Calkins: Ja Morant and his ‘team full of dogs’ make it an epic night
Memphis guard Ja Morant, left, drives against Golden State’s Kevon Looney (5) during the play-in game in San Francisco Friday, May 21, 2021. Led by Morant, the Grizzlies beat the Warriors 117-112 in overtime to make the playoffs. (Jed Jacobsohn/AP)
Geoff Calkins
Geoff Calkins has been chronicling Memphis and Memphis sports for more than two decades. He is host of "The Geoff Calkins Show" from 9-11 a.m. M-F on 92.9 FM. Calkins has been named the best sports columnist in the country five times by the Associated Press sports editors, but still figures his best columns are about the people who make Memphis what it is.
The incandescent Morant and the Grizzlies traveled to California and knocked off Steph Curry and the Golden State Warriors. It may not have been the biggest upset in Grizzlies postseason history. But it was a beautiful night.
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