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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Marcus Smart sees no reason why the Grizzlies can’t be the NBA’s best defensive team this season. General manager Zach Kleiman didn’t think Boston would part with Smart, the first guard to win NBA Defensive Player of the Year since Gary Payton in 1996. “That comes with it as a defensive guy,” said Smart, adding you have …

Grizzlies’ Brooks suspended 1 game for flagrant on Payton

SAN FRANCISCO — Memphis Grizzlies star Dillon Brooks was suspended for one game without pay by the NBA on Thursday for making “unnecessary and excessive contact” that resulted in a fractured elbow for Golden State’s Gary Payton II in Game 2 of the the Western Conference semifinals. Obviously, we’re going to honor the league’s decision, but you know it’s a …

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Memphis forward Dillon Brooks was ejected for a flagrant foul on Warriors guard Gary Payton on Tuesday night in the opening minutes of Game 2 in their Western Conference semifinal. “That’s how I see it.” Payton was going for a layup when Brooks chased him down and swung his arm, hitting the Warriors guard across the head. …

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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Here are five observations from the Warriors’ 116-108 road loss to the Grizzlies on Tuesday night, which dropped them to 30-10 on the season. It knocks Payton to the bench, which, to open Tuesday’s game, kept him away from Morant despite being clearly the Warriors’ best option to guard the Memphis star. He didn’t put Payton into …