That’s a line from ESPN’s Zach Lowe’s analysis of the last time Mike Conley was in a playoff series, written after Game 4 of the Western Conference playoff’s first round matchup between the 2-seeded San Antonio Spurs and the 7-seeded Memphis Grizzlies in 2017. Conley and the grit and grind Grizz had had just surprised the favored Spurs by just winning two games at home to even the series, led by Conley’s exploits.
How Conley did it is a window into the kind of impact he figures to bring to the Jazz, after the team acquired him in a blockbuster trade earlier this week.