The Memphis Grizzlies are an American professional basketball team, based in Memphis, Tennessee. The Grizzlies play as a member of the National Basketball Association's Western Conference Southwest Division, the nba. The Grizzlies play their home games at FedExForum. The Department is led by Robert Pera. The Grizzlies are actually the only team in the Memphis Area's major North American professional sports leagues, and are the only professional basketball team in Tennessee County. The team was formed first as the Vancouver Grizzlies, an expansion team that joined the NBA for the 1995–96 season. After the 2000–01 season was over, the Grizzlies returned to Memphis. The Vancouver Grizzlies is a Canadian professional basketball team based in Vancouver, British Columbia. They had been a member of the Western Conference Midwest Division of the National Basketball Association. The franchise, along with the Toronto Raptors, was established in 1995 as part of the NBA's expansion into Canada. After the 2000–01 season the team relocated to Memphis, Tennessee, United States and was named the Memphis Grizzlies. The Grizzlies have played their home games at the General Motors Arena all through their six seasons in Seattle. The season has unfolded with tremendous enthusiasm from the fan base in the Memphis area. Although the Grizzlies and their supporters were celebrating the tenth season, the Grizzlies were also rooting for eighth place in the Western Conference Playoffs. They finished with a 46–36 record. The Grizzlies made their way back to the post-season for the first time in five years in the 2010–11 season, after a 101–96 home victory over the Sacramento Kings on 8 April 2011. When the Grizzlies traded Hasheem Thabeet, DeMarre Carroll and a stable first-round pick for Shane Battier and Ishmael Smith at the Houston Rockets in the February 2011 playoff chase. On 26 March 2001, the Vancouver Grizzlies applied to the NBA to relocate to Memphis, which had been accepted on 3 July. As a result they became the first major professional sports club from the "big four" major leagues to officially play their home games in Memphis, leaving the Toronto Raptors as the sole Canadian basketball team in the NBA. Memphis is the easternmost city on the Western Conference. The Grizzlies have played their home games at the Pyramid Arena during their first three seasons in Memphis. The Grizzlies celebrated the 10th year of Memphis basketball going into season 2010–11. By the end of the season Memphis finished with a best overall record of 56–26, second in the division and fourth in the playoffs. NBA Defensive Player of the Year has previously been Marc Gasol. Following trailing in series 0–2 Memphis in the opening round defeated the Los Angeles Clippers in six games. That avenged their defeat from the previous year at the hands of the Clippers. Memphis then went on to the Western Conference Finals, where they defeated the Oklahoma City Thunder 4–1 in their semi-final series for the first time in franchise history. It was a rematch of their 2011 NBA Playoffs battle, where in seven rounds the Thunder prevailed. But, when the eventual quarter champions, San Antonio Spurs, swept them for yet another rematch / reversal from the 2011 NBA Playoffs, the Grizzlies 'season concluded in the quarter finals. Owner boss Robert Pera announced a restructuring of the Grizzly's basketball operations department at the conclusion of the 2018–19 season: "It was important to change our commitment to basketball operations and place our staff on the road to continued success." L. As head coach, B. Bickerstaff was relieved of his duties and general manager Chris Wallace was reassigned to the position of college management alone. Jason Wexler was elected Team Chairman, and Zachary Kleiman was promoted to General Manager as Executive Vice President of Basketball Operations. On 12 June 2019, The Grizzlies announced Taylor Jenkins as the franchise's new head coach. The Grizzlies drafted Ja Morant in the 2019 NBA draught, with the second pick. After being selected by the Oklahoma City Thunder with the 21st option, we have got Brandon Clarke, and later played with the Grizzlies for the Grizzlies '23rd choice and second-round option in 2024.
