Calkins: Ja isn’t himself and the officiating stinks. So now it’s all up to the Grizz.
Memphis Grizzlies forward Brandon Clarke dunks as Minnesota Timberwolves center Karl-Anthony Towns, (32) and guard Patrick Beverley (22) and Grizzlies forward Kyle Anderson (1) watch during the first half of Game 4 of an NBA basketball first-round playoff series Saturday, April 23, 2022, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Craig Lassig)
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.
Five years after David Fizdale unleashed his “take that for data” rant, Taylor Jenkins ripped the officials after the Grizzlies lost Game 4 to the Timberwolves. Will it work? Let us hope. But it would help if Ja would get healthy, fast.
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