<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/grizzlies-news-brandon-clarke-drops-promising-injury-update-to-comfort-memphis-fans');   ga('set', 'title', 'Brandon Clarke drops promising injury update to comfort Grizzlies fans');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Brandon-Clarke-Grizzlies-Achilles-injury.jpg"></figure><h1>Brandon Clarke drops promising injury update to comfort Grizzlies fans</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-03-06T20:41:14-08:00">March 6th, 8:41pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-03-06T20:41:14-08:00">March 6th, 8:41pm</time><address><a href="https://letterboxd.com/splooshpuhrty/films/by/your-rating/">Jedd Pagaduan</a>Florence Pugh stan for life 🌻</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The past weekend has not been kind to fans of the Memphis Grizzlies. After all, face of the franchise Ja Morant will be away from the team for an unspecified period of time following <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/ja-morant-timeline-after-grizzlies-star-flashes-gun-instagram-live" rel="noopener">a string of troubles away from the hardwood</a>. However, before the Grizzlies even suspended Morant, their weekend was already off to a terrible start after losing Brandon Clarke <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/grizzlies-news-memphis-suffers-devastating-injury-blow-amid-ja-morant-drama" rel="noopener">to a torn Achilles</a> following a non-contact injury on Friday night against the Denver Nuggets.</p><p>As a result, Clarke will now miss the stretch run for the Grizzlies, and he further depletes their shorthanded frontcourt with the postseason looming. Nonetheless, the Grizzlies forward appears to be in high spirits even as he stares at the prospect of a lengthy rehab process.</p><p>Posting on his Instagram story, Brandon Clarke <a href="https://twitter.com/DrewHill_DM/status/1632937624569798656" rel="noopener">revealed that the surgery he had</a> on his injured Achilles was successful.</p><p>“surgery went well n was successful, thank you for the prayers <b>🙏</b>,” Clarke wrote.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Brandon Clarke update for you folks without Instagram. <a href="https://t.co/l9lN6BWRUD">pic.twitter.com/l9lN6BWRUD</a></p><p>— Drew Hill (@DrewHill_DM) <a href="https://twitter.com/DrewHill_DM/status/1632937624569798656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 7, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>A torn Achilles is one of the scariest injuries a professional basketball player can suffer. In some cases, players who have suffered through an Achilles tear have not been able to return to the level they played at prior to the devastating lower-body injury.</p><p>However, plenty of NBA players, including big name stars, have experienced the lengthy and painful rehabilitation process that comes next and they have managed to overcome this setback to return at a high level. In particular, Kevin Durant and Klay Thompson have proven that they can still perform at an exceptional level despite missing chunks of time. Thus, it won’t be a surprise if Grizzlies forward Brandon Clarke follows in their footsteps.</p><p>One thing that should aid Clarke in his recovery is that time is on his side; at 26 years old, he’s one of the youngest most prominent players to suffer the injury in recent memory.</p><p>A torn Achilles has usually meant an absence of around nine months to over a year; it seems like Clarke wouldn’t be back on the court until at least December 2023 at the earliest. Here’s to hoping for a quick recovery for the Grizzlies forward.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Brandon Clarke drops promising injury update to comfort Grizzlies fans

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/grizzlies-news-brandon-clarkes-reaction-to-season-ending-achilles-injury');   ga('set', 'title', 'Brandon Clarke’s reaction to season-ending Achilles injury');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Brandon-Clarke-Grizzlies.jpg"></figure><h1>Brandon Clarke’s reaction to season-ending Achilles injury</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-03-04T17:11:16-08:00">March 4th, 5:11pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-03-04T17:11:48-08:00">March 4th, 5:11pm</time><address><a>Rexwell Villas</a>A Communications Arts graduate from the University of Santo Tomas in the Philippines, Rex claims to have JR Smith's conscience with his shot selection. He has won a basketball, a baseball, and a football championship in fantasy all within a year.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Memphis Grizzlies have been beleaguered with problems of late. Outside of the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/grizzlies-news-ja-morant-deactivates-socials-after-ig-live-gun-controversy" rel="noopener">suspensions handed to Ja Morant</a> and Dillon Brooks, the Grizzlies also lost big man Brandon Clarke for the rest of the 2022-23 NBA season due to a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/grizzlies-news-memphis-suffers-devastating-injury-blow-amid-ja-morant-drama" rel="noopener">lower-body injury</a>.