The penny dropped about three minutes into game two. Steven Adams had been fighting in vain for an offensive rebound and as he turned to run back down the court his hand whipped Jarred Vanderbilt in the face.

We’ve all been tapping our feet impatiently for months now just waiting for a chance to see what this Grizzlies team can do in the playoffs. Now we’re finally about to find out.

There are but a couple pesky regular season games left for the Memphis Grizzlies to get through and nothing more to achieve. They’ve already done all that they can do.