Keldon Johnson added 11 and Jacob Poeltl 10.Ĭoach Gregg Popovich said he told his Spurs he didn't know if he's ever been more proud of a team that just doesn't quit.
Dejounte Murray had his fifth triple-double with 10 points, 13 rebounds and 11 assists. had 10 points.ĭeMar DeRozan and Rudy Gay each scored 20 points as the Spurs lost their fifth straight. Valanciunas had a season-high 23 rebounds and 23 points for Memphis. “We still have one more in front of us,” Grizzlies center Jonas Valnciunas said. Memphis is trying to snap a skid of three straight seasons without a postseason berth with last season ending with a loss to Portland in the NBA's first play-in game. 7 seed and a first-round spot against Phoenix. The Los Angeles Lakers beat the Warriors 103-100 on Wednesday night to take the No.
8 seed and a first-round series starting Sunday against top-seeded Utah. The Grizzlies will play at Golden State on Friday night for the No. His sources are not known to the Memphis Grizzlies and he has no special access to information beyond the access and privileges that go along with being an NBA accredited member of the media.“It feels good, but I mean we’re not in the playoffs yet," Grizzlies guard Ja Morant said. All opinions expressed by Michael Wallace are solely his own and do not reflect the opinions of the Memphis Grizzlies or its Basketball Operations staff, owners, parent companies, partners or sponsors. The contents of this page have not been reviewed or endorsed by the Memphis Grizzlies. Hasseltine and Benson are play-by-play analysts and game night hosts on 92.9 FM ESPN Radio, the Grizzlies radio flagship station)
(Pranica anchors Bally Sports Southeast’s Grizzlies TV coverage. We all pulled together to make the very best of some very challenging times for all of us. But the stories, laughs, hugs, tears, food, fellowship and love that persisted in our Suite 216 radio booth and the TV broadcast area were something to behold. We called the games in our special, unique way for our amazing fans when the lights, cameras and microphones flipped on each game night. The forever bonds our Grizzlies radio and television broadcast teams established and leaned on throughout a very tough and emotional season. The biggest lesson the Grizzlies should take from their playoff series loss to the Jazz is.? Our final Grind City Media ‘GrindTable’ of the season explores how far the Grizzlies have come and the next steps ahead, as Grizzlies TV and radio broadcasters Pete Pranica, Eric Hasseltine and Jessica Benson join me to preview offseason storylines. “Hopefully, we come back after investing a lot in this offseason that’s ahead of us, and take another step next year.” “That’s what the excitement is and that’s what that growth is,” coach Taylor Jenkins said of the momentum the franchise carries into the summer. On the heels of a 38-34 record to finish well ahead of preseason projections for the second straight year, the Grizzlies enter the summer buoyed by breakthroughs from budding superstar point guard Ja Morant and a roster of players coming off career seasons.
After shocking the NBA’s top-seeded squad on the road in Game 1, the Grizzlies fell 4-1 in a hard-fought series against the team with the best record in the league. The Grizzlies wrapped up their first winning season and playoff appearance in four years after winning the league’s Play-In Tournament to set up their first-round matchup against Utah. MEMPHIS – A season of enormous progress for the Grizzlies now shifts to another step in the offseason process to build one of the NBA’s youngest teams into a perennial contender.