Calkins: Grizzlies stun Timberwolves with record comeback — twice!
Minnesota Timberwolves guard Patrick Beverley (22) steals the ball from Memphis Grizzlies guard Desmond Bane (22) on April 21, 2022, in Minneapolis. “We lost our juice,” Bane said of going down by more than 20 twice. “We were kind of deflated.” (Andy Clayton-King/AP)
Geoff Calkins
Geoff Calkins has been chronicling Memphis and Memphis sports for more than two decades. He is host of "The Geoff Calkins Show" from 9-11 a.m. M-F on 92.9 FM. Calkins has been named the best sports columnist in the country five times by the Associated Press sports editors, but still figures his best columns are about the people who make Memphis what it is.
The Grizzlies came back from two massive deficits to stun the Minnesota Timberwolves. Just don’t ask coach Taylor Jenkins to explain how they did it. Even he doesn’t quite know.
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