The Golden State Warriors beat the Memphis Grizzlies by a score of 121-116 on Tuesday night in a game marred by persistent questions about the officiating. 

The Warriors got 30-plus point efforts from Jimmy Butler III and Stephen Curry en route to one of their biggest wins of the 2024-2025 season and now must head to Houston to take on Jalen Green, Alperen Sengun and the Rockets. 

The Warriors’ game on Tuesday came to a head late in the fourth quarter as the Grizzlies attempted to inbound the basketball.

A violation occurred that had Grizzlies fans shaking their heads in disgust and TNT announcer Kevin Harlan playing John-on-the-Spot with a perfect description of what went down at the Chase Center in San Francisco. 

Jimmy Butler III watches as Scotty Pippen Jr. goes up with a shot on Tuesday, April 15. 

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“Oh my goodness. Calamity,” Harlan said in comments made on the TNT broadcast. 

The longtime TNT NBA commentator knew that the Grizzlies had made a game losing blunder as did most of the audience watching Tuesday night’s game. 

“Don’t even get a look at it. Very reminiscent of that Florida-Houston game,” Reggie Miller, Harlan’s partner on the broadcast team, said. 

“you don’t even get a look at it.” 

Grizzlies coach Thomas lisalo watched on helplessly as the Grizzlies threw their season away with the violation. 

For Warriors fans, it was a high point of a season that started off strong, hit a lull midway through, and became something worth taking notice of as Butler III was added and hopes were restored for another long playoff run by the Bay.