Clippers 101-97 Grizzlies (8 May, 2012) Play-by-Play

Memphis Grizzlies

41-25, 15-18 away

	1	2	3	4	OT	T
MEM	26	19	19	23	10	97
LAC	32	19	18	18	14	101

LA Clippers

40-26, 24-9 home

101

Caron Butler misses 23-foot three point jumper
Randy Foye misses 28-foot three point jumper
Caron Butler makes jumper (Blake Griffin assists)
Caron Butler misses driving layup
Caron Butler makes dunk (Chris Paul assists)
Caron Butler makes layup (Blake Griffin assists)
Blake Griffin misses 5-foot jumper
Blake Griffin makes 6-foot two point shot (Chris Paul assists)
Blake Griffin makes two point shot (Chris Paul assists)
Chris Paul makes 26-foot three point jumper
Caron Butler makes 26-foot three point jumper (Chris Paul assists)
DeAndre Jordan makes two point shot (Chris Paul assists)
Marc Gasol blocks Randy Foye's two point shot
Randy Foye makes three point jumper (Blake Griffin assists)
DeAndre Jordan makes slam dunk (Mo Williams assists)
Nick Young misses 26-foot three point jumper
Chris Paul makes 16-foot two point shot
Chris Paul misses 26-foot three point jumper
Mo Williams misses 26-foot three point jumper
Chris Paul makes driving layup
Nick Young misses 20-foot jumper
Kenyon Martin misses 13-foot jumper
Mo Williams misses 33-foot three point jumper
Mo Williams makes 9-foot jumper
Reggie Evans misses layup
Nick Young misses 25-foot three point jumper
Blake Griffin misses layup
Blake Griffin makes layup
Blake Griffin makes two point shot (Mo Williams assists)
Blake Griffin makes layup (Mo Williams assists)
Blake Griffin makes layup
Chris Paul misses 8-foot jumper
Chris Paul misses layup
Randy Foye misses three point jumper
Chris Paul misses 16-foot jumper
Chris Paul misses 26-foot three point jumper
Blake Griffin makes 6-foot two point shot
DeAndre Jordan misses dunk
Marc Gasol blocks Caron Butler's 3-foot jumper
Chris Paul misses 17-foot jumper
Chris Paul makes jumper (Blake Griffin assists)
Randy Foye misses 27-foot three point jumper
Blake Griffin misses tip shot
Chris Paul makes 11-foot two point shot
DeAndre Jordan makes layup (Chris Paul assists)
DeAndre Jordan misses two point shot
Blake Griffin makes dunk (Chris Paul assists)
Caron Butler misses 20-foot jumper
Chris Paul misses 9-foot two point shot
Caron Butler makes 16-foot two point shot
Chris Paul misses 18-foot jumper
Caron Butler misses 20-foot jumper
Kenyon Martin makes 5-foot two point shot
Chris Paul misses 15-foot two point shot
Hamed Haddadi blocks Mo Williams's 5-foot jumper
Kenyon Martin misses 9-foot two point shot
Blake Griffin misses 6-foot hook shot
Mo Williams makes 16-foot jumper (Blake Griffin assists)
Blake Griffin makes driving dunk (Mo Williams assists)
Mo Williams misses 21-foot jumper
Nick Young makes 28-foot three point jumper (Blake Griffin assists)
Mo Williams makes 26-foot three point jumper (Blake Griffin assists)
Chris Paul misses 19-foot two point shot
Mo Williams misses 16-foot jumper
Marc Gasol blocks Chris Paul's 4-foot jumper
Blake Griffin misses layup
Mo Williams misses 49-foot three point jumper
Chris Paul makes driving layup
Chris Paul makes 18-foot jumper
Chris Paul makes 19-foot jumper
Mo Williams misses layup
Chris Paul misses 19-foot two point shot
Blake Griffin makes layup
Kenyon Martin misses layup
Chris Paul makes 15-foot two point shot
