Coach Hollins Named Coach of the Month

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Memphis, April 27, 2012 – As the Memphis Grizzlies prepare to host a playoff series for the first time in franchise history, the NBA today announced head coach Lionel Hollins as the Western Conference Coach of the Month for the month of April, his second career honor (December 2009).

Coach Hollins guided the Grizzlies to a 13-3 record in April, winning their final six regular season games and 11 of the final 13 to capture home-court advantage in their first-round series with the Los Angeles Clippers. Though the fourth-seeded Grizzlies played 16 games in 25 days during the month, they were still able to equal the club record for wins in a single month (March 2004).