In the first round of the 2014 Western Conference playoffs, the Grizzlies faced off against the Thunder, after five games, the Grizzlies led the Thunder 3:2 and advanced in sight, but in the sixth game, the Grizzlies who returned to their home court were unable to find their state, the score was pulled away by the Thunder at the beginning, and the fourth quarter was reduced to garbage time, and finally lost to the opponent 84:104, but after the game, the Grizzlies were hit by a bolt from the blue!

In the sixth game, Randolph, who had lost by a large score, was disturbed by Adams's small actions throughout the game, Adams at that time was not a good man with a big beard like now, but known as "the most underwhelmed rookie in history", and many veterans in the league have had fierce conflicts, Nate Robinson, Jordan Hamilton, Larry Sanders, Nick Young, Carter have all clashed with Adams, the reason is that Adams's annoying little actions, The big black bear Randolph was not happy to lose, and when he returned to the defense, Adams's arm was entangled with Randolph intentionally or unintentionally, and in the end Randolph couldn't help it anymore, his left elbow was on Adams' stomach, and his right hand pushed Adams out!

But Adams, who suffered a loss, did not make any drastic moves, and immediately ran away, and the referee on duty thought that the conflict was not big and only gave Randolph a technical foul, who knew that after the game, the league watched the video and announced a ban on Randolph for maliciously punching players, and Randolph was absent from the key tie-break!

In all fairness, Randolph made another punch, which was enough to ban him, but this time node appeared at such a critical moment that the fans who supported the Grizzlies exploded in an instant! Without Randolph, it's like a grizzly bear without a bear's paw!

In the seventh game, without Randolph, coach Jogel unexpectedly did not use Ed Davis or Kufus, but used a small lineup of Xiao Jia, Conley, Lee, Mr. To, and Miller, and as a result, the Thunder was unexpected, and the Grizzlies temporarily led the Thunder 36:27 under Xiao Jia's strategy and strong attack!

But in the second quarter, the Thunder came back to the bottom, and the Grizzlies' lack of rotation was also revealed, without Randolph, Ibaka and Perkins frantically surrounded Xiaojia, Xiaojia's low-post offense was not as changeable as Randolph, and in the second quarter, he only scored 2 points on free throws on 0 of 3 shots, and the Thunder reversed the score 61:58 under Durant's performance of scoring 13 in a single quarter.

After that, the Thunder never gave the Grizzlies any chance, defeating the Grizzlies 120-109, Durant scored 33 points and 8 rebounds in 12 of 18, and Wei Shao played the best game of the series, 10 of 16 scored 27 points, 10 rebounds and 16 assists of a triple-double, but there were also 7 turnovers, and the Grizzlies, Xiao Jia shined for a quarter, and was unable to support it alone, completely falling into the Thunder's meat grinder, scoring 13 points in 6 of 8 in the first quarter, and 1 of 12 in the last three quarters, Grabbing only 2 rebounds in the game, the Grizzlies ended the season in a very dramatic way.

Although the Grizzlies lost in the end, the Grizzlies, who were not outstanding in overall strength, were able to fight the talented Thunder for seven games, and 4 of them went to overtime, which is enough to show how tenacious this Grizzlies' style of play is! Although Durant can also score 30 points per game, his offensive efficiency has dropped from 66% in the regular season to 45%, not to mention Wei Shao, the average of 25.6 points and 8 assists per game seems gorgeous, but in fact, the shooting rate is only 38.2%, the three-point shooting rate is only 23.8%, and the average is close to 5 turnovers per game, and the offensive efficiency is less than 40%! The Grizzlies' failure this season can only be said to be "unpleasant and unfriendly" First the unexpected Reggie Jackson broke out, took away a game, and then Randolph was suspended, and gave the opponent another victory, and the expectations for the Grizzlies can only start again from next season.

In fact, for many years, the Grizzlies have been hoping to strengthen the wing lineup, hoping to get a star level player with excellent single ability and ability to tear apart the opponent's defense, with the Grizzlies' current lineup, although their defense is top-notch, but there are not many ways on the offensive end, the vast majority of them rely on the lethality of the black and white bears on the inside, which makes it easy for the opponent to prescribe the right medicine for the Grizzlies. Prince is 35 years old this year, his form is declining very quickly, and he is no longer as brave as he used to be, Pondsett has defense but not offense, and he is short in height, only 198 cm, and many times, Joggle has to push Courtney Lee, who plays at guard, to the starting number three.

The Grizzlies have long been aware of this problem, but suffering from the luxury tax and small-city influence, for many years, they have not made any gains in the free market, and can only rely on trades and drafts, and the Grizzlies are unwilling to break the original stable lineup, and the draft has become their only way out, they have recently pinned their hopes on Rudy Gay, but it turns out that Rudy Gay is not suitable for the Grizzlies, so this season's Grizzlies can be described as a broken boat, mainly for the No. 3 position to strengthen, On July 15, 2014, the Grizzlies signed a three-year, $12 million contract with the former Hall of Fame-level forward Vince Carter, Carter was the dominant role in the league that year, but he has reached the age of 37 this year, and can only occasionally shine on the bench.

