The Memphis Grizzlies dressed only nine men Monday at Target Center. Many of those would have gone unrecognized in a lineup. Their list of players not playing was nearly as long as the active roster.
Still, it was hard.
Monday, the team’s crucial penultimate regular season game, the Wolves came out cold, trailed by as many as 10 in the first half, played most of the game without the injured Taj Gibson and with Karl-Anthony Towns battling foul trouble.
But they did enough to win 113-94, doing their part to stay in the Western Conference playoff race with Wednesday’s regular season finale against the Denver Nuggets looming.