Warriors vs. Grizzlies player grades: Steph Curry paces the way

The Golden State Warriors continued their strong start to the season on Friday night, beating the Memphis Grizzlies 123-118 to improve to 10-2, and to take over first place of West Group C in the 2024 Emirates NBA Cup in-season tournament.

It was a game that wasn’t nearly as close as the final score, but Memphis erased most of a 24-point Warriors lead once the outcome had been decided, which they were incentivized to do since the NBA Cup uses point differential as a tiebreaker. It was also a balanced game for the Dubs, with six different players scoring in double figures, and no one scoring 20 points.

Now let’s grade the players. As always, grades are based on my expectations for each player,…