Former NBA champion Kendrick Perkins took a shot at Ja Morant's grenade celebration after the Memphis Grizzlies' brutal defeat to the Minnesota Timberwolves on Thursday.

This will be the first time the Grizzlies will play the Timberwolves without Jaylen Wells in their lineup. Wells, who broke his wrist in Tuesday's game, is usually assigned the top perimeter scorer from the opposing team. He guarded Anthony Edwards in the Grizzlies' previous meetings against Minnesota.

Anthony Edwards exploded for 44 points, leading the Minnesota Timberwolves to a dominant 141-125 victory over Ja Morant and the Memphis Grizzlies. Edw

Anthony Edwards scored 44 points as the Minnesota Timberwolves produced a devastating burst of second-half scoring to defeat the Memphis Grizzlies 141-125 in their crucial Western Conference clash on Thursday.

A game with major implications for the Western Conference playoff standings takes place on Thursday, April 10 between the Memphis Grizzlies and the Minnesota Timberwolves at FedExForum in Memphis, Tenn.

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Minnesota trailed Memphis by five at halftime of a game the Wolves needed to win for playoff positioning. A team that’s so often depended on its defense for the last few seasons, it was the

With their loss to the Spurs, and only two games remaining on the regular season schedule, the Warriors fell to the No. 7 seed in the Western Conference, putting themselves in jeopardy of playing in the play-in tournament to secure a spot in the postseason.