Memphis Grizzlies Rumors & News
Keeping Playoff Hopes (Barely) Alive
Beyond The Arc | Memphis Flyer — With last night's 111-91 win at Boston, the Grizzlies have extended their current road winning streak to 7 games and have won 4 of their past 5. As of today, the Grizzlies are 3.5 games behind the Portland Trailblazers for the 8th seed and 4.5 games behind the San Antonio Spurs for the 7th seed. With 17 games to go for the Grizzlies, the odds of making the post-season are slim, but there is still a legitimate chance, and I suspect the race will tighten in the coming weeks. Let's look at the schedules for these three teams the rest of the way: Memphis: 17 games, 8/9 home/road split. 10 against...
2 hours agoMemphis Grizzlies jump on Celtics early, roll to 20-point win
Memphis Commercial-Appeal — Rudy Gay scored 28 points to lead Memphis to a 111-91 victory, giving the Grizzlies a franchise-record seventh straight road win.
13 hours agoGrizzlies Show Up Celtics, 111-91
ESPN Video — Rudy Gay drops 28 as the Grizzlies hand the Celtics' their second-straight loss
16 hours agoPreviewing today's Grizzlies-Celtics game
Memphis Commercial-Appeal — Zach Randolph expected back
March 10, 2010Grizzlies' reinforcement Ronnie Brewer nearly ready
Memphis Commercial-Appeal — Ronnie Brewer is experiencing very little pain these days, unless you count the agony of sitting out while the Grizzlies try to earn a playoff spot.
March 10, 2010Nothing but 'Net: Frustrated Douglas-Roberts sees his season slipping away
Memphis Commercial-Appeal — CDR is MIA -- banished to bench of NBA's worst team after coaching change.
March 9, 2010Memphis Grizzlies hold off New Jersey Nets, 107-101
Memphis Commercial-Appeal — The Griz withstood a second-half Nets rally to snap an eight-game home losing streak. Mike Conley and Rudy Gay each scored 21 points.
March 9, 2010Bad back sidelines Grizzlies' Zach Randolph
Memphis Commercial-Appeal — The Grizzlies played musical chairs before their game against the New Jersey Nets. After recalling rookie Hasheem Thabeet from the NBA Development League early Monday, the Griz learned just before tip-off that forward Zach Randolph would be unavailable due to a stiff lower back.
March 9, 2010Grizzlies' Zach Randolph to miss tonight's game due to back tightness
Memphis Commercial-Appeal — Grizzlies forward Zach Randolph will miss his first game of the season tonight because of lower back tightness, the team announced just before tip-off.
March 8, 2010
Next game vs New York Knicks on Fri, Mar 12 8:00 pm EST
Opponent news and rumors snapshot:
- Knicks set franchise mark for futility New York Post
- Another lost season for Knicks Journal News
- Knicks set franchise losing record against Spurs New York Daily News
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| Wed 3/3 | at New Orleans | W 104 - 100 | |
| Thu 3/4 | at Chicago | W 105 - 96 | |
| Sat 3/6 | vs San Antonio | L 92 - 102 | |
| Mon 3/8 | vs New Jersey | W 107 - 101 | |
| Wed 3/10 | at Boston | W 111 - 91 | |
| Fri 3/12 | vs New York | 8:00 pm EST | |
| Sat 3/13 | vs Denver | 8:00 pm EST | |
| Tue 3/16 | vs Chicago | 8:00 pm EDT |
- Phoenix Suns forward Amar'e Stoudemire would like to stay and other NBA news Times-Picayune Despite the fact that the Phoenix Suns tried mightily to trade him last month, forward Amar'e Stoudemire says he'd like to sign a new deal with the team that keeps him there. Former New Orleans Hornets forward Robert "Tractor" Traylor...
- Rockets notes: Lowry's ankle still recovering Houston Chronicle
- Rockets' Hill shows promise in short time with team Houston Chronicle Rockets forward Luis Scola wrapped an arm around Jordan Hill’s shoulders and walked the rookie back to the Rockets bench, delivering instructions throughout the trip.
- Spurs' Hairston relishes opportunity San Antonio Express-News Second-year swingman Malik Hairston scores four points, grabs three rebounds, blocks one shot and makes one of the game's pivotal baskets.
- Ginobili's surge continues in Spurs' win San Antonio Express-News After watching Gracy McGrady feel his way around the AT&T; Center in a Knicks jersey, during what became a 97-87 Spurs victory, Manu Ginobili could sympathize with what McGrady was going through.
- Mavericks owner Mark Cuban comes clean about his tough decision Fort-Worth Star Telegram JENNIFER FLOYD ENGEL DALLAS -- "Look who's here," Mavericks owner Mark Cuban said, as I walked up during his pregame stair stepping ritual Wednesday.Guilty as charged.A winning streak that had reached 12 going into Wednesday has a way of bringing us stragglers to the ACC, and I had to see for myself how exactly Dallas has managed to go all Lazarus on us in a shockingly short amount of time. From dead team playing before the All-Star break to realistically challenging Kobe and his recently dysfunctional LA Lakers for that No. 1 seed.OK, Wednesday was ugly at times, a 11-1 New Jersey lead espec...
- Taking notice Memphis Edge | Memphis Commercial-Appeal The Grizzlies got glowing reviews for their 111-91 thrashing of the Boston Celtics Wednesday night from Boston Globe beat writer Julian Benbow. Benbow had several positive remarks about how the Grizzlies took apart the Celtics, while bashing yet another poor...
- Baseline Grizzlies: A fan's perspective Memphis Edge | Memphis Commercial-Appeal Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} An avid reader and Memphian who...
- Tigers' coach Josh Pastner overcomes obstacles in successful first season Memphis Commercial-Appeal When Josh Pastner was chosen to replace John Calipari last April, there was only one question: Can he coach?
- Preview: Memphis vs. Houston Memphis Commercial-Appeal A position-by-position look at today's Memphis Tigers vs. Houston Cougars game at BOK Center, Tulsa, Okla. (noon, CBS College Sports)
- Pay for play at USC? No need, Mayo says Memphis Edge | Memphis Commercial-Appeal Griz guard O.J. Mayo, appearing on the Dan Patrick Show, said he wasn't paid to play at USC. He also explained why it would have been money spent unnecessarily: "It's the best babes in the world. Sunny weather. Academically it's...
- Wednesday bracketology: Tigers still in and out Memphis Edge | Memphis Commercial-Appeal ** Jeff Eisenberg on Rivals.com shows the Tigers coming in at No. 69 for the 65-team field. Not good enough. He writes: They'll need to get to the Conference USA title game by perhaps beating Alabama-Birmingham for a third time...