Grizzlies playoff blog: Memphis vs Utah, Game 3
Follow tonight’s game along with Chris Herrington, who’s blogging from FedExForum as the Memphis Grizzlies meet the top-seeded Utah Jazz.
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Follow tonight’s game along with Chris Herrington, who’s blogging from FedExForum as the Memphis Grizzlies meet the top-seeded Utah Jazz.
The star Grizzlies guard talks about the verbal abuse aimed at his family in Game 2 in Utah, where at least one Jazz fan was ejected from the arena for making an offensive sexual comment directed at Morant’s mother.
The Grizzlies guard said if his play on the court is “villain-like,” then Dillon the Villain might be an appropriate nickname.
Four years after the last NBA playoff game at FedExForum, more than 10,000 Memphians will convene Saturday to celebrate a new era of postseason basketball in the city. This team might be even more audacious than that one. Just read the Growl Towels.
The Grizzlies guard’s 47 points in Game 2 in Salt Lake City set records tumbling. This was well-documented, but the litany deserves both repetition and elaboration.
At least one fan was ejected for making offensive comments to Ja Morant’s family.
Memphis didn’t win Game 2 in Utah Wednesday. But any Grizzlies fan who watched the game had to be pumped. The Grizzlies now have home-court advantage and the best player in the series. Saturday night at FedExForum should be wild.
No, the Grizzlies won’t have a full house for Saturday’s Game 3 against the Jazz. But that’s no reason to be angry. Buy a ticket and soak it in. The Grizzlies will have more people in the building Saturday than since before the pandemic. It’ll feel like playoff basketball is supposed to feel.
The Memphis Grizzlies won’t increase capacity ahead of Games 3 and 4, but they are making limited tickets available on the Pinnacle Level.
Tony Allen has his place in Grizzlies lore; Dillon Brooks is establishing his in his own way.
Morant scored a career-high and franchise single-game record 47 points, but Utah’s 3-point shooting stopped Memphis, evening the series at 1.Related stories:
May 26, 2021: The Utah Jazz defeated the Memphis Grizzlies in Salt Lake City in Game 2 of the first round of the NBA playoffs.Related stories:
Join The Daily Memphian’s Chris Herrington Wednesday evening as the Memphis Grizzlies meet the top-seeded Utah Jazz in Salt Lake City.
While the Jazz will try to keep their emotions in check, the Grizzlies want to continue to bring them the fight.
It’s been quite a week for Memphis Grizzlies fans as well as lovers of art and, of course, barbecue.
What has unfolded in the young Grizzlies’ past three games is galvanizing longtime fans and creating new ones.
The Grizzlies have a 1-0 series lead in Utah. Can they make it 2-0?
The entire situation with the Utah Jazz star guard is extremely weird. Donovan Mitchell was not listed on the injury report on Saturday, and as of Sunday morning he said he was “ready to go” after recovering from an ankle injury. Then, all of a sudden, he wasn’t ready to go.
Dillon Brooks is just crazy enough to think the Grizzlies can beat the Utah Jazz. Which is exactly what they did Sunday night.
The team hosts the Utah Jazz on Saturday, May 29 and Monday, May 31. Both games tip off at 8:30 p.m.
The Dillon Brooks Show continued its tour, and Utah’s decision to hold out its star player showed its thought process.
Brooks (31 points) became the villain for the Utah crowd, and Morant made the clutch plays in the first round of the NBA playoffs.
May 23, 2021: Grizzlies beat Jazz, 112-109, in Game 1 of first round of NBA playoffs. Dillon Brooks, Ja Morant carry Grizzlies to Game 1 upset over UtahRelated story:
Without his scoring, Utah will need to rely heavily on former Grizzlies star Mike Conley Jr. to shoulder some of the load.
Ja Morant is an NBA star, but his tight circle of friends include former college teammates, who are thrilled to be in Utah to cheer him on.