The Memphis Grizzlies faced off against the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday night. Memphis came away with a 121-109 victory over the short-handed Lakers without LeBron James. There is some notable bad blood between the two teams, which led to the Grizzlies trolling their defeated foe on social media.
Memphis benefitted from an excellent performance from star point guard Ja Morant, finishing with a 39-point triple-double to help propel his team to the win.
After the game, the Grizzlies took to social media to troll the Lakers, posting a picture of noted LeBron James fan and Fox Sports personality Shannon Sharpe pointing to the letter L.
big memphis dub. hold dat @Lakers pic.twitter.com/DVwTsu0OzT
— Memphis Grizzlies (@memgrizz) March 1, 2023
Shannon Sharpe famously sparked the rivalry between these two teams in their last matchup back in January. He and Ja Morant had an on-court incident with a number of other Grizzlies players involved.
ESPN video of Shannon and the Grizz + Tee Morant pic.twitter.com/wSbKc1jLz1
— CJ Fogler account may or may not be notable (@cjzero) January 21, 2023
The NBA world certainly took notice of this post by the Grizzlies social media team and offered their opinion on this hilarious troll.
Trolling 101.
Just beautiful. https://t.co/oIs1sP9wJZ
— Ryan Field (@RyanFieldABC) March 1, 2023
Social team 😂🔥 https://t.co/ZfcBT96dFv
— RYANN (@RyannDickerson) March 1, 2023
Give this team a raise. https://t.co/MPuZG2ZSO7
— Tunisha Singleton PhD (@TSingletonSays) March 1, 2023
I enjoy these Grizzlies.
They also beat the Lakers without LeBron.
These two things can coexist. https://t.co/m6JhUrNhP1
— Randy Scott (@RandyScottESPN) March 1, 2023
Sharpe took notice of this jab, and fired back by calling the Grizzlies organization “petty”.
“Y’all just being petty now,” tweeted Sharpe.
Y’all just being petty now 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 https://t.co/xD5uDvnuvd
— shannon sharpe (@ShannonSharpe) March 1, 2023
It doesn’t look like this drama between these two teams is going away any time soon if this post by the Grizzlies is any indication. Los Angeles will get their chance at redemption on March 7th when they head home to Crypto Arena to face off against the Grizzlies yet again.
