Since Mario Chalmers scored ten of his sixteen points in the fourth quarter, it’s not only fair, but it’s APPROPRIATE to say that he won the game for them. That the Grizzlies needed somebody to individually step up in order to beat the Hawks is another story, but for now we can just be happy that Chubby-Mode Chalmers was sort of good for at least one quarter of this game.
One thing I noted in the box-score is that Chalmers only got one assist in this game. In normal circumstances, that would be an indictment of his passing ability, but these aren’t normal circumstances. Have you seen the poo-poo platter that is the Grizzlies roster? Who is he going to pass it to? Ben McLemore? LOL (lots of laughs [actually Rio’s one assist in this game was to McLemore so it’s not that many laughs]).
Back to the chubbiness thing. Are the Grizzlies the franchise where players go to be fat? Chalmers is there and looking a little beefier than usual. Parsons has obviously been hitting the Doritos hard. Gasol has been fat for a while but now that he’s given up on the team it’s just getting worse. JaMychal Green and Jarell Martin have never been the most shredded dudes in terms of body aesthetics. Somebody get Marcus Thornton on this team.