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Grizzlies Insider: Dillon Brooks says ‘no pressure’ as playoffs approach
Dillon Brooks, embracing his 3 and D role, said there is “no pressure” on him as the team enters the playoffs.
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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Dillon Brooks, embracing his 3 and D role, said there is “no pressure” on him as the team enters the playoffs.
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“We are building up to it, and once we get (to the playoffs) I know it’s going to be rocking regardless of the score,” says Brooks.
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“I play hard,” Brooks said. “The media gave me the villain role, so I’m just taking it and doing what I need to do with it.”
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“Finishing strong and staying healthy, those are the main things for us,” Grizzlies guard Dillon Brooks said. “We want to have a little momentum going into the playoffs.”
Morant is eligible to return to the team on Monday, March 20, after serving an eight-game suspension for conduct detrimental to the league, but the team announced that he will not play against the Mavericks.
Dillon Brooks said he plans to call the camera person that he injured with a push during the loss at Miami on Wednesday, March 15. He said the incident was unintentional.
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The Memphis Grizzlies guard was fined $35,000 for “the unsportsmanlike act of shoving a camera person on the sideline after pursuing a loose ball,” the NBA announced Friday.
In the full interview, Ja Morant said the negative publicity has been tough on him because he knows that his parents raised him right.
Just how tight is this race going to be? The computer models at several analytics websites project the two teams will finish within one game at the end of the regular season.
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