No, the Grizzlies won’t have a full house for Saturday’s Game 3 against the Jazz. But that’s no reason to be angry. Buy a ticket and soak it in. The Grizzlies will have more people in the building Saturday than since before the pandemic. It’ll feel like playoff basketball is supposed to feel.
The Grizzlies won’t increase FedExForum capacity for Games 3 and 4, and Memphis fans are buzzing with frustration.
The Memphis Grizzlies won’t increase capacity ahead of Games 3 and 4, but they are making limited tickets available on the Pinnacle Level.
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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Join The Daily Memphian’s Chris Herrington Wednesday evening as the Memphis Grizzlies meet the top-seeded Utah Jazz in Salt Lake City.
The Grizzlies will have to face all-star Donovan Mitchell in Game 2 on Wednesday night.
The Grizzlies have a 1-0 series lead in Utah. Can they make it 2-0?
The entire situation with the Utah Jazz star guard is extremely weird. Donovan Mitchell was not listed on the injury report on Saturday, and as of Sunday morning he said he was “ready to go” after recovering from an ankle injury. Then, all of a sudden, he wasn’t ready to go.
The Dillon Brooks Show continued its tour, and Utah’s decision to hold out its star player showed its thought process.
Dillon Brooks is just crazy enough to think the Grizzlies can beat the Utah Jazz. Which is exactly what they did Sunday night.
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Brooks (31 points) became the villain for the Utah crowd, and Morant made the clutch plays in the first round of the NBA playoffs.
Without his scoring, Utah will need to rely heavily on former Grizzlies star Mike Conley Jr. to shoulder some of the load.
The team hosts the Utah Jazz on Saturday, May 29 and Monday, May 31. Both games tip off at 8:30 p.m.
Experts from ESPN and CBS Sports give the Grizzlies no chance of winning the series against the Jazz.
Ja Morant is an NBA star, but his tight circle of friends include former college teammates, who are thrilled to be in Utah to cheer him on.
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.
It’s not just about Morant and Conley; Dillon Brooks’ defense and how Taylor Jenkins deploys his lineups shouldn’t be undervalued.
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.
Games against the Jazz at FedExForum are scheduled for May 29 and 31.