End of the road: Grizzlies eliminated in Game 6 by Warriors
The Grizzlies gave up a season-high 25 offensive rebounds and 21 second-chance points. Now they look to next season.
Topic: 2021-22 NBA playoffs
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May 2022
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Calkins: It may have been the best Grizz season ever. It was certainly the most fun.
The Grizzlies ended their season with a loss to the Warriors Friday. Was it the best season ever? Maybe. It was absolutely the most fun.
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Box score: Warriors 110, Grizzlies 96
May 13, 2022: The Golden State Warriors defeat the Memphis Grizzlies at Chase Center in San Francisco.
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Calkins: That’s how you whoop that trick, Steph. And what a glorious whooping it was.
Steph Curry said the Warriors’ plan to close out the Grizzlies was to “Whoop That Trick.” Yeah, that was a mistake. The Grizzlies responded with one of the great whoopings in NBA playoff history.
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Still alive: Grizzlies steamroll Warriors in Game 5
With 3:44 remaining in the third quarter, Jaren Jackson Jr. went to the scorer’s table and asked for “Whoop that Trick.” It was that kind of blowout for the Grizzlies in Game 5.
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Calkins: That’s how you whoop that trick, Steph. And what a glorious whooping it was.
Herrington: The whooping is over for the Grizzlies. Now it’s winning time.
Box score: Grizzlies 134, Warriors 95
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Box score: Grizzlies 134, Warriors 95
May 11, 2022: The Memphis Grizzlies defeat the Golden State Warriors at FedExForum.
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Herrington: The whooping is over for the Grizzlies. Now it’s winning time.
The Warriors haven’t really looked like the better team. Not decisively, at least. And the Grizzlies shouldn’t consider a great Game 5 their last hurrah.
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Grizzlies lose lead in final minute, drop Game 4 to Warriors
The Grizzlies led or tied for 47 minutes and 15 seconds, but not for the full 48 as the Warriors take a 3-1 playoff series lead.
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Calkins: Why Dillon, why? On a crushing ending to a crushing day.
Herrington: Dillon Brooks had a tough night in a tougher loss
Box score: Warriors 101, Grizzlies 98
Local fans say Grizz can manage without Morant
Wiseman speaks about Tigers, injuries: ‘It’s made me stronger’
Grizzlies updates: Latest on Morant injury, Dillon Brooks’ return
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Herrington: Dillon Brooks had a tough night in a tougher loss
The Grizzlies were without star point guard Ja Morant. Desmond Bane still wasn’t quite right, scoring only eight points. But despite a team-high eight assists, it seemed like no one struggled like Dillon Brooks.
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Calkins: Why, Dillon, why? On a crushing ending to a crushing day.
What was Dillon Brooks thinking? Why did he take that shot? The Grizzlies had the win right there for the taking. On a very hard ending to a very hard day.
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Box score: Warriors 101, Grizzlies 98
May 9, 2022: The Golden State Warriors defeat the Memphis Grizzlies at Chase Center in San Francisco.
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Grizzlies lose lead in final minute, drop Game 4 to Warriors
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Calkins: With 273 seconds of brilliance, Ja Morant saved the series
Ja Morant has played magnificent games before. He has come through in critical moments. But he has never played a more magnificent game, at a more critical moment, than he did Tuesday.
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Calling 12: Ja Morant steals Game 2 from the Warriors
Ja Morant, who finished with 47 points, eight rebounds and eight assists, scored the Grizzlies’ final 15 points in the win over Golden State.
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Calkins: With 273 seconds of brilliance, Ja Morant saved the series
Herrington: Ja’s greatest game, Brooks' foul and other Game 2 takeaways
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Herrington: Ja’s greatest game, Brooks’ foul and other Game 2 takeaways
Columnist Chris Herrington has six takeaways from Game 2, among them the assertion that this was Ja Morant’s greatest game (so far), and Dillon Brooks might very well deserve a suspension.
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Box score, Game 2: Grizzlies 106, Warriors 101
May 3, 2022: The Memphis Grizzlies defeat the Golden State Warriors at FedExForum.
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April 2022
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Herrington: 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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Grizzlies Insider: Memphis Grizzlies happy to stay off the beach
Jaren Jackson Jr. is happy to still be playing. The Grizzlies will save their vacations for later this summer.
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Grizzlies 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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Calkins: Grizzlies win first playoff series since 2015. (But it won’t be their last.)
The Grizzlies sent the Timberwolves packing. Now all they have to do is turn around and play the Golden State Warriors Sunday afternoon. Impossible? Nah. Not for a team that is wired to win.
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Minnesota meltdowns, Memphis moxie: Grizzlies win series in fourth quarters
The Grizzlies outscored the Timberwolves by 62 points across all fourth quarters of the six-game series.
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Box score: Grizzlies 114, Timberwolves 106
April 29, 2022: The Memphis Grizzlies defeat the Minnesota Timberwolves at Target Center in Minneapolis to win the first round of the 2022 NBA playoffs.
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Grizzlies come back in fourth quarter to close out Minnesota
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She watched the Grizzlies with her dying father. A story about sports and love.
Steve Blaydes’ favorite player was Ja Morant. In the first game since Blaydes’ death, the point guard hit the Game 5 winner against the Timberwolves.
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Herrington: 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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Grizzlies center Steven Adams enters health and safety protocols
Steven Adams has entered the league’s health and safety protocols and is officially ruled out of Game 6 against the Timberwolves.
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Grizz fans talk potential Warriors series matchup
The Memphis Grizzlies will face the Minnesota Timberwolves for Game 6, Round 1, of the NBA playoff series on Friday, April 29 at 8 p.m. Memphis leads the series 3-2.
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