The final minute ticked away and Marc Gasol got the ball and Lionel Hollins signaled for him to do nothing at all.

Gasol obliged. No question, it was the sporting thing to do. But it seemed like the sensible thing, too.

Why move another muscle if you don’t have to? Especially during this year of years.

“I’m really exhausted, mentally and physically,” said Hollins.

“Honestly, I did not want to wake up this morning,” said Rudy Gay. “I did not.”

via Geoff Calkins of The Memphis Commercial Appeal