On Tuesday evening the Warriors will organize the Grizzlies for the #7 vs. #8 Play-in game. Golden State and Memphis ended this season with a record of 48-34.
The Warriors were 3-1 against the Grizzlies in the regular season and that gave them the Tiebreaker for the #7 Seed. In their team history, the Warriors are 0-3 in the play-in tournament. This includes losses in 2021, 2022 and 2024. That loss in 2022 was for the Grizzlies. Can Golden State end their play-in-game-skid against Memphis tonight?
Will this version of the Warriors win their first play-in game?
Warriors who are about to be in the piece again … where they are 0-3. Are you real?!? pic.twitter.com/ofuqqjffca
– Rebecca Schiller (@beccaschiller) April 14, 2025
It took until the last day of the regular season of 2024-25 for the Western Conference to leave the play-off Seedings set. Teams fought for positioning, including the Warriors and Grizzlies. On Sunday, April 13, the Warriors in OT lost on the Clippers. If they had won that match, Golden State would end with the same record as the Timberwolves. The Warriors had the Tiebreaker against Minnesota and would have been a top-six seed and avoided the play-in tournament.
Unfortunately the Warriors lost and they are stuck in the play-in. Golden State is all time 0-3 in the play-in, including a loss for Memphis in 2022. According to the chances via NBA Sportsbook Betonline, the Warriors (-7) are against the Grizzlies. Tonight Jimmy Butler’s first postseason competition with Golden State will be. We have seen Butler bring his game to another level in the play -offs as a member of the Heat. If the Warriors can get that kind of production from Butler, they can make a deep postseason run.
A victory tonight for the Warriors would be huge. It is the difference between playing the rockets or thunder in the first round. Golden State was 3-1 in the regular season against Houston. The biggest mistake of the warriors that come in the play -offs is the size of their selection. Jimmy Butler and Drayond Green are their highest starters on 6’6 and 6’7. They are confronted with 6’10 Jarren Jackson Jr. and 7’4 Zach Edey. Golden State will have to fight on the glass against the Grizzlies on Tuesday. Can Golden State make their 0-3 play-in game Skid?
