Marc Gasol Butt Tap: Grizzlies Fan Touches Center's Behind During Game 2 Against Clippers (VIDEO)

What happened here?

Okay, we have absolutely no idea what this Grizzlies fan could be trying to do in the video above.

What we do know is that Memphis center Marc Gasol dove for a ball bouncing out of bounds late in the first quarter of Game 2. He was able to make the save and appeared to knock the ball to Zach Randolph on the baseline as he slid into fans sitting courtside.

As TNT showed the instant replay en route to a commercial break, a Grizzlies fan could be seen reaching out and... well, he does something to Gasol's backside.

Is he trying to give the commonly-used-in-sports slap on the butt? Is he trying to help him up? Does he actually make contact? What's with the two fingers?

Thoughts?

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Comments

[Hki]

07:51 PM on 05/06/2012

The guy has his cellphone in his hand....sheesh!

[ackezzy]

07:15 PM on 05/06/2012

pause

[Easy123]

10:42 AM on 05/06/2012

Checking for Santorum?

[Puzzlr]

02:38 PM on 05/04/2012

He was trying to keep him from running over another fan.

[bmwracer]

02:17 PM on 05/04/2012

Fan checking for polyps?

[ChezBaker]

10:28 AM on 05/04/2012

2 in the stink!!!!

[GeorgeGee]

12:40 AM on 05/04/2012

"Is he trying to give the commonly-used-in-sports slap on the butt"? I think that was his first intention.

"Is he trying to help him up"? Probably entered his mind as he saw him fall.

"Does he actually make contact"? Heck yes he made contact!

"What's with the two fingers"? Now that's a very good question and one I think the dude can only answer. That one really makes no sense.

Either way... funny as all heck!

[KeepNIt2Real]

03:08 PM on 05/03/2012

lol...it looks awkward, but nothing was happening. It looks like he was in between the motion of making sure the girl was ok, Marc as ok and the gesture to help him back to his feet was a little below the mark...haha.

[DickTater]

03:05 PM on 05/03/2012

Shooting Two!

And Little Rabbit Froo Froo goes back in his hole, hippety hop!

He went for the touch, like he was going to give a butt slap.
Showing off "for the ladies"

He gave him the "Double Captain Hook".

Maybe he has that "Alien Hand" syndrome.

[Albert Gabri]

02:23 PM on 05/03/2012

Colonoscopy!

[brinash]

01:57 PM on 05/03/2012

It would be too easy to post what I want to say hear...but it would get taken down before anyone saw it, so I'll save it for another venue.

[pleasantlyny]

12:14 PM on 05/03/2012

He was holding something in his hand.... You can see him clearly move the female prior to the fall and he has two fingers out.

[Shikamaru]

10:39 AM on 05/03/2012

the male shocker?

[Quotidien]

09:58 AM on 05/03/2012

That was a urologist...checking his prostate, courtside. All is well.

[VSS3]

09:14 AM on 05/03/2012

ooh please he was holding something in his hand hence the availability of only two fingers. What 12yr old sees more to this..geez,

[KOSSNC]

09:37 AM on 05/03/2012

He was trying to protect the ladiies. The Grizzlie momentum could have taken him farther. He was just forming a barrier between the ladies and the women. From that angle your hand looks much closer than it it is.