Grizzlies rally to beat Kings, set up Sunday showdown at Golden State
The Grizzlies closed with an 11-0 run to set up a winner-takes-the-8-seed game against the Warriors Sunday.
Drew Hill covers the Memphis Grizzlies and is a top-10 APSE winner. He has worked throughout the South writing about college athletics before landing in Memphis.
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The Grizzlies closed with an 11-0 run to set up a winner-takes-the-8-seed game against the Warriors Sunday.
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“Her fingerprints are all over my basketball career,” the Grizzlies point guard says of his mom, Debbie Jones, a cancer survivor.
De’Anthony Melton made five 3-point shots in the fourth quarter and Jaren Jackson Jr. started for the first time this season.Related story:
A bad loss to the Pistons moved the Grizzlies to ninth, just behind the Golden State Warriors.
It was the type of loss that will sting if it turns out to be the difference in the play-in tournament seeding. Related story:
Drew Hill and Chris Herrington discuss why Ja Morant’s top five point guard conversation is pointless.
When Shaquille O’Neal asked Ja Morant how he ranks himself among the league’s point guards, the Grizzlies player said he’s in the top five “for sure.” And he’s not backing down: “I said what I said.”
Ja Morant scored 37 points and the Grizzlies held off the hot-shooting Timberwolves Wednesday night. Related story:
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The agitated Grizzlies saw coach Taylor Jenkins and Ja Morant ejected late in the game. Related story:
Add unhappy LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers to the play-in mix.
It wasn’t pretty, but style points don’t matter in a playoff race. Related story:
Wednesday was another “learning opportunity” for this Grizzlies, but the playoffs are around the corner.
The Portland Trail Blazers earned the right to say whatever they want after the butt-kicking they gave the Memphis Grizzlies Wednesday night.
The Memphis Grizzlies have a new nickname: The Road Warriors. “I don’t know who started it, but it’s something that’s said a lot, that’s for sure,” Desmond Bane said. “I don’t mind it, I kind of like it.”
The Grizzlies hit just nine 3-pointers to the Trail Blazers’ 15, and only Jonas Valanciunas had any sort of offensive rhythm early.Related story:
The Grizzlies’ seven-game marathon trip was a revelation in more ways than one.
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