Chris Paul makes 16-foot jumper
Zach Randolph makes layup (Mike Conley assists)
Tony Allen makes driving layup (Mike Conley assists)
Tony Allen misses layup
Rudy Gay misses 20-foot jumper
Mike Conley makes driving layup
Marc Gasol misses 17-foot jumper
Zach Randolph makes layup
Rudy Gay makes driving layup (Mike Conley assists)
Tony Allen makes 18-foot jumper (Rudy Gay assists)
Zach Randolph misses 20-foot jumper
DeAndre Jordan blocks Rudy Gay's 6-foot jumper
Rudy Gay misses 25-foot three point jumper
DeAndre Jordan blocks Mike Conley's layup
Zach Randolph misses tip shot
Mike Conley makes 26-foot three point jumper (Marc Gasol assists)
Rudy Gay makes 27-foot three point jumper (Mike Conley assists)
DeAndre Jordan blocks Rudy Gay's layup
Rudy Gay misses 26-foot three point jumper
O.J. Mayo makes 26-foot three point jumper (Rudy Gay assists)
Dante Cunningham misses 21-foot jumper
O.J. Mayo misses two point shot
O.J. Mayo misses 13-foot two point shot
Zach Randolph misses 14-foot jumper
Marreese Speights makes layup
Quincy Pondexter misses 16-foot jumper
Marreese Speights makes 1-foot hook shot
Mike Conley makes layup (Zach Randolph assists)
Mike Conley makes driving layup
Rudy Gay misses 26-foot three point jumper
Eric Bledsoe blocks Marreese Speights's layup
Zach Randolph makes layup (Marc Gasol assists)
Tony Allen makes layup (Rudy Gay assists)
Marreese Speights misses jumper
Tony Allen misses 26-foot three point jumper
Rudy Gay misses 9-foot two point shot
Marreese Speights makes layup (Mike Conley assists)
Kenyon Martin blocks Marc Gasol's layup
Zach Randolph misses 22-foot jumper
Rudy Gay misses 19-foot jumper
Zach Randolph makes layup
Mike Conley makes 19-foot jumper
Zach Randolph misses layup
Tony Allen misses 4-foot jumper
Rudy Gay misses 11-foot jumper
Zach Randolph misses layup
Marreese Speights makes 15-foot jumper
Mike Conley makes layup
Rudy Gay misses two point shot
Marreese Speights misses 11-foot jumper
Rudy Gay makes 8-foot two point shot
Rudy Gay misses 9-foot jumper
Hamed Haddadi makes tip shot
Dante Cunningham makes driving layup (O.J. Mayo assists)
O.J. Mayo misses 27-foot three point jumper
Mike Conley makes jumper
Rudy Gay misses 16-foot jumper
Kenyon Martin blocks Dante Cunningham's 3-foot jumper
Rudy Gay misses 24-foot three point jumper
Kenyon Martin blocks Rudy Gay's jumper
Dante Cunningham makes 8-foot running jumper (Mike Conley assists)
Mike Conley misses layup
Rudy Gay makes two point shot
Nick Young blocks Rudy Gay's 6-foot jumper
Rudy Gay misses 18-foot jumper
O.J. Mayo misses 26-foot three point jumper
O.J. Mayo misses 27-foot three point jumper
Quincy Pondexter makes layup
Mike Conley misses 7-foot jumper
Dante Cunningham misses 20-foot jumper
Rudy Gay makes 8-foot two point shot (Mike Conley assists)
Rudy Gay makes 19-foot jumper (Tony Allen assists)
Mike Conley makes 25-foot three point jumper
Mike Conley misses 20-foot jumper
Tony Allen misses layup
Zach Randolph makes 21-foot jumper (Mike Conley assists)
Rudy Gay makes two point shot
Marc Gasol misses two point shot
Mike Conley misses 5-foot jumper
Mike Conley makes 13-foot two point shot
Rudy Gay makes 5-foot running jumper
Marc Gasol makes dunk (O.J. Mayo assists)
Mike Conley makes driving layup (Rudy Gay assists)
Rudy Gay misses 26-foot three point jumper

