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Dillon Brooks met with the media after the Memphis Grizzlies got eliminated by the Golden State Warriors in Game 6.

I play for the respect, I play for my peers to respect me." Brooks and the Grizzlies did a good job getting the series all the way to Game 6, because they had been playing without their best player All-Star guard Ja Morant since the end of Game 3. "They know that we're gonna come every single year," Brooks said of the Warriors. "We're young and they're getting old, so they know we're coming every single year, and that's the way I play.

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"It's unbelievable knowing what we've been through these last few years, and six out of the last eight, we have an opportunity to play for the Finals," Curry said. But, just as the Warriors did in Games 1 and 4, they relied on their championship DNA to hit shots when it mattered. "We just knew we needed to come out and establish an inside presence to start the game off, and not worry so much about our scoring," Green said. The Warriors needed to come out of the gates with more size to combat Memphis' frontcourt of Jaren Jackson Jr. and Adams. And inserting Loon back into the lineup changed that." He finished the night with 18 points, 10 rebounds, three blocks and one steal. This year saw Wiggins put together his best season since he was taken with the No. 1 overall pick in 2014. But unlike Thompson -- whose ACL and Achilles tears came consecutively and resulted in a two-year hiatus -- Looney's were spread out through the course of his early career. Thompson has a special relationship with Game 6s in the playoffs. Thompson wasn't the only player whose performance Friday was a mark on a revitalized season. "It felt better," Thompson said. "I mean, everything we've been through the last few years, it's really an incredible opportunity."

Memphis Grizzlies get unlucky with Ja Morant missing three games and Steven Adams missing two versus the Golden State Warriors.

Adams was plus-13 in Game 4 and helped shift the rebounding in favor of Memphis during Game 5. He missed Games 1 and 2 while in health and safety protocols, and he didn't the start in Game 3. But it's not just Morant. The Grizzlies started Adams in Game 4 and struck gold. He missed a shot that he often makes in Game 1 at the buzzer, but having Morant could have tilted at least one of those final two losses. It's no coincidence that the Grizzlies broke down in the fourth quarters of the last two losses. There was a growing consensus among Warriors media members that the Grizzlies looked better without Morant, especially after a 39-point win in Memphis in Game 5.

The Golden State Warriors forward and the ESPN commentator are still going at it on various media appearances.

It’s wonderful that Perkins has had a long, successful marriage and that he finds his wife beautiful. Perkins also claimed that the assists Green racked up during Golden State’s series against Memphis were so easy that he, Perkins, could have done it. The analyst recently went on ESPN’s "First Take" and declared that Green was “afraid” to take certain shots.

The Memphis Grizzlies were officially eliminated from the NBA playoffs on Friday night, losing Game 6 to the Golden State Warriors.

It's big for us, and we're going to take this throughout the summer and be ready to do it again." "Going against them was an amazing feeling. "They know that we are going to come every single year."

The return of 'Game 6 Klay' and the contributions of Kevon Looney help send Golden State to the Western Conference finals.

It took everything we had to win that game, including the fan support and the noise that was in the arena.” And they got the last laugh with the “Whoop That Trick” anthem. The night ended with Warriors fans singing “Whoop That Trick,” mocking the Grizzlies’ anthem. “That means a lot when your teammates want you out on the court with them,” Looney said. But with the Grizzlies having a size advantage due to Steven Adams’ bulk and length, the Warriors were concerned about a sluggish early start. “The toughest and most competitive player I’ve ever played with, and it showed up tonight. “I used to take it for granted and just think that’s the way it’s supposed to be, like we’re supposed to make the Western Conference finals,” Draymond Green said. “I didn’t go to sleep last night thinking of scoring 30 or shooting the ball well,” Thompson said. “One of the toughest guys and most competitive guys I’ve ever played with,” Green said before correcting himself. And though he had 30 points against the Toronto Raptors in Game 6 of the 2019 NBA Finals, Thompson’s night ended with both a Finals loss and an ACL injury that sidelined him for the 2019-20 season. “I love the moments. The Warriors had just eliminated the Memphis Grizzlies with a decisive 110-96 Game 6 win on Friday at Chase Center, leaving them with a feeling that had become painfully unfamiliar the past two years.

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“Ja is one of the best point guards in this league—you guys know that—obviously it would change, but we made do with what we had,” Brooks said. “Going against them was amazing, it is big for us… However, Brooks believes last year’s play-in game experience and this year’s back-and-forth battle with the Warriors provides Memphis with valuable learning lessons.

