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Final: Kobe Bryant led the Lakers with 28 points, seven rebounds, six assists, and four steals.
Final: Mike Conley led the Grizzlies with 23 points, three assists, and three steals.
Final: Lakers play tomorrow agains the New Orleans Pelicans, another tough game.
Final: Lakers fall to 1-6. Grizzlies improve to 7-1 which ties for the best record in the league with the Raptors.
Final: The Grizzlies bench came in to this game the second worst in the league, but they outscored the Lakers bench in this one 38-14.
Final: Zach Randolph had quiet game, but he made the biggest basket of the game.
Final: Lakers should have given Kobe the ball in that possession.
Final: Kobe Bryant did not like that shot selection by Hill who missed the two-point jumper with 27 seconds left.
Final: That five-point possession by the Grizzlies in the third quarter made a huge difference in this game as the Lakers only lost by five.
Final: A great comeback effort by the Lakers though, but they fell short.
Final: Lakers - 102 Grizzlies - 107.
4th Quarter (:05): Lakers - 102 Grizzlies - 107.
4th Quarter (:05): Gasol missed a shot, but Randolph was there to put it back in.
4th Quarter (:27): Hill misses an open shot.
4th Quarter (:37): Five-second violation on the Grizzlies. Lakers ball!
4th Quarter (:37): Lakers - 102 Grizzlies - 105. Johnson stole the ball and got a dunk to cut the lead to three. Memphis ball.
4th Quarter (1:17): Conley uses a ball fake to draw a foul on Hill. He will go to the line for two.
4th Quarter (1:33): Kobe hits a three. It's down to three.
4th Quarter (1:45): Allen misses both costless throws.
4th Quarter (1:45): Kobe loses the ball on the drive and Allen draws a foul on the fast break.
4th Quarter (2:25): Kobe with a tough fall away again. Back down to 6.
4th Quarter (2:49): Randolph got great low post position down low on Davis for an easy two.
4th Quarter (3:33): Kobe with a nice bounce pass to Hill for the dunk. It's down to 6.
4th Quarter (3:46): Offensive foul on Randolph.
4th Quarter (3:58): Lakers - 93 Grizzlies - 101. 9-0 run by the Lakers.
4th Quarter (3:58): Hill with a low post jump hook, and it's down to 8.
4th Quarter (5:10): Kobe hits a three, cuts the lead to 10.
4th Quarter (5:57): By the way, Kobe has passed John Havlicek for most missed shots ever with 13,418 misses.
4th Quarter (5:57): Boozer with a strong move after the offensive rebound. Puts it in for a chance to complete a three-point play.
4th Quarter (6:37): Memphis bench is outscoring the Lakers bench 38-14.
4th Quarter (6:50): Koufos is 5-of-5. He hits a shot in mid air after the grabbing a pass from Udrih.
4th Quarter (7:24): Grizzlies, who have one of the worst benches, are killing the Lakers.
4th Quarter (7:43): Koufos with a jump hook.
4th Quarter (7:58): Lakers - 84 Grizzlies - 95.
4th Quarter (8:28): Udrih gets a bounce on his costless throw line jumper. Then Conley gets a steal and goes all the way for a lay up.
4th Quarter (9:10): Davis with a beautiful spin move and shot.
4th Quarter (9:25): Conley hits a corner three.
4th Quarter (9:50): Boozer swishes home a jumper.
4th Quarter (10:05): Udrih beats Lin to the basket for two.
4th Quarter (10:23): Lin buries a three. Eight-point Memphis lead.
4th Quarter (10:44): Jon Leuer with a nice move to find the score.
4th Quarter (11:17): Kobe is on the bench to start the fourth quarter, but Lin and Boozer are in the game.
3rd Quarter (:00): Lakers - 75 Grizzlies - 83. The Lakers tied the game, but that five-point possession for the Grizzlies really hurt the team.
3rd Quarter (:02): Jordan Hill with another offensive rebound and put in.
3rd Quarter (:27): Zone defense by the Lakers results into a Lee three.
3rd Quarter (:57): Carter another jumper, a long two.
