Grizzlies Podcast
Grizzlies podcast: The Wolves’ side of the story
Chris Herrington is joined by MN Post writer Britt Robson, who’s covered NBA basketball in Minneapolis for three decades, to preview the Grizzlies-Timberwolves playoff series.
Chris Herrington
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Chris Herrington covers the Memphis Grizzlies and writes about Memphis culture, food, and civic life.
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April 2022
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Memphis GrizzliesHerrington: Game 1 loss suggests long, up-for-grabs series for Grizzlies
Game 2 — and hopes for the first playoff win at FedExForum since April 22, 2017 — will be about reacting, not overreacting.
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Grizzlies Podcast Grizzlies podcast: Game 2 now critical for Memphis
Where do the Grizzlies go from here? Drew Hill and Chris Herrington discuss what Memphis will have to change in Game 2.
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Memphis GrizzliesHerrington: Thoughts on Grizz vs. Wolves Game 2
In Game 1, Ja Morant was good and Anthony Edwards was better, but that’s not what seemed to determine the outcome. Rather, it was the Grizzlies problem-solving too slowly and too ineffectively in the frontcourt. What will Game 2 bring?
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Memphis GrizzliesHerrington: Adjustments, song requests, whooped tricks as Grizzlies exhale in Game 2
A 28-point rout, a big adjustment, and a third-quarter explosion that felt somewhere between an exhalation and an exorcism following Saturday night’s Game 1 disappointment.
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Memphis GrizzliesHerrington: As Grizz-Wolves moves north, perhaps Ja Morant’s adjustment was the biggest of all
Ja Morant’s film study and Taylor Jenkins’ gut fostered the Game 2 win. But the Grizzlies are shifting to enemy territory and potential new hindrances.
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Grizz fans praise Xavier Tillman, call Kaari Morant a top Memphian online
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Grizzlies Podcast Grizzlies podcast: Memphis nails Game 2 adjustments
The Grizzlies went away from Steven Adams and used second-year forward Xavier Tillman Sr., who delivered critical defensive stops and rebounds.
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Food New Eats: CCC pop-up offers ‘refined gas-station food’
Black Sheep Catering is putting on the pop-up at 409 S. Main St., where C-themed foods range from chicken, cheeseburgers and corn dogs to champagne and caviar.
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Memphis GrizzliesHerrington: Grizzlies’ epic comeback, or Wolves’ calamitous collapse?
These Grizzlies will be remembered for their gutsy performance, as well as being the Timberwolves’ tormentors.
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Grizzlies PodcastGrizzlies podcast: How did Memphis steal Game 3?
On this episode of The Daily Memphian’s Memphis Grizzlies Podcast, Drew Hill and Chris Herrington describe the emotional swings felt inside Target Center during the Grizzlies’ historic Game 3 comeback.
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Memphis GrizzliesHerrington: Lineup changes, towel tussles and another chance for the Grizz to crush dreams in Game 4
Despite a 2-1 Memphis lead, the nuts-and-bolts basketball of this series still feels up for grabs.
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Calkins: It’s the playoffs, Memphis. Keep doing the (completely crazy) things you do.
Despite win, Grizzlies want to forget Game 3
Grizzlies play comeback game to celebrate; fans throw out Growl Towel ideas
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Memphis GrizzliesJenkins blasts ‘arrogant’ officiating after Game 4 Grizzlies loss
Memphis Grizzlies coach Taylor Jenkins criticized the officiating during a terse two-minute postgame news conference.
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Memphis GrizzliesHerrington: Five storylines ahead of Grizzlies-Wolves Game 5
With the Grizzlies back in Memphis for Game 5 on Tuesday, here are five storylines: Who’s the better team? the fouls; the struggles of Ja Morant; the struggles of Jaren Jackson Jr.,
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Memphis GrizzliesGrizzlies comeback, Ja’s layup take Game 5 from Timberwolves
The Grizzlies, shooting poorly from the free-throw line and down by 13 points with less than 10 minutes left, pulled out another inspiring win, led by Morant’s 30 points.
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Calkins: Today, Memphis, you can ‘thank God’ for Ja Morant
Style points: Memphis ushers out Wolves in Game 5
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Grizzlies PodcastGrizzlies podcast: What changed in Game 5?
On this episode of The Daily Memphian’s Memphis Grizzlies podcast, Drew Hill and Chris Herrington try to pinpoint the moment Ja Morant put on his superhero cape to save Game 5.
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Memphis GrizzliesHerrington: Will Morant rise to the moment as Grizz try to close out Wolves?
On Friday night, the Grizzlies will have a chance to notch the fifth series win in franchise history, and the first of what we’ll call the Ja Morant Era.
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Taylor Jenkins: Grizzlies will need ‘best game’ to close out Timberwolves
Grizzlies center Steve Adams enters health and safety protocols
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Music Survival Guide: Friday at Beale Street Music Fest
Today is the first day of Beale Street Music Festival, and we’ve got tips on where to park and where to stash your stuff. Plus, we offer suggestions for musicians you don’t want to miss.
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Grizzlies PodcastGrizzlies podcast: Game 5 will be tense
Can the Grizzlies get Ja Morant and Jaren Jackson Jr. to look like themselves before an important Game 5?
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Music Survival Guide: Saturday at Beale Street Music Fest
It’s day two of Beale Street Music Festival, and we share a hack to beat the Ferris wheel line and offer some ideas on where to eat. Plus, we highlight a headliner you must see and some notable locals.
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Grizzlies PodcastGrizzlies podcast: Grizzlies win! Golden State awaits
Does Memphis have an answer for the Golden State “death lineup?” And what does their own “death lineup” look like?
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Memphis GrizzliesGrizzlies stage another fourth-quarter comeback to close out Wolves
For the third time in this first-round series with the Minnesota Timberwolves, the Memphis Grizzlies found themselves trailing by double digits in the fourth quarter, only to come back and win.
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Calkins: Grizzlies win first playoff series since 2015. (But it won’t be their last.)
Minnesota meltdown, Memphis moxie: Grizzlies win series in fourth quarters
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Memphis GrizzliesHerrington: Do the Grizzlies have a ‘death lineup’ too?
Grizzlies-Warriors Series Preview: Seven years after the Stephen Curry/Klay Thompson/Draymond Green Warriors beat Memphis, there is a new cast of Grizzlies — and the Curry/Thompson/Green Warriors still stand in their way.
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Music Survival Guide: Sunday at Beale Street Music Fest
It’s day three of Beale Street Music Festival, and we tell you how to score some free whiskey and the best place to take a selfie. Plus, we highlight a 1990s-era headliner and some local rappers you’ve got to see.
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Memphis GrizzliesGrizzlies lose tense, tight Game 1 thriller
The Grizzlies fought back from a double-digit fourth-quarter deficit to claim a lead against the Warriors, but these weren’t the Minnesota Timberwolves, the first-round opponent that made a habit of fading in the fourth.
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Grizzlies Podcast Grizzlies podcast: Recovering from Game 1
Can the Grizzlies recover from a heartbreaking Game 1 loss to bounce back in the series?
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