Sooner or later, the Memphis Grizzlies will have to be taken seriously. Tuesday night's win over the Portland Trail Blazers was their fourth straight and moves the team to 17-16.
A debatable late foul call on Brandon Roy left injury-hit Portland fuming but the Grizzlies kept their cool and used a 13-1 run to win the contest 109-105.
The Western Conference is hugely competitive this year with Utah and New Orleans both adrift of the playoff spots despite boasting talents like Deron Williams and Chris Paul. But Memphis are not about to give up hope.
OJ Mayo and Zach Randolph both poured in 27 points while Rudy Gay and Marc Gasol had 18 apiece to give the Grizzlies a perfectly balanced attack.
Roy led the Blazers with 27 of his own but the home side ran out of steam down the stretch as their injury crisis, which forced coach Nate McMillan into a seven-man rotation, caught up with them.
Take nothing away from Memphis, though. They are on a fine run and will believe that they have the weapons to mount an assault on the playoff places.
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