No, the Grizzlies didn’t want to be playing the Warriors in a play-in game. But if you looked around FedExForum Sunday, there was plenty of hope. 

Grizzlies play Tuesday on the road in NBA play-in tournament game. 

The Memphis Grizzlies defeated the Dallas Mavericks in the season-finale for two teams destined for the Western Conference play-in tournament. 

This is the box score for the Memphis Grizzlies regular-season finale against the Dallas Mavericks played Sunday, April 13, 2025.

The Grizzlies listed seven main players as “doubtful” for Sunday’s season finale against Dallas.

With a Memphis loss to Denver on Friday and a Golden State win against Portland, the Grizzlies are headed to a play-in game on Tuesday. Who will they face next?

The sour taste of last season’s injury-filled debacle still exists in the Memphis locker room. The Grizzlies don’t want to view the postseason from a distance again.

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This is the box score for the NBA game between the Memphis Grizzlies and the Denver Nuggets on Friday, April 11, 2025, at Ball Arena in Denver, Colorado.

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While the range of possible remains wide, the most likely scenario would now find the Memphis Grizzlies in eighth place in the West, traveling to fight for a chance to make the NBA playoffs.

Ja Morant and Anthony Edwards each delivered all night. But the Grizzlies took the costly loss, one that will now make it much harder to avoid falling into the NBA’s play-in tournament.

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Anthony Edwards scored 44 points and Minnesota set a franchise-record third quarter, hurting Memphis’ chances of avoiding the NBA play-in tournament.

This is the box score for the NBA game between the Memphis Grizzlies and the Minnesota Timberwolves on Thursday, April 10, 2025, at FedExForum.

A little more than a month ago, Williams said he was playing at about 80% coming off his ankle injury. Mike Conley Jr. wondered if Thursday will be the last meaningful game he plays in Memphis.

On this episode, Drew Hill and Chris Herrington discuss Zach Edey’s rebounding surge, Ja Morant’s celebrations and the future of interim coach Tuomas Iisalo. 

Whatever happens in the coming weeks, the Memphis Grizzlies will regroup this summer, likely with Zach Edey slotted as a fourth “core” piece alongside the trio of Ja Morant, Desmond Bane and Jaren Jackson Jr.

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Memphis guard Jaylen Wells was taken from the court on a stretcher and transported to a hospital. 

NBA box score for the Memphis Grizzlies basketball game against the Charlotte Hornets at Spectrum Center in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Jaylen Wells had a scary fall following a dunk and was taken off the court on a stretcher in Charlotte.

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