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The Grizzlies are 11-13 on the road this season. Over the past five seasons the only team to make the NBA Finals with a losing road record was the fifth-seeded 2020 Miami Heat, who got there via the chaos of the NBA’s COVID-spurred Orlando “bubble.” Grizzlies center to miss three-to-five weeks with knee sprainRelated story:
Jones is a backup point guard, one of the better ones in the NBA. But he conceives himself as more, the Grizzlies now pay him as more, and over the past couple of seasons he’s been playing that way.
The Grizzlies played as if their noisy, high-profile loss to Golden State had knocked the wind from them, and they were able to catch their breath only fleetingly.
Through more than a quarter-century of existence in two different cities, the Grizzlies franchise has rarely been at the top of the West, and never this late into a season. Grizzlies shellack Bucks by 41 points Box score: Grizzlies 142, Bucks 101 Is Dillon Brooks intense about everything? The answer is yes.Related stories:
Jackson had eight blocks in 23 minutes against Atlanta and countless Nopes.
Jackson’s “double triple” in the game — three 3-pointers and three blocks — remains an unusual feat, just not so much for him. He did it six times last season alone, in a year where he shot poorly.
This rematch of last spring’s first-round playoff series between the Memphis Grizzlies and Minnesota Timberwolves was, for Grizzlies fans, an opportunity for gratitude.
Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving put on quite a show for the Brooklyn Nets, but Ja Morant and Desmond Bane put on a better one for the Memphis Grizzlies. Grizzlies outwit Brooklyn Nets in star-studded victoryRelated stories:
Box score: Grizzlies 134, Nets 124
The Memphis Grizzlies and the Brooklyn Nets provide case studies in the importance of vibes to a team’s success. Also, four things Chris Herrington liked about the Grizzlies this week.
Right now, in Memphis, we’re suffering — directly for some, psychologically for all — from a spate of unusual crimes. The fear for some is that the unusual is now morphing into usual. But it’s felt that way before.
A conversation about cheeseburgers with Jennifer Biggs, Chris Herrington and Eric Barnes devolves into culinary distractions, general mockery and outright name-calling.
A few months after notching the NBA’s second best record, are the Grizzlies poised to take a step back? How will the team replace the injured Jaren Jackson Jr. In this mid-summer Grizzlies Mailbag, answers to those and other questions.
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.
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.
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.
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. Taylor Jenkins: Grizzlies will need ‘best game’ to close out Timberwolves Grizzlies center Steve Adams enters health and safety protocolsRelated stories:
These Grizzlies will be remembered for their gutsy performance, as well as being the Timberwolves’ tormentors.
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.
If there’s anything we can take away from this last week, it’s that the Cooper-Young neighborhood, although it has its stable businesses and celebrations, is constantly evolving while maintaining its unique character.
The Grizzlies show off in style, and on national television.
It wasn’t just one Grizzlies player against the Knicks. It was the ninja, the unicorn, the rookie, Slow-Mo and a “run up the chimney.”
Here are some key numbers and facts to remember from the historic run.
If the past two games showed anything, finishing better than ninth in the West should be the goal, not a hope.
From pudding to pumpkin pie with matcha and mint in between, Jennifer Biggs, Chris Herrington, and Eric Barnes eat all the Kit Kats.
Eric Barnes, Jennifer Biggs and Chris Herrington continue their talks and tastings of Kit Kats on this week’s Sidebar podcast.