The strangest thing about the Memphis Grizzlies' 98-86 win over the Detroit Pistons on Wednesday was the perfect sense it made.
Up until that result, fueled by a career-high-tying 38 points from a dominant Marc Gasol, little about the Grizzlies' season felt logical.
It started with a run of clutch wins that seemed unsustainable...until Memphis sustained them. Then there was Gasol's inexplicable development into a three-point sniper. Next came the 7-2 mark without Mike Conley (who'd been playing the best ball of his life before a back fracture). And then, oddest of all, three straight losses following Conley's early return.