Cedric Coward scores — and does a lot more — as Grizzlies beat Bulls
Memphis Grizzlies forward Cedric Coward (23) handles the ball against Chicago Bulls forward Isaac Okoro (35) in the first half of an NBA basketball game Saturday, March 28, 2026, at FedExForum. (Brandon Dill/AP)
Rookie Cedric Coward filled up the stat sheet on Saturday night but the last number he put on the board nearly lost the game.
With four seconds left and the Grizzlies leading the visiting Chicago Bulls 125-124, Coward sailed an errant in-bounds pass off the fingertips of a jumping GG Jackson and into the hands of Bulls guard Tre Jones.
Coward leapt onto the floor, both hands waving in frustration, but then leapt into the play, guarding what had suddenly become a 2-on-1 fastbreak with the game on the line.
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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 now splits his time between Minneapolis-St. Paul, where his wife works, and Memphis.
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