, the impetus is on the Grizzlies to win every single game and not for a second assume any team above them in the standings is going to drop.
Orlando has been playing well as of late—coming off wins over the Thunder and the Pacers—and they gave the Grizzlies all they could handle last night. Zach Randolph continued his recent run of struggles (especially against the length of Orlando's frontcourt) but managed to fight through it to the tune of 20 points. Nick Calathes, playing in front of a hometown crowd, put up 18 points, 6 assists, and 5 rebounds. Kosta Koufos played more minutes than average once Gasol went down, and did well.
It was a good win, and it took a lot of effort to make it happen, even as the team was pretty clearly distracted by seeing Gasol leave the game again. Now the Grizzlies will have a long time to rest up for the stretch run.
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Time for a plug: this week's print Flyer features a piece by yours truly dealing with what to expect over the last 30 games, what the season has been so far, and a little bit of an examination of the "narrative" (a term I generally dislike) surrounding the team. So you should check that out—it's not like it'll cost you anything. (Update: the piece is online here.)
Author's Note: This seemed like the thing to do at the time: Instead of a normal "the Grizzlies did this and then the Wizards did that and then the Grizzlies did this," I figured it'd be more interesting (and ultimately more enlightening) to look at some statistics from Tuesday night's close win over the Wizards that tell the story of how the game was won.
Points scored by Nick Calathes. Last night's opponent being the Wizards, with Mike Conley out, Nick Calathes spent almost all of last night matched up against John Wall, who is just a touch more athletic and quicker than Calathes. It looked like a matchup with the potential to turn into a bloodbath if Wall started to get going.
More than one Grizzlies Twitter-er, this writer included, prepared for the worst headed into the game. Some examples:
It hasn't happened yet, but I'm worried Wall is going to do bad things to Calathes and they're going to be televised.
— Kevin Lipe (@FlyerGrizBlog) February 12, 2014
Griz-Wiz about to jump off. Marc Gasol might want to cross himself already on behalf of Nick Calathes.
— Chris Herrington (@HerringtonNBA) February 12, 2014
Neither of those tweets of foreboding (there's a 21st Century phrase for ya) proved to be necessary, as Calathes not only held his own, he played excellent defense on Wall (who scored 5 points on 2-10 shooting) and scored 18 of his own points on 12 shots while also grabbing 6 rebounds and making assists (at least two of which were no-look bounce assists to Marc Gasol, which is something Calathes is getting better at as of late).
It was another great game from the Grizzlies' backup point guard, and a sure step in the right direction for his direction and his career. If he can continue to play at something approximating this level, I think "Ole Glacier Veins Calathes" (another tweet reference) is going to be just fine. He's already at least as good as Keyon Dooling. (That was a joke, right?)
Points scored by Bradley Beal. With Courtney Lee playing but not quite 100% on a bum ankle, what the Grizzlies really needed was a wing who could go out and absolutely lock down the opponent's one hot-scoring shooting guard. If only they had a guy like that on the roster...
Herewith, some reasons the Grizzlies lost to the Cavaliers in overtime, 91-83:
The lack of Mike Conley has been killing the Grizzlies, especially on the offensive end of the floor. Lost in the shuffle of Conley's insanely high level of play this season is the fact that he's kept the Grizzlies' heads above water on that end of the floor by getting to the rim at will and knowing when to distribute.
In five games without Conley, the Grizzlies have scored 99, 77, 96, 79, and now 83 (but the 83 came after an overtime wherein the Grizzlies scored 5 points). The defense has played pretty well, but not that well, especially against Dallas and Milwaukee, and so the offensive shortcomings have proven to be fatal. I haven't watched the game back closely enough to know how many trips down the floor came up empty for the Griz last night, but I know it was more than it should have been.
And that's not to slight Nick Calathes; Calathes was solid last night, with 17 points, 6 assists, and 5 rebounds. But, as we've seen from time to time this year, Conley can put up 28 or 30 seemingly at will, and last night he probably would've done that in the process of refusing to let his team lose to the Cavs. Without him, no such luck.
We need to stop pretending Marc Gasol is healthy. I'm not sure what happened, but the last three or four games, he's not trusting the knee anymore, and it's severely limiting what he can do out on the court. He has stretches of play where he looks fine, making spin moves in the post, playing great defense, and then he has other stretches where he looks tentative, scared to push off of his braced leg.
