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Utah Jazz-Memphis Grizzlies buzz: Kendrick Perkins’ freezing cold take; Mike Conley’s sore hammy and Donovan Mitchell goes off

Fans were abuzz Conley was diagnosed with right hamstring soreness, when Donovan Mitchell scored 26 points in the first half, the Jazz went nuts in the first quarter and Conley closed with a sweet shot.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Utah Jazz fans Bryan Schiller, left, and Josh Willard get ready to take in Game 5 of an NBA basketball first-round playoff series Wednesday, June 2, 2021, in Salt Lake City, UT.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Utah Jazz fans Bryan Schiller, left, and Josh Willard get ready to take in Game 5 of an NBA basketball first-round playoff series Wednesday, June 2, 2021, in Salt Lake City, UT.

The Utah Jazz beat the Memphis Grizzlies by a lot and are headed to the Western Conference semifinals. Here is what people on social media discussed during Game 5 between the Jazz and Grizzlies.

Old take exposed

Former Boston Celtics and Oklahoma City Thunder center Kendrick Perkins predicted that the Grizzlies would upset the Jazz in the first round, regardless if Donovan Mitchell played.

Well, fans quickly found his tweet from the earlier in the series and proceeded to rib him for his take and how poorly it aged.

Mike Conley out

At the start of the second half, Conley was ruled out of the rest of the game due to right hamstring soreness. While the Jazz enjoyed a gargantuan lead and didn’t necessarily need Conley, that didn’t stop fans from worrying about him.

Donovan Mitchell on fire

Mitchell scored 26 points in the first half and sent social media into a frenzy, particularly after making a 3-pointer in the face of Dillon Brooks and then having an exchange with him down the court, and then making a 3 at the buzzer to top it off.

Mitchell was the personification of a fire emoji, as were fans watching him sizzle.

Jazz put up 47 in the first quarter

The Jazz can certainly score. But it’s a whole other thing when they put up a franchise playoff record for points in a quarter, and that’s exactly what Utah did.

The feat left fans on social media stunned and had some remembering the days the Jazz struggled to score that many points in an entire game.

Mike Conley’s buzzer-beater

The Jazz went nuts in the fourth quarter from a scoring standpoint, putting up 47 en route to a 20-point advantage while making nine 3-pointers. Conley put the icing on the cake by swishing a shot, later ruled a 2-pointer, at the buzzer.

Live by the 3s

The Jazz are good at 3-pointers. Enough said.

Predictions before the game starts

The Jazz did well for themselves by winning Game 4 and creating a comfortable cushion for the rest of the series. But the games still need to be played, and the Grizzlies have Ja Morant, who can potentially win a game by himself.

But some on social media were already calling the series over before Game 5 had even started.

This story is developing and will be updated.

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