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Minnesota Timberwolves
The Minnesota Timberwolves is a Minneapolis-based American professional Basketball franchise. The Timberwolves compete as members of the Western Conference Northwest Division of the nba within the National Basketball Association. The team was founded in 1989 and is owned by Glen Taylor who also owns the Minnesota Lynx of WNBA. The Timberwolves have been playing their home games at target arena since 1990. Unlike other expansion franchises, the Timberwolves had struggled in their early years but the team qualified for the playoffs in eight straight seasons from 1997 to 2004 after Kevin Garnett's selection at the 1995 NBA draught. The Timberwolves won their first division crown in 2004 and advanced the following season to the Western Conference Finals, having missed their first seven tries in the first round. In that season Garnett was also named the NBA's Most Valuable Player. Since reaching the finals in 2005 and in 2007 trading Garnett to the Boston Celtics, the franchise went into rebuilding mode for more than a decade at a time. In a contract agreed in February 2015, Garnett returned to the Timberwolves and ended his career there, retiring in the summer of 2016. The Timberwolves ended a 14-year drought in the postseason when they returned to the 2018 regular season. In 1989 NBA returned basketball to the Twin Cities for the first time since Minneapolis Lakers left for Los Angeles in 1960. On 22 April 1987, the NBA granted three of the four new expansion franchises to the original owners Harvey Ratner and Marv Wolfenson to continue playing for the 1989–90 season. There were two teams of the American Basketball Association, the Minnesota Muskies of 1967 and 1968, respectively, and the Minnesota Pipers in 1968 and 1969. In December 1986, the franchise held a contest called "name the band," and eventually selected two winners, "Timberwolves" and "Polars" The committee also challenged Minnesota's 842 city councils to sort out the winner, and "Timberwolves" won by nearly 2–1. On 23 January 1987, the team formally became known as "Minnesota Timberwolves." Among the 48 states below Minnesota has the highest number of timberwolfs. On 3 November 1989, the Timberwolves made their debut, losing to the Seattle SuperSonics on road 106–94. We made their home debut at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome five days later, and lost 96–84 to the Chicago Bulls. The Timberwolves claimed their first victory two nights later, on 10 November, crashing home the Philadelphia 76ers 125–118. The Timberwolves, led by 23.2 ppg from Tony Campbell, went on to a record of 22–60 and finished sixth in the Midwest Division. The relocation of the Timberwolves, played in the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, set an NBA record drawing over 1 million fans to their home games. It includes an attendance of 49,551 on April 17, 1990, which saw the Timberwolves losing in the last home game of the season to the Denver Nuggets 99–88. A variety of stars arrived before the next season begins, including Gary Trent, Loren Woods and Maurice Evans and Joe Smith's return. The Timberwolves began the season by winning their first six games and managed to achieve a best 30–10 franchise record. The Timberwolves recorded the best win by a 53-point franchise over Chicago in November. We finished with a 50–32 record: their second ever 50-win season, marked by Garnett's first All-Star selection and the breakthrough season for Wally Szczerbiak, which won his first All-Star game. Minnesota again avoided the playoffs during the first round, where they were defeated in three consecutive rounds by the Dallas Mavericks. For the Timberwolves the 2002–03 season started to shape. Following a strong season of 23.0 points per game and 13.4 rebounds per night, Garnett took second place in MVP and the Timberwolves finished third with a record of 51–31. Consequently, when faced with three-time defending champion Los Angeles Lakers, they were given the home court advantage for the first time. The Timberwolves had an opportunity to take a 3–1 series lead going into the 4th quarter of Game 4 in Los Angeles, despite being shut out at home in Game 1, but the Lakers fought back to win the game and finally took the series in six games. At the end the Timberwolves were defeated for the seventh consecutive year in the first round of the playoffs.
By MB4 years ago in Unbalanced
Somers Tennis Falls 4-3 to Yorktown
On Friday April 26, Somers Tennis traveled to Yorktown and got themselves involved in a tight one. A 3-3 match with all the others finished, the doubles affair had both squads hanging on every point. “It was kind of exciting,” said John Raducany, and while going the limit, the match did have to eventually determine a winner.
By Rich Monettia day ago in Unbalanced
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