The Memphis Grizzlies (32-16) gutted out a tremendous victory versus the visiting Houston Rockets on Thursday, 120-119, sparing the NBA a ton of unwanted publicity. Before the Grizz officially gained a game on the second-place squad in the West,

Instead of a Chris Webber situation with trying to call a timeout that they didn’t have, the Memphis Grizzlies were instead granted a timeout that they didn’t want. Memphis’ game against the Houston Rockets on Thursday ended in big controversy when the referees mistakenly blew the whistle for a timeout that was never actually called.