The NBA’s play-in tournaments are set. Here’s what the Grizzlies need to happen to add a second lottery pick. 

The Grizzlies lost to the Utah Jazz on Friday. A Memphis loss at Houston on Sunday would ensure at least a 34.5% chance at securing a top-four pick in the NBA Draft Lottery. 

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Box score: Jazz 147, Grizzlies 101

NBA box score for the game between the Memphis Grizzlies and the Utah Jazz.

This is the box score for the basketball game played between the Memphis Grizzlies and the Denver Nuggets on April 8, 2026.

It was a sixth-straight loss for the Memphis Grizzlies, who fell to 25-55 on the season.

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Box score: Nuggets 136, Grizzlies 119

Let’s return to a moment, repeated regularly over Randolph’s eight years in Memphis, to perhaps the most romantic sight through 25 years of Grizzlies basketball: Z-Bo on the block.

They fell in love with the Grizzlies on their first date. But after Monday’s game, they’re giving up their season tickets. And they’re not alone.

Box score for the NBA game between the Memphis Grizzlies and Cleveland Cavaliers at FedExForum.

Zach Edey, Santi Aldama, Jaylen Wells and Scotty Pippen Jr. did their media exit interviews early, speaking before Monday night’s final home game.

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Box score: Cavaliers 142, Grizzlies 126

The NBA doesn’t use traditional tiebreaker rules to determine draft lottery odds. Instead, the league goes with a system that flattens chances for a top four pick. 

It can be fairly easy to evaluate a transaction: a draft pick, a trade, a signing. But many important parts of the job are less tangible and less public: managing people and personalities, from front office to coaching staff to players.

The Grizzlies lost to Milwaukee on Sunday, which was important if they want a chance to finish below New Orleans in the Western Conference standings.

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Box Score: Bucks 131, Grizzlies 115

Box score for the NBA game between the Memphis Grizzlies and the Milwaukee Bucks at FedExForum on Sunday, April 5, 2026.

In Part 3 of Chris Herrington looking at the Grizzlies’ basketball-management track record in the seven seasons under Zach Kleiman’s direction, he considers free agency and contract negotiations.

Do you want to know how the Toronto Raptors spent their random bleeping Thursday in Memphis? They went to St. Jude, the world-renowned children’s research hospital.

The Raptors coasted by the Grizzlies, a team currently consisting of 10-day signees, two-way players and a few regular players. 

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Box score: Raptors 128, Grizzlies 96

Box score for the NBA game between the Memphis Grizzlies and the Toronto Raptors at FedExForum on Friday, April 3, 2026.

The mayor reacts to the NBA superstar’s suggestion that the Memphis Grizzlies relocate to Nashville.

The Eads mansion has a history of being owned by Grizzlies players.

“It was a disappointing cheap shot from a guy who grew up in Akron, Ohio, who should know something about hardscrabble towns.”

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James said travel in places like Memphis and Milwaukee gets tougher with age.

Memphis Grizzlies forward Brandon Clarke allegedly tried to escape after a deputy attempted to pull him over and was later arrested for possessing more than 200 grams of a controlled substance.

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Grizzlies forward Brandon Clarke arrested in Arkansas

The Knicks led the Memphis Grizzlies 48-30 after the first quarter on Wednesday night, shooting 17 for 21 from the floor and 9 for 9 from the free-throw line to open the game.

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Box score: Knicks 130, Grizzlies 119

Box score for the NBA game between the Memphis Grizzlies and the New York Knicks at FedExForum on Wednesday, April 1, 2026.

Clarke will remain in custody on the drug charges until a bond hearing can be held within the next 48 hours, officials said.