This will be the first time the Grizzlies will play the Timberwolves without Jaylen Wells in their lineup. Wells, who broke his wrist in Tuesday's game, is usually assigned the top perimeter scorer from the opposing team. He guarded Anthony Edwards in the Grizzlies' previous meetings against Minnesota.

On April 21, a Shelby County Circuit Court judge dismissed a lawsuit against Memphis Grizzlies star Ja Morant, ruling that he cannot be sued by the teenager he struck during a pickup basketball game at his Eads residence.

After suffering a 51-point loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 1, the Memphis Grizzlies were hoping to bounce back in Game 2 and put up more of a fight. Well, the Grizzlies put up more of a fight,