</p><p>Brandon Clarke, however, is <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPointsNBA/status/1632147007329411073" rel="noopener">in high spirits</a> and feels optimistic that he will only get better from his injury.</p><p>“thank you everyone for the love n support 🤞i’ll be back stronger than ever.” Brandon Clarke said via his Instagram Stories.</p><p>Nevertheless, losing Clarke is a big blow to the Grizzlies. Before suffering what was later diagnosed as an ACL tear in his left knee during last Friday’s game against the Denver Nuggets, Clarke was a high-impact player for the Grizzlies. He was averaging 10.0 points on 65.6 percent shooting from the field and 5.5 rebounds in only 19.5 minutes per contest.</p><p>With Brandon Clarke done for the season, the Grizzlies’ frontcourt just got even thinner. They are still without Steven Adams, who has not played since January due to a sprained right PCL. The Grizzlies will likely give more minutes to the likes fo Santi Aldama and Xavier Tillman even if Adams eventually makes his return to active duty. Jaren Jackson Jr. is also expected to carry a heavier load at the power forward position.</p><p>The Grizzlies, who are very much likely going to be part of the NBA Playoffs, have plenty of time to figure out the optimal frontcourt rotation before the postseason.</p><p>Memphis is second in the Western Conference standing with a 38-24 record.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Brandon Clarke’s reaction to season-ending Achilles injury

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/grizzlies-news-brandon-clarke-exits-with-concerning-non-contact-injury-vs-nuggets');   ga('set', 'title', 'Grizzlies forward Brandon Clarke exits with concerning non-contact injury vs. Nuggets');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Brandon-Clarke-Grizzlies-injury.jpg"></figure><h1>Grizzlies forward Brandon Clarke exits with concerning non-contact injury vs. Nuggets</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-03-03T21:37:49-08:00">March 3rd, 9:37pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-03-03T21:37:49-08:00">March 3rd, 9:37pm</time><address><a href="https://letterboxd.com/splooshpuhrty/films/by/your-rating/">Jedd Pagaduan</a>Florence Pugh stan for life 🌻</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>With a little over a month to go before the postseason begins, contending teams <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/clippers-news-kawhi-leonard-injury-report-vs-kings-after-warriors-loss" rel="noopener">can ill-afford major injuries</a> to some of their most important players. However, during their Friday night clash against the Denver Nuggets, the Memphis Grizzlies lost one of their crucial rotation players after Brandon Clarke went down with a non-contact injury.</p><p>With only 9.1 seconds left in the first quarter, Clarke found himself on the foul line with a chance to tie the game. After making the first free throw, Clarke proceeded to clank the second one. The Grizzlies big man seemed to know that the shot was off, so he scampered off the charity stripe to try and snatch an offensive board.</p><p>In the aftermath of that offensive rebound attempt, however, Brandon Clarke <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPointsApp/status/1631878370790187008" rel="noopener">tweaked his left leg</a>. He made an admirable attempt to power through and get back on defense, but he only managed to limp for a short distance before falling on the ground. Clarke immediately clutched his left leg, and he had to receive help from Steven Adams and David Roddy in getting back to the locker room.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Brandon Clarke (left lower leg injury) will not return to tonight's Grizzlies-Nuggets game.</p><p>Clarke was helped to the locker room after a non-contact injury on this play:<a href="https://t.co/JdwwxZlnAB">pic.twitter.com/JdwwxZlnAB</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPointsApp) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPointsApp/status/1631878370790187008?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 4, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Clarke played in just two minutes, finishing with one point and one board before exiting the game for good due to injury. The non-contact nature of the injury will be a major cause for concern for the Grizzlies brass, as those tend to portend long-term injuries.</p><p>At the time of writing, however, the Grizzlies have let their game against the only team they’re looking up to in the Western Conference standings get away from them. With around three minutes left in the fourth quarter, the Grizzlies have now fallen behind by 17, 107-90, to the Nuggets despite Ja Morant and Desmond Bane’s best efforts to trim the gap between them and the conference leaders.</p><p>Brandon Clarke’s absence depletes the Grizzlies’ already-shorthanded frontline with Steven Adams <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/grizzlies-news-steven-adams-gets-injury-update-vs-sixers-after-all-star-break" rel="noopener">currently on the mend</a> due to a knee injury of his own. If Clarke were to miss a prolonged period of time due to injury, the Grizzlies will have to rely heavily on Santi Aldama to fill in the backup big man minutes. Xavier Tillman should see extended run as well.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Grizzlies forward Brandon Clarke exits with concerning non-contact injury vs. Nuggets

