LOS ANGELES — If poking living legends is going to be Dillon Brooks' game plan, it would be wise to hang around for an entire game instead of actually poking living legends.
If the Grizzlies aren’t careful, they’ll be goin’ fishing real soon. Brooks’ shot, intentional or not, was the only force the Grizzlies exerted in an environment that required plenty of it, along with poise and maturity.
James nearly waded into the waters of firing back at Brooks in the postgame, but stopped himself short, only alluding to a number of vocal opposers who stood across from him with antics or nonsense through the years. Davis finished with 31 points, 17 rebounds and 3 blocks, but it certainly felt like he had an even greater effect, especially after the Grizzlies’ big men energized their Game 2 win in Memphis.
It wasn’t just that the Grizzlies were offensively inept — those things happen in playoff settings, random games where nobody can hit anything occur more often than it seems — but they looked shook, like the moment was too big for them.
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