Marcus Smart needed help to reach the locker room after turning his ankle on Tuesday night in Los Angeles. 

If you had been told, just after the Grizzlies were eliminated from the playoffs last spring, that the team would be starting Jacob Gilyard and Bismack Biyombo nine games into the following season, you might have guessed the season was going very poorly.

“It’s probably the most important thing to me in this world,” Smart said of his foundation. “That’s who I am. Having the experiences that I did allows me to fully appreciate the moments when we give back and what it really means.”

“That felt real good,” said Marcus Smart after the Grizzlies grabbed their second win of the season.

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Box score: Grizzlies 105, Clippers 101

Grizzlies coach Taylor Jenkins fined by NBA for blasting officials

Here is the box score for the game between the Memphis Grizzlies and the L.A. Clippers at Crypto.com Arena in California.

This is the second time Taylor Jenkins has been fined for comments on the officiating in his career. 

NBA box score for Friday’s game between the Memphis Grizzlies and the Utah Jazz played at FedExForum in Memphis.

“It’s never over until it’s over,” Desmond Bane said. “I have a lot of faith in our guys and a lot of faith in our process. … This is nothing to fret about. We will start to win games.”

It’s barely the second week of November, and the Grizzlies are already two-thirds of the way to last season’s total home losses. 

Here is the NBA box score for the game between the Memphis Grizzlies and Miami Heat at FedExForum Wednesday, Nov. 8.

The Grizzlies rallied to take a lead in the fourth quarter, but they couldn’t close the deal against Miami on Wednesday night. 

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Box Score: Heat 108, Grizzlies 102

Taylor Jenkins and Luke Kennard said patience will be key in getting the Memphis Grizzlies’ bench unit to look more comfortable. 

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Deal will keep Grizzlies broadcasts on Bally Sports for rest of season

Drew Hill and Chris Herrington discuss how the Grizzlies secured their first win of the season on Sunday night.

Viewers can continue to find the Grizzlies on Bally for the rest of this season. The broadcast status beyond this season is now “to be determined.”

But if two wins would have been a lot better than one, the Grizzlies return home this week with something more than that one win: they’re bringing back a more functional team than the one they left with. 

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Grizzlies Insider: All-business Bismack Biyombo is quickly making fans

Bismack Biyombo may not be a personality like Steven Adams, but he’s an easy player for Grizzlies fan to cheer for. 

The Memphis Grizzlies showed resolve on Sunday by erasing a 12-point deficit in the fourth quarter to get the win. 

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Box Score: Grizzlies 112, Trail Blazers 100

Here is the box score for the game between the Memphis Grizzlies and Portland Trail Blazers at Moda Center Sunday, Nov. 5. 

The Grizzlies let a 10-point lead slip away in the final minutes of the game and lost their sixth straight game to begin the season. 

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Box score: Trail Blazers 115, Grizzlies 113 (OT)

The Memphis Grizzlies lost to the Portland Trail Blazers at the Moda Center in Portland, Oregon, on Friday, Nov. 3, 2023.

Drew Hill and Chris Herrington try to make sense of the Grizzlies’ 0-5 start to the season.

Grant Williams described former teammate Marcus Smart’s leadership qualities this week. Can those attributes help the Grizzlies get off the slide?

The Memphis Grizzlies lost to the Utah Jazz at the Vivint Smart Home Arena in Salt Lake City, Utah, on Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023.