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '');   ga('set', 'title', 'Dillon Brooks’ hard foul on Gary Payton II gets brutally honest assessment from Grizzlies teammate Brandon Clarke');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Grizzlies-news-Dillon-Brooks_-hard-foul-on-Gary-Payton-II-gets-brutally-honest-assessment-from-Brandon-Clarke.jpg"></figure><h1>Dillon Brooks’ hard foul on Gary Payton II gets brutally honest assessment from Grizzlies teammate Brandon Clarke</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2022-05-05T18:24:29-07:00">May 5th, 6:24pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2022-05-05T18:24:29-07:00">May 5th, 6:24pm</time><address><a>Gerard Samillano</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The second-round series between the Memphis Grizzlies and the Golden State Warriors has taken a surprisingly brutal tone. Both teams have been playing physically, leading to more fouls for each side. The worst instance, though, happened in Game 2, and it wasn’t a pretty sight for both teams.</p><p>In Game 2, Grizzlies guard Dillon Brooks went up to contest Warriors guard Gary Payton II’s shot. The contest was full of contact, and Payton II came down hard on his elbow. It was a controversial foul that saw many fans accuse Brooks of being a dirty player. The news of Payton <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/warriors-news-gary-payton-iis-initial-injury-update-is-horrible-news-for-stephen-curry-dubs/">suffering a fractured elbow</a> due to the said incident only made the backlash worse.</p><p>For what it’s worth, at least one Grizzlies player admitted that the foul was unnecessary. Brandon Clarke talked to Rob Lowe about the Dillon Brooks incident, and relayed his thoughts on the matter: (<a href="https://www.nbcsports.com/bayarea/warriors/dillon-brooks-foul-was-way-too-hard-gary-payton-ii-brandon-clarke-admits">via NBC Sports</a>)</p><blockquote>“I watched it again, and Dillon definitely fouled him way too hard and did something that he shouldn’t have done. But it’s tough. There’s obviously falls every game that could definitely result in somebody getting hurt, but you really don’t want to see somebody get hurt off a flagrant, obviously. I know that Dillon feels bad. It’s just a real bad part of the game, but hopefully, we all can move on from that.”</blockquote><p>As much as people want to believe that it was a dirty hit, it’s very likely not the case. Brooks likely just went up for the contest to prevent a layup, without any malicious intent whatsoever. It’s unfortunate that this epic Grizzlies-Warriors series will be tainted with this incident, but injuries are part of the game.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Dillon Brooks’ hard foul on Gary Payton II gets brutally honest assessment from Grizzlies teammate Brandon Clarke

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '');   ga('set', 'title', 'LeBron James reacts to Warriors star Andrew Wiggins’ career-ending poster dunk over Brandon Clarke');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/LeBron-James-reacts-to-Andrew-Wiggins_-career-ending-poster-dunk-over-Brandon-Clarke.jpg"></figure><h1>LeBron James reacts to Warriors star Andrew Wiggins’ career-ending poster dunk over Brandon Clarke</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2022-05-03T19:47:35-07:00">May 3rd, 7:47pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2022-05-04T06:41:38-07:00">May 4th, 6:41am</time><address><a>Paolo Songco</a>A father of two over-energetic boys, Pao has been a writer for ClutchPoints for many years. His passion lies in all things NBA and he has a knack for speaking his mind in his articles -- even when at times it gets him into trouble with the fans. Controversial? Maybe. Excellent writer? Definitely.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Andrew Wiggins just tried to end Brandon Clarke’s career in a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/warriors-news-draymond-green-flips-the-bird-to-grizzlies-fans-after-injury-scare/">testy</a> Game 2 matchup between the Golden State Warriors and the Memphis Grizzlies. This dunk of the year candidate had the NBA world buzzing, including the one and only LeBron James.