The Grizzlies need to decide on a permanent coach and also have to figure out what caused the collapse that dropped them from second in the Western Conference in late February to having to make the playoffs as the No.

The Memphis Grizzlies’ championship hopes came to an end in the first round of the NBA Playoffs after suffering a sweep at the hands of the Oklahoma City Thunder. At one point in the regular season, the Grizzlies looked like a legitimate threat in the tough Western Conference.

For the second year in a row, the Oklahoma City Thunder made it a clean sweep in the first round of the NBA Playoffs. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored a game-high 38 points and the top-seeded Thunder ousted the Memphis Grizzlies with a 117-115 Game 4 win Saturday afternoon at FedExForum in Memphis,