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The Memphis Grizzlies won’t be thrilled about their positioning in the play-in tournament. As a team that was shooting for a 6-seed for most of the season, they blundered near the end, sending themselves down to the 9th seed.
This means that they’ll have to win two games in the play-in tournament — one against the San Antonio Spurs and another against the winner of a game between the Los Angeles Lakers and Golden State Warriors.
And even though it’s easy to immediately look ahead to game two, this should be taken one at a time.