Junk communication heats up in a budding rift as Warriors dominate Grizzlies

A bit of old school trash talk,” Thompson said. “It's always fun to talk trash

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We have been doing it because we have been in the center of the faculty

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Usually you play first class, otherwise you get burned. For me, it's typically the former."

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Heading into the Soldiers' Christmas Day 123-109 win over the Memphis Grizzlies, both sides

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were hesitant to call the connection between them a competition.

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Sure, they have a quick record: The Grizzlies eliminated the Soldiers in the play-in game in 2021,

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and the Soldiers finished Memphis's season last year in the Western Conference semifinals

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the Western Conference semifinals. There has been a lot of junk communication between the two

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