With Blake Griffin listed as questionable for the Los Angeles Clippers, the Memphis Grizzlies will look to seize on the opportunity to wrap up their playoff series Friday night when they host at home for Game 6 of their Western Conference first round at 9:30 p.m. ET.
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They are 3-0 in Game 6s, and they lead the Clippers 3-2 going into Friday night's contest in this first-round, best-of-seven series.
But Memphis has lost both Game 7s the franchise has played in the past two playoffs -- at Oklahoma City in 2011 and on the Grizzlies' own court a year ago to these same Clippers.
"We've had to deal with just growing pains I think in the playoffs, and hopefully all those experiences will help us come tomorrow and we'll be able to get it done," Grizzlies guard Mike Conley said Thursday.
The Grizzlies are on the verge of rallying from an 0-2 deficit to win a seven-game series, which has been done 15 times with Oklahoma City the last to do it -- beating San Antonio in the Western Conference finals last year. In the process, the Grizzlies have won three straight postseason games for the first time and have their first series lead since being up 2-1 on Oklahoma City in 2011.
Memphis coach Lionel Hollins is pitching this as a two-game series that has the potential to be one if his Grizzlies take care of business before a sold-out crowd. He likes how his Grizzlies have prepared and played with discipline since losing the opener in Los Angeles.
"Now we're on the cusp of maybe moving on," Hollins said.
Griffin will likely be a game-time decision Friday night with the sprained right ankle that kept him on the bench in the fourth quarter of Tuesday night's 103-93 win by Memphis in Los Angeles. He has been receiving constant treatment and said Thursday that his ankle feels better before the Clippers caught a flight to Memphis.
