This week’s NBA action saw the Boston Celtics drop another humbling defeat, this time to the Memphis Grizzlies - and at home, no less. The Celtics broke a four game winning streak with a loss on the road to Milwaukee on Tuesday night, then headed back to Boston to face the surging Grizzlies at home. The tired Celtics got picked apart by a more confident team in Memphis.

In NHL news, off the ice NHL GMs approved a so-called “blindside head-shot” ban at their recent annual meeting in Boca Raton. In their own words, “A lateral, back pressure or blindside hit to an opponent where the head is targeted and/or the principal point of contact is not permitted. A violation of the above will result in a minor or major penalty and shall be reviewed for possible supplemental discipline.” One can only salivate over just what exactly “supplemental discipline” is. In any event, this was an expected move that would make hits such as the Mike Richards-David Booth monstrosity illegal - next season, that is.

The Pacquiao-Clottey fight is the big combative sports news of the weekend, and while fans are still deprived of the Mayweather bout, Joshua Clottey is a shockingly tough individual, and while boxing odds list him as a prohibitive underdog, expect him to go the distance and possibly even steal a round or two from pac-man.