Both parties said all the right things, said they were sorry it didn't work out. But with the way the Grizzlies played on Monday night in a 15-point win over the Clippers, it's obvious that this team is happy A.I. has hit the road for good.

Memphis coach Lionel Hollins never said, "Good riddance, Iverson." But it's not difficult to listen to a smiling Hollins in the postgame glow of beating the Clippers and know exactly what he's talking about.

"We're starting to work our way back to being a team," Hollins said. "We cared about each other. There was ball movement."

Hollins said a postgame meeting following a loss at Houston went a long way toward putting the Grizzlies back in a positive state of mind.

"The players decided to hold each other accountable," Hollins said. "They decided they have to communicate about it, not just me. They have to respect each other. They understand they have to hang together and not point fingers."

That's easy to do, now that Iverson is gone.

GRIZZLIES 106, CLIPPERS 91: Judging from the Grizzlies' previous loss to the Clippers earlier this season, the game plan was obvious: Attack the Clips inside game and never back up. The Grizzlies started to do it in the team's first meeting in L.A. but didn't stick with the game plan. This time they did, with center Marc Gasol attacking Clips center Chris Kaman early and often. Gasol hit his first seven shots before he missed his only shot of the night. He finished with 16 points, eight rebounds and six assists.