GRIZZLIES

CLIPPERS

TIME		MEM	LAC
12:00	Start of the 1st Quarter	0	0
12:00	Jumpball: Marc Gasol vs. DeAndre Jordan (Zach Randolph gains possession)	0	0
11:44	Blake Griffin personal foul (Marc Gasol draws the foul)	0	0
11:33	Zach Randolph makes layup (Mike Conley assists)	2	0
11:17	Zach Randolph personal foul (Blake Griffin draws the foul)	2	0
11:04	Caron Butler misses 23-foot three point jumper	2	0
11:03	Marc Gasol defensive rebound	2	0
10:56	Tony Allen makes driving layup (Mike Conley assists)	4	0
10:38	Randy Foye misses 28-foot three point jumper	4	0
10:37	Zach Randolph defensive rebound	4	0
10:30	Tony Allen misses layup	4	0
10:30	Memphis offensive team rebound	4	0
10:25	Randy Foye personal foul (Marc Gasol draws the foul)	4	0
10:18	Rudy Gay misses 20-foot jumper	4	0
10:17	DeAndre Jordan defensive rebound	4	0
10:00	Caron Butler traveling	4	0
9:42	Rudy Gay bad pass	4	0
9:32	Blake Griffin step out of bounds turnover	4	0
9:18	Mike Conley makes driving layup	6	0
9:03	Caron Butler makes jumper (Blake Griffin assists)	6	2
8:44	Marc Gasol misses 17-foot jumper	6	2
8:42	Zach Randolph offensive rebound	6	2
8:41	Zach Randolph makes layup	8	2
8:29	Caron Butler misses driving layup	8	2
8:27	Zach Randolph defensive rebound	8	2
8:22	Rudy Gay makes driving layup (Mike Conley assists)	10	2
8:17	Los Angeles full timeout	10	2
8:02	Tony Allen shooting foul (Caron Butler draws the foul)	10	2
8:02	Caron Butler makes free throw 1 of 2	10	3
8:02	Caron Butler makes free throw 2 of 2	10	4
7:50	Tony Allen makes 18-foot jumper (Rudy Gay assists)	12	4
7:37	Caron Butler makes dunk (Chris Paul assists)	12	6
7:13	Zach Randolph misses 20-foot jumper	12	6
7:13	Marc Gasol offensive rebound	12	6
7:07	DeAndre Jordan blocks Rudy Gay's 6-foot jumper	12	6
7:05	Randy Foye defensive rebound	12	6
7:00	Caron Butler makes layup (Blake Griffin assists)	12	8
6:37	Rudy Gay misses 25-foot three point jumper	12	8
6:37	Zach Randolph offensive rebound	12	8
6:33	Zach Randolph bad pass	12	8
6:18	Blake Griffin misses 5-foot jumper	12	8
6:16	Mike Conley defensive rebound	12	8
6:09	DeAndre Jordan blocks Mike Conley's layup	12	8
6:07	Zach Randolph offensive rebound	12	8
6:07	Zach Randolph misses tip shot	12	8
6:03	Randy Foye defensive rebound	12	8
6:03	Rudy Gay shooting foul (Blake Griffin draws the foul)	12	8
6:03	Blake Griffin makes free throw 1 of 2	12	9
6:03	Blake Griffin makes free throw 2 of 2	12	10
5:52	Marc Gasol bad pass	12	10
5:45	Blake Griffin makes 6-foot two point shot (Chris Paul assists)	12	12
5:33	DeAndre Jordan shooting foul (Marc Gasol draws the foul)	12	12
5:33	Marc Gasol makes free throw 1 of 2	13	12
5:33	Marc Gasol makes free throw 2 of 2	14	12
5:22	Blake Griffin makes two point shot (Chris Paul assists)	14	14
4:56	Mike Conley makes 26-foot three point jumper (Marc Gasol assists)	17	14
4:31	Chris Paul makes 26-foot three point jumper	17	17
4:16	Rudy Gay makes 27-foot three point jumper (Mike Conley assists)	20	17
4:01	Caron Butler makes 26-foot three point jumper (Chris Paul assists)	20	20
3:45	DeAndre Jordan blocks Rudy Gay's layup	20	20
3:44	Chris Paul defensive rebound	20	20
3:41	DeAndre Jordan makes two point shot (Chris Paul assists)	20	22
3:39	Rudy Gay technical foul (1st technical foul)	20	22
