The last game of a season is like the last chapter of a book. You need it, even if it’s not very good and you already know how things turn out.

So on Wednesday, April 11, with the Grizzlies playing their final game of this wretched season at Oklahoma City and Pete Pranica and Brevin Knight on the call via Fox Sports Southeast, I tuned in.

2. The Press Box: Credit Coach Fizdale with an Assist on Greater Gasol - Friday, February 3, 2017

For the third time in his career, Grizzlies center Marc Gasol is an NBA All-Star. For the first time in his career, he is truly acting the part. For the first time in his career, he has a head coach who is insisting on it.

3. Grizz Decline $9.4M Option On Lance Stephenson - Saturday, July 2, 2016

As expected, the Memphis Grizzlies have declined guard Lance Stephenson’s $9.4 million for the 2016-17 season, according to The Vertical. But Stephenson still could return to the team on a restructured deal.

4. Grizzlies Like Draft Results, But Still Need Conley to Run the Show - Friday, July 1, 2016

Not a lot of films have their world premieres in Memphis. But if it is summer and the Grizzlies have a crucial player becoming a free agent, then it’s time for a Craig Brewer short film.

5. Grizz Decline $9.4M Option On Lance Stephenson - Wednesday, June 29, 2016

As expected, the Memphis Grizzlies have declined guard Lance Stephenson’s $9.4 million for the 2016-17 season, according to The Vertical. But Stephenson still could return to the team on a restructured deal.

6. Joerger Lands in Sacramento; Grizzlies Casting for Replacement - Friday, May 13, 2016

Future conversation in Sacramento between new coach Dave Joerger and franchise player DeMarcus “Boogie” Cousins:

Joerger: “DeMarcus, do you get what we’re doing here, do you know what you’re doing on this play?”

7. Roster Remix? Grizzlies May Finally Shake Things Up - Friday, April 29, 2016

As amazing as it was that the Memphis Grizzlies set an NBA record by using 28 players this past season, it’s almost more unbelievable that they had to sign eight different players to 11 separate 10-day contracts.

8. Gasol on the Mend, Stephenson Looking For Home - Thursday, April 28, 2016

Struggling to get over the way the Grizzlies’ season ended – in a wave of injuries and 10-day contracts before the San Antonio Spurs hit them with that first-round broom?

Worried Mike Conley might leave as a free agent?

9. Grizzlies' Season Ends with Heart and Tears - Monday, April 25, 2016

Game 4 of this miserable first-round playoff sweep at the hands of the San Antonio Spurs was almost done. Only a few minutes of garbage time remained.

And the question from Dave Joerger to veterans Matt Barnes and Vince Carter was a simple one: Do you want to stay out there, to keep playing, and to end this thing with your boots on?

10. Grizzlies Hope to Grind Out a Playoff Win at Home - Thursday, April 21, 2016

April 22, 2004. The Memphis Grizzlies’ first home playoff game in franchise history at The Pointed House now known as Bass Pro Shops.

Hubie Brown was the Grizzlies coach then, and the NBA’s Coach of the Year for overseeing a 50-win season. The Gasol on the team was Pau and Bonzi Wells was the more controlled forerunner to Lance “Born Ready” Stephenson.

11. Memphis Takes Pounding in Opener With Spurs - Tuesday, April 19, 2016

The Memphis Grizzlies were not alone in their unmitigated defeat. The NBA Playoffs started this past weekend and while descriptions of what happened to the Grizzlies within the shadow of the Alamo in San Antonio were colorful – “a 106-74 bludgeoning by the San Antonio Spurs” read one account at NBA.com – this was hardly an isolated incident.

12. Grizzlies End 6-Game Skid With Home Win Over Bulls - Wednesday, April 6, 2016

If it had been a football game, you could have called it the Desperation Bowl. The Chicago Bulls and Memphis Grizzlies each badly needed a victory.

Behind 27 points and 10 rebounds from power forward Zach Randolph, the Grizzlies got one and snapped their six-game losing streak by defeating the Bulls 108-92 Tuesday, April 5, at FedExForum.

13. For Hobbled Grizzlies, Wins Now Precious As Gemstones - Friday, April 1, 2016

Red diamonds, a 14th century Ming vase, William Shakespeare’s signature and, of course, the unfiltered Gregg Popovich compliment. Yes, these are among the rarest things on planet earth.

So it was notable when the San Antonio coach directed praise the Grizzlies’ way after the Spurs had defeated them by just six points within the shadow of The Alamo, and before a more thorough 101-87 beating at FedExForum a few nights later.

14. Grizzlies Have No Answers for Machine That Is The Spurs - Tuesday, March 29, 2016

To find 31 point and 13 rebounds in the Grizzlies’ locker room, you would have had to gather two or three players together. But in the locker room of the San Antonio Spurs, all those points and rebounds were in one place, in the person of forward LaMarcus Aldridge after the Spurs had defeated the Grizzlies 101-87 on Monday, March 28 at FedExForum.

15. Born Ready? Grizz Players, Brass Given No Choice - Friday, March 25, 2016

This is not a Grizzlies season to remember. It is a Grizzlies season impossible to forget.

For fans.