The Splash Brothers will presumably have to be better no matter who they face in the Western Conference finals.

It's hard to imagine the Warriors beating the Suns, or even the Mavericks, with Thompson and Curry shooting so inconsistently, especially because they don't have an elite defense to fall back on anymore. Curry and Thompson can put these erratic ways behind them and get hot at the right time, and if they do, the Warriors can beat anyone. He was 6-for-17 from 3 on Friday, and he concluded the Memphis series at 32 percent from beyond the arc and 41 percent overall. He wound up with 29 points, and it's a testament to his all-time threat level that he was sloppy with the ball and couldn't make a shot for most of the night that he still wound up a plus-14 for the game, and indeed he hit the shots when they really counted, but looking ahead to either Dallas or Phoenix in the conference finals, he is going to have to be better. The same goes for Thompson, who was terrific on Friday but has been forcing shots for a while now. Curry was 4-for-17 at one point before hitting two dagger triples as the Warriors finally put the Grizzlies away.

Seven years after leaving the Bruins, Looney continued to contribute in the NBA Playoffs by hauling in 22 rebounds and heaps of praise.

That set a new Warriors record, and his 22 on the night were the most the franchise had gotten out of a single player since 1987. Looney was a McDonald's All-American and was the headliner of UCLA's 2014 recruiting class. For his career, Looney is now averaging 4.7 points and 4.8 rebounds per game across 367 regular season appearances. Stephen Curry and Draymond Green, however, told the coaching staff that they thought Looney would better serve the team in the starting lineup for Game 6 on Friday night. Looney played a major part, recording 22 rebounds in 35 minutes of action – both of which were new career-highs for the former Bruin, playoffs or regular season. The former UCLA men's basketball big and current Golden State Warriors veteran started 80 of his team's 82 regular season games, as well as their first four playoff games earlier this spring.

The Grizzlies guard called his showdown with the Warriors star his “favorite matchup.”

Morant had an opportunity to reflect on the matchup against Curry and the Warriors on Saturday, as he called Curry his “favorite matchup” and that he was “looking forward to more battles” with Curry in the future. In the fashion of the Warriors of old, it was the “Splash Brothers” of Klay Thompson and Steph Curry that propelled Golden State forward in the playoffs once again, one step closer to a return to the NBA finals. The Warriors defeated the Grizzlies, 110–96, in Game 6 of their series on Friday night to advance to the Western Conference Finals for the first time in three seasons.

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In a high-stakes environment such as the NBA Playoffs — full of stagnant possessions and defensive mudslinging contests — the lowest hanging fruit, whatever form it may be, is often the key to advancing deeper into the playoff rabbit hole. Looney’s presence as a screening partner for Curry is extremely valuable — not only because of his ability to set rock-solid screens, but also due to the nature of how Adams was going to defend Looney. The Warriors did a much better job of forcing the Grizzlies’ hand. A team with nothing to lose and everything to gain is often considered the most dangerous kind of opponent, and the Warriors were in danger of letting that spark evolve into an uncontrollable wildfire. Dillon Brooks is able to navigate around the initial pick, with Adams meeting Curry at the level of the screen to take away his space. The necessity of shelving half-court possessions initiated from the low or high post, as well as up top in a “Delay” configuration, was compounded by such a problem.

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Valuing each possession and playing to their level of skill is what Golden State needs to do, against any opponent, in order to win another title. If there is one big takeaway from this series against the Warriors for the Grizzlies, it is that they are going to be a force in this league for a long-time to come. As long as they have Ja Morant and their young, growing talents though, the Grizzlies are going to be a problem in the NBA for a long-time to come. Heading into the Western Conference Finals, whether they play Phoenix or Dallas, the Warriors are going to have to really cut back on their turnovers because the Phoenix Suns and Dallas Mavericks are two of the Top-5 defensive teams in this league. The 2021-22 season was a massive success for the Grizzlies and now, it is time for them to take the next step as a franchise in the offseason and become the championship contenders they looked like all series long against Golden State. As for Memphis, nobody expected them to be in the Western Conference Semifinals this season and nobody expected them to win 56 games either!

Klay Thompson won three NBA championships with the Golden State Warriors in his twenties, and now a fourth is in his sights.

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