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[SB Nation] A fake playoff series is taking over the NBA world — how did this start?

On NBA Twitter, the Grizzlies are playing the Warriors in a fictional series — and hundreds of thousands of people are following along. Here’s how it all began.
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[SB Nation] A fake playoff series is taking over the NBA world — how did this start? On NBA Twitter, the Grizzlies are playing the Warriors in a fictional series — and hundreds of thousands of people are following along. Here’s how it all began.

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[SB Nation] A fake playoff series is taking over the NBA world — how did this start? On NBA Twitter, the Grizzlies are playing the Warriors in a fictional series — and hundreds of thousands of people are following along. Here’s how it all began. [Source for the article about it](https://www.sbnation.com/nba/1112944/nba-twitter-warriors-grizzlies-playoffs) The first part of the article: When the NBA playoffs began earlier this month, 19-year-old Zinzy was disappointed that the Memphis Grizzlies, his favorite team, weren’t in the mix. The Grizzlies were fresh off a 25-game, rebuilding season and were on the outside looking in for the first time in years. So, he had a goofy idea — what if he jokingly live-tweeted a fake playoff series, as a gimmick? At first, he was planning on doing so with a good friend who was a Phoenix Suns fan, who was worried that his team might miss the playoffs, too.…

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