The Grizzlies trailed by 12 points early in the fourth quarter before tying the game 89-all on a three-point play by Darrell Arthur, who was in because Zach Randolph was on the bench with five fouls for the second straight game.
The just-completed interleague series between the Yankees and Reds in Cincinnati probably had some people reflecting on the 1976 World Series, when the Bombers were swept out in four straight by the Big Red Machine of Pete Rose, Joe Morgan and Johnny Bench.
He was taken off in the quarter-final win over England and made a point of going straight to the dressing room, rather than watching the rest of the game from the bench.