The 2021–22 Memphis Grizzlies season was the 27th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and 21st in Memphis.
2021–22 Memphis Grizzlies season | |
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Division champions | |
Head coach | Taylor Jenkins |
General manager | Jason Wexler |
Owners | Robert Pera |
Arena | FedExForum |
Results | |
Record | 56–26 (.683) |
Place | Division: 1st (Southwest) Conference: 2nd (Western) |
Playoff finish | Conference Semifinals (lost to Warriors 2–4) |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Local media | |
Television | Bally Sports South Bally Sports Southeast |
Radio | WMFS-FM |
On December 2, 2021, the Grizzlies defeated the Oklahoma City Thunder by an NBA record–setting 73 points, with a final score of 152–79; at one point they led by 78 points (148–70) in the final minutes of the game, but the 73-point margin is still the largest margin of victory in NBA history. The previous record was a Cleveland Cavaliers 68–point blowout win over the Miami Heat, 148–80, on December 17, 1991, that game had held the record for nearly three decades. The Grizzlies also set several other franchise records that same night, with points in one single game (152 points) and bench points scored (93 points).[1]
The Grizzlies qualified for the playoffs for the second consecutive season after a 133–103 win over the Indiana Pacers on March 25, 2022. They also won the Southwest division title for the first time in Grizzlies' franchise history after a 112–111 win over the San Antonio Spurs on March 30, 2022.[2] They are also the second non–Texas based franchise to win the Southwest Division title since the 2007–08 New Orleans Hornets. The Grizzlies defeated the Minnesota Timberwolves in six games the first round, winning their first playoff series since 2015.[3] In the second round, they faced the Golden State Warriors, where they lost in six games.[4]
Draft
editRound | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | College/Club |
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1 | 17 | Trey Murphy III | Small forward | United States | Virginia |
2 | 51 | Brandon Boston Jr. | Shooting guard | United States | Kentucky |
The Grizzlies carried one first-round pick and one second-round pick at the onset of the draft.[5] The 51st pick was acquired by the Grizzlies from the Mavericks as part of a Delon Wright trade from the 2019-20 season.[6] They would select Virginia forward Trey Murphy III before later swapping him with #10 pick Ziaire Williams – who had been taken by New Orleans – as part of a three-team trade also involving Charlotte.[7]
Roster
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Standings
editDivision
editSouthwest Division | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Div | GP |
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y – Memphis Grizzlies | 56 | 26 | .683 | – | 30–11 | 26–15 | 11–5 | 82 |
x – Dallas Mavericks | 52 | 30 | .634 | 4.0 | 29–12 | 23–18 | 14–2 | 82 |
x – New Orleans Pelicans | 36 | 46 | .439 | 20.0 | 19–22 | 17–24 | 6–10 | 82 |
pi − San Antonio Spurs | 34 | 48 | .415 | 22.0 | 16–25 | 18–23 | 6–10 | 82 |
Houston Rockets | 20 | 62 | .244 | 36.0 | 11–30 | 9–32 | 3–13 | 82 |
Conference
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# | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | GP |
1 | z – Phoenix Suns * | 64 | 18 | .780 | – | 82 |
2 | y – Memphis Grizzlies * | 56 | 26 | .683 | 8.0 | 82 |
3 | x – Golden State Warriors | 53 | 29 | .646 | 11.0 | 82 |
4 | x – Dallas Mavericks | 52 | 30 | .634 | 12.0 | 82 |
5 | y – Utah Jazz * | 49 | 33 | .598 | 15.0 | 82 |
6 | x – Denver Nuggets | 48 | 34 | .585 | 16.0 | 82 |
7 | x – Minnesota Timberwolves | 46 | 36 | .561 | 18.0 | 82 |
8 | pi – Los Angeles Clippers | 42 | 40 | .512 | 22.0 | 82 |
9 | x – New Orleans Pelicans | 36 | 46 | .439 | 28.0 | 82 |
10 | pi − San Antonio Spurs | 34 | 48 | .415 | 30.0 | 82 |
11 | Los Angeles Lakers | 33 | 49 | .402 | 31.0 | 82 |
12 | Sacramento Kings | 30 | 52 | .366 | 34.0 | 82 |
13 | Portland Trail Blazers | 27 | 55 | .329 | 37.0 | 82 |
