Calkins: Grizzlies whoop the Timberwolves
Memphis Grizzlies guard Desmond Bane (22), center Xavier Tillman (2), and guard Ja Morant (12) put on a show in Game 2 of the first-round NBA basketball playoff series against the Minnesota Timberwolves on April 19, 2022, at FedExForum. (Brandon Dill/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.
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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