Memphis Grizzlies come face to face with Sacramento Kings tonight
Memphis Grizzlies are back in action with one of their major players Tyreke Evans, who is back after a back injury. Tyreke Evans is a key player and star guard in the Grizzlies team.
Zack Randolph is another important player in the Grizzlies team, who scored 12 points and 14 rebounds despite a bruised lower back. He missed four games but even that couldn’t stop him from winning the Grizzlies their first win in four games on their Western
trip.
It so happened that the Grizzlies were in a clearance and they held a two point lead. They had 0.4 seconds remaining in regulation. At that point Rudy g*y made a free throw mistakenly and the Grizzlies had to pay a high price for that. The Suns took advantage
of that and hit a half court shot that was totally off from the inbounds that followed a timeout.
In the early second overtime the Grizzlies (2-4) were pushed behind by five. Eventually they had to face defeat at the hands of the opponent team 123-118.
Defeated and disappointed guard OJ Mayo later said that a lot of weird things happened in the game, some of them controllable and some uncontrollable. He said that it was a tough loss for them to take.
It was a very disappointing result for Memphis Grizzlies to face but they made it up in their latest clinch against the Sacramento Kings 3-2.
The Memphis Grizzlies have already won four out of six games against the Sacramento Kings. This also includes their previous two meetings. They have also been able to win two out of three that they played in Sacramento. This happened after they lost 25 out
of 26 games that they played there. Sadly they lost 20 games in a row.
The Kings got hopeful when they heard the news that T. Evans will be playing for them. Even though he did not take part in any contact drills in the practice on Friday.
Evans was also in the spotlight on Wednesday while playing against the Lakers. He succeeded in scoring 21 points and also made 10 out of 17 shots in the same game. However, the game that they played against the two time champions Lakers was a loss 112-100.
Sacramento Kings have been successful in scoring 100 points in total five games this season. On the other hand they have given 104 points or even more than that in those five games. Overall they have given up 109.2 per game.
The Kings were in the 23rd position in scoring defense in 2009-10. They came 25th because of scoring 104.4 points per game. The Kings are easy in giving away points and until now they have allowed a minimum of 58 first half points
in all their games.
Paul Westphal, the head coach of Sacramento Kings, said that they will have to tighten up their defense. He said it’s important for them to tighten their defense from the game’s start. He sounded hopeful as he added, “We have to get better at that and
we will”.
Two important players stopping Randolph and Rudy g*y are expected to win points for the Grizzlies. Randolph has been successful in averaging 23.7 points and 10.3 rebounds in three games that they played against the Kings.
Antonie Wright will not be playing for the Kings as he was arrested on Thursday night for driving under influence.
It’s hard to say who will win this game because the Kings are good players. They have so far maintained a good position while playing against other teams. Same is the case with Grizzlies, who are ready to attack any team they are placed against.
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