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Overachievement woven into the Grizzlies' fabric

Sports Illustrated's Matt Dollinger and Ben Golliver discuss the Golden State Warriors hiccup against the Los Angeles Lakers and the LeBron James's unique use of social media.

When a painful right-foot fracture ended Marc Gasol’s season, the Memphis Grizzlies had no choice but to drift off-center. The league is short on plug-and-play reserves who could match Gasol’s wide array of skills. Memphis, to complicate matters, was short on plug-and-play reserves who could even step in to fill minutes at all; Zach Randolph started at the five in the Grizzlies’ first game after the fact virtually by default. The only other listed center on the roster was 10-day contract signee Ryan Hollins and moving Randolph from the four to the five only created a new void at power forward.