As is the case with every one of the NBA’s other conference semifinals, five meetings between the Warriors and Grizzlies have done nothing but confuse me from game to game. One night, Team A seems to have cracked the code on how to beat Team B, and the next night it’s a completely different story. Such is playoff basketball.
All of the wonkiness of this great series leaves me confused about what to expect in Games 6 and (potentially) 7. But one thing that I can confidently say is that Steven Adams is making a difference for Memphis.
Adams missed the first two games of the series as he battled COVID-19 and then played just garbage-time minutes in the Game 3 beatdown that the Grizzlies caught from the Warriors. But he returned to the starting lineup and regular minutes in Games 4 and 5. Here’s his impact in those games:
