Which team will win the Western Conference?

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Game 3 could have been a story about how an inexperienced playoff team’s dreadful free-throw shooting snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. Instead, it’s a story about a resilient team that answered the Grizzlies’ physical challenge in Game 2 and beat them at their own game.

At every position on the floor, the Grizzlies have at least one player who can create their own shot, defend and shoot. While they don’t have a transcendent superstar, they have the personnel to exploit teams who surround their All-NBA players with one dimensional players.