</p><p>The Lakers superstar could not contain his excitement on Twitter after seeing Wiggins put Clarke on the floor with a truly nasty poster slam:</p><blockquote>“My GOODNESS Wiggs!!!!!!” LeBron wrote in his <a href="https://twitter.com/KingJames/status/1521676344010043392">tweet</a>.</blockquote><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">My GOODNESS Wiggs!!!!!!</p><p>— LeBron James (@KingJames) <a href="https://twitter.com/KingJames/status/1521676344010043392?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">May 4, 2022</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>In case you missed it, here is Wiggins’ epic slam as the <a href="https://fanatics.93n6tx.net/za2bWm">Warriors</a> star put Clarke in a body bag:</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="und"><a href="https://t.co/CsElT724J7" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/CsElT724J7</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPointsApp) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPointsApp/status/1521677642893643776?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">May 4, 2022</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>It looked like Wiggins was going to go for a lay-up once Clarke met him at the apex but apparently, the Warriors swingman had enough spring to dunk that basketball. What a crazy play.</p><p>Even Stephen Curry on the sidelines was extremely hyped by his <a href="https://foco.vegb.net/qe5Yg">Warriors</a> teammate’s aerial acrobatics. Apparently, LeBron has the exact same thoughts.</p><p>Let’s not overlook the fact that Wiggins put the hurt on Brandon Clarke. The Grizzlies big man is one of the best rim protectors on his team and Wiggins literally sent him to the floor with an utterly disrespectful slam.</p><p><i><b>*Watch the NBA Playoffs LIVE with <a href="https://www.fubo.tv/lp/nba/?irad=356361&amp;irmp=492408" rel="noopener noreferrer">fuboTV (click for free trial)</a>*</b></i></p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

LeBron James reacts to Warriors star Andrew Wiggins’ career-ending poster dunk over Brandon Clarke

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '');   ga('set', 'title', 'Warriors star Draymond Green laughs at Brandon Clarke’s comments about Game 1 ejection');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Draymond-Green-laughs-at-Brandon-Clarke_s-comments-about-Game-1-ejection.jpg"></figure><h1>Warriors star Draymond Green laughs at Brandon Clarke’s comments about Game 1 ejection</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2022-05-01T21:24:50-07:00">May 1st, 9:24pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2022-05-01T22:29:07-07:00">May 1st, 10:29pm</time><address><a>Angelo Guinhawa</a>Angelo Guinhawa is a basketball and soccer/football editor/writer. He uses his background in digital marketing to make sure you get to read his work. He has previously worked for FOX Sports PH and a number of reputable sports media outlets. If he's not writing or watching sports, he's likely scouring online for his next NBA card purchase.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Brandon Clarke basically suggested Draymond Green is a dirty player after the Golden State Warriors star was ejected for his Flagrant 2 foul on the Memphis Grizzlies forward. However, if Clarke is expecting to get some sort of fiery response from Green, then he’s mistaken.</p><p>Green was thrown out late in the second quarter of Sunday’s second round series between the Warriors and Grizzlies after he hit Clarke in the face and pulled his jersey down. While some believe it shouldn’t have been a cause for ejection, Clarke emphasized that the veteran forward has been known for such kind of antics throughout his career.</p><blockquote>“It’s not shocking that he did that. It’s something he’s done in the past. He’s been known for Flagrant fouls in his career. I’ve watched him on TV my whole life it feels like, so I wasn’t really shocked,” the Grizzlies youngster <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/grizzlies-news-brandon-clarke-reacts-to-draymond-greens-controversial-ejection-in-game-1/" rel="noopener">explained</a>.</blockquote><p>Upon seeing Brandon Clarke’s comments, however, Draymond Green couldn’t help but laugh at it. While he refrained from commenting, his reaction by using just laughing emojis speaks volumes of what he want to say.</p><p>It’s also easy to imagine Green’s face while he was writing his response.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Can Game 2 start already? 🍿 <a href="https://t.co/jd2ts2V0Vi" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/jd2ts2V0Vi</a></p><p>— Warriors on NBCS (@NBCSWarriors) <a href="https://twitter.com/NBCSWarriors/status/1520933536898818049?