Marreese Speights News

May 9, 2012; Memphis, TN, USA; Memphis Grizzlies center Marreese Speights shoots the ball over Los Angeles Clippers power forward Reggie Evans during the second half of game five in the Western Conference quarterfinals of the 2012 NBA Playoffs at FedEx Forum.

There are going to be some pretty important decisions to be made this summer, with the Grizzlies having four restricted free agents to go along with two unrestricted free agents .

May 9, 2012; Memphis, TN, USA; Memphis Grizzlies center Marreese Speights shoots the ball over Los Angeles Clippers power forward Reggie Evans during the second half of game five in the Western Conference quarterfinals of the 2012 NBA Playoffs at FedEx Forum.

Zach Randolph and the Memphis Grizzlies made it clear on Wednesday night that they won't go away quietly.

The Microscope is your recurring look at the NBA 's small-scale developments - the rotational curiosities, skill showcases, coaching decisions, notable performances and changes in approach that make the league go 'round. Thus far in this year's playoffs, the Memphis Grizzlies ' late-game offense has been a bit of a disaster.

Rudy Gay was not part of last year's team that had a remarkable postseason run, bulldozing the then top-seeded Spurs and forcing the young and mighty Thunder to the brink.

Last week, as Rick Carlisle discussed the very real dangers of "dirty" play, I pointed out a more subtle kind of "dirtiness" - the wily kind of rule-breaking veteran big men engage in all the time on the perimeter.

This is a tough one to recap. Sitting here now, I feel like there are several narratives that could be written for this game, all of which would cover different aspects of the game, different storylines, different ways in which the Grizzlies could have gotten a win, different ways in which things went wrong.

The Indiana Pacers' David West has his shot blocked by the Magic's Hedo Turkoglu during the second half on Saturday in Orlando.

The finally tally for the 2012 NBA Most Improved Player award is in , and while Ryan Anderson of the Orlando Magic took home the award, followed by Ersan Ilyasova and Nikola Pekovic , it was interesting to see two Grizzlies show up on the list of those who also received votes.

In his first start of the season, A.J. Burnett worked seven scoreless innings to beat St.

After a fast start, Grizzlies center Marc Gasol disappeared in the fourth quarter of Game 1. For the Griz to succeed in tonight's Game 2 with the Los Angeles Clippers, that can't happen.

You can pretty much flip a coin on this one as this is about the only first round series that could realistically go either way.