games in Grizz's place. The franchise also launched a program called "Friends of Grizz", with donations and proceedings going to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Growl Towels Growl Towels are the Grizzlies' trademark gold rally towels given to fans at every home playoff game. Originally white, they made their debut in 2004 in the third and fourth games of the franchise's first ever playoff series. They switched to gold when the Grizzlies changed their team colors for the 2004–2005 season. Since 2013, Growl Towels have rotated various popular team slogans such as "Grit & Grind", "All Heart", or "Ain't No Runnin' in the M", and each towel identifies the playoff year, round and game number it was released. They became notable across the league during Memphis' seven consecutive playoff runs starting in 2011. During their 2013 run to the Western Conference Finals, the Grizzlies printed over 100,000 towels. "Whoop that Trick" The popular song by Memphis rapper Al Kapone from the locally filmed Hustle & Flow has become a standard during Grizzlies games since erupting as a spontaneous chant among fans during the 2013 playoff series against the Los Angeles Clippers. The song is generally played over the sound system in the fourth quarter either as a hype song to rally the fans or as a taunt against the opposing team during a blowout win. Rivalries Golden State Warriors In 2022, The Grizzlies were still young and growing, but were on a roll. They had just advanced to round two in the 2022 NBA playoffs. The Grizzlies played the veteran Golden State Warriors. In game three, Ja Morant was injured by Jordan Poole in the third quarter. Ja and Grizzlies Coach Taylor Jenkins accused Poole of fouling Ja intentionally. The Grizzlies lost the series 2–4 to the Warriors. The Grizzlies then got a coveted game against the warriors on Christmas and lost 123–109, before the game Dillon Brooks called Memphis a "dynasty". After the loss Klay Thompson said "“Man, they [were] talking about dynasty and all that. You can’t talk dynasty when you haven’t won before.”. The NBA put the Grizzlies against the warriors for the 2023 Rivalry week game. Golden State leads all time meeting 5348. Los Angeles Clippers Despite being one of the youngest squads in the NBA, the Grizzlies are rivals with the Los Angeles Clippers, since the 2011–12 season, when the Clippers eliminated the Grizzlies in