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">May 2, 2022</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>For what it’s worth, though, the Warriors star has some interesting comments about his ejection post-game. As Clarke himself suggested, Green <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/warriors-news-draymond-green-dumb-enough-to-think-he-wouldnt-get-a-flagrant-foul-vs-grizzlies/" rel="noopener">highlighted</a> that his reputation was the real reason he was thrown out and not necessarily because his foul was excessive.</p><blockquote>“I’m actually dumb enough to think that I wasn’t going to get a Flagrant 1. Talk about an idiot. You want to call anyone an idiot, look no further than Draymond Green himself,” Green said.</blockquote><p>Hey, at least Green realized that early. So it’s still a win-win for the Warriors after they survived Game 1 and won 117-116 to take a 1-0 series lead.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Warriors star Draymond Green laughs at Brandon Clarke’s comments about Game 1 ejection

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '');   ga('set', 'title', 'Grizzlies’ Brandon Clarke reacts to Draymond Green’s controversial ejection in Game 1');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Grizzlies-news-Brandon-Clarke-reacts-to-Draymond-Green_s-controversial-ejection-in-Game-1.jpeg"></figure><h1>Grizzlies’ Brandon Clarke reacts to Draymond Green’s controversial ejection in Game 1</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2022-05-01T17:03:07-07:00">May 1st, 5:03pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2022-05-01T17:03:07-07:00">May 1st, 5:03pm</time><address><a>Kendall Capps</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Memphis Grizzlies and Golden State Warriors played an exciting Game 1 of their Western Conference semifinal Sunday afternoon. It was a physical game that came down to the end, with the Warriors escaping with a 117-116 win. With a little over a minute remaining in the first half, Warriors forward Draymond Green was whistled for a foul on Grizzlies’ Brandon Clarke. Upon review, the referees deemed it a Flagrant 2 foul, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/warriors-news-draymond-green-goes-bonkers-after-controversial-ejection-vs-grizzlies/" rel="noopener">ejecting Green</a> from the game.</p><p>After the game, the Grizzlies forward talked about the foul and Green himself.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Brandon Clarke said he has been watching Draymond Green deliver flagrant fouls for a long time and said about Draymond's ejection: "He did hit me pretty hard twice."</p><p>— Ohm Youngmisuk (@NotoriousOHM) <a href="https://twitter.com/NotoriousOHM/status/1520908873925808128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">May 1, 2022</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Grizzlies beat reporter Damichael Cole captured Clarke’s thoughts on Draymond’s past.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Brandon Clarke on Draymond Green’s Flagrant-2 foul on him:</p><p>“It’s not shocking that he did that. It’s something he’s done in the past.”</p><p>— Damichael Cole (@DamichaelC) <a href="https://twitter.com/DamichaelC/status/1520908744711974912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">May 1, 2022</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>“It’s not shocking that he did that. It’s something he’s done in the past… he did hit me pretty hard twice.” He stopped just short of calling Green <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/pelicans-news-jose-alvarado-responds-to-chris-paul-elbow-to-his-face-in-game-6/" rel="noopener">a dirty player.</a></p><p>Following the ruling of a Flagrant 2, Green went over to the Warriors bench to high five his teammates. He then <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPointsApp/status/1520871257113128960">strolled around the court a bit</a>, likely getting under the skin of fans in Memphis.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Draymond Green goes at Grizzlies fans after his ejection from Game 1 👀<a href="https://t.co/d3JCoaGbre" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/d3JCoaGbre</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPointsApp) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPointsApp/status/1520871257113128960?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">May 1, 2022</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Despite his ejection, the Warriors once again showed why they are so dangerous in the playoffs. In the game’s biggest moments down the stretch, Golden State made big play after big play. Klay Thompson hit a huge three to give the Warriors the lead. Then <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/warriors-news-nba-world-reacts-to-stephen-currys-block-of-ja-morant-as-warriors-beat-grizzlies/" rel="noopener">Stephen Curry had a massive block</a> on Grizzlies superstar Ja Morant with under 20 seconds remaining.</p><p>With Memphis now trailing the best-of-seven series 1-0, the pressure will be on the Grizzlies to even up the series. Falling behind 2-0 having to go to Golden State likely will not end well for Memphis.</p><p>Game 2 is scheduled for Tuesday night.</p><p> </p><p> </p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Grizzlies’ Brandon Clarke reacts to Draymond Green’s controversial ejection in Game 1

