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Five Questions that Grizzlies-Jazz Game 2 will answer Share this story Photo by Jeff Swinger/NBAE via Getty Images There’s a rather large basketball game tonight for the Memphis Grizzlies against the Utah Jazz. The stakes are somewhat convoluted for the Grizzlies coming off their upset victory over the Jazz Sunday night that shocked the NBA world. The very best that the young Grizzlies and their coaching staff could’ve hoped for realistically was a split in Utah, earning Memphis home court advantage coming in to what is sure to be a raucous FedExForum this weekend for games 3 and 4. But n...

Deseret News Share this story Scott G Winterton, Deseret News You know the difference when you see it. During the course of any team’s quest for success, it will encounter opponents who give fits with its play on the court, but often those players don’t do anything to rile up bad emotions, so fans tip their caps and leave not much worse for the wear even if their team gets beat. Denver Nuggets guard Jamal Murray comes to mind here. But there’s another category of player that, with their activities on the court, cause them to become Public Enemy No. 1. James Harden, Chris Paul and Paul G...

Dillon Brooks (MEM): 14 points (7-of-22 FG) Jonas Valanciunas (MEM): 9 points (3-of-6 FG), 12 rebounds Stephen Curry (GS): 39 points (13-of-28 FG), 5 assists, 4 rebounds, 3 steals Draymond Green (GS): 11 points (5-of-11 FG), 16 rebounds, 10 assists Andrew Wiggins (GS): 22 points (10-of-22 FG), 10 rebounds Grizzlies' Depth Overwhelms Warriors Coming into the game, there seemed to be two ways for Memphis to win. The first was find a way to shut down Curry. The second was to take advantage of the depth its roster had over the Warriors.  Curry, who dropped 46 on 16-of-36 shooting in the regular-...

26 As is always the case this time of year, I’ve been asked to make my picks and predictions ahead of the NBA playoffs, which now include the advent of the Play-In Tournament, which begins on Tuesday night. You can see my picks above, and those of my esteemed colleagues, David Aldridge and Sam Amick, below. Agree or disagree? Let us know your picks in the comment section. As for my picks, I hate doing these and I am surely wrong, but here’s my thinking… My Play-In Tournament Picks WEST Lakers beat Warriors: The Lakers are too big, too sound ...

Play-In Picture: Race for 8th tightens out West Golden State and Memphis are locked in a battle to avoid ninth place -- and the single-elimination scenario that comes with it. From NBA.com Staff State Farm NBA Play-In Tournament status as of May 11. Russell Westbrook made history by surpassing Oscar Robertson’s all-time triple-double record, but the Wizards came up just short in a mammoth comeback bid at Atlanta. That game sent ripples up and down the Eastern Conference standings, which already felt different after Thursday’s news that Boston All-Star Jaylen Brown would miss the rest of t...