On January 13, 2015, the Grizzlies, Celtics and Pelicans reached a three-way deal in which the Grizzlies sent Prince to the Celtics, Poundsset and the 2016 pick to the Pelicans to get the Celtics' Jeff Green, Pelicans rookie Larry Smith and a trade exception.

Jeff Green is 206 cm tall, 28 years old, is in the prime of his career, is a well-rounded offensive and defensive No. 3 player, with three-point ability, but not accurate, strong but not up to the level of being able to resist the No. 4 position, has the ability to play singles, but the general team will not contain him, conscientious on the defensive end, on the offensive end, no skill is very outstanding, but it is by virtue of all-round skills, This season with the Celtics, he averaged a career-high 17.6 points and 4.3 rebounds per game while shooting 43.4 percent from the field and 30.5 percent from three-point range.

In addition, it has to be mentioned that Jeff Green is still a fighter, in 2011 Jeff Green had heart surgery, but he never gave up lightly, but worked hard to recover, until now he has overcome the disease and achieved one achievement after another in the arena, so that everyone has to take off his hat to salute him, and at the same time, outside the arena, Jeff Green is also a positive and good image of helping the poor and the weak.

This season's Grizzlies can be described as amazed everyone, the Grizzlies started with a wave of amazing 6 consecutive wins, the Grizzlies won 10 of the first 11 games, and only lost two of the first 17 games! In Game 25, the Grizzlies and the Spurs were tied in three overtimes and finally narrowly defeated the Spurs by one point, and the Grizzlies' record was 20-4! The record is the first in the league! Then Mr. Toto sidelined three games due to injury, the Grizzlies lost all three games, and after winning a 26-11 record, Green landed in Memphis, after which the Grizzlies had a 29-16 record.

In the 2014-2015 season, Randolph turned 33 years old, and his career inevitably entered a period of decline. The average of 16.1 points per game is also a new low except for the first two years of his career, but this season's Black Bears still set a new record in their career, that is, on November 15, 2014, in the Grizzlies' home win over the Pistons, although Randolph was not efficient on the offensive end and only scored 17 points on 7-of-22 shooting, he grabbed 22 rebounds and set a new career record of 13 frontcourt rebounds! (Previously, it was 11).

The state of the Black Bears is declining, the 29-year-old Xiaojia carries the Grizzlies, this season Xiaojia no longer blindly carries out mid-line strategy and defense, but focuses on strengthening the inside singles to make up for Randolph's declining firepower, which gives the Grizzlies a more absolute advantage on the inside, and Xiaojia has played 81 games, Averaged 17.4 points, 7.8 rebounds and 3.8 assists per game, played the Timberwolves in the first game of the new season, facing Pekovic, who is also tall and weight, Xiao plus 12 of 17 scored a career-high 32 points, on November 21, the Grizzlies defeated the Celtics at home, and Xiao Jia once again exploded the sophomore rookie Kyrie Olynyk, and scored 32 points again in 13 of 22 games! The next day back-to-back games against the Clippers, in the face of Griffin and Jordan Jr.'s flying away, Jr. scored 30 points on 13-of-18 back-to-back, and on December 9, the Grizzlies defeated the Mavericks at home, Jr. blew up former best defensive player Tyson Chandler to the bumper, Jr. scored 30 points on 9-of-14 shooting, while Chandler played 30 minutes, shot 0-of-1 without scoring a point, and only grabbed 9 rebounds.

In the last closing game, the Grizzlies and the Spurs have the same record, but they have an advantage in the regular season, as long as the Grizzlies win the last game, the Grizzlies can play against the weakest Trail Blazers in the top four in the playoffs, and the last Grizzlies against the Pacers, facing the big center Roy Hibbert, who once made James very distressed, scored 33 points in 13 of 19, grabbed 13 rebounds, and led the team to win while refreshing his career high in scoring again! This season, the usage rate of Xiaojia reached a career-high 24.6%, while Randolph's was 24.3%, down 1.8 percentage points from last year.

With his outstanding performance this season, he was named to the All-Star Team and All-Star Team for the second time at the end of the season and made his first career All-Star start.

This season's Grizzlies won the highest 55 wins in team history, and the biggest credit is undoubtedly Xiao Jia, but in fact, Conley also has a good performance this season, on December 13, 2014, the Grizzlies finally defeated the 76ers 120-115 in overtime, Conley scored a career-high 36 points on 13-of-22 shooting (the previous maximum was 31 points) and handed out 9 assists, including a total of 22 points in the fourth quarter and overtime! averaged 15.8 points and 5.4 assists per game this season, but his brilliance was overshadowed by Xiao Jia, who played like a god this season.

