MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES (25-13) Vs CHICAGO BULLS (23-15)
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MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES (25‐13) vs CHICAGO BULLS (23‐15) Regular Season Game #39 • Road Game #19 Saturday, January 19, 2013 • 7 p.m. CT United Center • Chicago, IL TV: SportSouth; Radio: 92.9 FM ESPN / 680 AM MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES 12‐13 SCHEDULE Date Opponent Time (CT)/Result PROBABLE STARTERS 10/31 @ LA Clippers L 92‐101 11/2 @ Golden State W 104‐94 SF RUDY GAY #22 11/5 UTAH W 103‐94 Leads the team in scoring (17.6 points) for the second consecutive season. 11/7 @ Milwaukee W 108‐90 Has led the Grizzlies in scoring in a team‐high 13 games this season. 11/9 HOUSTON W 93‐85 11/11 MIAMI W 104‐86 Led the Grizzlies in scoring last season (19.0 points) in returning from a season‐ending shoulder injury the 6‐8 11/14 @ Oklahoma City W 107‐97 previous year. 11/16 NEW YORK W 105‐95 One of seven NBA players last season to rank in the top 20 in both scoring (17th) and steals (1.46, 16th), joining 230 11/17 @ Charlotte W 94‐87 Monta Ellis, LeBron James, Brandon Jennings, Chris Paul, Josh Smith and Russell Westbrook. TH 11/19 DENVER L 92‐97 7 SEASON 11/23 LA LAKERS W 106‐98 Helped the United States win the gold medal at the 2010 FIBA World Championships. 11/26 CLEVELAND W 84‐78 11/28 TORONTO W 103‐82 11/30 DETROIT W 90‐78 PF MARREESE SPEIGHTS 12/1 @ San Antonio L 95‐99 (OT) #5 12/4 PHOENIX W 108‐98 (OT) Recorded season highs in points (22) and rebounds (13) in his only start of the season on Jan. 4 vs. Portland. 12/7 @ New Orleans W 96‐89 Shooting .475 from the field over the last 21 games after shooting .392 in the first 16 games of the season. 12/8 ATLANTA L 83‐93 Has tallied two double‐doubles this season and owns 13 career double‐doubles. 6‐10 12/12 @ Phoenix L 80‐82 Posted career highs in scoring (8.8 points), rebounding (6.2), assists (0.8), free throw percentage (.771), minutes 12/14 @ Denver L 96‐99 12/15 @ Utah W 99‐86 (22.4) and starts (54) last season, his first with the Grizzlies. 255 TH 12/17 CHICAGO W 80‐71 5 SEASON 12/19 MILWAUKEE W 90‐80 12/21 DALLAS W 92‐82 12/22 @ Houston L 96‐121 12/26 PHILADELPHIA L 88‐99 12/29 DENVER W 81‐72 C MARC GASOL 12/31 @ Indiana L 83‐88 Averaging career highs in assists (3.6), blocks (1.87, 11th in the NBA) and free throw percentage (.887, 9th) one #33 1/2 @ Boston W 93‐83 season after making his first All‐Star Team. 1/4 PORTLAND L 84‐86 1/6 @ Phoenix W 92‐81 Attempting to become the first player in NBA history to rank in the top 10 in both blocks per game and free 1/7 @ Sacramento W 113‐81 throw percentage. 7‐1 1/9 @ Golden State W 94‐87 Blocked a career‐high and franchise record‐tying eight shots on Jan. 4 vs. Portland. 1/11 SAN ANTONIO W 101‐98 (OT) Selected to his first career All‐Star Game last season and averaged 14.6 points, 8.9 rebounds (17th in the NBA), a 265 1/12 @ Dallas L 83‐104 career‐high 3.2 assists and a career‐best 1.86 blocks (7th) for the year. TH 1/14 LA CLIPPERS L 73‐99 5 SEASON 1/16 @ San Antonio L 83‐104 Has helped guide his country to six medals in international play since joining the Spanish National Team in 2006, 1/18 SACRAMENTO W 85‐69 including the silver medal at the 2012 Olympics in London, England. 1/19 @ Chicago 7 p.m. 1/21 INDIANA 12 p.m. 1/23 LA LAKERS 7 p.m. SG TONY ALLEN 1/25 BROOKLYN 7 p.m. #9 1/27 NEW ORLEANS 5 p.m. Coming off NBA All‐Defensive selections in consecutive seasons, is averaging 1.71 steals this season. 1/28 @ Philadelphia 6 p.m. Voted the NBA’s best perimeter defender in the Annual NBA.com GM Survey, garnering 33.3 percent of the 1/31 @ Oklahoma City 7 p.m. vote. 2/1 WASHINGTON 7 p.m. 6‐4 2/5 PHOENIX 7 p.m. Named to consecutive NBA All‐Defensive teams, earning First Team honors in 2011‐12 and Second Team honors 2/6 @ Atlanta 6:30 p.m. in 2010‐11. 