3rd Quarter (1:12): Lakers - 72 Grizzlies - 78 after two Kobe costless throws.
3rd Quarter (1:26): A couple of second chance opportunities by the Lakers results into a Hill tip in.
3rd Quarter (2:30): Carter hits a three.
3rd Quarter (2:41): Lakers - 68 Grizzlies - 75.
3rd Quarter (3:14): Gasol answers with a jumper.
3rd Quarter (3:49): Kobe with a nifty move to get a two-point shot to go in transition.
3rd Quarter (4:36): Memphis complete the five-point play to go up by seven.
3rd Quarter (4:36): Conley hits a three and a foul. Plus a technical foul on Byron Scott. This could be a five-point play by the Grizzlies.
3rd Quarter (5:02): Kobe with a tough fall away over Lee. How did he get that to go in?
3rd Quarter (5:27): Nice pocket pass by Gasol to Koufos for a reverse lay up.
3rd Quarter (6:08): Randolph gets an open lay up to put the Grizzlies back up by two.
3rd Quarter (6:26): Lin and Hill play the give and go and Lin gets a lay up. Tie game.
3rd Quarter (7:04): Boozer with a top of the key jumper. Two point game.
3rd Quarter (7:36): Kobe with the pull up jumper. It's still a four-point Memphis lead.
3rd Quarter (8:08): Randolph scores his first field goal.
3rd Quarter (8:40): Allen slashes to the rim for two.
3rd Quarter (8:56): Lakers - 57 Grizzlies - 60.
3rd Quarter (9:00): Lin was falling to the ground, but still got a lay up to go.
3rd Quarter (9:26): Boozer with another shove and gets his fourth foul.
3rd Quarter (10:13): Conley gets into the lane on a give and go with Gasol.
3rd Quarter (10:32): Johnson is feeling it tonight. Hits another three.
3rd Quarter (11:00): Conley's off handed floaters are nice.
Halftime: Kobe Bryant with 11 points to lead the Lakers. Courtney Lee, Beno Udrih, and Tony Allen all have 10 points to lead the Grizzlies.
Halftime: Lakers - 52 Grizzlies - 56.
2nd Quarter (:00): Lee hits a runner to close the half after the Lakers almost came up with a steal.
2nd Quarter (:21): Kobe with a steal, misses the lay up, but Hill tips in the miss.
2nd Quarter (:38): Lakers - 50 Grizzlies - 54. Lin hits one of two costless throws.
2nd Quarter (1:04): Conley hits two costless throws to put the Grizzlies up five.
2nd Quarter (1:19): Lin with another nice dish to Davis for a two handed throw down.
2nd Quarter (1:48): In transition, the Lakers find Kobe for a lay in.
2nd Quarter (2:15): Woah, Koufos with a nice floater. Grizzlies bench has 19 points.
2nd Quarter (2:49): Lakers - 43 Grizzlies - 48.
2nd Quarter (3:22): Kobe misses a lay up but Hill with a strong put back slam.
2nd Quarter (3:44): Another offensive rebound by the Grizzlies and Randolph gets fouled . There was only 1 second left on the shot clock.
2nd Quarter (4:07): Lakers only down three.
2nd Quarter (4:07): 7-0 run by the Lakers. Lin to the line for two.
2nd Quarter (5:00): Kobe gets a fall away jumper to go.
2nd Quarter (5:36): Lakers - 37 Grizzlies - 44.
2nd Quarter (6:10): Tony Allen with a wide open jumper. Then Kobe gets an open look and drains it from three.
2nd Quarter (6:26): Hill has been quiet, and Boozer called for a pushing foul. He always gets called for those.
2nd Quarter (7:07): Then Johnson answers back with a three. Much better game out of him, but can he stay consistent?
2nd Quarter (7:24): Lee with a floater to put Memphis back up by 10.
2nd Quarter (7:53): Udrih with the steal and finish on the other end. Johnson stops the bleeding for the Lakers.
2nd Quarter (8:06): Lakers - 27 Grizzlies - 35. The Lakers bench has been unable to take advantage of Memphis' poor bench. Instead, the Lakers bench is getting out played.
