The Memphis Grizzlies will face the Minnesota Timberwolves in the 1st round of the NBA Playoffs.

The NBA Playoffs are almost upon us, as all the basketball fans around the world look forward to the best month of the season, with teams fighting to win the Championship.

In the 1st round of the playoffs in the Eastern Conference, The Memphis Grizzlies will be up against the Minnesota Timberwolves, where the two teams who have made the most noise throughout the season will face each other.

This is the matchup between the 2nd and 7th seed of the Western Conference, where the Memphis Grizzlies will have the home-court advantage as they finished the regular season with a better record than the Minnesota Timberwolves.

• Memphis Grizzlies finished the regular season with a record of 51-31.
• Minnesota Timberwolves finished the regular season with a record of 48-34.

What to expect from both the teams in this series?

The Memphis Grizzlies will be the favorites to win this series and many people consider them to even win the West, such has been the rise of this young team this season led by their All-Star guard Ja Morant.

This team is very deep and all the players are well capable to shine in the most pressurized situations, which is why they are a very scary team to be up against. The likes of Morant, Desmond Bane, Dillon Brooks, and Jaren Jackson Jr. will elevate their game to the next level in this series.

The Minnesota Timberwolves qualified for the playoffs after defeating the Los Angeles Clippers in the play-in tournament, and now they will be up against a team that is similar to them. Both these teams have made giant leaps this season due to their young players elevating their game.

This will be a very highly intensified series between two young teams who like to trash talk a lot and we can see absolute madness whenever these two teams go up against each other, and in the playoffs where stakes are at an all-time high, it is going to be fun!

Prediction:

• Memphis Grizzlies to win the series and progress to the 2nd round of the playoffs.

August: Pat Beverley traded from the Clippers to the Grizzlies as two sides were far apart on extension talks. (flipped in trade to Timberwolves immediately after).

Today: Bev, Wolves beat Clippers in Play-In game.

He’ll now face the Griz.

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