The Memphis Grizzlies entered this game looking to snap a five-game losing streak and to crawl out of the league’s basement. Their opponent, the Atlanta Hawks, resides in the bottom of the Eastern Conference.
The Grizzlies trotted out the starting lineup of Dillon Brooks, JaMychal Green, Marc Gasol, Andrew Harrison and Tyreke Evans. On the other end, it’s almost a whole new look as they started Dennis Schroder, Kent Bazemore, Taurean Prince, Ersan Illyasova and Miles Plumlee — a unit that doesn’t remotely resemble their past playoff squads.
Once playoff mainstays now searching for an identity and consistency so that they don’t become annual lottery participants.