<!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-xavier-tillman-taking-lakers-star-anthony-davis-lunch-money-has-twitter-buzzing');   ga('set', 'title', 'Grizzlies center Xavier Tillman taking Lakers star Anthony Davis’ lunch money has Twitter buzzing');   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/2023/04/Grizzlies-Xavier-Tillman-Jaren-Jackson-Jr.-Lakers-Anthony-Davis.jpg"></figure><h1>Grizzlies center Xavier Tillman taking Lakers star Anthony Davis’ lunch money has Twitter buzzing</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-04-19T20:24:30-07:00">April 19th, 8:24pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-04-19T20:24:30-07:00">April 19th, 8:24pm</time><address><a href="https://letterboxd.com/splooshpuhrty/films/by/your-rating/">Jedd Pagaduan</a>Loves Arsenal and the Los Angeles Clippers, so his loyalty can never be questioned. This guy has been through enough sports trauma for one lifetime.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Momentum appeared to be on the Los Angeles Lakers’ side in their first-round matchup against the Memphis Grizzlies. After a resounding Game 1 win, the Lakers entered the following contest facing a team without its biggest star in Ja Morant, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/grizzlies-news-ja-morant-injury-update-game-2-vs-lakers" rel="noopener">who was out with a hand injury</a>. Morant joined Steven Adams and Brandon Clarke on the injured list, and it definitely seemed like the Lakers could run away with the series with LeBron James and Anthony Davis leading the way.</p><p>To prevent that, the Grizzlies’ role players needed to step up in a big way. And step up, indeed, this Grizzlies role player did. On Wednesday night, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/grizzlies-news-xavier-tillmans-drops-never-before-seen-epic-game-in-win-over-lakers" rel="noopener">it was Xavier Tillman Sr.’s turn</a> to show the Grizzlies’ next man up mentality that has made them such a dangerous team.</p><p>In fact, Tillman, the third year center who began the year playing a 10 to 15-minute role off the bench, even outplayed Anthony Davis, the eight-time All-Star. The Grizzlies big man outscored and outrebounded the Lakers star, (22-13 on points, 13-8 on rebounds) as the Purple and Gold failed to capitalize on a golden opportunity to take a 2-0 series lead heading home.</p><p>As a result, fans on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/SBN_Ricky/status/1648871017073213444" rel="noopener">hyped up</a> Xavier Tillman after such an important performance to keep the Grizzlies afloat. To put his performance in greater perspective, the Grizzlies center posted his <a href="https://www.statmuse.com/nba/ask/xavier-tillman-career-high-points" rel="noopener">career-high in points</a> (and season-high in rebounds) in a game that should remind the world that the Lakers do not have a cakewalk ahead of them.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Xavier Tillman being the best player on the floor in a playoff game that featured LeBron James and Anthony Davis is a huge win for people who stare at the BPM leaderboard at sports-reference dot com every year</p><p>— Ricky O'Donnell (@SBN_Ricky) <a href="https://twitter.com/SBN_Ricky/status/1648871017073213444?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 20, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Xavier Tillman becomes the youngest (only one under 25) second round pick to ever produce </p><p>20+ points<br>10+ rebounds<br>while shooting 75% or better from field (min. 10 FGA)</p><p>in a single game in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NBAPlayoffs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NBAPlayoffs</a> History.</p><p>— Shawn Coleman (@StatsSAC) <a href="https://twitter.com/StatsSAC/status/1648878688123887618?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 20, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>In the end, the majority of fans on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/Shelb_Guwop/status/1648870941311610881" rel="noopener">couldn’t believe how</a> Tillman — the Grizzlies’ second-round pick in 2020 — outplayed Anthony Davis. Davis shot the ball horribly and failed to anchor the Lakers’ interior to as well of a degree as he did back in Game 1, prompting some criticism from the ever-cacophonous Lakers fanbase.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Getting out scored, out rebounded, simply out played by Xavier Tillman in a playoff game sound crazy don’t it <a href="https://twitter.com/AntDavis23?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AntDavis23</a> ??? 😂</p><p>— Ken Mike's son (@Shelb_Guwop) <a href="https://twitter.com/Shelb_Guwop/status/1648870941311610881?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 20, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">xavier tillman to AD tonight </p><p> <a href="https://t.co/0ndh4gxuva">pic.twitter.com/0ndh4gxuva</a></p><p>— Elliot Thornton ☯ (@etfoshoo_) <a href="https://twitter.com/etfoshoo_/status/1648870933619441665?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 20, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Then AD let a nobody named XAVIER TILLMAN get the best of him. JJJ had a feast too. AD just bbq chicken tonight.</p><p>— thad 1-1 Lakeshow 💜💛 (@tgpher) <a href="https://twitter.com/tgpher/status/1648870978238443520?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 20, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Grizzlies 3rd string center Xavier Tillman outplayed AD.</p><p>— John C. (@jcf_242) <a href="https://twitter.com/jcf_242/status/1648870959611248641?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 20, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Nevertheless, with the series headed to Los Angeles, Anthony Davis will have plenty of opportunities to redeem himself. Davis, who put up a 4-14 shooting night, isn’t likely to play that poorly again, unless he’s playing hurt. His Game 2 performance is his <a href="https://www.statmuse.com/nba/ask?q=anthony+davis+worst+fg+game+log+22-23" rel="noopener">second-worst shooting night</a> of the season. In fact, out of 56 games, he only shot the ball worse than 50 percent for 13 of them.</p><p>Even then, tonight is Xavier Tillman’s night, and the Grizzlies will need more performances like this from him especially if Ja Morant were to miss more time.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Grizzlies center Xavier Tillman taking Lakers star Anthony Davis’ lunch money has Twitter buzzing

