Tag - memphis-grizzlies

 
Menu
Search
 
April 25, 2025
 

Today's print edition

Home Delivery
Subscribe for more access

MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES

The Thunder's Chet Holmgren (left) and Grizzlies center Zach Edey battle for a rebound during Game 3 of their series in Memphis on Thursday.
BASKETBALL / NBA
Apr 25, 2025
Thunder rally from 29 down to stun Grizzlies in Game 3
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 31 points, Jalen Williams added 26 and Chet Holmgren scored 23 of his 24 points in the second half.
Thunder guard Cason Wallace dunks against the Grizzlies during the second quarter in Game 1 of their playoff series in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, on Sunday.
BASKETBALL / NBA
Apr 21, 2025
Thunder open playoff campaign with record victory
The Thunder's 51-point margin of victory was even more remarkable given that Thunder star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had his statistically worst performance of the season.
Warriors forward Jimmy Butler and guard Stephen Curry high-five during the second quarter of Golden State's play-in win over the Memphis Grizzlies on Tuesday in San Francisco.
BASKETBALL / NBA
Apr 16, 2025
Butler and 'Batman' Curry shine as Warriors down Grizzlies to reach playoffs
Curry finished with 37 points, while Butler led the Golden State scoring with 38 points in another masterful performance from the former Miami Heat talisman.
Grizzlies forward Jaylen Wells (right) shoots as Los Angeles Lakers guard Luka Doncic defends during the second quarter at FedExForum in Memphis, Tennessee, on March 29.
BASKETBALL / NBA
Apr 9, 2025
Grizzlies' Jaylen Wells breaks wrist in face-first fall
Wells left the court on a stretcher after he crashed face-first to the floor following a foul while completing a second-quarter dunk.
Yuta Watanabe played in 34 NBA games this season, including five for the Grizzlies.
BASKETBALL / B. League
Jul 12, 2024
Jets signs former NBA player Yuta Watanabe for upcoming season
The 29-year-old forward and the team have a "basic agreement" on a contract for the 2024-25 season.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA
May 11, 2022
Grizzlies guard Ja Morant doubtful for remainder of postseason
Morant injured the knee in the fourth quarter of Game 3 of the Grizzlies' Western Conference semifinal clash with Golden State on Saturday in a play involving Warriors guard Jordan Poole.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA
May 9, 2022
Grizzlies and Warriors prepare for Game 4 with tensions running high
'(Morant is) like Wolverine out there,' Melton said. 'He could be limping one day, the next day be fine. He's a warrior.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA
Dec 5, 2021
Grizzlies set record in win over Mavericks
Desmond Bane made 12 of 20 shots and added nine rebounds for the Grizzlies, who overcame a depleted lineup to extend their season-high winning streak to four games.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA
Dec 3, 2021
Grizzlies set NBA record with 73-point win over Thunder
The previous NBA record for largest margin of victory was 68, by Cleveland over Miami, on Dec. 17, 1991.
BASKETBALL / NBA
Aug 19, 2020
Yuta Watanabe has mixed feelings over 2019-20 season
The 25-year-old described the 2019-20 season as a campaign where he grew to a degree.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA
Sep 11, 2019
Yuta Watanabe shifts focus to upcoming NBA season
Just over 14, 15 hours after his return from China, Yuta Watanabe was back at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport on Wednesday, where the Japan men’s national team had landed on its return from the FIBA World Cup the previous night.
BASKETBALL / NBA
Aug 13, 2019
Wizards slated to begin NBA season at Dallas on Oct. 23
Rookie forward Rui Hachimura and the Washington Wizards are scheduled to play a trio of road games to begin the 2019-20 NBA campaign, it was announced as the league unveiled its regular-season schedule on Monday.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA
Jul 26, 2019
Yuta Watanabe encourages youth to pursue basketball dreams
Memphis Grizzlies two-way signing Yuta Watanabe is one of the star players that Japanese children gaze at dreamily.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA
Apr 24, 2019
Yuta Watanabe not distracted by rising profile in Japan
Yuta Watanabe has certainly become a basketball celebrity in Japan, having become the second-ever player from the country to play in the NBA this season.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Apr 18, 2019
Yuta Watanabe makes positive impact as a rookie
Yuta Watanabe's blue-collar work ethic and perpetual desire to improve were defining characteristics of his rookie season.
BASKETBALL
Mar 29, 2019
Memphis Hustle rookie Yuta Watanabe shines as fill-in point guard
Yuta Watanabe's rookie season provided another memorable chapter on Wednesday.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Jan 31, 2019
Rookie Yuta Watanabe displays potential while playing major minutes in NBA G League
Rookie Yuta Watanabe has exhibited veteran poise throughout his first season as a pro basketball player.
Amid uncertain tariffs, is now the time to buy a new iPhone?
An Apple store in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward in September. Prices for the newest iPhone models start at around ¥100,000 ($700) in Japan.
Japan must correct Trump’s false data for trade talks, says Kono
Former Foreign Minister Taro Kono
Japan wants to 'separate' tariff and security issues. That may be tough.
Japan’s chief tariff negotiator, Ryosei Akazawa, poses with a "Make America Great Again" cap at the White House in Washington on April 16.
Social media helps fuel growing 'sex tourism' in Japan
People walk down a street in the red-light entertainment area of Kabukicho in the Shinjuku district of Tokyo on March 31.
Japan set to fine cyclists on the spot for rule violations from 2026
Under new rules, those who use smartphones while riding a bicycle would be subject to the maximum fine of ¥12,000.
Amid uncertain tariffs, is now the time to buy a new iPhone?
An Apple store in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward in September. Prices for the newest iPhone models start at around ¥100,000 ($700) in Japan.
Built in a flash, Osaka Expo pavilions wrestle with sustainability
Kengo Kuma & Associates oversaw the construction of the Malaysia pavilion, which is encased in interwoven rows of bamboo that appear to ripple.
Japan weighs using U.S. rice imports as tariff negotiation tool with Trump
A restaurant owner pours California-grown Calrose rice into a rice cooker at his restaurant in Tokyo
Is Japan’s parliament ready to welcome more youth to its ranks?
Lower House lawmaker Kai Odake in his Tokyo office on Wednesday
Crow meat, goat tartare: Mauvaise Herbe raises its game
Crow meat, shaped into a ball and attached to a foot of the bird, is one of the peculiar offerings of game at Mauvaise Herbe.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Visitors walk past Sou Fujimoto's Grand Ring, which has been recognized as the largest wooden structure in the world.
Can a World Expo still matter? Japan is about to find out.
By Tomoko Otake

SUSTAINABLE JAPAN

Smile! It’s ‘Sanrio Time,’ now and ever after
Smile! It’s ‘Sanrio Time,’ now and ever after

SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTS note

Read more

SUPPLEMENTS BINDER