{"id":26508,"date":"2023-03-10T06:51:20","date_gmt":"2023-03-10T12:51:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=26508"},"modified":"2023-03-10T06:51:28","modified_gmt":"2023-03-10T12:51:28","slug":"friday-update-242","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2023\/03\/10\/friday-update-242\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday update"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Memphis Grizzlies, minus Ja Morant, Brandon Clarke, and Steven Adams, very briefly returned to second in the West last night. They looked excellent in a 131-110 home win over Golden State.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Their spot in second was short-lived, though. Later in the evening, Sacramento defeated the NY Knicks. That leaves both Ball Sac and Memphis 6.5 games behind West first-place Denver, with Sac holding the tiebreaker. Gotta get some more wins, Grizzlies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/dailymemphian.com\/section\/sportsmemphis-grizzlies\/article\/34719\/memphis-grizzlies-taylor-jenkins-had-conversations-with-ja-morant-instagram-live-video\" target=\"_blank\">Grizzlies HC Taylor Jenkins spoke<\/a> on the personal and professional work Ja will need to complete to be readmitted to the team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Next up for the Grizz: They host Luka, Kyrie, and the Dallas Mavs Saturday night at 7. TV will be Bally Sports South. The first 3000 fans through the gate will receive a Ziaire Williams water jug.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There&#8217;s a band called <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thedelirats\/\" target=\"_blank\">Deep Roots<\/a> that is playing Blind Bear tonight. I&#8217;ve heard they&#8217;re really good and have a loyal following.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you go to the Bear this week, ask Coyote to show you a photo of his new dog.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>STIX has new Saturday specials from 3 to 8 that day of the week:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>2-for-1 drink specials<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Your choice of teriyaki chicken or Downtown sushi toll for $10<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Terrace at the River Inn will be closed for a private event tonight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.checkiday.com\/568c31f979cf53695a28e59cc8388c3c\/festival-of-life-in-the-cracks-day\" target=\"_blank\">Festival of Life in the Cracks Day<\/a>. Which makes me think of my friend Butt Slut #1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s also <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.checkiday.com\/2cf3389c8b49ab4dcbfd4e887c9c6da3\/national-ranch-day\" target=\"_blank\">National Ranch Day<\/a>. Anything ketchup can do, ranch can do better. Ketchup is a child&#8217;s condiment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>7 UCF vs. 2 Memphis, AAC tournament quarterfinals, 6 PM today at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth. TV: ESPNU<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over at the DM, Jamaican restaurant Evelyn &amp; Olive&#8217;s fish tacos and Conscious Curry are food writer Jennifer Biggs&#8217; latest <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/dailymemphian.com\/section\/food-10-deals\/article\/34709\/memphis-deal-black-restaurant-week-evelyn-olive\" target=\"_blank\">$10 Deal<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No chance of rain today, north\/northeast wind, 57\/39. Boo. That&#8217;s a typical high\/low for December 1 in Memphis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Grizzlies center Steven Adams <a href=\"https:\/\/www.localmemphis.com\/article\/sports\/nba\/memphis-grizzlies\/memphis-grizzlies-big-man-steven-adams-out-few-more-weeks\/522-fe2a81a0-6642-4fec-84d9-435cf56eeca1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">will be out for at least a few more weeks<\/a> rehabbing a knee injury.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2023\/03\/09\/1162147829\/conveyor-belt-sushi-terrorist-japan-arrested-prank?utm_campaign=mb&amp;utm_medium=newsletter&amp;utm_source=morning_brew\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sushi terrorism<\/a> is a thing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The CA has <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialappeal.com\/picture-gallery\/entertainment\/dining\/2023\/03\/09\/look-inside-downtown-memphis-restaurant-cocozza-american-italian-patrick-deni-reilly\/11435116002\/\" target=\"_blank\">a look inside<\/a> &#8220;red sauce&#8221; Italian restaurant Cocozza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That&#8217;s it for this post. Back tomorrow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Memphis Grizzlies, minus Ja Morant, Brandon Clarke, and Steven Adams, very briefly returned to second in the West last night. They looked excellent in a 131-110 home win over Golden State. Their spot in second was short-lived, though. Later in the evening, Sacramento defeated the NY Knicks. That leaves both Ball Sac and Memphis &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2023\/03\/10\/friday-update-242\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Friday update&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26508"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26508"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26508\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26510,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26508\/revisions\/26510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. 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