Tony Allen News

The Memphis Grizzlies will likely be contenders to reach the NBA Finals next season.

Memphis Grizzlies guard Tony Allen was named to the 2011-12 NBA All-Defensive First Team, the league announced today.

Congratulations to Tony Allen , who received a well-deserved honor today by making the 2012 NBA All-Defensive first team, along with LeBron James , Dwight Howard , Chris Paul , and, seriously, Serge Ibaka .

Really not much else to talk about other than Paul, because it doesn't matter what the rest of the team does.

He missed two buzzer beaters and had a horrible shooting game when he took more shots than he should have.

The season is over, the Memphis Grizzlies are off "golfing" somewhere, as the story goes, and we're now left to let the summer drag out with plenty of rationalization, reason and, more importantly, speculation.

The Memphis Grizzlies have learned a very hard lesson about the postseason. Putting together a magical run deep into the playoffs isn't as easy as they made it look a year ago.

The Grizzlies try to stay alive tonight in Los Angeles, with Game 6 set to begin at 8 p.m. First and Last Take on the Booing Incident: With barely enough time to cover what's happening on the court, I've been reluctant to wade into the sideshow 'controversy' over Grizzlies fans booing when Blake Griffin went down late in the third quarter.

The roar that went through FedExForum when Zach Randolph walked to the bench late in the first quarter was one of relief as much as excitement.

Griz guard Mike Conley works around Clippers' forward Blake Griffin. Memphis dominated the paint early on the way to the Game 5 win.

Grizzlies fans celebrate another night in The Grindhouse during the opening playoff game with the Clippers on April 29.

Battling the Grizzlies' rugged front line, Blake Griffin had 30 points and seven assists in the Clippers' victory in Game 4. With about 5:40 left and the Clippers leading the Grizzlies by seven points in Game 4 on Monday, Memphis forwards Rudy Gay and Zach Randolph ran a pick-and-roll on the right side of the floor.

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Not the Lob City, high-flying, highlight-reel dunking. He likes seeing that from the second-year, two-time All-Star. Griffin drew a loose ball foul on Grizzlies center Marc Gasol , who had to go to the bench with his fourth foul at 6:37 of the third quarter with his team trailing 57-51. Griffin, who was barely touched, fell over as if he had been ... (more)

Grizzlies Rudy Gay, Zach Randolph, Mike Conley, Marc Gasol and Quincy Pondexter take a moment to talk things over during Saturday's 87-86 loss to the Clippers in Game 3. Despite their communication, the Griz have had trouble making plays late in games in the best-of-seven series.

The key to winning the series won't come down to whether the Grizzlies can stop the Clippers' two All-Stars, point guard Chris Paul and power forward Blake Griffin.

Wednesday's win against the Clippers was huge for the Grizzlies , who redeemed themselves in front of their fans by playing hard a full four quarters.

Grizzlies guard Tony Allen "adds so much to the chemistry of this team. When he's here, everybody has more pep to his step," says teammate Mike Conley.

O.J. Mayo felt so responsible for how Memphis blew a 27-point lead in the series opener with the Clippers that he had barely slept since that loss.

The best NBA column of the week belongs to grouchy TJ Simers, who took a blowtorch to the poor city of Memphis this week.