After Memphis Grizzlies head coach Taylor Jenkins pegged a role for Brandon Clarke in the postseason, the Grizzlies announced Clarke's season has come to an end.

Clarke suffered a PCL strain in Wednesday's 115-99 loss to the Portland Trail Blazers, per Grizzlies PR's X, formerly Twitter.

“Clarke has been diagnosed with a high-grade PCL strain in his right knee, which he sustained during a fall to the floor in the first quarter of the Grizzlies' game against the Portland Trail Blazers on March 19,” the statement read. “Clarke is expected to miss the remainder of the 2024-25 season, and further updates will be provided after a treatment plan and timeline are set.”

Clarke's a tremendous loss for the Grizzlies. Memphis will have to pull itself together in his absence, which has begun with coach Jenkins questioning his team's recent effort.

“I told the guys there are 48 minutes in there, you know, we just got to keep digging down. We just got to keep focusing on our speed, our urgency, and the intensity we play because that’s what we’ve been doing all season long. We have got to recapture that,” Jenkins stated. “We just got to get back to playing with the defensive intensity that we talk about, the speed. We’ve lost that over the last month or so, even right before the All-Star break. We have got to recapture in that last 10 or 11 games.”

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Taylor Jenkins' ‘unique' Brandon Clarke role for Grizzlies

Grizzlies head coach Taylor Jenkins had big plans for Brandon Clarke.

“It's a credit to (Brandon Clarke) because he's just got a unique game,” Jenkins beamed. “When you talk about the offense, obviously it's the pace and how he can get behind the defense. It's about his offensive rebounding and being a pick-and-roll threat, which we're trying to unlock a little bit more lately. And then it's the touch that he has in the paint.”

Now, Jenkins will be forced to save those plans for next season.