Grizzlies playoff blog: Memphis vs Utah, Game 3
Follow tonight’s game along with Chris Herrington, who’s blogging from FedExForum as the Memphis Grizzlies meet the top-seeded Utah Jazz.
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Dillon Brooks on sunglasses, Tony Allen and ‘villain status’
The Grizzlies guard said if his play on the court is “villain-like,” then Dillon the Villain might be an appropriate nickname.
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Calkins: The NBA playoffs are back in Memphis, ya hear me?
Four years after the last NBA playoff game at FedExForum, more than 10,000 Memphians will convene Saturday to celebrate a new era of postseason basketball in the city. This team might be even more audacious than that one. Just read the Growl Towels.
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Ja Morant: ‘I don’t know if my family will go back to Utah’
The star Grizzlies guard talks about the verbal abuse aimed at his family in Game 2 in Utah, where at least one Jazz fan was ejected from the arena for making an offensive sexual comment directed at Morant’s mother.
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Ja Morant goes big
The Grizzlies have leaned on the hot hand of Ja Morant through their first two playoff games.
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Friday at the Spring Fling: Houston soccer, tennis standouts vie for titles on final day
An all-Memphis championship match in Division 2-A boys singles will be part of a busy morning at Adams Tennis Center.
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Herrington: Built for this? Ja Morant’s playoff performances leave no doubt
The Grizzlies guard’s 47 points in Game 2 in Salt Lake City set records tumbling. This was well-documented, but the litany deserves both repetition and elaboration.
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Morant’s father says Utah fans made derogatory remarks
At least one fan was ejected for making offensive comments to Ja Morant’s family.
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Calkins: Want a wild scene at FedExForum for Grizzlies? Show up.
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.
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Grizzlies Insider: Grizzlies leave The Beehive State for a beehive
The Grizzlies won’t increase FedExForum capacity for Games 3 and 4, and Memphis fans are buzzing with frustration.
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FedExForum will not increase capacity ahead of Game 3
The Memphis Grizzlies won’t increase capacity ahead of Games 3 and 4, but they are making limited tickets available on the Pinnacle Level.
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Calkins: Like the great Ja Morant himself, the Grizzlies will be back
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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Box score: Jazz 141, Grizzlies 129
May 26, 2021: The Utah Jazz defeated the Memphis Grizzlies in Salt Lake City in Game 2 of the first round of the NBA playoffs.
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Jazz spoil Ja Morant’s historic night in Game 2
Morant scored a career-high and franchise single-game record 47 points, but Utah’s 3-point shooting stopped Memphis, evening the series at 1.
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‘Grindfather’ revisited: How ‘Dillon the Villain’ is giving Grizzlies fans déjà vu
Tony Allen has his place in Grizzlies lore; Dillon Brooks is establishing his in his own way.
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NBA playoffs: Grizzlies are ‘not the ones to pick on’
While the Jazz will try to keep their emotions in check, the Grizzlies want to continue to bring them the fight.
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For the Grizzlies, it has been a week for NxtGen of fans, too
What has unfolded in the young Grizzlies’ past three games is galvanizing longtime fans and creating new ones.
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Grizzlies playoff blog: Memphis vs. Utah, Game 2
Join The Daily Memphian’s Chris Herrington Wednesday evening as the Memphis Grizzlies meet the top-seeded Utah Jazz in Salt Lake City.
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Donovan Mitchell available for Game 2 vs. Grizzlies
The Grizzlies will have to face all-star Donovan Mitchell in Game 2 on Wednesday night.
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Grizzlies podcast: Memphis steals Game 1
The Grizzlies have a 1-0 series lead in Utah. Can they make it 2-0?
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Grizzlies Insider: Donovan Mitchell’s situation is strange, and he’s upset
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.
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5 takeaways from Game 1: 4th quarter Ja, JJJ’s adjustments and more
The Dillon Brooks Show continued its tour, and Utah’s decision to hold out its star player showed its thought process.
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Calkins: Dillon Brooks may be loco, but he just beat the Utah Jazz
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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Box score: Grizzlies 112, Jazz 109
May 23, 2021: Grizzlies beat Jazz, 112-109, in Game 1 of first round of NBA playoffs.
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Dillon Brooks, Ja Morant carry Grizzlies to Game 1 upset over Utah
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Dillon Brooks, Ja Morant carry Grizzlies to Game 1 upset over Utah
Brooks (31 points) became the villain for the Utah crowd, and Morant made the clutch plays in the first round of the NBA playoffs.
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