Pacers
121, Grizzlies 111
If you are going to lose, why not lose with your top draft pick in the game?
That
is the question the coaching staff needs to be asking themselves as they head
on a three game road trip. The Grizzlies do not need to be playing Kerry
Collins when they have Vince Young on the bench... or something like
that.
Fans
did not see the debut of Mike Conley against the Pacers, but did get to see
Conley’s five favorite songs posted on Grizz Vision before the game (A cool
new addition to the game night experience. Hopefully, before every game we get
to take a look at a different player’s five favorites).
Iavaroni
one-upped Hubie Brown by playing 11 men in the first quarter. How is
it that the only active player on the roster not to get any playing time was
the player you picked fourth in the draft?
Tonight’s Attendance: 14,878
Number
of Rudy Gay dunks: 2 (his first dunks of the year, both in the fourth quarter)
Rudy's
dunks on a scale 1 to 10: 9.5
National
Anthem performance (by the Navy band) on a scale 1 to 10: 8.5
Random
trend: Hakim Warrick made a three pointer. In the first game of
the season, Pau Gasol sunk one from behind the three-point line. Will
Stro be next?
Surprise
of the Night: Casey Jacobson was not one of the five players
featured on the schedule magnets given to fans tonight. For a reason yet
known, Jacobson has been Iavaroni’s favorite bench player in the first
two games.
Order
of players off the bench: Swift, Lowry, Jacobsen, Andre Brown, Warrik,
Navarro
Mike
Conley’s top five songs: (1) I'm
So Hood- Ludacris Remix (2) The Good Life- Kanye West (3) Pop Bottles-
Little Wayne/Birdman (4) Duffle Bag Boy- Playaz Club feat. Lil Wayne (5)
Champion- Kanye West
Other
Notes:
Former
Tiger Shawne Williams sat out the game because of team suspicion...
It was Military appreciation night at the Forum. Keeping with the theme, the new t-shirt gun was described as one of Grizz's "Weapons of Mass Entertainment."