The Grizzlies, ranked fifth in the West, met the weakest of the top four Trail Blazers in the first round, and the Trail Blazers just woke up from the pain of losing Roy, confirming the lineup with the second leader of the Roy era, LaMarcus Aldridge and the new All-Star-level guard Damian Lillard, as the core component, this lineup is generally young, the Trail Blazers actually only won 51 games in the regular season, but because the division top spot locked the top four, and finally ranked in the top four, its real record is not as good as the Grizzlies.

The Grizzlies eliminated the Trail Blazers in the first round, Aldridge and Randolph played an unbearable performance, but the Trail Blazers pressed the gourd to float the scoop on the Grizzlies, and they couldn't stand the Grizzlies' scoop, the most eye-catching of which was Courtney Lee, with an average of 17.2 points in five games, and a shooting rate of 66%, the Trail Blazers defensive big man Afralo couldn't prevent the unscrupulous Lee who walked in position, and the Trail Blazers All-Star level guard Lillard, in the face of Conley, couldn't play a good performance, Averaged 21.6 points per game, shooting only 40.6% and even worse was three-pointers, averaging 6.2 shots per game and only hitting 1 shot, shooting a miserable 16.1% averaging 4.6 assists per game with 2.4 turnovers, while Conley's performance was still tepid, averaging 16 points per game, shooting 50% from the field and 37.5% from three-point range and then sent 3.7 assists, not to mention Xiao Jia, facing defensive center Robin Lopez, averaging 20.4 points, 9.2 rebounds, 5.0 assists and 2.4 blocks per game, shooting 41.8% from the field, except for the last one that was slightly worse, the other statistics are all at the level of Lopez Jr......

Conley is magical, it's magical, he is the ten points per game, sending five or six assists, and then the opponent's performance has shrunk significantly, in the playoffs, except for Parker, Wei Shao who met a few years ago, and Lillard who met this year, are all ruthless characters who are unconvinced, and they come up, but they still can't submit Conley.

Unfortunately, Conley was hit in the face by McCrum in the first round and fractured, and he had to be out for at least two weeks after the fight, which meant that Conley missed the second round.

After the ruthless Grizzlies easily stepped on the Trail Blazers in the first round, they ran into an even more ruthless character - the Golden State Warriors.

The Warriors changed their coach this season, replacing Mark Jackson with Steve Kerr, Kerr's small-ball storm swept across the league, and the death five composed of Curry, Thompson, Yoongodala, Green and Barnes made the other 29 teams miserable, and the regular season bombarded a team-high and league-high 67 wins, easily eliminated the Pelicans with Anthony Davis 4-0 in the first round, and faced the Memphis Grizzlies in the second round!

In fact, this round of the series, not only the Grizzlies and the Warriors showdown, the league of the year, the wind of small balls is flourishing, many teams are following the trend to engage in small ball, and the Warriors are undoubtedly the best among them, their style of play is fast and accurate, relying on a large number of three-point and defensive counterattacks, playing a rapid fast pace, if the players are in good condition, they can often harvest the game in waves, but the Grizzlies are not, the Grizzlies and the Spurs are the only two teams in the league that are not swayed by the wind of small balls, and those who insist on the inside line win the world, The offensive end is to play a position with the opponent at a glance, relying on the inside line to respond to the offense, its ball style is slow and steady, and the Spurs were eliminated by the Clippers 4:3 in the first round, so this round of the series is also known as the showdown between the emerging small ball team and the traditional position team! In such a duel, whoever can control the rhythm will win the final victory!

In the first game, no, to be precise, the Grizzlies were defeated, the Warriors played their own characteristics, Draymond Green as a center, threw in 3 three-pointers alone, and the Grizzlies were very uncomfortable, whether it was Jr. or Randolph, they couldn't prevent it, and finally lost the first game 86:101, Jr. ran into hard stubble this time, Australian center Andrew Bogut, who did not hesitate to stop Jr. from attacking the inside and disrupting Jr. Plus's offensive rhythm, In the end, Xiao Jia scored 21 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 steals, made 12 free throws, and hit 11, while Bogut graduated with six fouls.

Conley suffered a facial fracture, and Jogel surprisingly did not start Udley, but instead started a player named Nick Carathes, who also played only this year and last two years in his career with the Grizzlies, playing a total of 129 games. averaged 4.6 points per game, and in this game, Carrasses was completely shot by Curry, shooting 0 of 4 free throws and 2 free throws, scoring no points, grabbing 1 rebound, sending 2 assists, 3 turnovers, and 3 steals, while Curry was 8 of 18, made 4 three-pointers, and scored 22 points, 7 assists and 4 steals.

There is no doubt that the Grizzlies without Conley are far from being the Warriors' opponents, but in the second game, something unexpected happened! Conley, who has a broken face, wears a mask and the king returns!

"I don't want to see my brothers fighting, but I'm standing next to me and can't do anything, I look forward to being able to fight against the strongest opponent!"

—Mike Conley, 2015.