2nd Quarter (8:11): Lee drains a runner. Timeout Lakers.
2nd Quarter (8:43): Ronnie Price makes an aggressive move but Udrih answers on the other end after a cross over.
2nd Quarter (9:04): Udrih with a nice pull up jumper. Grizzlies lead is up to 6.
2nd Quarter (9:14): Henry is trying to be aggressive, but he has been sloppy.
2nd Quarter (9:59): Good, hard double team by the Lakers to force Gasol to throw a bad pass.
2nd Quarter (10:41): Sacre quickly answers with a nice fake on Koufos to get a wide open lay in.
2nd Quarter (10:47): Udrih gets all the way to the rim for a lay up.
2nd Quarter (11:11): Henry hits a jumper. He's been rusty, but finally gets one to go down.
2nd Quarter (12:00): As expected, Jordan Clarkson into the game.
1st Quarter (:00): Grizzlies had eight offensive rebounds in that quarter.
1st Quarter (:00): Lakers - 21 Grizzlies - 25.
1st Quarter (:01): Kobe misses the three, but Boozer works the offensive glass to get a lay up to go.
1st Quarter (:28): Price with a beautiful spin and bank shot.
1st Quarter (:52): Tony Allen has 8 points and 6 rebounds. He gets a tip in to go after Randolph's miss.
1st Quarter (1:25): Udrih into the game and gets a leaner to go.
1st Quarter (2:14): Ed Davis throws it down with two hands low in the post.
1st Quarter (2:43): Kobe! What a tough shot. He hung in the air and double pumped to get the jumper to go.
1st Quarter (2:56): Lakers - 13 Grizzlies - 18.
1st Quarter (2:59): Johnson stops the Grizzlies 10-0 run with a three.
1st Quarter (3:22): Gasol knocks down a costless throw line jumper. Grizzlies up 8.
1st Quarter (3:58): Another offensive rebound by Memphis and a score for Allen because of it. The Lakers are getting sloppy.
1st Quarter (4:52): Easy jumper by Conley out of a timeout.
1st Quarter (4:56): Lakers - 10 Grizzlies - 12. Low scroring game and a slow pace, just how the Grizzlies like it, but the Lakers don't mind playing slow as well. Grizzlies with six offensive rebounds already. They are out-rebounding the Lakers 10-6 so far.
1st Quarter (5:27): Tony Allen with a reverse lay up after almost losing the ball.
1st Quarter (5:56): Conley answers with a lay up on the other side.
1st Quarter (6:21): Boozer with another one, a jumper from outside. Kobe is being passive early on. He has yet to take a shot.
1st Quarter (7:00): Boozer with the layin and the Lakers tie the game.
1st Quarter (7:25): Lin gets his first points of the game after he made an aggressive move.
1st Quarter (7:46): Marc Gasol drains a flat footed jumper. Grizz up 4.
1st Quarter (8:50): Lakers are giving up a lot of offensive boards early.
1st Quarter (9:07): Boozer is on the board.
1st Quarter (9:53): Three offensive rebounds for Memphis already.
1st Quarter (10:29): There goes Lee, scores his first points of the game.
1st Quarter (11:16): Johnson answers back, but he bumped knees with Allen.
1st Quarter (11:42): Allen attacks the rim and gets two. Memphis needs aggression from him.
1st Quarter (12:00): We are underway!
8:06 P.M. Lakers' only win against the Grizzlies last season came at the FedEX Forum.
7:55 P.M. EST: Still no indication whether Kelly is playing or not.
7:26 P.M. EST: Byron Scott said that he is more concerned with Mike Conley in this game because he is very underrated. That is true, but Gasol and Randolph may hurt the Lakers more.
7:22 P.M. EST: With Ellington out, expect Jordan Clarkson to see some minutes.
7:21 P.M. EST: Ryan Kelly has not been ruled out of tonight's game yet, but he is more likely to play on Wednesday against the New Orleans Pelicans.
