Herrington: Five takes on the Grizzlies ending a five-game losing streak
Memphis Grizzlies forward Santi Aldama (7) goes up for a layup during a Nov. 20, 2025 game against the Sacramento Kings. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memo
Chris Herrington
Chris Herrington has covered the Memphis Grizzlies, in one way or another, since the franchise’s second season in Memphis, while also writing about music, movies, food and civic life. As far as he knows, he’s the only member of the Professional Basketball Writers Association who is also a member of a film critics group and has also voted in national music critic polls for Rolling Stone and the Village Voice (RIP). He and his wife have two kids and, for reasons that sometimes elude him, three dogs.
No Ja, no Jaren, no problem?
Apparently so, at least with the spiraling Sacramento Kings in town.
Still, the Memphis Grizzlies are in no place to be choosy when it comes to a win, especially a rollicking blowout in which fill-in point guard Vince Williams Jr. notched a career-high 15 assists in 24 minutes, sixth man Santi Aldama stepped into a starting lineup void for a career-high 29 points in 28 minutes and the Grizzlies moved (the ball) and made (shots) to the tune of a franchise-high 42 assists.
That win over the Kings on Thursday night at FedExForum ended a five-game losing streak for the Grizzlies. So here are five next-morning reactions to that win:
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