MEMPHIS — Early in the season, the Memphis Grizzlies handed the Jazz a pair of disheartening losses in Salt Lake. That was when the Grizzlies still had Marc Gasol and the Jazz were struggling a bit. Surely the Jazz, with their improved play of late, couldn’t lose again to the Grizzlies, who came with in the second worst record in the Western Conference, a third time could they?
Yes, they could and they did.
The Jazz climbed an uphill battle all night and while they didn’t play poorly, they couldn’t stop the Grizzlies, who shot above 50 percent all night, finishing at 51.