The Portland Trail Blazers were seriously outplayed by the Memphis Grizzlies on Sunday losing 100-86 and falling 0-1 in their playoff series.  The big news however wasn’t their utter collapse but in their locker room at the Grizzlies’ FedEx Forum features a sign with a series of motivational message, including one truly bizarre one: “We don’t lose to Spanish players.”

The Blazers have a laminated motivational card affixed to the television monitor in the visiting locker room. It’s titled, “We are Rip City.” It lists all the ways in which the No. 4 seed Blazers will find a way to win this series against the No. 5 Grizzlies. It begins with “We will be tougher,” and ends with, “Staying together through adversity.” But the middle part is what has to alarm anyone following this matchup closely.

Because that middle section included such oddities as, “We don’t lose to Spanish players,” and “Nobody can beat us eight times in one year.” Also, it includes a vow to, “Win the dog fight,” and, “We will play as a team and outwork Memphis each and every night.” Also, “We are better when we come to play,” and a promise to be, “(Expletives) on defense.”

Well they did lose to the Memphis Grizzlies who has an amazing Spanish player on their team, Marc Gasol who had a near triple-double with 15 points, 11 rebounds and 7 assists.  Here is his response:

Gasol, who was born in Barcelona, responded to the comment Monday. “I don’t know where it comes from, and I don’t know what it means,” Gasol said after practice, according to The Oregonian. “I have better things to think about than what they’re writing on the wall. They’ve had Spanish players on their team in the past. I can think of three in the recent past. I don’t know and I don’t care.”

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Source: The Oregonian