The Lakers needed to win. The ad hoc Grizzlies made them fight for it.
Grizzlies forward Jake LaRavia (3) drives against Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James (23) on April 12, 2024. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian)
Coach Taylor Jenkins didn’t promise a win, not with this roster against this opponent. He only promised that the guys he was putting out there would play their tails off. Mission accomplished.
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Chris Herrington has covered the Memphis Grizzlies, in one way or another, since the franchise’s second season in Memphis, while also writing about music, movies, food and civic life. As far as he knows, he’s the only member of the Professional Basketball Writers Association who is also a member of a film critics group and has also voted in national music critic polls for Rolling Stone and the Village Voice (RIP). He and his wife have two kids and, for reasons that sometimes elude him, three dogs.
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