Maybe Gasol came back at just the right time to help the Grizzlies, or maybe he rushed back too soon and now he's paying the price for it. Either way, the approaching All Star break should be a good opportunity for him to rest up the knee and get the treatment he so obviously needs. Until then, 70-75% of Marc Gasol and 0% of Mike Conley—meaning 35% of your two best players—is going to continue to be a struggle for this Grizzlies squad.
The small forward position for the Grizzlies this season is a dumpster fire on top of a toxic waste pit somewhere near the engine room of the Titanic. Last night was a microcosm of the bigger picture: Tayshaun Prince wasn't terrible but he wasn't good, scoring 7 points on 6 shots, but (and this is especially true with Conley out and the offense starved for scoring) "not terrible" isn't really enough to keep the Grizzlies afloat for long stretches.
Meanwhile Mike Miller played 20 minutes, took 4 shots, and made none of them. Miller's struggles have been somewhat under-reported this season, I think, but he's been quietly having an abominable stretch of play lately, being used in weird lineups and/or just not playing very well, not taking outside jumpers and instead driving into the lane trying to make plays—something which worked for Miller the last time he was in a Griz uniform, but that was what, seven years ago?
On top of that, James Johnson lifted the Grizzlies back into the game in the fourth quarter by scoring 13 straight points—as in, he was the only Grizzly scoring for so long that he single-handedly willed himself to 13 straight points — and then he seemingly ran out of whatever good mojo had propelled him to the 13 straight and played crappy defense and tried to do too much on offense. That continues to be my main gripe with Johnson: he's brilliant for stretches and those stretches inspire him to keep trying to take over the game.
My favorite example of this was the time (I think it was the OKC game in which Gasol returned) that Johnson tried to wave off a Z-Bo who had position on his man (might've been Perkins, might've been Collison, I don't remember) so that he, James Johnson, could iso on that side of the floor. Z-Bo just raised his eyebrows, shook his head, and called for the ball again, and Johnson made the entry pass, but we've seen what happens when somebody isn't out there to say "Hey JJ, maybe not this time." It's something that Johnson just has to figure out: how to play all-out for 15 minutes while still recognizing when to play within himself and not try to make every single possible play on the court. It's the only reason I don't think he's ready to be a starter yet: he's too much of a liability once he gets going for a while. His decision-making is inversely proportional to his performance over time.
All of that is to say, if the Grizzlies do anything at the trade deadline, it'd better be for a good, young small forward. I don't know who that would be. The rumor going around last week was that talks of an Ed Davis/Harrison Barnes swap had happened. I guess I'd be fine with that, although I'm not sure how the Warriors would make that work. It's got to be a major off-season goal, though. Do whatever it takes to acquire a small forward, a high level 3s-and-D guy, probably.
Still not sure what's up with the lineups. How long into the third quarter did the starters play last night? 9 minutes? It felt like it. And so of course, down the stretch while Johnson was going off for his 13 straight, Gasol, Randolph, and Lee were all gassed, walking up and down the court begging for a breather. Joerger has to get better at managing who is in the game when, and realizing when he has to rest guys even though he may not be comfortable taking them out of the game quite yet.
It seems like poor form to criticize the rotations of a coach who has almost never had the same players available to him from night to night. The Grizzlies' roster has been something of a Mad Lib all year long, with random guys going down for a few games at a time all over the place. But he's got to be better than this with managing minutes and managing rest. It's no wonder the Cavs got back into the game last night and forced overtime, and it's no wonder once they got there, the Grizzlies were too tired to do anything: they were on the second night of a back to back, and they'd all played 15 minutes in in a row. It's the one thing I think Joerger has been bad at all year long.
So What?
I think last night's loss was bad, but given Conley's absence, and given the fact that they beat Atlanta — a much better team than Cleveland—the night before, I'm willing to let this one slide to an extent. Last night's loss showed weaknesses this team has had for a while now, of course, but I'm not willing to ascribe to it any bigger trend than no Conley, hurt Gasol, and a road SEGABABA. It'll get better, especially if Conley returns Tuesday against the Wizards as is hoped. His return will be the biggest improvement the Griz can make to correct the problems shown on Sunday night, which is why I'm not in panic mode.


