The more things change, the more they stay the same.

In an ideal world, the Golden State Warriors would have clawed their way into one of the Western Conference's top six teams and avoided the play-in tournament completely. They weren't able to do that but accomplished the next-best thing by surviving the Memphis Grizzlies on Tuesday night at home,

Playoff Jimmy Butler III arrived, Steph Curry did his thing, and the Warriors advanced past Ja Morant and the Grizzlies.