Watch Marc Gasol make a young Grizzlies fan extraordinarily happy
I missed this in the avalanche of stuff happening during Wednesday’s 13-game slate, but I’m highlighting it now, because it’s never too late to share something awesome:
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After the Memphis Grizzlies finished off their 110-74 pasting of the New Orleans Pelicans at FedEx Forum on Wednesday, center Marc Gasol took the opportunity to make one young Grizzlies fan’s night, sharing a post-game chat and high five. If that thrilled young man looks familiar to you, it’s probably because you remember him sharing a similar interaction with Gasol’s frontcourt partner, Zach Randolph, early last season, with Z-Bo literally giving the young fan the shirt off his back.
Stuff like this makes it easy to understand why Memphis loves Gasol enough to throw up two-story murals of his likeness:
Watching the sheer joy the young man felt at having gotten to hang with Big Spain provided a pretty perfect capper to a night where the Grizzlies — who have struggled with consistency in recent weeks, going 14-11 since the All-Star break with some bad losses to good opposition — had everything going en route to one of their most impressive wins of the season.
“The effort was there, the communication, the ball sharing,” said Gasol, who finished with 15 points, eight rebounds, six assists and two blocks in the win, according to Michael Cohen of the Memphis Commercial Appeal. “We did a good job. That’s how it’s supposed to be.”
And what happened after the final buzzer? That’s how it’s supposed to be, too.
Video via Pasión Por El Baloncesto. Hat-tip to Spencer Lund at Dime.
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