It’s a harsh truth: No NBA team that isn’t 100 percent healthy can defeat the Golden State Warriors in a seven-game series. Bad news for the Memphis Grizzlies: This is the exact situation they find themselves in heading into the next round.
In addition to playing through a painful foot issue, Grizzlies point guard Mike Conley Jr. suffered a gruesome injury in the first round, fracturing his face and undergoing surgery that necessitated the insertion of metal plates and screws into his left eye socket.
It’s tough. There’s no definitive timetable for Conley’s return, but he hasn’t been ruled out entirely, either, per Ronald Tillery of The Commercial Appeal.