<!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-xavier-tillmans-drops-never-before-seen-epic-game-in-win-over-lakers');   ga('set', 'title', 'Xavier Tillman’s drops never-before-seen epic game in win over Lakers');   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/2023/04/xavier-tillman-grizzlies-lakers.jpg"></figure><h1>Xavier Tillman’s drops never-before-seen epic game in win over Lakers</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-04-19T19:46:58-07:00">April 19th, 7:46pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-04-19T19:50:03-07:00">April 19th, 7:50pm</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>When the Memphis Grizzlies needed a hero in <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-playoffs-odds-lakers-vs-grizzlies-game-2-prediction-pick-how-to-watch-4-19-2023" rel="noopener">Game 2</a> against LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/what-potential-2023-nba-trade-deadline-move-grizzlies-would-regret" rel="noopener">Xavier Tillman gladly</a> showed up and helped the team score a series-tying 103-93 win at home Wednesday night.</p><p>Xavier Tillman came out of nowhere and poured in a team-high 22 points on 10-for-13 shooting from the field with 13 rebounds and three assists in 32 minutes of floor duty. According to StatMuse, it’s the first time ever in the history of the Grizzlies franchise that someone posted at least 22 points and 13 rebounds in an NBA Playoffs game while also shooting at least 75 percent from the field.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Xavier Tillman tonight:</p><p>22 PTS<br>13 REB<br>10-13 FG</p><p>First Grizzlies player to reach those numbers on 75 FG% in a playoff game. <a href="https://t.co/tm348ZrBLe">pic.twitter.com/tm348ZrBLe</a></p><p>— StatMuse (@statmuse) <a href="https://twitter.com/statmuse/status/1648869127166087168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 20, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Xavier Tillman was a very good player in East Lansing during his days with the Michigan State Spartans, but he was definitely not a primary concern of the Lakers heading into Game 2, even if Ja Morant was already ruled out for that contest. After all, Tillman averaged just 7.0 and 5.0 rebounds across 61 games back in the 2022-23 NBA regular season. Moreover, Xavier Tillman coughed up just two points with three rebounds and three assists, and a steal in the series opener.</p><p>Tillman also helped another former Spartans star, Jaren Jackson Jr., in making life miserable on the court for Lakers big man Anthony Davis, who only produced 13 points on a salty 4-for-14 shooting from the floor.</p><p>The Lakers were blindsided by the surprising eruption of Tillman, with the Grizzlies now also hoping that the former second-round pick in the 2020 NBA Draft will be able to carry that form with him to Game 3 on Saturday.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

2023-24 SEASON STATS
PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
5.3	3.9	1.4	0.8	0.9

2023-24 SEASON STATS
PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
5.3	3.9	1.4	0.8	0.9

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