Golden State came to Memphis and showed what the typical team looks like without its best players. Memphis showed the Warriors that it doesn’t have to be that way. 

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Box score: Grizzlies 123, Warriors 95

After the Grizzlies beat the Warriors in January, Ja Morant stared down a kid in a Golden State jersey. The kid is Maddox Hehn, 8, from Nashville. He was back at FedExForum Monday night. But he sure looked different this time around.

The Grizzlies forward will join star point guard Ja Morant on the bench. The Warriors are missing Steph Curry, Draymond Green and Klay Thompson.

“Not to be a total buzzkill here, but clearly this game isn’t the mega-showdown we thought it was going to be.”

When De’Anthony Melton is hot from 3-point range, the record shows it means great things for the Grizzlies.

The Memphis Grizzlies, one of the youngest NBA teams this season, just beat two of the league’s biggest stars in a span of four days, and with their own best player unavailable both times.

March 26, 2022: The Memphis Grizzlies defeat the Milwaukee Bucks at FedExForum.

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The Grizzlies scored 120-plus points for the sixth time in seven games, and De’Anthony Melton continued his hot streak, scoring 24 points, including six 3-pointers.

March 24, 2022: The Memphis Grizzlies defeat the Indiana Pacers at FedExForum.

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The Grizzlies handled business with an offensive onslaught, even while missing three rotation players and a key reserve. 

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Box score: Grizzlies 133, Pacers 103

The Grizzlies center was 13 when he met and played for Kenny McFadden in New Zealand after Adams’ father died.

“It doesn’t worry me a lot, we just have to get the group whole and build that chemistry as quick as possible,” coach Taylor Jenkins said Wednesday.

“We still got the grit, and we still got the grind, and we got a lot of swagger to us,” Grizzlies guard Dillon Brooks told a reporter after the Memphis NBA team’s defeat of the Brooklyn Nets.

ESPN came to Memphis to cover Ja Morant. They got a whole team of swaggering Grizzlies instead. 

The Grizzlies guard hopes to get Mike Miller, whose record he broke, to sign the keepsake.

March 23, 2022: The Memphis Grizzlies defeated the Brooklyn Nets at FedExForum.

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Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant combined for 78 points, but a team effort by the Grizzlies was enough to take down the superstars. 

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Box score: Grizzlies 132, Nets 120

ESPN scrambled to get “NBA Today” live from Memphis, and the analysts and show crews loved their NBA reunion in the city. 

Grizzlies point guard Ja Morant appeared to tweak his knee at a March 18 game and is being evaluated.

ESPN’s Michael Wilbon can understand why Memphians are excited about the media giant’s presence, but he thinks it’s time they embrace a new kind of attitude. 

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Ja Morant ruled out Wednesday vs. Nets

The absence of the star point guard is a disappointing start to the Grizzlies’ upcoming day of national attention on ESPN. 

The Nets and Grizzlies will face off on a nationally televised game Wednesday.