The game between the Memphis Grizzlies and Los Angeles Lakers will take place at FedExForum on Sunday, April 16 at 3:00 PM ET.
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The Memphis Grizzlies will welcome the Los Angeles Lakers to the FedExForum for an NBA game on Sunday. The Memphis Grizzlies lost 115-100 in their last game over the OKC Thunder. Kenneth Lofton Jr. scored a career-high 42 points and grabbed 14 rebounds for Memphis. Ziaire Williams added career-bests of 24 points and nine assists for the Grizzlies.
Both teams were locked into their seeds in the Western Conference before the tip — Memphis at No. 2 and Oklahoma City at No. 10 — so key players for both teams sat out. Memphis’ Ja Morant, Desmond Bane, Jaren Jackson Jr. and Dillon Brooks and Oklahoma City’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Jalen Williams, Josh Giddey and Lu Dort were among those who did not play.
Mann and the other reserves who got extended minutes understood their roles. “We stepped up when they called us to just give our guys a rest going into the postseason,” he said. “So, you know, we went out there, played hard and had fun playing together.”
The Los Angeles Lakers on the other hand won 108-102 against the Timberwolves in their last game. Nearly everything about this season has been a grueling challenge for the Los Angeles Lakers, so nobody in a gold jersey really seemed surprised when Anthony Davis committed a baffling foul that allowed Minnesota’s Mike Conley to snatch a playoff berth from their hands with 0.1 seconds on the regulation clock. The Lakers simply absorbed the latest body blow to their championship hopes and played on.
Five overtime minutes later, they finally claimed a postseason berth that seemed all but unattainable just a couple of months ago. LeBron James had 30 points and 10 rebounds, and the Lakers snagged the seventh spot in the Western Conference playoffs with a 108-102 victory over the short-handed Timberwolves in the NBA’s play-in tournament Tuesday night. Conley hit three clutch free throws to tie it after Davis foolishly fouled him on a 3-point attempt, but the Lakers coolly kept rolling toward their 10th win in 12 games overall.
Their reward is a date with the second-seeded Memphis Grizzlies in the first round starting Sunday. “It took everything out of us to get to where we are, and it took more out of us tonight,” Davis said. “But we’ve got a couple of days before we go to Memphis to start preparing for them. It’s been a battle. It’s been an up-and-down season for us, but now is the time to show who we are, and we showed it tonight.”
Memphis Grizzlies: Vince Williams, David Roddy, Kenneth Lofton, Jr., John Konchar, Ziaire Williams
Los Angeles Lakers: LeBron James, Jarred Vanderbilt, Anthony Davis, Austin Reaves, D’Angelo Russell
Memphis Grizzlies: Jake LaRavia, Jaren Jackson Jr., Ja Morant, Santi Aldama, Steven Adams, Tyus Jones, Desmond Bane, Dillon Brooks, Brandon Clarke
Los Angeles Lakers: Dennis Schroder
The game between the Memphis Grizzlies and Los Angeles Lakers will take place at FedExForum on Sunday, April 16 at 3:00 PM ET.
The match between the Memphis Grizzlies and Los Angeles Lakers will be telecast live on ABC, ESPN3.
| Country | Channel | Date and Time |
| United States | ABC, ESPN3. | April 16 (3:00 PM ET) |
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