The Tank Bowl Nobody Wanted to Win: Jazz Blow Out Grizzlies 147-101

Brian Windhorst called it the game of the night, and he wasn't kidding. The Jazz and Grizzlies squared off Friday in what ESPN dubbed the "Tanking Super Bowl" — a game neither team wanted to win because the loser gets better draft lottery odds. Memphis showed up with 14 players on the injury report and only six guys in uniform. Utah responded by letting their deep bench cook.

And cook they did. Blake Hinson dropped a career-high 30 points. John Konchar and Bez Mbeng both logged triple-doubles — from the bench. Oscar Tshiebwe grabbed a career-high 22 rebounds. The final score was 147-101, a 46-point demolition that somehow hurt the winning team more than the losers.

The loss actually helps Memphis. Under the NBA's lottery system, all three of the league's worst teams get a 14% chance at the No. 1 pick. But winning this game cost Utah roughly a 10% swing in their top-4 odds. In the most NBA sentence ever written: the Jazz won by 46 and it was a bad night for them.