14 | Oklahoma City Thunder | 24 | 58 | .293 | 40.0 | 82 |
15 | Houston Rockets | 20 | 62 | .244 | 44.0 | 82 |
Game log
editPreseason
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Preseason: 3–3 (home: 2–1; road: 1–2)
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Regular season
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October: 3–3 (home: 1–1; road: 2–2)
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November: 8–7 (home: 6–4; road: 2–3) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
December: 12–4 (home: 6–3; road: 6–1)
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January: 12–4 (home: 6–1; road: 6–3) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
February: 8–2 (home: 2–1; road: 6–1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
March: 11–3 (home: 7–0; road: 4–3)
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April: 2–3 (home: 2–1; road: 0–2)
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2021–22 season schedule |
Playoffs
edit2021–22 game log Total: 6–6 (home: 4–2; road: 2–4) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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First Round: 4–2 (home: 2–1; road: 2–1)
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Conference Semifinals: 2–4 (home: 2–1; road: 0–3)
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2021–22 season schedule |
Player statistics
editRagular season
editPlayer | POS | GP | GS | MP | REB | AST | STL | BLK | PTS | MPG | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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Jaren Jackson Jr. | PF | 78 | 78 | 2,126 | 454 | 86 | 73 | 177 | 1,272 | 27.3 | 5.8 | 1.1 | .9 | 2.3 | 16.3 |
Desmond Bane | SG | 76 | 76 | 2,266 | 334 | 208 | 92 | 29 | 1,384 | 29.8 | 4.4 | 2.7 | 1.2 | .4 | 18.2 |
Steven Adams | C | 76 | 75 | 1,999 | 760 | 256 | 65 | 60 | 528 | 26.3 | 10.0 | 3.4 | .9 | .8 | 6.9 |
Tyus Jones | PG | 73 | 23 | 1,549 | 176 | 324 | 66 | 2 | 632 | 21.2 | 2.4 | 4.4 | .9 | .0 | 8.7 |
De'Anthony Melton | SG | 73 | 15 | 1,657 | 328 | 194 | 104 | 39 | 791 | 22.7 | 4.5 | 2.7 | 1.4 | .5 | 10.8 |
John Konchar | SG | 72 | 7 | 1,292 | 329 | 109 | 45 | 22 | 349 | 17.9 | 4.6 | 1.5 | .6 | .3 | 4.8 |
Kyle Anderson | PF | 69 | 11 | 1,484 | 368 | 183 | 77 | 45 | 521 | 21.5 | 5.3 | 2.7 | 1.1 | .7 | 7.6 |
Brandon Clarke | PF | 64 | 1 | 1,246 | 342 | 86 | 39 | 68 | 666 | 19.5 | 5.3 | 1.3 | .6 | 1.1 | 10.4 |
Ziaire Williams | SF | 62 | 31 | 1,346 | 129 | 65 | 35 | 12 | 501 | 21.7 | 2.1 | 1.0 | .6 | .2 | 8.1 |
Ja Morant | PG | 57 | 57 | 1,889 | 325 | 384 | 66 | 22 | 1,564 | 33.1 | 5.7 | 6.7 | 1.2 | .4 | 27.4 |
Xavier Tillman | PF | 53 | 2 | 701 | 161 | 62 | 49 | 15 | 252 | 13.2 | 3.0 | 1.2 | .9 | .3 | 4.8 |
Jarrett Culver | SG | 37 | 0 | 338 | 48 | 33 | 20 | 5 | 130 | 9.1 | 1.3 | .9 | .5 | .1 | 3.5 |
Frank Ntilikina† | C | 36 | 3 | 461 | 60 | 22 | 23 | 15 | 118 | 12.8 | 1.7 | .6 | .6 | .4 | 3.3 |
Dillon Brooks | SF | 32 | 31 | 885 | 102 | 88 | 36 | 8 | 590 | 27.7 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 1.1 | .3 | 18.4 |
Santi Aldama | PF | 32 | 0 | 360 | 87 | 21 | 6 | 10 | 132 | 11.3 | 2.7 | .7 | .2 | .3 | 4.1 |
Yves Pons | SF | 12 | 0 | 71 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 5.9 | 1.0 | .1 | .1 | .3 | 1.1 |
Sam Merrill | SG | 6 | 0 | 58 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 9.7 | 1.2 | .7 | .0 | .0 | 4.2 |
Dakota Mathias | SG | 6 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2.7 | .3 | .2 | .2 | .0 | 1.0 |
DaQuan Jeffries | SG | 3 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3.0 | .7 | .3 | .0 | .0 | .7 |
Jon Teske | C | 3 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.7 | .7 | .3 | .3 | .0 | .0 |
Shaq Buchanan | SG | 2 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | .5 | .0 | 1.0 |
Xavier Sneed† | SF | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 1.0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 |
Tyrell Terry | PG | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.5 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | 1.0 |
- † Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Grizzlies only.
