Tigers game last night? BORING. They didn't play like a top 3 team, but that really doesn't bother me. Defense seemed to be the issue according to the paper and if you're giving up 82 points to Austin Peay then defense is an issue. I don't worry about it because this team showed against Oklahoma and UCONN that they can play D when they want to. They will do it against USC and come away with a win. The only thing that scares me about this game is that USC will come to play and they have the athletes to play with Memphis. Do they have enough athletes 1-10 to play with Memphis for 40 minutes? We'll find out next week and my first inclination is that they do not. However, if Joey Dorsey is in foul trouble then they can.
Grizzlies finally won back to back games for the first time this season. It took them 73 games last season to win 2 straight and just 14 games this season. I didn't get to see any of this game because I was at the Tigers game, but it was good to see that despite Jason Kidd (triple double), Vince Carter and Richard Jefferson going off they still got a W. We'll see if they can make it 3 straight tonight against Toronto. I was at the Toronto game last week and they should've won, but didn't really come to play. If they win tonight then Minnesota should be 4 in a row on Saturday with a chance to make it 5 next Monday vs. Portland.
So the Grizz and Tigers won on the same day. The last time that happened? tick tick tick tick tick...Answer? November 20th 2006. Memphis beat Oklahoma in Maui 77-65 and the Grizz beat Orlando 95-86 at FedExForum. That Orlando game would be the last full game Kyle Lowry would play his rookie season. He led the charge to that win over Orlando with 6 assists and made a bunch of high energy plays. The next night the Grizz played at Cleveland and Lowry broke his wrist, ending his rookie campaign.
Because this song has been in my head all day, I'll post it as my music video of the day. "Hip Hop Is Dead" by Nas.
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