7:19 P.M. EST: Sad news for Wayne Ellington. His father was shot and killed in Philadelphia, so he has taken a leave of absence from the team. Ellington heard the news after Sunday's game.
6:13 P.M. EST: The Grizzlies won the season series 3-1 against the Lakers last season. The only game that the Grizzlies lost was when Kobe Bryant was played in that game. The rest of the games, Kobe was out with an injury. So this game could be really interesting, even though the Lakers have been struggling. Although the Grizzlies have been winning games, they have allowed most of their opponents to hang around. That's how the Bucks were able to beat them on Saturday night.
6:12 P.M. EST: There is one guy who could and has been an X-Factor this season for the Grizzlies, and that is Courtney Lee. The Grizzlies have placed him into the starting lineup this season, and he has been scoring in bunches. Lee is averaging 15.2 points per game on an incredible 55.3 percent from the field and 66.7 percent from three-point range. Amazing percentages. That is the one guy that the Lakers will definitely need to find on defense or else they are going to get burned by him.
6:11 P.M. EST: The Grizzlies bench hasn't been so good this season as they are second to last in bench scoring. Here is where the Lakers could take advantage. Their second unit, led by Ed Davis, has been solid, despite not having a couple of key players.
6:10 P.M. EST: However, Allen will have to make Kobe work on the offensive end as well. He will have to attack the basket and remain aggressive throughout the game to force Bryant to waste energy because it is clear, from previous head to heads, that Kobe will back off and give Allen room to shoot jumpers all night long.
6:09 P.M. EST: Looking at the matchups, there is one that is very interesting. Tony Allen verus Kobe Bryant. This matchup goes back to the Celtics/Lakers finals in 2010. Allen is one of the best defenders Kobe has ever faced, and Bryant has publicly admitted that. Allen is a physical, crafty defender with quick hands and high I.Q. on the defensive end. He will give Bryant plenty of trouble on that end of the court, but he is not an offensive threat.
6:08 P.M. EST: Surprisingly, the Grizzlies are only 21st in rebounding but against another terrible rebounding team that are undersized, you would think that they would take full advantage.
6:07 P.M. EST: One issue the Lakers may have against this Grizzlies team is rebounding and interior defense. The Grizzlies have one of the best power forward/center tandems in the NBA. Marc Gasol and Zach Randolph are two strong bigs with great rebounding abilities and physical defense. The Lakers, on the other hand, are quite undersized. It is going to be tough for Boozer to defend Randolph in the low post without fouling.
6:06 P.M. EST: During their last game, the Lakers finally received great production from Jeremy Lin and Carlos Boozer. They will need those two guys to remain consistent and help Kobe Bryant in this game as well if the Lakers want a chance. Jordan Hill continues his fine play as well.
6:05 P.M. EST: The Lakers, as mentioned many times before, are the worst defensive teams this season. They allow opponents to score 112.7 points per game on 48.4 percent shooting. The other night, they actually held the Hornets under 100 points, which was the first time the Lakers held an opponent under 100 points.
6:04 P.M. EST: As good as the Grizzlies are defensively, they are not a great offensive team. Memphis scores 93.0 points per game on 43.0 percent shooting. This is a team that relys heavily on their defense, and it works. They have started the season 6-1 but surprisingly lost their last game against the Milwaukee Bucks.
6:03 P.M. EST: How good is Memphis' defense? They allow just 87.6 points per game (first best in the league) and hold opponents to 42.8 percent shooting. They also only allow 92.6 points per 100 possessions which is third best in the league.
6:02 P.M. EST: The Lakers are, however, coming off their first win of the season Sunday night against the Charlotte Hornets. Unfortunately, the Grizzlies are a tougher team and are the best defensive team in the league right now.
6:01 P.M. EST: This is a battle between a Western Conferece heavyweight versus a Western Conference lightweight. The Grizzlies are currently tied for first place with the Houston Rockets out West. Meanwhile, the Lakers are tied for last place with the Denver Nuggets.
6:00 P.M. EST: Welcome to VAVEL_USA's Live of the Los Angeles Lakers and the Memphis Grizzlies.