213 2/8 GOLDEN STATE 7 p.m. His selections to the All‐Defensive teams mark career firsts and franchise firsts for the Grizzlies 9TH SEASON 2/10 MINNESOTA 5 p.m. A member of the 2008 NBA Champion Boston Celtics, has made the postseason in six of his eight NBA seasons. 2/12 SACRAMENTO 7 p.m. 2/19 @ Detroit 6:30 p.m. 2/20 @ Toronto 6 p.m. 2/22 ORLANDO 7 p.m. PG MIKE CONLEY 2/24 @ Brooklyn 2:30 p.m. #11 nd 2/27 DALLAS 7 p.m. Averaging a career‐high steals (2.32, 2 ) after setting a single season franchise record in the category last 3/1 @ Miami 6:30 p.m. season (2.19). th 3/3 @ Orlando 5 p.m. Leads the team in assists (5.9, T‐16 in the NBA) for the sixth consecutive season. 6‐1 3/6 PORTLAND 7 p.m. Ranked second in the NBA in total steals (136) and steals per game (franchise‐record 2.19) last season. 3/8 @ Cleveland 6:30 p.m. Owns the franchise single‐season record for total steals (144 in 2010‐11). 185 3/9 NEW ORLEANS 7 p.m. TH 3/12 @ Portland 9 p.m. Has led the Grizzlies in assists in every season since being drafted by the team fourth overall in the 2007 NBA 6 SEASON 3/13 @ LA Clippers 9:30 p.m. Draft. 3/15 @ Denver 8 p.m. 3/16 @ Utah 9 p.m. 3/18 MINNESOTA 7 p.m. 3/20 OKLAHOMA CITY 7 p.m. INJURIES/ROSTER NOTES LAST GAME INACTIVES 3/22 @ New Orleans 7 p.m. Quincy Pondexter (grade‐2 left MCL sprain) is OUT. Quincy Pondexter 3/23 BOSTON 7 p.m. Zach Randolph (strained lower back) is DAY‐TO‐DAY. 3/25 @ Washington 6 p.m. 3/27 @ New York 6:30 p.m. 3/29 HOUSTON 7 p.m. PRONUNCIATIONS GRIZZ PRESS ROW CONTACT (HOME GAMES) 3/30 @ Minnesota 7 p.m. Darrell Arthur dur‐RELL David Joerger YAY‐gr Jason Wallace or Ross Wooden – 901.205.2758 4/1 SAN ANTONIO 7 p.m. Jerryd Bayless JAIR‐id Marreese Speights mar‐rees spates 4/3 @ Portland 9 p.m. Hamed Haddadi ha‐DAH‐dee Tony Wroten ROH‐ten 4/5 @ LA Lakers 9:30 p.m. 4/7 @ Sacramento 5 p.m. 4/9 CHARLOTTE 7 p.m. 4/12 @ Houston 7 p.m. 4/13 LA CLIPPERS 7 p.m. 4/15 @ Dallas 7 p.m. 4/17 UTAH 7 p.m. 2012‐13 Memphis Grizzlies Game Notes 1 2012‐13 OVERALL HOME ROAD OVERTIME OVERALL 25‐13 .658 15‐5 .750 9‐8 .529 2‐1 .667 REGULAR SEASON EASTERN 10‐3 .769 7‐2 .778 3‐1 .750 0‐0 ‐‐‐ BREAKDOWN WESTERN 15‐10 .600 8‐3 .727 7‐7 .500 2‐1 .667 2012‐13 CURRENT STREAKS WON 1 WON 1 LOST 2 WON 2 2012‐13 TRANSACTIONS 6/28: Drafted Tony Wroten in the first round (25th overall) of the 2012 NBA Draft… 7/13: Signed free agent Jerryd Bayless… 7/13: Re‐signed Marreese Speights and Darrell Arthur to multi‐year contracts… 7/13: Signed Tony Wroten to a multi‐year contract… 7/24: Traded Dante Cunningham to the Minnesota Timberwolves for Wayne Ellington… 7/25: Traded Jeremy Pargo, a 2013 second round draft pick and cash considerations to the Cleveland Cavaliers for D.J. Kennedy… 7/28: Re‐signed Hamed Haddadi to a multi‐year contract… 9/18: Waived D.J. Kennedy… 9/29: Signed free agents Michael Dunigan, Ronald Dupree, Jarrid Famous, Jerome Jordan and D.J. Kennedy… 10/1: Signed free agents Ronald Murray and Kyle Weaver… 10/7: Waived Jarrid Famous and D.J. Kennedy… 10/23: Waived Michael Dunigan and Kyle Weaver… 10/27: Waived Ronald Dupree, Jerome Jordan and Ronald Murray… 10/31: Exercised fourth‐year contract option on Quincy Pondexter… 11/27: Assigned Tony Wroten to the NBA Development League’s Reno Bighorns… 12/13: Hired John Hollinger as vice president of basketball operations and Stu Lash as director of player personnel and basketball development… 12/17: Assigned Josh Selby to the D‐League’s Reno Bighorns and recalled Tony Wroten… 12/22: Recalled Josh Selby from the D‐League’s Reno Bighorns… 12/26: Re‐assigned Tony Wroten to the D‐League’s Reno Bighorns… 12/31: Recalled Tony Wroten from the D‐League’s Reno Bighorns… 1/10: Re‐assigned Tony Wroten to the D‐League’s Reno Bighorns… 1/14: Recalled Tony Wroten from the D‐League’s Reno Bighorns. UPCOMING REGULAR SEASON SCHEDULE DATE OPPONENT ARENA TIME (CT) TV RADIO Monday Jan. 21 Indiana Pacers FedExForum 12 p.m. ESPN 92.9 FM / 680 AM Wednesday Jan. 23 Los Angeles Lakers FedExForum 7 p.m. SportSouth 92.9 FM / 680 AM Friday Jan. 25 Brooklyn Nets FedExForum 7 p.m. SportSouth 92.9 FM / 680 AM Sunday Jan.