At every turn, the Grizzlies tried to find the positives through the pains.
In Sacramento, it was the resolve shown during a fourth quarter rally from a 15-point deficit that came up just short at the finish.
Against the Lakers, it was the most encouraging performance to date in Memphis’ Josh Jackson rotation experiment.
We just have to keep our spirits up and keep getting better. We are ready to get home and continue to get back to work.
And despite an ugly loss to the Clippers that capped the Los Angeles stay, coaches and players took solace in huge bench production from a unit that averaged 62 points over three games.