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Now that we've put a cap on last season, time to look ahead to the summer, where the Grizzlies have one big decision to make.

Will O.J. Mayo's future still involve Beale Street Blue? Long green, and the limitations of the NBA salary cap may make it questionable.

The Memphis Grizzlies ' season came to a sudden end on Sunday as the Grizzlies ran out of steam in their Game 7 loss, falling to the Los Angeles Clippers , 82-72. Rudy Gay and the Grizzlies looked terrific as they rallied from a 3-1 deficit, but the Clippers looked in Game 7 like they stole the grit and grind that had characterized the Grizzlies.

The Grizzlies left Los Angeles with a Game 6 victory, defeating the Clippers 90-88 to force a Game 7 on Sunday.

The Memphis Grizzlies enter Game 6 against the Los Angeles Clippers in a must-win situation.

Marc Gasol scored 23 points and Zach Randolph added 19 as the Memphis Grizzlies avoided elimination by beating the Los Angeles Clippers 92-80 on Wednesday night, forcing a Game 6 in the Western Conference first-round series.

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.

The Memphis Grizzlies are trailing the Los Angeles Clippers two games to one in the first-round series.

Tony Allen, the heart-and-soul of the Grizzlies grit and grind, has barely seen the court when it gets down to grind time in the fourth quarter.

Krista Frasz P: 250.470.0761 M: 250.869.7921 F: 250.762.0258 E: krista.frasz@ok.bc.ca O.J. Mayo scores 10 of his 20 points in 4th, Grizzlies beat Clippers 105-98 to even series 1-1 Los Angeles Clippers' Eric Bledsoe, center, goes to the basket between Memphis Grizzlies' Quincy Pondexter, left, and Marreese Speights, right, during the first half of ... (more)

Zach Randolph will be back in the starting lineup when the Grizzlies take on the Los Angeles Clippers in the first round of the NBA playoffs.