3:39	Chris Paul makes technical free throw	20	23
3:39	O.J. Mayo enters the game for Mike Conley	20	23
3:26	Rudy Gay misses 26-foot three point jumper	20	23
3:24	Chris Paul defensive rebound	20	23
3:17	Marc Gasol blocks Randy Foye's two point shot	20	23
3:14	Rudy Gay defensive rebound	20	23
3:05	O.J. Mayo makes 26-foot three point jumper (Rudy Gay assists)	23	23
2:47	Randy Foye makes three point jumper (Blake Griffin assists)	23	26
2:32	O.J. Mayo bad pass (DeAndre Jordan steals)	23	26
2:24	Blake Griffin offensive charge (Marc Gasol draws the foul)	23	26
2:24	Blake Griffin turnover	23	26
2:24	Memphis full timeout	23	26
2:24	Mo Williams enters the game for Randy Foye	23	26
2:24	Kenyon Martin enters the game for Blake Griffin	23	26
2:15	Marc Gasol offensive foul (Chris Paul draws the foul)	23	26
2:15	Marc Gasol turnover	23	26
1:59	DeAndre Jordan makes slam dunk (Mo Williams assists)	23	28
1:45	Kenyon Martin shooting foul (O.J. Mayo draws the foul)	23	28
1:45	O.J. Mayo makes free throw 1 of 2	24	28
1:45	Nick Young enters the game for Caron Butler	24	28
1:45	Dante Cunningham enters the game for Zach Randolph	24	28
1:45	O.J. Mayo makes free throw 2 of 2	25	28
1:20	Nick Young misses 26-foot three point jumper	25	28
1:20	Los Angeles offensive team rebound	25	28
1:20	shot clock turnover	25	28
1:20	Reggie Evans enters the game for DeAndre Jordan	25	28
1:01	Dante Cunningham misses 21-foot jumper	25	28
1:00	Reggie Evans defensive rebound	25	28
51.8	Chris Paul makes 16-foot two point shot	25	30
40.8	Dante Cunningham bad pass (Reggie Evans steals)	25	30
37.8	Tony Allen personal foul (Chris Paul draws the foul)	25	30
37.8	Gilbert Arenas enters the game for Tony Allen	25	30
28.9	Chris Paul misses 26-foot three point jumper	25	30
27.5	Rudy Gay defensive rebound	25	30
9.6	O.J. Mayo misses two point shot	25	30
9.6	Memphis offensive team rebound	25	30
9.6	Reggie Evans loose ball foul (Marc Gasol draws the foul)	25	30
9.6	Marc Gasol misses free throw 1 of 2	25	30
9.6	Memphis offensive team rebound	25	30
9.6	Quincy Pondexter enters the game for Rudy Gay	25	30
9.6	Randy Foye enters the game for Reggie Evans	25	30
9.6	Marc Gasol makes free throw 2 of 2	26	30
4.7	O.J. Mayo personal foul (Chris Paul draws the foul)	26	30
4.7	Chris Paul makes free throw 1 of 2	26	31
4.7	Reggie Evans enters the game for Randy Foye	26	31
4.7	Chris Paul makes free throw 2 of 2	26	32
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	26	32

Clippers
99
Grizzlies
98

Game 1

30/4

Clippers
98
Grizzlies
105

Game 2

3/5

Grizzlies
86
Clippers
87

Game 3

5/5

Grizzlies
97
Clippers
101

Game 4

8/5

Clippers
80
Grizzlies
92

Game 5

10/5

Grizzlies
90
Clippers
88

Game 6

12/5

Clippers
82
Grizzlies
72

Game 7

13/5

crypto.com Arena

3:30 AM, 8 May 2012

Los Angeles, CA

Attendance: 19,167

Referees:
James Capers
Mike Callahan
Scott Wall

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Dallas	50	32	.610	-	L2
New Orleans	49	33	.598	1	L1
Houston	41	41	.500	9	W2
Memphis	27	55	.329	23	L5
San Antonio	22	60	.268	28	W2

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
LA Clippers	51	31	.622	-	L3
Phoenix	49	33	.598	2	W3
LA Lakers	47	35	.573	4	W2
Sacramento	46	36	.561	5	W1
Golden State	46	36	.561	5	W1

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