Jaren Jackson Jr. is out here catching strays during the Warriors NBA Finals celebration.
After a March 28th game Jackson tweeted “Strength in Numbers” after the Grizzlies beat the Warriors.
Desmond Bane scored 22 points, De’Anthony Melton and Dillon Brooks added 21 points each and the Memphis Grizzlies solidified their hold on second place in the Western Conference with a 123-95 victory over the short-handed Golden State Warriors on Monday night.
Kyle Anderson added 13 points for Memphis, which holds a five-game lead over the third-place Warriors in the conference. The Grizzlies won their fifth straight and for the ninth time in 10 games. Bane and Melton were key, as they were in Saturday’s win over Milwaukee, combining to go 10 of 15 from 3-point range.
“We all tell both those guys to keep shooting because it opens up the floor for us,” Brooks said. “That’s the way we are built, and it’s fun to play. It’s fun to watch.”
Jordan Poole led Golden State with 25 points, and Moses Moody finished with 18. Jonathan Kuminga scored 15 points as Golden State dropped its third straight and lost for the sixth time in seven games.
Golden State played without leading scorer Stephen Curry, who has missed six games with a left foot sprain. Klay Thompson, Draymond Green and Otto Porter Jr. also sat out under various injury management situations.
That put the Warriors in an unfavorable position facing the Grizzlies, who were without leading scorer Ja Morant, who missed his fifth straight game with right knee soreness, and Jaren Jackson Jr., who sat with right thigh soreness.
But Memphis has played well in Morant’s absence, winning the previous four after Morant was injured.
Klay obviously didn’t forget the Tweet because he called Jackson a bum and clown for mocking their slogan. Klay went on to say that it pissed him off because the Grizzles have never been there before and aren’t in a place to be mocking anymore.
Flip the page for Klay going off and the Tweet.