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '');   ga('set', 'title', 'Grizzlies’ Ja Morant hits Brandon Clarke with insane no-look alley-oop');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/ja2.jpg"></figure><h1>Grizzlies’ Ja Morant hits Brandon Clarke with insane no-look alley-oop</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2021-02-25T19:52:12-08:00">February 25th, 7:52pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2021-02-25T19:52:45-08:00">February 25th, 7:52pm</time><address><a>David Bernal</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Even when he isn’t scoring, Ja Morant of the Memphis Grizzlies can still find ways to hurt opponents. This is what makes him who he is as a basketball force. Brandon Clarke and the Los Angeles Clippers know this.</p><p>With Memphis sprinting out to a double-digit lead against the Clippers midway through the third quarter of their match Thursday night, the Memphis point guard beat his defender into the middle of the lane before tossing a no-look dime to a waiting Brandon Clarke for the slam.</p><p>Check it out for yourself and see the playmaking artistry of Ja Morant in yet another dimension from this Thursday night game (<a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/nba/memphis-grizzlies">Clip via the NBA):</a></p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Ja Morant tosses the perfect NO-LOOK OOP to Brandon Clarke on League Pass! 😱 <a href="https://t.co/TBkca5WARC" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/TBkca5WARC</a></p><p>— NBA (@NBA) <a href="https://twitter.com/NBA/status/1365127966569750535?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">February 26, 2021</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><p>Attacking off the dribble <a href="https://twitter.com/NBA/status/1365127966569750535?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1365127966569750535%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fclutchpoints.com%2Fwp-admin%2Fpost.php%3Fpost%3D1018833action%3Dedit">just above the arc,</a> Ja Morant slithered around a high screen set by Jonas Valanciunas against Patrick Beverly.</p><p>With the Clippers defender falling a half-step behind the driving point guard, Ja Morant not only reached the lane unimpeded but froze Paul George in place near the elbow and pushed Serge Ibaka up as the center tried to stop the drive.</p><p>With the defense caught in no man’s land, Ja Morant tossed a no-look alley-oop pass to a leaping Brandon Clarke that left the Clippers frustrated as the lead ballooned to 15 points.</p><p>Though Los Angeles has had success for most of the night at preventing the point guard from racking up points, the sequence was a perfect encapsulation of what makes Ja Morant so dangerous on offense.</p><p>Boasting superb court vision, as well as a deadly quick first step, Ja Morant is routinely able to get where he wants on the court before feasting on a selection of shot attempts or passing lanes.</p><p>With his teammates growing adept at cutting off the ball, Memphis boasts a plus-nine differential when Ja Morant is on the court, according to Cleaning the Glass.</p><p>LA may be a defensive juggernaut, but Morant is playing 4-D chess at this point.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Grizzlies’ Ja Morant hits Brandon Clarke with insane no-look alley-oop

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '');   ga('set', 'title', 'Grizzlies’ Brandon Clarke out 2 weeks with quadriceps injury');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Brandon-Clarke-out-2-weeks-with-quadriceps-injury.jpg"></figure><h1>Grizzlies’ Brandon Clarke out 2 weeks with quadriceps injury</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2020-02-25T18:48:23-08:00">February 25th, 6:48pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2020-02-25T18:48:23-08:00">February 25th, 6:48pm</time><address><a>Ashish Mathur</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"><iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/adnw_request?placement=1709097162682630_1935907953334882&amp;adtype=banner300x250" width="300" height="250"></iframe></figure></header><p>Memphis Grizzlies rookie Brandon Clarke will be out at least two weeks with a right quadriceps injury.</p><p>Clarke left Monday’s game against the Los Angeles Clippers with hip soreness:</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe class="no-margin"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The Grizzlies say rookie forward Brandon Clarke has a right quadriceps injury, which will be re-evaluated in two weeks.</p><p>— Marc J. Spears (@MarcJSpearsESPN) <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/MarcJSpearsESPN/status/1232490580082475008?