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Proctor and Gamble has voluntarily recalled certain lots of both IAMS and Eukanuba dry dog and cat food due to a potential for contamination with Salmonella. No reports of illness associated with these lots of pet food have been reported yet. Please check out this link to get the full list of lot numbers of pet food affected by the recall and what to do if you have affected pet food: Pet Food Recall Announcement. If you have any concerns or questions about this recall or if your pet may have eaten any of the affected food, please feel free to call us at 763-574-9892.
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While there is still plenty of snow out there, the groundhog did not see his shadow this year predicting spring to come early. So in preparation for spring we are offering awesome deals currently on Frontline Plus for cats or dogs! We are price matching Petmeds, Menards and others stores. We are also giving out a free dose when you buy three doses or two free with six doses. Fleas and ticks won't bother your pet with Frontline Plus on-board.
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Make an Emergency Plan to Keep Pets Safe During a Tornado
Step 1:
Find a kennel, crate or cage for every animal you have. Buckets work well for fish and turtles. Keep all of the animal carriers together in an easy to get to place inside the house.
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Choose the safest room in the house for surviving a tornado. A basement is best or the most interior room of the home, preferably a closet or bathroom. Tell everyone living in the house that this is the safe room for tornadoes.
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Make an emergency food supply for the pets in case it is in short supply or hard to get to after the storm. Get pull tab cans or pouches for easy opening, and you can toss in a cheap bowl or paper plates. Pack a collar and leash for each dog or cat as well.
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Add an extra gallon or two of water to the family emergency supply. This way there will be plenty to go around.
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Stay in the safe room for several minutes after the storm, large tornadoes have an eye so more destruction could be coming. After several minutes of silence, carefully open the safe room door.
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Leash all pets when outside after a tornado. Power lines could be down and dangerous objects will be littered about everywhere. Do not let pets outside unsupervised.
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- There are only seconds to act before a tornado strikes, so don't wait to put pets in carriers and get them in the safe room.
We are now offering Alenza as a natural pain relief product for dogs. Alenza contains a mixture of botanical extracts that inhibit the formation of inflammatory molecules from fatty acids. This approach helps keep the fatty acid levels more balanced in your dog for better all around health in your dog. And when inflammatory molecules are kept in check, your dog will feel less pain and be more comfortable making everyone happy. Please call us at 763-574-9892 for further information.
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- We recommend you have your dog tested for Lyme disease and Anaplasmosis yearly since both diseases are quite prevalent in Minnesota and can cause devastating effects on your dog. This will let you know if your pet has been exposed and may need treatment. At Skyline we offer the 4Dx test which will test your dog for Heartworm disease, Lyme disease, Anaplasmosis and Canine erhlichiosis, all for only $40.99!
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Dog flu, first identified in September 2005, is a contagious respiratory disease in dogs caused by a specific Type A influenza virus referred to as a "canine influenza virus." This is a disease of dogs, not of humans.
The symptoms of this illness in dogs are cough, runny nose and fever. However, a small portion of dogs can develop severe disease.
The number of dogs infected with this disease that die is very small. Some dogs have asymptomatic infections (no symptoms) while some have severe infections. Severe illness is characterized by the onset of pneumonia. Although this is a relatively new cause of disease in dogs and nearly all dogs are susceptible to infection, about 80 percent of dogs will have a mild form of the disease.
Canine influenza virus can be spread by direct contact with infected dogs, by contact with contaminated objects and by people moving between infected and uninfected dogs. Dog owners whose dogs are coughing or showing other signs of respiratory disease should not participate in activities or bring their dogs to facilities where other dogs can be exposed to the virus.
Clothing, equipment, surfaces and hands should be cleaned and disinfected after exposure to dogs showing signs of respiratory disease.
Treatment for milder cases of dog flu may include medication to make your dog more comfortable and fluids to ensure that your dog remains well-hydrated. Broad spectrum antibiotics may be prescribed if a secondary bacterial infection is suspected.
What you can do to help protect your pet…
There is now a canine influenza vaccine available at Skyline for $20.99 and is effective for this flu season. It is especially recommended if your dog boards, gets groomed or visits any off-leash park with other dogs. Ask Dr. Speltz about it today at 763-574-9892!


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1 avocado
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1. Toast 2 slices of bread (or if you're a proactive girl like me, make it 4).