Playoffs
editPlayer | POS | GP | GS | MP | REB | AST | STL | BLK | PTS | MPG | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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Desmond Bane | SG | 12 | 12 | 428 | 45 | 26 | 11 | 9 | 225 | 35.7 | 3.8 | 2.2 | .9 | .8 | 18.8 |
Jaren Jackson Jr. | PF | 12 | 12 | 332 | 81 | 11 | 9 | 30 | 185 | 27.7 | 6.8 | .9 | .8 | 2.5 | 15.4 |
Tyus Jones | PG | 12 | 3 | 262 | 39 | 54 | 14 | 2 | 110 | 21.8 | 3.3 | 4.5 | 1.2 | .2 | 9.2 |
Kyle Anderson | PF | 12 | 1 | 221 | 52 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 72 | 18.4 | 4.3 | 1.8 | .9 | .6 | 6.0 |
Brandon Clarke | PF | 12 | 0 | 296 | 83 | 24 | 9 | 10 | 148 | 24.7 | 6.9 | 2.0 | .8 | .8 | 12.3 |
Dillon Brooks | SF | 11 | 11 | 335 | 30 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 161 | 30.5 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 1.0 | .3 | 14.6 |
Ziaire Williams | SF | 10 | 1 | 168 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 69 | 16.8 | 1.6 | .5 | .5 | .0 | 6.9 |
De'Anthony Melton | SG | 10 | 0 | 170 | 31 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 56 | 17.0 | 3.1 | 1.6 | 1.0 | .5 | 5.6 |
Ja Morant | PG | 9 | 9 | 338 | 72 | 88 | 18 | 4 | 244 | 37.6 | 8.0 | 9.8 | 2.0 | .4 | 27.1 |
Xavier Tillman | PF | 9 | 6 | 139 | 30 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 40 | 15.4 | 3.3 | .7 | .7 | .1 | 4.4 |
John Konchar | SG | 8 | 0 | 56 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7.0 | 2.4 | .6 | .4 | .1 | 1.1 |
Steven Adams | C | 7 | 5 | 114 | 45 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 16.3 | 6.4 | 2.1 | .1 | .1 | 3.4 |
Jarrett Culver | SG | 3 | 0 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 7.3 | 2.3 | .3 | .7 | .0 | 2.3 |
Transactions
editSubtractions
editPlayer | Reason left | New team |
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Jontay Porter[8] | Waived | |
Justise Winslow[9] | Free agency | Los Angeles Clippers |
Notes
edit- ^ Spectators were in attendance, but the exact number was not reported.
References
edit- ^ "Grizzlies set NBA record with 73-point victory over Thunder". NBA.com. December 2, 2021. Retrieved December 3, 2021.
- ^ Walsh, Erin. "Grizzlies Clinch 2022 NBA Playoff Spot with Win over Pacers". Bleacher Report. Retrieved March 29, 2022.
- ^ "Grizzlies beat T-Wolves to clinch 1st playoff series win in 7 years". theScore.com. Retrieved May 2, 2022.
- ^ Mullinax, Joe (May 13, 2022). "Grizzlies fall to Warriors in Game 6, historic season ends". Grizzly Bear Blues. Retrieved May 16, 2022.
- ^ "2021 NBA draft order: Complete picks for the first and second round". espn.com. June 22, 2021. Retrieved July 13, 2021.
- ^ "Dallas Mavericks acquire Delon Wright". NBA.com. July 8, 2019. Retrieved July 16, 2021.
- ^ "Grizzlies acquire Steven Adams, Eric Bledsoe, draft rights to Ziaire Williams and two draft picks in three-team trade with Pelicans and HorNets". NBA.com.
- ^ "Memphis Grizzlies waive Jontay Porter". NBA.com. July 30, 2021. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
- ^ "LA Clippers Sign Justise Winslow". NBA.com. August 8, 2021. Retrieved August 9, 2021.