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 26, 2020</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></iframe></figure><p>Clarke is <a href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/c/clarkbr01.html">averaging</a> 12.0 points, 5.8 rebounds and 1.4 assists per game in 21.7 minutes for the Grizzlies this season. He’s shooting 62.3 percent from the field, 40.4 percent from beyond the arc and 78.5 percent from the free-throw line.</p><p>The Grizzlies, behind the stellar play of rookie point guard Ja Morant and second-year big man Jaren Jackson Jr., are 28-29 on the season. They are in eighth place in the rugged Western Conference standings.</p><p>Morant, who is the front-runner for the 2020 Rookie of the Year Award, is putting up 17.6 points, 3.4 rebounds and 6.8 assists in 51 games this season. 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Grizzlies’ Brandon Clarke out 2 weeks with quadriceps injury

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '');   ga('set', 'title', 'Grizzlies rookies’ Ja Morant, Brandon Clarke record feat last done in 2009');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Grizzlies-news-Ja-Morant-Brandon-Clarke-record-feat-last-done-in-2009.jpg"></figure><h1>Grizzlies rookies’ Ja Morant, Brandon Clarke record feat last done in 2009</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2020-01-24T22:39:38-08:00">January 24th, 10:39pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2020-01-24T22:39:38-08:00">January 24th, 10:39pm</time><address><a>Christian Alamodin</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"><iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/adnw_request?placement=1709097162682630_1935907953334882&amp;adtype=banner300x250" width="300" height="250"></iframe></figure></header><p>It’s no secret that the Memphis Grizzlies killed it during the 2019 Draft, and they may have found their franchise player in Ja Morant. However, he isn’t the only outstanding rookie on the team. During the Grizzlies’ 125-112 victory over the Detroit Pistons, both Morant and Brandon Clarke played exceptionally well. In fact, <a href="https://twitter.com/GrizzliesPR/status/1220916742475730954">the last time the Grizzlies had two outstanding rookies</a> was more than a decade ago, when another great was wearing the Memphis jersey.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe class="no-margin"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Tonight at Detroit, <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/JaMorant?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JaMorant</a> (16 points, 12 assists) and <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/brandonclarke23?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@brandonclarke23</a> (15 points, 11 rebounds) became the 1st pair of <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/memgrizz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@memgrizz</a> rookies to record double-doubles in the same game since Marc Gasol and O.J. Mayo on Feb. 9, 2009 vs. New Orleans. <a target="_blank" href="https://t.co/gErKkeZihY">pic.twitter.com/gErKkeZihY</a></p><p>— Grizzlies PR (@GrizzliesPR) <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/GrizzliesPR/status/1220916742475730954?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 25, 2020</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></iframe></figure><p>It was a solid night for Morant as he led the Grizzlies through his playmaking. The electrifying guard finished with 16 points, two rebounds, and 12 assists in 31 minutes of play. His passes cut through the Detroit defense like butter and helped his team get the win.</p><p>Clarke’s stat line was arguably more exciting, though. The 21st pick in the 2019 Draft was all over the court. The undersized power forward finished with 15 points, 11 boards, an assist, a block, and a steal. It was an amazing night for him that definitely harked back to the time when Marc Gasol and O.J. Mayo were rookies.</p><p>The two became key pieces during the early years of the Grit ‘N Grind era of the Grizzlies, with Mayo providing the scoring and Gasol being the solid presence down low. However, things took the worse for Mayo; he is now out of the league due to a drug-related violation. Meanwhile, Gasol was traded to the Toronto Raptors after years of dominance with the Grizzlies to win his first championship.</p><p>Memphis hoops fans hope that <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/grizzlies-news-taylor-jenkins-wont-pressure-and-rush-ja-morant-brandon-clarke/">their new young guns</a> will be able to exceed what Gasol and Mayo achieved during their time with the team. 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2024-25 SEASON STATS
PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
7.3	5.0	1.1	0.4	0.8

2024-25 SEASON STATS
PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
7.3	5.0	1.1	0.4	0.8

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