The instinctual reaction of a meeting with the Memphis Grizzlies is to be fearful of the impact that a bruising team like the Grizzlies would have. Normally they’d be a powerful threat to pull off an upset. However, this Grizzlies team is decimated with injuries and limping into the playoffs both literally and figuratively.
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Two star players in their lineup (Mike Conley and Marc Gasol) are out. They’d be drastic underdogs in a series with perhaps the most talented Spurs team in recent memory even with those two guys in the lineup. Now that they’re missing that huge chunk of production, this series has the look of one that’s going to be very brief.