2. Peel avocado and remove its seed.
3. Slice avocado and tomato.
4. Layer avocado and tomato on toasted bread to create a scrumptious summer sandwich.
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There is still a lot of uncertainty over what will occur at the state level with regards to health care, said Monica Rodriguez, an attorney in the government affairs and public policy practice of Akerman Senterfitt in Tallahassee who represents cities such as Miami and hospitals such as Shands Healthcare. The biggest issues are the scheduled sunset in 2013 of the nearly $1 billion Low Income Pool, which compensates hospitals that treat many uninsured and Medicaid patients, and whether Florida will expand Medicaid.
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GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) -- The Green Bay Packers secondary didn't play well without Morgan Burnett in their season-opening loss to San Francisco.
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A futile attempt of collecting some random thoughts together about the myths and folklore prevalent in this subcontinent - famously known as Jambudweepa (Bharatvarsha) ... & also narrate some stories in my own fashion. I know that this effort is like the tiny squirrel's attempt in Ramayana while making the Setu to cross over to Lanka. I only hope that somewhere someday this will make a difference to people's lives and I will earn the white stripes as the squirrel did -- Shreekant Vijaykar
Friday, May 23, 2008
Chiranjeevi 2 - Hanuman
2. Hanuman – The son of Vayu (by this relationship, he is a brother of Bhima) and Anjani (thus also called Anjaneya). Supposedly born near Trimbakeshwara, near Nashik, Maharashtra. He is one of the most important personalities in the Indian epic, the Ramayana. He is devotion personified – he aids Lord Rama in rescuing Sita from Ravana of Lanka.
In some cases, Hanuman is considered to be an incarnation of Lord Shiva – and is called the "11th Rudra".
After the war with Ravana and return to Ayodhya, and after reigning for several years, the time arrived for Rama to depart to his heavenly abode. Many of Rama's entourage, including vanaras like Sugriva decided to depart with him. Shunning the heavens, Hanuman however, requested to remain on earth as long as Rama's name was venerated by people. Sita accorded Hanuman that desire, and granted a boon that his image would be installed at various public places, so he could listen to people chanting Rama's name. From then on, he has become a Chiranjeevi and dwells everywhere Ramayana is heard / sung (in Sanskrit).
Hanuman appears in Mahabharata in the famous story where he subdues his brother Bhima's arrogance and teaches him the value of humility. He also agrees to be on the flag of Arjuna's chariot and is one of the three people who have heard the Bhagvad Gita directly from Lord Krishna himself, the other two being Arjuna and Sanjaya.
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Apr, 15 2014
Ride Issue 199 hit the newsstands today; lots of goodness in there. Tom's ad from the Japanimal 2013 trip is the back cover, as well as the Hoder Philly wallride ad inside. The Kotulak, Reserve Hoodie, Logo t, and OG Snapback get some shine time in the Products section. Some Affiliates have coverage in there, like Jeff With Glasses and the LFS crew, the Nironanta brothers, and Ryan Howard. And Ralphy holds down the "Finish" page at the end. Go cop a print copy, or download it HERE.
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In the last two seasons, six has been the pits for the Indiana State football team.
But seven? It just might prove to be ISU's ticket to Football Championship Subdivision playoff heaven.
ISU earned its seventh win of the season with a definitive 45-14 victory over South Dakota on Saturday at Memorial Stadium. It was ISU's fifth consecutive victory, its best win streak since 1995.
In the previous two seasons, ISU had to sit and watch as its 6-5 mark wasn't deemed good enough to qualify for the FCS playoff field. Now at 7-2 on the season, the seven-win mark is significant hurdle the Sycamores have cleared to solidify their playoff hopes.
"I was here in '09 when we were 1-10. To get seven wins, not a lot of people believed we could get here. We're here. We'll never forget where we came from, but we always have our minds set on bigger goals. We don't want to stop. We don't want to be 7-4," ISU linebacker Jacolby Washington said.
Though ISU has six Division I wins at present (one of its seven wins was against Division II Quincy), ISU is ranked in the top 10 of the Gridiron Power Index, the football version of the RPI that's used as a guide to determine the FCS field.
Most important, ISU is in a good position to win the Missouri Valley Football Conference championship. Combined with Southern Illinois' loss at North Dakota State, ISU now has first place to itself in the MVFC by a half-game over NDSU and South Dakota State. The Sycamores, Bison and Jackrabbits are tied in the loss column.