For Chris Wallace, who is living the life of “GM, The Bargain Hunter.”

16. Randolph gets first triple-double in a stunning win over Clippers - Monday, March 21, 2016

Mike Conley and his sore Achilles were in street clothes on the bench. Zach Randolph, after missing seven straight games with a sore knee, was back in uniform and playing. And playing so well that late in the fourth quarter of the Grizzlies 113-102 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers on Saturday, March 19 at FedExForum, Conley had a secret to share.

17. Sports Notebook: Memphis, UT Vols Shut out of NCAA Tourney; Grizz Keep Grinding; Waino Bullish on Cards - Monday, March 14, 2016

The University of Memphis won two American Athletic Conference Tournament games but lost to Connecticut for a third time this season in Sunday’s title game. The Tigers were close enough to the Big Dance to hear the music and smell the punch, but nowhere close to getting an at-large invitation.

18. Stephenson Leads Grizzlies to 121-114 OT Win Over Pelicans - Saturday, March 12, 2016

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) – Lance Stephenson scored a career-high 33 points, Matt Barnes recorded a triple-double with 26 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists, and the Memphis Grizzlies defeated the New Orleans Pelicans 121-114 in overtime Friday night.

19. Grizz in Full-On Survival Mode Now - Friday, March 11, 2016

Starting point guard Mike Conley remains out with a sore foot. His backup, Mario Chalmers, may have ruptured his Achilles. Chalmers left the locker room in Boston on Wednesday night, March 9, in a wheelchair. In context, perhaps so did the rest of the Grizzlies’ season.

20. Allen Leads Depleted Grizzlies Past Cleveland - Wednesday, March 9, 2016

So what’s the real explanation for the Grizzlies’ stunning 106-103 victory over LeBron James and the defending Eastern Conference champion Cleveland Cavaliers? You know, given that they played without (long list here): Marc Gasol, Mike Conley, Zach Randolph, Matt Barnes, Brandan Wright and Chris Andersen?

21. Grit and Grind in Cleveland: With 26 Points from Tony Allen, Undermanned Grizz Beat Cavs 106-103 - Tuesday, March 8, 2016

So what’s the real explanation for the Grizzlies’ stunning 106-103 victory over LeBron James and the defending Eastern Conference champion Cleveland Cavaliers? You know, given that they played without (long list here): Marc Gasol, Mike Conley, Zach Randolph, Matt Barnes, Brandan Wright and Chris Andersen?

22. Still Tough to Play, Grizzlies Blending Old And New Ways to Keep Winning - Friday, March 4, 2016

Coach George Karl’s Denver teams used to battle against this incarnation of the Memphis Grizzlies. Now, his Sacramento Kings come into FedExForum and engage in elbow-to-elbow and push-and-pull hardwood combat with the edited version of this era’s Grizzlies.

23. Still Kobe, or a Reasonable Facsimile Thereof - Friday, February 26, 2016

Long before tip-off of Kobe Bryant’s last game in Memphis, Janice Brown was outfitted in her purple No. 24 Lakers jersey, Lakers cap, and holding a Kobe Fathead.

24. Post-Gasol: Grizz Doing What They Have To Do, How They Have To Do It - Friday, February 26, 2016

Marc Gasol has said it. Zach Randolph has said it. Tony Allen has said it ad nauseam.

“We hang our hats on the defensive end.”

25. Last Word: The Trade, Hardaway-Todd Grudge Match and Tomato Aspic - Friday, February 19, 2016

Jeff Green leaves the Grizzlies for the Clippers and Lance Stephenson leaves the Clippers for the Grizzlies.
That was the trade at the NBA’s Thursday afternoon deadline that caused much of Thursday’s deadline buzz as well as lots of social media reaction.
Some of the reaction was tempered by the other part, a protected lottery pick for the Grizz as well.

26. AP Sources: Clippers Trade Stephenson to Memphis for Green - Friday, February 19, 2016

The Memphis Grizzlies traded forward Jeff Green to the Los Angeles Clippers on Thursday in exchange for guard Lance Stephenson and a future protected first-round draft pick.

The deal confirmed by the Clippers hours after the NBA trade deadline passed reunites Green with Doc Rivers, who coached him in Boston from 2011-13.

27. For Grizz the Time Is Now and Later - Friday, February 19, 2016

Trades happen. “It’s part of the league,” said point guard Mike Conley. Major injuries happen, too. “Very difficult,” coach Dave Joerger said.

28. Grizzlies Double-Down on ‘Nasty’ With Addition of Once-Heartless Matt Barnes - Friday, July 31, 2015

Here's the Matt Barnes resume ...

• Kicked a water bottle and cussed at a fan during an L.A. Clippers game at the Washington Wizards and fined $25,000 by the NBA.

• Fined $25,000 by the league for profane language directed at Phoenix Suns owner Robert Sarver.

29. Archived Article: Real - Tuesday, February 8, 2005
Memphis Home Prices Shouldnt Decrease

Memphis Home Prices Continue Steady Trend

LANCE ALLAN

The Daily News

Home prices are skyrocketing. Several markets from Toronto to Florida and Southern California to Maine have seen dramatic increase...