If you’re looking for a perfect metaphor for the Memphis Grizzlies’ Game 1 blowout of the Portland Trail Blazers, look no further than some WWE-style in-game mascot shenanigans.
During a timeout in the action, Grizz, the Grizzlies’ mascot, climbed to the top of a ladder as a helpless (impostor) Blazers mascot lay sprawled on a table several feet below. Seconds later, Grizz, after flying through the air like Jimmy “Superfly” Snuka, had broken both the table and the fake Blazer mascot in half.
By the time the final buzzer sounded, Portland had been similarly broken.