Grizzlies Insider: How Memphis shook Jaren Jackson Jr. loose in Game 2
There’s one mission if you’re Memphis Grizzlies coach Taylor Jenkins over the next two days: Make sure to keep 22-year-old Jaren Jackson Jr. as loose as possible.
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April 2022
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It was a busy Saturday on Beale
The Grizzlies may have lost Game 1 of the playoff, but Downtown Memphis bars and restaurants were big winners.
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Calkins: Grizzlies whoop the Timberwolves
With six minutes left in the game, everyone at FedExForum was dancing to “Whoop that Trick.” Including little Kaari Morant. It was that kind of triumphant night.
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Jackson, Grizzlies bounce back for Game 2 win
Jaren Jackson Jr. scores 16 points, including four 3-pointers, and Xavier Tillman Sr. provides the surprise element in a 28-point win over the Minnesota Timberwolves.
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Grizz fans give players advice for Game 2 online, not feeling ‘MemThis’
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Herrington: 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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Box score: Grizzlies 124, Timberwolves 96
April 19, 2022: The Memphis Grizzlies defeat the Minnesota Timberwolves at FedExForum.
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Grizz fans give players advice for Game 2 online, not feeling ‘MemThis’
The Memphis Grizzlies will face the Minnesota Timberwolves in Game 2 of the first round in the NBA playoffs tonight at 7:30. Minnesota currently leads 1-0.
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Onus isn’t all on Jaren Jackson Jr., but he knows he needs ‘to figure it out’
Ja Morant won’t call Game 2 a must-win for the Grizzlies because he believes that sort of pressure is not healthy for the team.
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Calkins: Yes, Memphians, you can be nervous about Game 2. But the Grizzlies are just ‘pissed.’
Feeling a little queasy, Grizzlies fans? That’s understandable. But you can take heart that the players themselves don’t seem to be nervous. According to coach Taylor Jenkins, they’re just “pissed.”
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Herrington: 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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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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Here’s what people are saying about the Grizzlies ahead of Game 2
The Memphis Grizzlies will face the Minnesota Timberwolves in Game 2 of the first round in the NBA playoffs on Tuesday, April 19.
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Grizzlies say they are resilient. Tuesday will test that.
Brandon Clarke believes the Grizzlies will be fine. They will have to prove that in Game 2; otherwise it will be an extremely uphill battle to advance.
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Grizzlies Insider: Morant’s Instagram stirs emotion among Grizz, Wolves fans
Ja Morant sure did get Timberwolves and Grizzlies fans fired up for Game 2 when he took to the ’Gram and shared a two-part post.
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Ja Morant, Taylor Jenkins named NBA awards finalists
Ja Morant is a Most Improved Player finalist, and if he makes the All-NBA team, he would be eligible for a super-max contract extension this summer.
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‘We got to do more': Timberwolves take Game 1 in Memphis
Anthony Edwards scored 36 points and the Timberwolves outscored Memphis by 27 points from behind the 3-point line in the upset victory.
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Calkins: The atmosphere was great, Memphians! The game, not so much.
It was a wild Saturday at FedExForum. The atmosphere was cranked. And then — well, the game started. And the Grizzlies somehow fell flat.
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Herrington: 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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‘Glue Girl,’ now ‘Chain Girl': Timberwolves-Grizzlies game disrupted
This is the second protest in a week against Timberwolves owner Glen Taylor, alleging animal cruelty at a farm that he owns.
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Box score: Timberwolves 130, Grizzlies 117
April 16, 2022: The Minnesota Timberwolves defeat the Memphis Grizzlies at FedExForum.
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Memphians ‘gear up’ for Grizzlies-Timberwolves face-off
The Grizzlies will take on the Timberwolves in the first round of the NBA Playoffs Saturday, April 16, at the FedExForum, and the ‘MEMTHIS’ signage across the city isn’t the only way Memphians are prepping.
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Grizzlies sound off on importance of Dillon Brooks in Timberwolves series
Dillon Brooks wasn’t available in the Grizzlies’ regular-season games against Minnesota, but he’s crucial to defending against D’Angelo Russell and Anthony Edwards.
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Calkins: It’s playoff season in Memphis again. Now how long will it last?
These Grizzlies could win a title; they also could lose in the first round. It’s a postseason like no other in Memphis history. How long will the playoff party last?
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Guest column: Let’s take care of one another
“In honor of our five starters, I’d like to offer five ways Memphians could learn from our Grizz, hone our niches and find ways to work and play together.”
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Desmond Bane has exceeded expectations, including his own
The Grizzlies’ second-year guard has been an offensive force, but against the Timberwolves, his defense will be just as important.
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