Playoffs are a distinct possibility … not that anyone wants to spike that football just yet.
"Our work isn't done. We're taking it by steps. South Dakota was step one. We're proud to be where we're at. We should be 7-2. We feel we're better than 7-2. We're still going to play with a chip on our shoulder," said ISU running back Shakir Bell, who had 150 rushing yards, two rushing touchdowns and one receiving touchdown.
The Sycamores (7-2, 5-1) beat the Coyotes with perhaps their best start on both sides of the ball as they've had all season. ISU scored on their opening drive. Bell capped a 13-play, 77-yard drive with a two-yard touchdown run to make it 7-0.
Washington become the latest defensive player to cross over and help ISU out in its goal line offense as Bell's lead blocker on the touchdown.
"Blocking is cool with me. It reminded me of my old days in high school playing fullback. I wish I could get the ball," Washington said.
Quarterback Mike Perish was also in rhythm on the opening drive. All three of his completed passes for first down gains.
"Our whole offense played well on that drive. Shakir made some plays and is making people miss. He got us into some short third downs and that always helps," Perish said.
ISU's defense would tilt field position in the Sycamores' favor throughout the first half. USD had just three first downs in the first 30 minutes.
ISU took advantage as it had to march just 43 yards on its second series that was capped off by a 6-yard Perish-to-Michael Mardis touchdown connection to make it 14-0.
USD's inability to get out of the shadow of its own end zone haunted it again late in the first quarter. Stuck at the USD 14, Coyotes quarterback Josh Vander Maten overthrew his intended receiver. His errant pass fell into the waiting arms of ISU cornerback Johnny Towalid.
Towalid had an easy 25-yard path down USD's sideline into the end zone to put ISU up 21-0. It was Towalid's third interception return for a touchdown this season, a new single-season record.
"They ran double slants and I just happened to read the quarterback. It wasn't a good throw, it was high, it came right to me. I saw the end zone and went for it," Towalid said.
The Sycamores would continue to pour it on. Bell scored again – this time on a 3-yard plunge up the gut -- with 8:20 left in the first half to make it 28-0, an advantage ISU would maintain at halftime.
"We got out early on them. Our kids were sharp in what they were trying to execute," ISU coach Trent Miles said. "We were 8 of 13 on third conversions. That's a lot better than we've been and its been an area of concern for us."
USD (1-7, 0-5) scored on its first drive of the second half – via a 5-yard Jasper Sanders run to make it 28-7 – but ISU would not let the Coyotes get any hope.
A Tanner Fritschle field goal, a 25-yard Perish-to-Bell TD pass and another interception return for a touchdown – this time a 52-yarder by Donovan Layne ensured that USD would be on the wrong end of a rout.
"I take my hat off to [the ISU] coaching staff. Four years ago, this program was underwater and sinking. I remember talking to [Miles] on the phone. He was looking high and low for players. He's found them," USD coach Joe Glenn said.
Injury-wise, ISU safety Mark Sewall suffered a sprained knee. Miles was confident that Sewall's injury wasn't serious.
ISU plays its final regular season home game of the season next Saturday as rival Illinois State visits.


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ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS AVON 24-HOUR GROUP - meets 8 p.m. at Avon United Methodist Church, 6850 E. U.S. 36. For more information, call AA at 632-7864 or the church at 272-4068.
AVON MASTERS HENDRICKS SWIM ALLIANCE - open swimming 8 to 9:30 a.m. at Clarks Creek Natatorium. Pre-payment is required. Passes are available at the Plainfield Recreation Center. Call 839-7665 for more information.
TOX-AWAY DAY - hosted by the Hendricks County Solid Waste Management District 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Plainfield Middle School. Open to Hendricks County residents to bring household hazardous wastes, medical sharps, unwanted medicines, tires, appliances, computer components, and electronics to be recycled or for proper disposal. Regulations prohibit businesses from using the event. Call 858-6070 or visit the website HendricksSolidWaste.com for more information.
ARTS IN THE BARN BAZAAR - 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 5861 N. C.R. 375 E., Pittsboro. Includes vendors selling art like personalized ornaments, quilts, homemade gifts, purses, greeting cards, jewelry, and more. Admission is free.