The Tanking Super Bowl: Jazz Blow Out Grizzlies 147-101 in the Game Nobody Wanted to Win

Brian Windhorst called it the game of the night. Not because it was good basketball. Because it was the most absurd tank job in recent NBA history.

The Grizzlies sat 12 players — 90% of their salary on the bench. The Jazz had 8 guys out. Both teams had lost at least 7 straight. The stakes? If Memphis won, they'd lose roughly 7% of their chance at a top-four pick. If Utah won, they'd lose 10%. Nobody wanted this W.

Utah ended up winning 147-101, snapping a 10-game losing streak behind Blake Hinson's career-high 30. Meanwhile Grizzlies reserve Jahmai Mashack played all 48 minutes and put up a quadruple-double — 13 points, 15 rebounds, 12 assists. In the Tanking Super Bowl, even the losers put on a show. Draymond Green weighed in afterward, saying the play-in tournament 'ain't working' to fix tanking. He's not wrong.