Grizzlies Insider: Grizzlies leave The Beehive State for a beehive
The Grizzlies won’t increase FedExForum capacity for Games 3 and 4, and Memphis fans are buzzing with frustration.
Topic: Utah Jazz
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May 2021
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Jazz, Conley hold off Grizzlies in Game 3
Despite more fireworks from Ja Morant and Dillon Brooks, Utah was able to fend off the Grizzlies with its barrage of 3-pointers.
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Calkins: Memorable night at FedExForum ruined by Mike Conley heel turn
Grizzlies game’s a party for fans excited about home playoff
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Grizzlies voice complaints about Rudy Gobert’s screens in playoffs
Careful not to direct their comments at the refs, Ja Morant and Dillon Brooks point out lack of offensive foul calls on Gobert.
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‘On My Grizzly': It’s Game 4, and how the Growl Towel came to be
For Nashville-based company SomethingInked, the Grizzlies were its first client, and their successes are forever linked.
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Calkins: Memorable night at FedExForum ruined by Mike Conley heel turn
It was a wonderfully unruly night as playoff basketball returned to FedExForum Saturday. Until our old friend Mike Conley ruined everything.
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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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Ja Morant: ‘I don’t know if my family will go back to Utah’
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.
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Dillon Brooks on sunglasses, Tony Allen and ‘villain status’
The Grizzlies guard said if his play on the court is “villain-like,” then Dillon the Villain might be an appropriate nickname.
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Morant’s father says Utah fans made derogatory remarks
At least one fan was ejected for making offensive comments to Ja Morant’s family.
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Calkins: Like the great Ja Morant himself, the Grizzlies will be back
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.
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FedExForum will not increase capacity ahead of Game 3
The Memphis Grizzlies won’t increase capacity ahead of Games 3 and 4, but they are making limited tickets available on the Pinnacle Level.
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‘Grindfather’ revisited: How ‘Dillon the Villain’ is giving Grizzlies fans déjà vu
Tony Allen has his place in Grizzlies lore; Dillon Brooks is establishing his in his own way.
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Jazz spoil Ja Morant’s historic night in Game 2
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.
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Box score: Jazz 141, Grizzlies 129
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.
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Grizzlies playoff blog: Memphis vs. Utah, Game 2
Join The Daily Memphian’s Chris Herrington Wednesday evening as the Memphis Grizzlies meet the top-seeded Utah Jazz in Salt Lake City.
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NBA playoffs: Grizzlies are ‘not the ones to pick on’
While the Jazz will try to keep their emotions in check, the Grizzlies want to continue to bring them the fight.
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For the Grizzlies, it has been a week for NxtGen of fans, too
What has unfolded in the young Grizzlies’ past three games is galvanizing longtime fans and creating new ones.
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Grizz playoff tix on sale at 2 p.m. today
The team hosts the Utah Jazz on Saturday, May 29 and Monday, May 31. Both games tip off at 8:30 p.m.
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5 takeaways from Game 1: 4th quarter Ja, JJJ’s adjustments and more
The Dillon Brooks Show continued its tour, and Utah’s decision to hold out its star player showed its thought process.
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Dillon Brooks, Ja Morant carry Grizzlies to Game 1 upset over Utah
Brooks (31 points) became the villain for the Utah crowd, and Morant made the clutch plays in the first round of the NBA playoffs.
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Box score: Grizzlies 112, Jazz 109
May 23, 2021: Grizzlies beat Jazz, 112-109, in Game 1 of first round of NBA playoffs.
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Dillon Brooks, Ja Morant carry Grizzlies to Game 1 upset over Utah
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Jazz star Donovan Mitchell expected to miss Game 1 vs. Grizzlies
Without his scoring, Utah will need to rely heavily on former Grizzlies star Mike Conley Jr. to shoulder some of the load.
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The first time: Will Ja Morant follow a former Grizzlies legend’s path?
Former Grizzlies star Mike Conley Jr. reflects on his first playoff series as Ja Morant enters that territory. “My first-ever playoff series was in San Antonio, so I found myself playing against Tony Parker and Gregg Popovich and Tim Duncan, guys I idolized,” Conley said.
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Herrington: A Grizzlies-Jazz playoff series preview
It’s not just about Morant and Conley; Dillon Brooks’ defense and how Taylor Jenkins deploys his lineups shouldn’t be undervalued.
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Calkins: How the NBA playoffs became a Memphis party (with Mike Conley, as host)
When Mike Conley was traded to the Utah Jazz, everyone said the trade was “win-win.” But nobody expected the Grizzlies would do this much winning, this soon.
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